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My PC died last week, and I was thinking about buying a new one. It's my first time actually building a PC, so I just wanned to check if everything is going to work together. Or should something be changed? Or if something's missing?
This is what I was thinking to buy:
Intel i7 920
Intel Core i7 920, 4.8GT/s, 8MB Cache, 45nm
Nehalem, 4x 2.66GHz, DDR3
ASUS Intel X58 Express
ASUS P6TD Deluxe, 1366,FSB6400,PCIE,DDR3,RAID
SATA-300,CrossfireX+SLI,ATX
Unterstützte CPU's: Intel® Core™ i7-965/975 Prozessor Extreme Edition (Bloomfield), Intel® Core™ i7-920-950 Prozessor (Bloomfield)
Gigabyte 275GTX
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 275,, PCI-E, 2400/660MHz, DDR3
2xDVI, TV-Out, HDCP
Patriot Memory DDR3 1600MHz 4GB NV
Patriot DDR3 4G,PC-12800 Viper, 1600MHz,CL7,(Kit-of-2), Nvidia
EXTREME PERFORMANCE SERIE
Samsung Spinpoint F3
HD 1000GB HD103SJ, SATA-300, 7200rpm, 8.9ms, 32MB
Silent Seek
Coolermaster HAF 932
Big-Tower, ATX, Black, 6x 5.25", 1x 3.5", 5x 3.5"
4x USB2, Audio, FW, eSATA
LC Power Ozeanos
650W, ATX, 14cm Fan, 6x SATA, 2x PCIE, 20+4pin
80%, Cable Management
Lite On IHAS 424
DVD±RW LS, 24/48/8/32, SATA, Black Blende, Retail
The main thing that's bothering is actually power supply.. Don't know anything bout them.
And on some places it says this psupply is ATX and on some ATX 2.2 and i'm not sure which one is correct one. Or does it play any major differences (I chose my mainboard first, and built everything acording to it.)
And do I need some aditional cooling system for the CPU?
If someone has some other/better choices, I'd be glad to hear them.
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Oh yeah, I've read somewhere that this CPU requires some special RAM. Something like Memory Triple Channel 1.65V, iirc. Is that true? If so, which RAM would be better?
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Of course your CPU will require a special cooler. Anything in the 120mm range will probably be perfectly suitable if you plan to overclock.
I would definitely beef up the power supply go for a 750-800 watt, modular. That way when you upgrade your graphics eventually you won't have to also buy a new power supply.
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I'm not planing on overclocking anything. I thought I'd get a cooler for the CPU along with CPU. Bleh.
Changed it a bit.
Intel i7 920
Intel Core i7 920, 4.8GT/s, 8MB Cache, 45nm
Nehalem, 4x 2.66GHz, DDR3
ASUS Intel X58 Express
ASUS P6TD Deluxe, 1366,FSB6400,PCIE,DDR3,RAID
SATA-300,CrossfireX+SLI,ATX
Unterstützte CPU's: Intel® Core™ i7-965/975 Prozessor Extreme Edition (Bloomfield), Intel® Core™ i7-920-950 Prozessor (Bloomfield)
Gigabyte 275GTX
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 275,, PCI-E, 2400/660MHz, DDR3
2xDVI, TV-Out, HDCP
Patriot Memory DDR3 1600MHz 6GB
Patriot DDR3 6GB,PC12800, 1600MHz,CL8,(Kit-of-3)
Triple Chanel,for Intel i7
Samsung Spinpoint F1
HD 500GB HD502IJ , SATA-300, 7200rpm, 8.9ms, 16MB
Silent Seek, HD502IJ
Coolermaster HAF 932
Big-Tower, ATX, Black, 6x 5.25", 1x 3.5", 5x 3.5"
4x USB2, Audio, FW, eSATA
Thermaltake Toughpower 750W
750W, ATX V2.2, 14cm Fan, SLI, PFC, Low Noise
Cable Management
Lite On IHAS 424
DVD±RW LS, 24/48/8/32, SATA, Black Blende, Retail
Better now?
