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IzzyCraft
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4487 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-25 08:27:17
March 25 2009 08:25 GMT
#41
There are giving low builds for SC2 a rts game you want a GOOD cpu for once even though gpu is still tons more imporant rts games are coded to reply on the cpu more then a fps would so you should balance it more. The build above has 1 porblem you don't need that ram for that cpu no bottle necking will occur
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231209
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231219
Much better ram good cas timing 4-4-4-12 at 1.8-1.9 volts set it manually and shouldn't give you porblems
invest that saved 40 bucks into GTS250/4850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121303
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150357
I have ass for brains so,
even when I shit I'm droping knowledge.
404.Nintu
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1723 Posts
March 25 2009 10:10 GMT
#42
Vorca. I can't believe anyone put that much thought and effort into a reply to this. I appreciate it a ludicrous amount. Same with everyone else.

I will fix that current memory issue asap. Secondly, I am Canadian, so sadly those prices will be a little higher for me. My current budget is only about 600 CAD. Which might cover all that, but not the tax and shipping. Hmm. You've given me a lot to think about. =)
"So, then did the American yum-yum clown monkey also represent the FCC?"
VorcePA
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1102 Posts
March 25 2009 10:31 GMT
#43
On March 25 2009 19:10 404.Nintu wrote:
Vorca. I can't believe anyone put that much thought and effort into a reply to this. I appreciate it a ludicrous amount. Same with everyone else.

I will fix that current memory issue asap. Secondly, I am Canadian, so sadly those prices will be a little higher for me. My current budget is only about 600 CAD. Which might cover all that, but not the tax and shipping. Hmm. You've given me a lot to think about. =)


Everyone schools me at Starcraft so I have to school them at computer hardware to make up for it.
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404.Nintu
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1723 Posts
March 25 2009 10:31 GMT
#44
I cannot adjust the memory speed in the bios. Does it have to do with my Bus speed being 200mhz? Shouldn't they be the same speed?
"So, then did the American yum-yum clown monkey also represent the FCC?"
VorcePA
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1102 Posts
March 25 2009 10:40 GMT
#45
On March 25 2009 19:31 404.Nintu wrote:
I cannot adjust the memory speed in the bios. Does it have to do with my Bus speed being 200mhz? Shouldn't they be the same speed?


I think so. But I'm scared to mess around with my BIOS, even to overclock my machine. You might want to look up some guides through google before proceeding. I deal better with the hardware side of computer stuff than the BIOS/software stuff.
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404.Nintu
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1723 Posts
March 25 2009 11:57 GMT
#46
On March 25 2009 19:40 VorcePA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2009 19:31 404.Nintu wrote:
I cannot adjust the memory speed in the bios. Does it have to do with my Bus speed being 200mhz? Shouldn't they be the same speed?


I think so. But I'm scared to mess around with my BIOS, even to overclock my machine. You might want to look up some guides through google before proceeding. I deal better with the hardware side of computer stuff than the BIOS/software stuff.

Yeah. It actually wouldn't let me change it, or atleast nowhere I could find.

If you have any extra time and still wanna help me out, you can try and go to newegg.ca (canadian pricing) and make me a rig that will cost me around 800-900 dollars? If not, that's cool. =)

I really appreciate the help dude. =D
"So, then did the American yum-yum clown monkey also represent the FCC?"
VorcePA
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1102 Posts
March 25 2009 19:45 GMT
#47
On March 25 2009 20:57 404.Nintu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2009 19:40 VorcePA wrote:
On March 25 2009 19:31 404.Nintu wrote:
I cannot adjust the memory speed in the bios. Does it have to do with my Bus speed being 200mhz? Shouldn't they be the same speed?


I think so. But I'm scared to mess around with my BIOS, even to overclock my machine. You might want to look up some guides through google before proceeding. I deal better with the hardware side of computer stuff than the BIOS/software stuff.

Yeah. It actually wouldn't let me change it, or atleast nowhere I could find.

If you have any extra time and still wanna help me out, you can try and go to newegg.ca (canadian pricing) and make me a rig that will cost me around 800-900 dollars? If not, that's cool. =)

I really appreciate the help dude. =D


Ok. So the limit is $900 Canadian?

Some questions to ask:

- Do you want a new monitor with this set up?
- Does this include a mouse and keyboard?
- Do you want other peripheals (printer, card reader, TV tuner, etc.)?
- Do you want a Blu-Ray player? These are rather expensive right now so they will affect the rest of the build
- Do you care if it's AMD or Intel?
- Do you care if it's NVidia or ATI?
Shitposting
404.Nintu
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1723 Posts
March 25 2009 21:03 GMT
#48
On March 26 2009 04:45 VorcePA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2009 20:57 404.Nintu wrote:
On March 25 2009 19:40 VorcePA wrote:
On March 25 2009 19:31 404.Nintu wrote:
I cannot adjust the memory speed in the bios. Does it have to do with my Bus speed being 200mhz? Shouldn't they be the same speed?


I think so. But I'm scared to mess around with my BIOS, even to overclock my machine. You might want to look up some guides through google before proceeding. I deal better with the hardware side of computer stuff than the BIOS/software stuff.

Yeah. It actually wouldn't let me change it, or atleast nowhere I could find.

If you have any extra time and still wanna help me out, you can try and go to newegg.ca (canadian pricing) and make me a rig that will cost me around 800-900 dollars? If not, that's cool. =)

I really appreciate the help dude. =D


Ok. So the limit is $900 Canadian?

Some questions to ask:

- Do you want a new monitor with this set up?
- Does this include a mouse and keyboard?
- Do you want other peripheals (printer, card reader, TV tuner, etc.)?
- Do you want a Blu-Ray player? These are rather expensive right now so they will affect the rest of the build
- Do you care if it's AMD or Intel?
- Do you care if it's NVidia or ATI?


No,
No,
No,
No,
No,
Not really, but sorta leaning towards Nvidia. Always have been. =)
"So, then did the American yum-yum clown monkey also represent the FCC?"
VorcePA
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1102 Posts
March 26 2009 00:50 GMT
#49
Well, I couldn't do it in $900. Jesus tapdancing christ is shit expensive in Canada. If you include shipping, the total of this machine comes out to probably $1,100:

Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 ATX Mid Tower $65
Power Supply: BFG Tech GS-550 550W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V V2.8 SLI Ready $80
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard $170
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor $210
Memory: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit $81
Video Card: GIGABYTE GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Supported Video Card $180
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s $75
DVD Player: SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA $30

Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit $150

Total Cost: $1,040

A few ways to save money on this set up is to use your old case and to buy Vista Home Basic 64-bit. I'm not too keen on Home Basic because they cut out too many features.

You have to be absolutely sure that your case can fit all of this stuff, though. As the power of computers have increased, so has their size. Motherboards, Power supplies, and video cards are the worst offenders of this.

You may just want to stick with upgrading your old rig, but with $800-$900 you could also pick yourself up a new, bigger, faster hard drive on top of all the other things I mentioned in my earlier post.
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