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semantics
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Shivaz
Canada1783 Posts
On May 14 2010 10:12 semantics wrote: lol 670... an i5-750 can be oced to 4.0 and with the extra 100 dollars you can buy a 100 dollar cpu cooler if you wanted to keep it ultra cool! this lol | ||
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FragKrag
United States11554 Posts
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PobTheCad
Australia893 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11554 Posts
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On May 14 2010 10:16 FragKrag wrote: All of the i5 dual cores are absolute terrible buys :/ Amen. I called it the day of their release. Terrible pricing -> Cannibalized by the 750 | ||
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FragKrag
United States11554 Posts
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sLiniss
United States849 Posts
On May 12 2010 07:56 Shivaz wrote: what resolution are you looking at, and price range. Ummm id just say widescreen. Honestly I'm laptop savy at all. I don't know the average weight or typical hardware. I guess I just want it to be light enough to lug around at college but powerful enough to play games. | ||
BroOd
Austin10833 Posts
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FaCE_1
Canada6182 Posts
Corsair XMS3 CMP4GX3M2A1600C8 Dominator 4GB DDR3 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 8-8-8-24 Core i5 : 149.99$ Intel Core i5 750 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.66GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box : 227.99$ Gigabyte P55A-UD3P ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2PCI-E 2PCI GBLAN CrossFireX USB3.0 SATA3 Motherboard : 165,99$ Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5IN Dual Proc Hard Drive OEM : 74.97$ Coolermaster CM 690 II Basic ATX Mid Tower Case Black 4X5.25 6X3.5INT Front USB eSATA Audio *No PSU* : 85$ Samsung SH-S222A/BEBE 22X Dual Layer DVD Writer : 20$ Antec Basiq BP550 Plus 550W 24PIN ATX 12V Modular Power Supply Active PFC : 70$ XFX Radeon HD 5830 800MHZ 1GB 4.0GHZ DDR5 2XDVI HDMI DP PCI-E DIRECTX11 Video Card: 240$ Price give 1033$ but I had some rebates in it's going down to about 950$ CAN. | ||
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[cF]TridenT
United States665 Posts
On May 14 2010 23:24 FaCE_1 wrote: New mid - low build: Corsair XMS3 CMP4GX3M2A1600C8 Dominator 4GB DDR3 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 8-8-8-24 Core i5 : 149.99$ Intel Core i5 750 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.66GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box : 227.99$ Gigabyte P55A-UD3P ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2PCI-E 2PCI GBLAN CrossFireX USB3.0 SATA3 Motherboard : 165,99$ Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5IN Dual Proc Hard Drive OEM : 74.97$ Coolermaster CM 690 II Basic ATX Mid Tower Case Black 4X5.25 6X3.5INT Front USB eSATA Audio *No PSU* : 85$ Samsung SH-S222A/BEBE 22X Dual Layer DVD Writer : 20$ Antec Basiq BP550 Plus 550W 24PIN ATX 12V Modular Power Supply Active PFC : 70$ XFX Radeon HD 5830 800MHZ 1GB 4.0GHZ DDR5 2XDVI HDMI DP PCI-E DIRECTX11 Video Card: 240$ Price give 1033$ but I had some rebates in it's going down to about 950$ CAN. http://shop.revonate.com/Refurbished_Gateway_FX6801_Gaming_PC_p/c-pt.g860x.002.htm | ||
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deathgod6
United States5064 Posts
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DCLXVI
United States729 Posts
If i was to put in a little more money, where should it go (besides the monitor). I want to build this computer unless there is an extremely good price for a refurbished one. | ||
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FaCE_1
Canada6182 Posts
On May 22 2010 02:48 DCLXVI wrote: What do you think about this build (for gaming): http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?Source=MSWD&WishListNumber=12973905 If i was to put in a little more money, where should it go (besides the monitor). I want to build this computer unless there is an extremely good price for a refurbished one. If you wanna puut a bit more, maybe go with the Raddeon 5830 or a bit more 5850 | ||
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FragKrag
United States11554 Posts
DCLXVI: I would put it in a new motherboard that is USB 3.0 and SATA III compatible http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128435 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131631 are both solid choices. | ||
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DCLXVI
United States729 Posts
Thanks | ||
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FragKrag
United States11554 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
On May 22 2010 06:12 FragKrag wrote: where is the op? thread has not updated at all ;_; DCLXVI: I would put it in a new motherboard that is USB 3.0 and SATA III compatible http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128435 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131631 are both solid choices. I would just buy a good motherboard and add in a usb 3.0 card or sata III if i happen to need it. 3.0 or sata imo shouldn't be a defining selling point just an after thought for now. Alot of USB 3.0 set ups are full speed all the time or they do it by stealing lanes from the pcie slots which make crossfire or sli set ups compromised in performance. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11554 Posts
 I believe those are usually the P55 motherboards because the PCIe lanes need to power both SATA III and USB 3.0. Now with the new AMD SB850 the SATA III is moved to the chipset, so USB 3.0 steals off the PCIe lane (but not off of the GPU bandwidth)At least not the ASUS motherboard, and it would cost a good $30-40 to get a decent add-on card anyways. | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
The sata III is not the worry though http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-890gpa-ud3h-890gx-review/15 USB 3.0 implementations are different from board to board not everyone is selling you the full thing, an Add in card is more likely to be a full performer http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16813995004 30 bucks for a sata III and USB 3.0 that does do full speed accord to reviews ofc you sacrifice 4 lanes of PCIe but you would have anyways in a P55 or X58 implementation and probably only 1 2 lanes in a AMD 890 set up. it's better then the eggs show it lol reviews like this plague it "Cons: Would not boot when any drive was attached to it. It just sat at the Initializing screen. With no drive attached the computer would boot, but this obviously does no good whatsoever. This was attached to the PCI-e x16 slot on my 780i SLI motherboard with an Intel X25-M G2 SSD attached. It failed with this drive, a Seagate 750 GB SATA II drive and an LG optical drive." it's not a plug in play card but i could find one probably for a few more dollars. | ||
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