EPTUltimate Computer Build Thread - Page 18
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semantics
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justiceknight
Singapore5741 Posts
ASROCK Nettop ION 330 series 19'' inch LCD CPU video card nvidea DVD RW Drive HDD ( Min 250GB) sound card 4 USB/ 1 FW Lan card/Wireless thats what she wrote in her note book and i have no idea whats good and whats bad,and also is it good for playing SC2? | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On July 07 2010 11:56 jgad wrote: Let me count the ways.... How many ways can problems with your blood make you sick. Power is the very heart and soul of a computer. It is the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega - all things start from the PSU and it is where all things return. Noise, ripple, too much voltage, too little voltage, any deviation from smooth, clean power can screw with the mobo, cpu, ram, whatever - it takes as little as one bit to be seen as ON instead of OFF to throw your system for a loop and grind the whole works to a halt. well if you have too much voltage or too little voltage it will make your whole comp crash, not internet explorer  | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
It's a fringe case though, it is more likely that the computer would not boot. | ||
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Mumblee
Canada256 Posts
On July 07 2010 22:20 Boblion wrote: well if you have too much voltage or too little voltage it will make your whole comp crash, not internet explorer I was referring to explorer.exe, not iexplore.exe. Strangely enough, when I booted using a different vista user account, the blue screens seem to have subsided. I ran Prime95 in conjunction with FurMark this morning for about 20 minutes without problems, so I'm pretty sure it's not a PSU issue (If I can peg both the CPU/GPU, what more power do I need?). I left Prime95 running when I left for work this morning, and if it's clean when I get home tonight, I'll try reformatting to get rid of whatever scary ghosts there are in my machine. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
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Muff2n
United Kingdom250 Posts
After some reading it looks like it can go one of two ways. 1. I basically steal someone else's up-to-date suggested build from a reputable website like bit-tech and order all that stuff. 2. I could do some research myself on sites that show the performance of hardware and make my own choices (checking compatibility). However the second option is much harder for me because I am not familiar with the output of how CPUs etc are marked and I would worry about the uncertainty this causes. (Is one better at hyper threading than another? NB. I only know qualitatively that hyper threading helps you run more processes, no more than this). In both cases I am going to worry if the build has all the basic stuff that I just take for granted (eg. audio, RAID). What I would like to know is: Would you recommend putting in the extra time to do 2 over 1? Do I have to worry that simply buying a motherboard, CPU, GPU, power supply, monitor, HD, DVD drive and case will not be enough and that I will have forgotten a lan card for example? Thanks for your time. | ||
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ReTr0[p.S]
Argentina1590 Posts
1 x OCZ Agility Series OCZSSD2-1AGT60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 1 x Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930 1 x ASUS ENGTX480/2DI/1536MD5 GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card 1 x SAMSUNG DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223L LightScribe Support - OEM 1 x SIGMA MONSTER SP750C 750W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V 2.2V / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply 1 x Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 1 x MSI X58 Pro-E USB3 LGA 1366 Intel X58 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard 1 x G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ ======================================= Here is my question, the Antec Nine Hundred has 4 huge fans and I also managed to get all the cables placed neatly to increase airflow as suggested. I didn't buy any cooling system but the CPU cooler/fan that came with the i7 930 is huge and seems reasonable. Will it be OK to overclook this computer or am I risking it? | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
On July 08 2010 00:35 ReTr0[p.S] wrote: I got all the remaining parts for a build I bought last week, here's the rig: 1 x OCZ Agility Series OCZSSD2-1AGT60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 1 x Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930 1 x ASUS ENGTX480/2DI/1536MD5 GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card 1 x SAMSUNG DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223L LightScribe Support - OEM 1 x SIGMA MONSTER SP750C 750W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V 2.2V / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply 1 x Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 1 x MSI X58 Pro-E USB3 LGA 1366 Intel X58 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard 1 x G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ ======================================= Here is my question, the Antec Nine Hundred has 4 huge fans and I also managed to get all the cables placed neatly to increase airflow as suggested. I didn't buy any cooling system but the CPU cooler/fan that came with the i7 930 is huge and seems reasonable. Will it be OK to overclook this computer or am I risking it? Why bother with a £600 graphics card if you arent gonna watercool :S, no point going that top of the range then simply ignoring a good cooling solution. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
hardly affordable in the US and probably more expensive in Europe -_- | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14895 Posts
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
No point buying a veyron if you are going to park it on the street. | ||
tofucake
Hyrule19059 Posts
So far: CPU - AMD Phenom II X6 1090TT Mobo - ASUS M4A89TD (pending, might change to similar one later) PSU - Corsair CMPSU-850TX 850 Watt RAM - G.Skill 8 GB Ripjaws (2x4) HDD - WD 1TB 3.0GB/s SATA Case - Antec 1200 (pending, will probably switch to Antec 902 or some similar sized tower) Video Card - Radeon HD 5970 I'll be using my current optical drive and monitors (will replace later though). Final cost after shipping: $1,810.80. All parts from Newegg. [edit] Price above also includes a tube of Arctic Silver. | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
I can see how it'd be fun to have the latest and best everytime though. | ||
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ReTr0[p.S]
Argentina1590 Posts
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tofucake
Hyrule19059 Posts
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
On July 08 2010 02:00 ReTr0[p.S] wrote: I'm asking because I don't know, I did see a big difference on performance from a HD 5870 to a GTX 480 for only 100 bucks more (It was $460 USD for the GTX not £600). I have a highly ventilated system with fans everywhere so I was hoping that would be enough to keep everything cool enough. It's not like the GTX wont run unless you have a complete cooling system. £420 in the UK not 600 but I stand by my opinion that it simply is not worth the extra money buying past a 5870/5850 right now esspecially with the ridiculous amount of power the 480 uses up. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
I don't see why people are still going on about using power when it is probably an insignificant amount of money that is going into it. Watercooling is a huge waste for nonSLI/XFire configs. You'll down $300 on a simple CPU/GPU loop and that setup is still going to be loud because you got a half assed radiator/pump. If you add extra loops that's another $200-300 which just isn't reasonable. | ||
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