Wow that is a pretty nice deal, it comes out to about $20 cheaper than what I had with comparable components. Well that doesn't include the rebate on the OCZ, but rebates are always pretty iffy. Odd that they don't include a power cable though.

Rho_

United States971 Posts

July 16 2010 20:10 GMT

#645

Ordered my stuff!

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1 x ($23.99) DVD BRN ASUS | DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS% - OEM $23.99
1 x ($59.99) CPU COOL TR|TRUE BLACK 120REV.C R $59.99
1 x ($19.99) FAN SCYTHE|S-FLEX SFF21F(1600rpM) R $19.99
1 x ($4.99) HDMI CABLES UNLIMITED|PCM-2295-06 R $4.99
1 x ($98.99) MEM 2Gx2|GSKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL $98.99
1 x ($154.99) CASE ANTEC|P183 BK RT $154.99
1 x ($5.98) CABLE NIPPON| SATA3L-1M RT $5.98
1 x ($199.99) MB MSI 890FXA-GD70 AM3 R $199.99
1 x ($294.99) VGA XFX|HD-585X-ZAFC HD5850 1G RT $294.99
1 x ($119.99) PSU ANTEC|CP-850 850W RT $119.99
1 x ($159.99) CPU AMD|PH II X4 955BE 3.2G AM3 $159.99
1 x ($94.99) HD 1T|WD 7K 64M SATAIII WD1002FAEX - OEM $94.99
1 x ($99.99) WIN HOME PREM 7 64-BIT ENG 1PK DSP - OEM $99.99
1 x ($-10.00) DISCOUNT FOR COMBO #437534$-10.00
1 x ($-30.00) DISCOUNT FOR COMBO #430450$-30.00
1 x ($-5.39) DISCOUNT FOR COMBO #409138$-5.39
1 x ($-35.00) DISCOUNT FOR COMBO #432049$-35.00
1 x ($0.00) Newegg Promotional Gift Card(The total amount of Gift Cards: $10.00)

Total cost after shipping was: $1279.38

There are a few mail in rebates too, so I think it'll be closer to 1225$

Thanks to everyone for their help.

Easy772

374 Posts

July 16 2010 20:32 GMT

#646

On July 16 2010 09:14 FragKrag wrote:
they should all be low profile. (or rather single slot)

250W should be fine for the 4650 and 4670 I think. 4650 is probably the safer bet. I believe the GSO will work as well.

Thanks.. I went with the 4650 made by Sapphire
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029RP77I/ref=oss_product

FragKrag

United States11563 Posts

July 16 2010 23:16 GMT

#647

On July 17 2010 05:10 Rho_ wrote:
Ordered my stuff!

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Total cost after shipping was: $1279.38

There are a few mail in rebates too, so I think it'll be closer to 1225$

Thanks to everyone for their help.

Nice, tell us how it turns out :>

R04R

United States1631 Posts

July 17 2010 03:47 GMT

#648

IT'S AAALLLLLIIIIIVVVVVEEEE! :D

Update: Fuck yeah unlocked to 4 cores >:D

2nd Update: Damn, looks like it's not stable. It gets stuck after getting past CPU booting. Luckily I could still get to BIOs.

Lanyth

Canada62 Posts

July 17 2010 05:40 GMT

#649

I've been thinking of buying the Phenom II X4 955 BE, but I just wanted to know how good is the stock heatsink and fan, and whether or not it's worth to buy a better one.

FragKrag

United States11563 Posts

July 17 2010 06:07 GMT

#650

On July 17 2010 14:40 Lanyth wrote:
I've been thinking of buying the Phenom II X4 955 BE, but I just wanted to know how good is the stock heatsink and fan, and whether or not it's worth to buy a better one.

If you don't plan on overclocking it isn't worth it. Even if you plan on overclocking, the HSF that comes with AMD BE CPUs is one of the best stock HSFs on the market (although this doesn't say too much). You can probably get 400MHz off of it without extra cooling.

Lanyth

Canada62 Posts

July 17 2010 06:39 GMT

#651

On July 17 2010 15:07 FragKrag wrote:

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Thanks. I wasn't planning on overclocking so I probably won't be getting another HSF.

