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Dreamer.T
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KOFgokuon
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Darkn3ss
United States717 Posts
=( I'm a PC NOOB! HELP!!! | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
You certainly don't need to overclock, but for something like an i7 920, buying it and not overclocking it feels rather like a waste. There are plenty of guides on the internet for overclock, and even ones made specifically for ocing the 920. I wouldn't say it is the simplest thing, but overclocking the i7 doesn't have too many complications. | ||
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FragKrag
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cmos543
220 Posts
CPU: AMD quadcore @ 2.6 Memory: 8 gigs ocz pc1000 Graphics: BFG GTX 280 1 gb onboard memory Hard Drives: 500 gb Monitor: 22" 1680x1050 Mobo: Asus PSU: Ultra 750 watt Keyboard: Razer lycosa Mouse: Razer lychesis | ||
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Darkn3ss
United States717 Posts
On February 12 2010 13:09 Ecael wrote: ghz, not mhz, I am reminded of the good old days. You certainly don't need to overclock, but for something like an i7 920, buying it and not overclocking it feels rather like a waste. There are plenty of guides on the internet for overclock, and even ones made specifically for ocing the 920. I wouldn't say it is the simplest thing, but overclocking the i7 doesn't have too many complications. On February 12 2010 13:15 FragKrag wrote: It's not very hard to do, but if you don't want to, it's fine as it is. Thanks, guys! Since I'm such a noob (and a noob pays twice (or twice as much)) should I just buy this and be happy with it? + Show Spoiler + Case ( Thermaltake V9 Gaming Tower Case - Blue ) iBUYPOWER Labs - Internal Expansion ( [4-Port] iBUYPOWER Internal USB Expansion System ) Processor ( Intel® Core™ i7 960 Processor (4x 3.20GHz/8MB L3 Cache) ) Or can I get away with i7 940? 920? Processor Cooling ( XIGMATEK Dark Knight 120mm CPU Cooling Fan System - H.D.T. (Heat-pipe direct touch) technology ) Memory ( 6 GB [2 GB X3] DDR3-1600 Triple Memory Module - Corsair Dominator ) Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 – 896MB - Single Card ) Motherboard ( Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5 -- Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire and SLI supported w/8-ch HD Audio, Triple-Channel DDR3, 2 Gb Lan, 4 PCI-E MB ) Motherboard Add-on ( None ) Power Supply ( 1000 Watt -- Extreme Power Supply - [Gaming Series] Quad SLI + Active PFC ) Primary Hard Drive ( 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive ) Data Hard Drive ( 500 GB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive ) Optical Drive ( 22X Sony Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black ) 2nd Optical Drive ( None ) Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard ) Network Card ( Intel Pro 10/100/1000 Network Card ) Operating System ( Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit ) Power Protection ( Opti-UPS SS1200-AVR Mighty Voltage Regulator + Network 10/100/1000 LAN Surge Protector ) Is there anything I might be missing or reaaallyyyy overdoing?! There's also this add-on thing "PowerDrive Level 2 - Up to 20% Overclocking" Is this all I need to overclock? Or that's part of it and then I need to do something else? Sorry and any help is GREATLY appreciated. =) | ||
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
If you don't want to, here are some recs: 1. Downgrade the PSU. 1000W is way way way overkill. You aren't even running 2 graphics cards  ----Do you want to SLi/Crossfire or not? If you do not plan on adding graphics cards, set that PSU down to around a 600W. If you want to SLi, 700W-800W. 2. I assume that since you want the i7 960 you do not want to OC. In that case, I would suggest downgrading to a i7 940. 2.93GHz is more than enough because most games are not dominantly CPU dependent. If you don't plan on overclocking, get rid of that Xigmatek cooler. It's an amazing piece of hardware, but it's useless if you don't want to get to 4.0GHz. 3. Upgrade your case to CoolerMaster HAF 922!!! Better airflow, nice roomy case, simple design etc.4. Get the 5850 or the 5870 instead of the GTX 275. At this point, nvidia cards just aren't worth the money. The 5850 destroys the 275 in every benchmark and approaches the GTX 285, but is only $3 more than the 275. edit: the 5870 is completely overpriced when relative prices are considered. +173 over a 5850 is a joke. 5. The 1600 speed ram is a bit of a waste in money imo, but whatever it shouldn't be a huge deal unless you want to save that money. Keep in mind X58 mobos have their memory clocked at 1067 (I think?). 