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

FragKrag

United States11556 Posts

May 14 2010 01:16 GMT

#63

All of the i5 dual cores are absolute terrible buys :/

PobTheCad

Australia893 Posts

May 14 2010 02:25 GMT

#64

those low end builds in the OP could really do with updating , they are almost a year old now

FragKrag

United States11556 Posts

May 14 2010 03:42 GMT

#65

the problem with posting any build is that it is obsolete in around 1 month.

Boblion

France8043 Posts

May 14 2010 03:45 GMT

#66

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

FragKrag

United States11556 Posts

May 14 2010 03:48 GMT

#67

I think anybody could call it seeing as how they were dual cores coming out in an environment which has been dominated by quad cores :p

sLiniss

United States849 Posts

May 14 2010 14:06 GMT

#68

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

May 14 2010 14:22 GMT

#69

Are there any diagnostic programs/tools you guys would recommend for after you get your system up and running? I built my computer a couple of weeks ago, and I was getting some really funky readings from CPU-Z about my CPU and memory. After reading a bunch of sites, I was able to correct what appeared to be the problems, and now I'm getting normal readings, but windows 7 still seems to be booting fairly slowly, and it often feels somewhat sluggish. I get pretty good readings on the WEI (I don't know how useful that is) but I really feel like it should be faster. I've got Phenom II x4 955, M4A89GTD PRO/USB3, 4GB ocz AMD BE, HD 5850.

FaCE_1

Canada6184 Posts

May 14 2010 14:24 GMT

#70

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.

[cF]TridenT

United States665 Posts

May 15 2010 19:47 GMT

#71

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

deathgod6

United States5064 Posts

May 15 2010 22:52 GMT

#72

This is a great thread. Thanks for making it, I will be using this in the near future.

DCLXVI

United States729 Posts

May 21 2010 17:48 GMT

#73

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.

FaCE_1

Canada6184 Posts

May 21 2010 17:55 GMT

#74

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

FragKrag

United States11556 Posts

May 21 2010 21:12 GMT

#75

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.

DCLXVI

United States729 Posts

May 21 2010 22:04 GMT

#76

Ok, so I think that I may need a bigger case for this. The reviews for the 5830 and 5850 say that they barely fit into a mid sized case. Do you know anything about this? The case is 18.30" x 8.10" x 18.00", and the cards are 28cm long, so it should fit easily, unless there is something that I am overlooking. Should I spring for a bigger/better case with a better cooling system? Will I need a cooling system with the antec 300 or with a better case? Also, how do I check to see if the power supply will be sufficient for everything?

Thanks

FragKrag

United States11556 Posts

May 21 2010 22:07 GMT

#77

Antec 300 will easily fit the 5850 and should be able to fit the 5830, though with the 5830 you might lose 1 or 2 hard drive slots.

semantics

10040 Posts

May 21 2010 22:10 GMT

#78

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.

FragKrag

United States11556 Posts

May 21 2010 22:17 GMT

#79

Yes, but those motherboards aren't

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.

semantics

10040 Posts

May 21 2010 23:00 GMT

#80

Yeah but it cost nothing if you never get a sata III or usb 3.0 device.

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.