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OS: Windows Vista x64
Cpu: Intel Core i7-920
Mobo: Dell Studio XPS
Memory: 6GB Triple Channel
Graphics: Dell ATI Radeon HD 4850
Hard Drives: Hitachi 640GB 7200RPM, Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM
PSU: 360W
Yes, my PSU is sufficient, LOL.
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Either wait for Fermi or get a 5k card, don't get a 275. 5850's value is sickening.
Dell does weird things with their XPS presets heh.
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On October 25 2009 22:19 Stax wrote:
I'm not planing on overclocking anything. I thought I'd get a cooler for the CPU along with CPU. Bleh.
Changed it a bit.
Intel i7 920
Intel Core i7 920, 4.8GT/s, 8MB Cache, 45nm
Nehalem, 4x 2.66GHz, DDR3
ASUS Intel X58 Express
ASUS P6TD Deluxe, 1366,FSB6400,PCIE,DDR3,RAID
SATA-300,CrossfireX+SLI,ATX
Unterstützte CPU's: Intel® Core™ i7-965/975 Prozessor Extreme Edition (Bloomfield), Intel® Core™ i7-920-950 Prozessor (Bloomfield)
Gigabyte 275GTX
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 275,, PCI-E, 2400/660MHz, DDR3
2xDVI, TV-Out, HDCP
Patriot Memory DDR3 1600MHz 6GB
Patriot DDR3 6GB,PC12800, 1600MHz,CL8,(Kit-of-3)
Triple Chanel,for Intel i7
Samsung Spinpoint F1
HD 500GB HD502IJ , SATA-300, 7200rpm, 8.9ms, 16MB
Silent Seek, HD502IJ
Coolermaster HAF 932
Big-Tower, ATX, Black, 6x 5.25", 1x 3.5", 5x 3.5"
4x USB2, Audio, FW, eSATA
Thermaltake Toughpower 750W
750W, ATX V2.2, 14cm Fan, SLI, PFC, Low Noise
Cable Management
Lite On IHAS 424
DVD±RW LS, 24/48/8/32, SATA, Black Blende, Retail
Better now?
If you don't plan on overclocking, don't waste your money going i7. Get an e8600+nice lga775 board. Gaming/desktop performance will be fine and you can use a cheaper cooler. The only way you can justify the price of an i7 is by overclocking.
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Here is mine, I plan on playing StarCraft 2 at 1680*1050, probably max details. Hoping for the game to run great.
Intel i7 860
eVGA P55 FTW
ATI Radeon HD5870
G.Skill 4x2gb PC12800, CAS7 (XMP1)
Corsair HX 750W
Coolermaster HAF922 (no need for bigger)
Western Digital Black Caviar 1tb
Noctua NH-U12P SE2
I realize a i7 920 would have been just fine/better, but honestly a 920 is better for some crazy overclocking, 860 should be fine o/c without having to ressort to water cooling.
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Here is my setup.
i7 920 3.8 GHz OC
EVGA X58
2x 275 GTX
6GB Ram
300 GB Velociraptor
LG Blu Ray
Fatal1ty Sound Card
Mushkin 800W
25.5 inch LCD
G15/G9
I should be able to run multiple sessions of Starcraft 2 at the highest setting. : D
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On October 26 2009 20:50 Bragnar wrote:
Here is mine, I plan on playing StarCraft 2 at 1680*1050, probably max details. Hoping for the game to run great.
Intel i7 860
eVGA P55 FTW
ATI Radeon HD5870
G.Skill 4x2gb PC12800, CAS7 (XMP1)
Corsair HX 750W
Coolermaster HAF922 (no need for bigger)
Western Digital Black Caviar 1tb
Noctua NH-U12P SE2
I realize a i7 920 would have been just fine/better, but honestly a 920 is better for some crazy overclocking, 860 should be fine o/c without having to ressort to water cooling.
You have a 860 and a 5870, anything short of this running great should be grounds for suing.
About the nettop, the Atom is really underpowered, even two of it might not be able to properly handle a RTS.