R04R

United States1631 Posts

July 17 2010 10:04 GMT

#652

Updating drivers and stuff for everything. Hope I don't miss anything.

Edit: After playing around with the BIOS settings it seems like my 3rd core is faulty =/. Sure I could enable it but I won't get past Windows starting up.

I guess I'm a 3-core kinda guy now :3

Do I have to overclock the CPU through BIOS? There's OC Genie Lite, Easy OC, and manual OC. So many options I'm confused which to touch.

FragKrag

United States11563 Posts

July 17 2010 19:02 GMT

#653

BIOS is always the best way to overclock.

R04R

United States1631 Posts

July 17 2010 21:53 GMT

#654

Yeah I overclocked through BIOS. Thing is OC Genie Lite does it all for you. I just enabled that through BIOS, restarted, then it got bumped up from 200 x 16.0 to 227 x 16.0. Now I'm at 3.648Ghz or something along that. I don't know how safe it is to go any further manually, so I'll just leave it at that as I'm content.

semantics

10040 Posts

July 17 2010 22:13 GMT

#655

OC genie depending how old the variant is is pretty decient at finding max oc, it def wont do as good as manual tweaking of every value but it gets close within usually 200-400mhz

Templar.

Canada133 Posts

July 17 2010 23:37 GMT

#656

i'd like some other people to try and make a better computer build , this way I can get a computer with maximum performance for the money.

(gaming computer)

Total comes to $ 889.93 American.

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FragKrag

United States11563 Posts

July 18 2010 00:56 GMT

#657

You don't need an 850W PSU.

Combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.446024
5850 + Corsair 650TX
$355 ($10 MIR)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.449243
5850 + XFX 650W
$345 ($20 MIR)

The XFX looks like a great deal imho.

Not sure why you want the Caviar Black 500GB. Could get a Samsung F3 1TB for $10 more and get faster sequential speeds, more storage, and lower noise.

Low Voltage RAM (less than 1.5V) is more or less a gimmick. Just go with a decent set of 4GB Ripjaws or something.

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

July 18 2010 01:39 GMT

#658

I'm looking to get a new desktop for anywhere between $800-$1k, and since I know next to nothing about computer hardware I turn to TL for help :D. As far as what I want to do with it goes, there aren't a lot of super high-end programs that I need to run (ie. I don't need "computer that can run SC2 on ultra"), but I mean if it's doable in that price range without sacrificing much else that would definitely be fine too. Of course being a nerd, a decent video card is still necessary for those times I feel like playing some new asian MMO grindfest or whatever. This will just be a home computer for me to play games and homework and all that other standard junk.

So if anybody could help me out with a build or point to one earlier in the thread that's similar (I tried reading through this thread and just drowned in technobabble) that'd be great

GTR

51593 Posts

July 18 2010 01:45 GMT

#659

On July 18 2010 10:39 Kyuukyuu wrote:
I'm looking to get a new desktop for anywhere between $800-$1k, and since I know next to nothing about computer hardware I turn to TL for help :D. As far as what I want to do with it goes, there aren't a lot of super high-end programs that I need to run (ie. I don't need "computer that can run SC2 on ultra"), but I mean if it's doable in that price range without sacrificing much else that would definitely be fine too. Of course being a nerd, a decent video card is still necessary for those times I feel like playing some new asian MMO grindfest or whatever. This will just be a home computer for me to play games and homework and all that other standard junk.

So if anybody could help me out with a build or point to one earlier in the thread that's similar (I tried reading through this thread and just drowned in technobabble) that'd be great

sounds like this build would probably do you best, it was posted a couple of days ago

On July 15 2010 16:05 R04R wrote:
^Build posted above with GTX 460

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With tax of 62.20 and shipping of 1.99 Grand total is $818.12
a bit over but you could replace the ram with a less "flashy" version like
this
or
this with EMCYVYW28 promo code <-actually this one is better than the one in your build so might as well switch it.

FragKrag

United States11563 Posts

July 18 2010 01:59 GMT

#660

I endorse that build. It's been a couple days, but normally prices on Newegg don't change every day, so many of those components will still cost the same. (I haven't seen the Phenom II X4 955 change in price in a long time).