EPT[H] New PC build - Page 2
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
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Spartan
United States2030 Posts
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/sys/1000746117.html | ||
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
On January 21 2009 06:48 IzzyCraft wrote: Sound cards are useless to most people they cannot tell and most of their sound sets up are completely waste of the extra channels and the little things. Mobo's now easily can do 7.1 HD surround, DTS and DDL most sound cards just off load the cpu from doing the calculations onto a sound card's chip that's all. waste of money for his budget. The real advantage to most users is from the about 90-180 dollar range which is too much for him atm is where you get sound cards with calculation software similar to Creative X-fi which tries to enhance the sound via software but it's only compatible with the sound card so... I'm saying that I'm not an audiophile and I totally notice a difference. It's definitely not useless to most people but that seems to be the common "shrug off" response. Sure, mobo's have a built in sound card but it doesn't even come close to comparing. Yes, the sound card I'm talking about is expensive. This guy is willing to spend $1200 USD for his computer. That is not chump change. I bought a HD 4870, e8400, and new mobo for ~$150 CDN after selling my old videocard, cpu, mobo and my stuff was 2 years old. I think if he's willing to spend that much money for an elite system he should look into a soundcard. | ||
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
I've noticed a huge difference with the soundcard using only a cheap headset, so I'm sure his 5.1 speakers would benefit more. I think in his price range it would be a good purchase. He's thinking of getting dual monitors and SLI, which are really luxurious expenditures for cost/benefit. It's simply my suggestion that he should look into a soundcard. Edit: No need to quote. Ambiguity. | ||
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Spartan
United States2030 Posts
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=6025429 | ||
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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Spartan
United States2030 Posts
On January 21 2009 10:22 mahnini wrote: get a ac7 cooler also intel quads should be getting a price drop soon, e8500 should last you a while though Someone said that quad-cores what be a complete waste because not a lot of programs take advantage of 4 cores. And the reviews say the e8500 is waay better than the q6600. | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
On January 21 2009 10:26 Spartan wrote: Someone said that quad-cores what be a complete waste because not a lot of programs take advantage of 4 cores. And the reviews say the e8500 is waay better than the q6600. it would be but if you're not upgrading for a while, like 2+ years, quad is probably better. plus if you wait for the rumored price drop it might be the same price | ||
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Spartan
United States2030 Posts
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Savio
United States1850 Posts
Good choices on vid card and processor. Both super reliable, proven and therefore popular. Wow, 650 watt power supply. Are you planning SLI still? 650 watt is serious power and may be way more than you need. But I think this build is much better than your last one. Except...did I miss it or did you only have an 80 gig hard drive? Thats pretty much tiny. I would get minimum 200 gigs. I prefer 400 gigs just to be safe. Its amazing how fast those fill up even in you aren't downloading movies/music. Running out of hard disk is annoying. Also, you do know that you can't burn dvds with that right? Be sure you don't ever plan on burning one before purchasing. Upgrading to a DVD burner should only be a little bit more money. | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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Spartan
United States2030 Posts
On January 21 2009 14:56 Savio wrote: I don't see the need for a hard disk cooler. Good choices on vid card and processor. Both super reliable, proven and therefore popular. Wow, 650 watt power supply. Are you planning SLI still? 650 watt is serious power and may be way more than you need. But I think this build is much better than your last one. Except...did I miss it or did you only have an 80 gig hard drive? Thats pretty much tiny. I would get minimum 200 gigs. I prefer 400 gigs just to be safe. Its amazing how fast those fill up even in you aren't downloading movies/music. Running out of hard disk is annoying. Also, you do know that you can't burn dvds with that right? Be sure you don't ever plan on burning one before purchasing. Upgrading to a DVD burner should only be a little bit more money. Just to be safe for future upgrades. I only put one HD since it will be my primary for programs and such. I'll probably get a second one, but I don't save movies I've watched after downloading anyways. On January 21 2009 16:26 mahnini wrote: for 99$ 650w corsair is a nice deal and i'm assuming 80gb would just be his system drive and he's saving his storage from his old comp Do you think I should get a RAPTOR HD for my primary, then a slower/larger HD for my secondary? | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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Elemenope
Burkina Faso1704 Posts
On January 21 2009 09:50 Spartan wrote: Okay.. going off everyone's recommendations I came up with this: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=6025429 Why would you get the RAM heatsinks when the ram you're getting already has them? The HDD cooler is also probably not needed either with that case. The LED fan is also not needed unless you're planning on dangling it outside of the case. After you build it all, just make sure you set fan options for your video card as the 4800 series auto-fans are horrible. | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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