EDIT - About that SSD post a while back, refer to here. The first of many to come imo.
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Hmmmmm
I think the jury is out on this one. A 9400M is pretty week but should still be able to do some light gaming, so i don't see why it shouldn't be able to handle a not so graphically amazing game like sc2. Although the low cache size of the atom 330 is a problem, it's my belief that that raw GT/s is more important in RTS games, which a 1.8ghz dual core MAY be able to provide. I'm not exactly sure but if you get one of these please test it out with red alert 3 or something to see how it plays. I'm guessing it'll be able to run SC2 at low setting though.
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I'm seriously hoping I'll be able to run SC2 on my laptop. My specs are
AMD Turion X2 Dual Core Mobile Processor RM-70
4g ram
Vista 64bit Home Prem. ( soon to be windows 7 64bit)
ATI radeon mobile 3330 (something along those lines)
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OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTS 250 512MB
Hard Drives: Samsung 7200 RPM 500GB
Monitor: Some 19"
Mobo:GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD
PSU: APEVIA ATX-AS520W-BK 520W ATX Power Supply
Keyboard: RAZER Lycosa
Mouse: RAZER Lachesis Banshee
Do you think i need a higher watt psu?
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On October 27 2009 08:51 i.Zerg wrote:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTS 250 512MB
Hard Drives: Samsung 7200 RPM 500GB
Monitor: Some 19"
Mobo:GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD
PSU: APEVIA ATX-AS520W-BK 520W ATX Power Supply
Keyboard: RAZER Lycosa
Mouse: RAZER Lachesis Banshee
Do you think i need a higher watt psu?
For only a GTS250 and 45nm dual core? No way man. Overclock that callisto more please.
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On October 27 2009 09:20 ghermination wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2009 08:51 i.Zerg wrote:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTS 250 512MB
Hard Drives: Samsung 7200 RPM 500GB
Monitor: Some 19"
Mobo:GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD
PSU: APEVIA ATX-AS520W-BK 520W ATX Power Supply
Keyboard: RAZER Lycosa
Mouse: RAZER Lachesis Banshee
Do you think i need a higher watt psu? For only a GTS250 and 45nm dual core? No way man. Overclock that callisto more please.
Im guessing thats sarcasm for yea it can easily power it so overclock my cpu more?
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On October 27 2009 13:27 i.Zerg wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2009 09:20 ghermination wrote:On October 27 2009 08:51 i.Zerg wrote:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Memory: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTS 250 512MB
Hard Drives: Samsung 7200 RPM 500GB
Monitor: Some 19"
Mobo:GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD
PSU: APEVIA ATX-AS520W-BK 520W ATX Power Supply
Keyboard: RAZER Lycosa
Mouse: RAZER Lachesis Banshee
Do you think i need a higher watt psu? For only a GTS250 and 45nm dual core? No way man. Overclock that callisto more please. Im guessing thats sarcasm for yea it can easily power it so overclock my cpu more?
Yes. Nad seriously it seems almost like a crime to have a BE at under 3ghz. go for atleast 3.4.
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Hey guys im planning on building an i7 rig soon and I was wondering if anybody could guess what the least expensive GPU would be that would be able to run games such as sc2 and d3 on max settings?
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On October 28 2009 00:32 Pengu1n wrote:
Hey guys im planning on building an i7 rig soon and I was wondering if anybody could guess what the least expensive GPU would be that would be able to run games such as sc2 and d3 on max settings?
I would guess around the 4670 range.
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do ati cards use the havok physics engine?
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On October 28 2009 00:32 Pengu1n wrote:
Hey guys im planning on building an i7 rig soon and I was wondering if anybody could guess what the least expensive GPU would be that would be able to run games such as sc2 and d3 on max settings?
What resolution will you be running them on, I say just get the new 5850, it is cheap and future proof.
I will be making an i7 rig aswell, but I am waiting for the big day (release of sc2) to make my purchase. I am not in a hurry and I know that it will be at least (crossing my fingers) 6-8months when the game is released. Beta where are thou!!!
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