6. That mobo is overkill if you do not plan to upgrade to SLi/Crossfire setup. Is there another board with SATA 6 and USB 3.0 which is a bit more cost-effective? Overall, I found that ibuypower was ok if you were building a 'low-end' i7 computer, but if you are building such an enthusiast computer, I would definitely consider buying the parts yourself. You can save much more money, and get much more performance, and you have exact control of every single component that goes into your PC. I don't trust the generic X watt PSUs that ibuypower sets up, but the other PSUs are far too overpriced. That power overdrive is actually them overclocking it for you. Edit: How much is that going to cost you? :/ | ||
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Darkn3ss
United States717 Posts
On February 12 2010 16:48 FragKrag wrote: How much is that going to cost you? :/ After I changed what you told me, $2,387.31 oO (With tax and delivery) I'll pm you right now. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
It would help us recommend stuff if you had a plan for how you want to build your computer. If you want to stick with just one graphics card, I don't think there is much rationale for the i7 LGA 1366 in the first place. ;/ A budget limit would also help. | ||
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Darkn3ss
United States717 Posts
On February 12 2010 17:20 FragKrag wrote: remove tax and shipping please ;_; It would help us recommend stuff if you had a plan for how you want to build your computer. If you want to stick with just one graphics card, I don't think there is much rationale for the i7 LGA 1366 in the first place. ;/ A budget limit would also help. $2,116.00 without tax/shipping. Plan is - run SC/SC2 and maybe some other games/CAD on high quality settings. ^^ Budget - the less the better but if that's what I gotta pay, that's what I'll pay. "/ | ||
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FragKrag
United States11539 Posts
Which means you should actually consider the LGA 1156 socket. http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Configurators.aspx?mid=467 try messing around with that. Get the i7 860 2.8GHz core, ATi 5850, 4GB of RAM, CoolerMaster 212 heatsink + fan, GA P55A UD3 motherboard, 650W Corsair PSU other stuff is your choice. Should come to around 1.5k-1.6k after shipping. | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14892 Posts
My friend is building a comp, after he put it all together he hit the power button, and basically his motherboard wouldn't POST. It would start for maybe 2 seconds and then reset, go for 2 seconds, reset, start for 2 seconds, reset, etc. He tried a number of different configurations, took out everything except CPU, 1 stick of ram, and the video card, tried each stick of ram in different slots, used both the stock cooler and the cooler master heat sink in the build, none of those worked. He didn't have a spare video card to swap in so he couldn't test if that was the issue So the question is, can a bad video card cause the system to fail to POST this epically? The ram seems to be ok (or at least, isn't the only problem) and he shouldn't be having any problems with CPU heat issues unless the heat sink and stock cooler were seated really really badly. So that leaves video card, CPU damage somehow (visually looks ok), power supply (but with so few components in it shouldn't overload it) or the motherboard. Any opinion on what's the most likely culprit? If he were close by this wouldn't be a problem, but he lives in NY (I live in Boston) and I bought his cpu/MB for him at the local microcenter so exchanging it isn't as easy as the rest of the components build: Intel i7-920 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P X58 1366 ATX Motherboard OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM OCZ ModXStream Pro Power Supply - 600-Watt Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB HD Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X Acer P205H 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor SAPPHIRE Radeon 5770 1GB it's a bit of a flier, hopefully someone has a better idea. We've been searching around other various forums and sites we find from google and there's no real clear indication of what's wrong. Probably hard to diagnose without seeing the comp yourself, but I figured I'd ask just to make sure | ||
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FragKrag
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On February 13 2010 04:42 KOFgokuon wrote: I should prolly blog this, but i'll just post it here My friend is building a comp, after he put it all together he hit the power button, and basically his motherboard wouldn't POST. It would start for maybe 2 seconds and then reset, go for 2 seconds, reset, start for 2 seconds, reset, etc. He tried a number of different configurations, took out everything except CPU, 1 stick of ram, and the video card, tried each stick of ram in different slots, used both the stock cooler and the cooler master heat sink in the build, none of those worked. He didn't have a spare video card to swap in so he couldn't test if that was the issue So the question is, can a bad video card cause the system to fail to POST this epically? The ram seems to be ok (or at least, isn't the only problem) and he shouldn't be having any problems with CPU heat issues unless the heat sink and stock cooler were seated really really badly. So that leaves video card, CPU damage somehow (visually looks ok), power supply (but with so few components in it shouldn't overload it) or the motherboard. Any opinion on what's the most likely culprit? If he were close by this wouldn't be a problem, but he lives in NY (I live in Boston) and I bought his cpu/MB for him at the local microcenter so exchanging it isn't as easy as the rest of the components build: Intel i7-920 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P X58 1366 ATX Motherboard OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM OCZ ModXStream Pro Power Supply - 600-Watt Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB HD Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X Acer P205H 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor SAPPHIRE Radeon 5770 1GB it's a bit of a flier, hopefully someone has a better idea. We've been searching around other various forums and sites we find from google and there's no real clear indication of what's wrong. Probably hard to diagnose without seeing the comp yourself, but I figured I'd ask just to make sure Is this 4 pin power plugged in? The plug above and to the left of the processor. Try testing with a different power supply, also. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
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Garrl
Scotland1970 Posts
On February 13 2010 04:42 KOFgokuon wrote: I should prolly blog this, but i'll just post it here My friend is building a comp, after he put it all together he hit the power button, and basically his motherboard wouldn't POST. It would start for maybe 2 seconds and then reset, go for 2 seconds, reset, start for 2 seconds, reset, etc. He tried a number of different configurations, took out everything except CPU, 1 stick of ram, and the video card, tried each stick of ram in different slots, used both the stock cooler and the cooler master heat sink in the build, none of those worked. He didn't have a spare video card to swap in so he couldn't test if that was the issue So the question is, can a bad video card cause the system to fail to POST this epically? The ram seems to be ok (or at least, isn't the only problem) and he shouldn't be having any problems with CPU heat issues unless the heat sink and stock cooler were seated really really badly. So that leaves video card, CPU damage somehow (visually looks ok), power supply (but with so few components in it shouldn't overload it) or the motherboard. Any opinion on what's the most likely culprit? If he were close by this wouldn't be a problem, but he lives in NY (I live in Boston) and I bought his cpu/MB for him at the local microcenter so exchanging it isn't as easy as the rest of the components build: Intel i7-920 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P X58 1366 ATX Motherboard OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM OCZ ModXStream Pro Power Supply - 600-Watt Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB HD Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X Acer P205H 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor SAPPHIRE Radeon 5770 1GB it's a bit of a flier, hopefully someone has a better idea. We've been searching around other various forums and sites we find from google and there's no real clear indication of what's wrong. Probably hard to diagnose without seeing the comp yourself, but I figured I'd ask just to make sure I had that; a faulty CPU caused the motherboard to break down. Not sure if that's what it is, but it's something to consider, especially if it's starting for a small amount of time, then turning off, without POSTing. | ||
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mahnini
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cyclone25
Romania3344 Posts
It's an Fujitsu Siemens - Amilo Li 2727 *Pentium DualCore @ 1.73Ghz *2048 ram *Intel GMA X3100 I have plans to buy a new pc, but is hard to get it now, so I'm really curious if my laptop will help until I get it. | ||
GTR
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