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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
The newer version, which has been out a while, has 444W on +12V. These are kind of cost-cut but definitely not bad Delta designs, so I don't really think $50 is really that bad for that. It's not like you're getting Basiq 350W or 500W quality, or some of the VP. This doesn't look so bad: http://diy.pconline.com.cn/power/reviews/1109/2527372_2.html though I don't think there's a proper review of performance. | ||
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Sovano
United States1503 Posts
Roughly $800-$900 What is your resolution? 1366x768 What are you using it for? Gaming primarily. Starcraft 2 and DotA 2. What is your upgrade cycle? 4 years When do you plan on building it? In the summer. Not sure when exactly, but I would guess early to mid June. Do you plan on overclocking? Nope Do you need an Operating System? Nope Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? Not sure what this is...but I would say nope. Where are you buying your parts from? Newegg.com | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Rosewill RNX-N150PCe (RNWD-11011) IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCIe 2.0 Wireless Adapter SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Antec EarthWatts Green EA-430D Green 430W G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 3 120mm fans Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W ASRock H61M-VS LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 21 2012 08:57 Doodsmack wrote: Can someone confirm that my power supply is sufficient for this build: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Rosewill RNX-N150PCe (RNWD-11011) IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCIe 2.0 Wireless Adapter SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Antec EarthWatts Green EA-430D Green 430W G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 3 120mm fans Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W ASRock H61M-VS LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Yes. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/291 284w from the wall in a system with a much more power hungry CPU. That's from the wall, which means the PSU was putting out more like 250w. And Earthwatts 430D is a decent quality unit, not one of the horribly over-rated, easily pushed out of spec pieces of shit you see from terrible brands like Apevia. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On April 21 2012 07:33 Sovano wrote: When do you plan on building it? In the summer. Not sure when exactly, but I would guess early to mid June. Come back later. New technology will be available then, overall some prices will be different, and there's no use pointing out good deals now that will be gone in a week, not to mention two months later. You can look at previous pages for a general idea of what's possible now. On April 21 2012 08:57 Doodsmack wrote: Can someone confirm that my power supply is sufficient for this build: + Show Spoiler + Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Rosewill RNX-N150PCe (RNWD-11011) IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCIe 2.0 Wireless Adapter SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 Antec EarthWatts Green EA-430D Green 430W G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 3 120mm fans Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W ASRock H61M-VS LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX You're not going to use half of 430W, and that power supply is decent and can actually sustain 430W. edit: FurMark load power consumption is kind of difficult to relate to actual power consumption because the CPU and system is so much different (so an overestimation), and there's efficiency losses in the PSU (so an overestimation) but the CPU is not being stressed (so an underestimation). Actual full load value with an i3-2100 should be a lot lower than that though. | ||
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MMOwnageSports
United Kingdom300 Posts
LETS DO THIS! | ||
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Sovano
United States1503 Posts
On April 21 2012 09:03 Myrmidon wrote: Come back later. New technology will be available then, overall some prices will be different, and there's no use pointing out good deals now that will be gone in a week, not to mention two months later. You can look at previous pages for a general idea of what's possible now. Okay will do. Thanks for the response. | ||
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ragingfungus
United States271 Posts
Resolution is 1680x1050 GFX--EVGA 015-P3-1480-KR GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) $210 RAM--G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) $60 CPU--Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz $220 OS--Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM $100 SSD--SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC064D/AM 2.5" 64GB $120 MOBO--ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 $140 CASE--Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower $120 PSU and HDD-- already own 750w and 500gb Also wondering if it would be possibe to stream with this. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 21 2012 12:28 ragingfungus wrote: Can anyone point out anything wrong with this build I plan on getting? Resolution is 1680x1050 GFX--EVGA 015-P3-1480-KR GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) $210 RAM--G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) $60 CPU--Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz $220 OS--Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM $100 SSD--SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC064D/AM 2.5" 64GB $120 MOBO--ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 $140 CASE--Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower $120 PSU and HDD-- already own 750w and 500gb It has a GTX480, there's probably better cases in the price range, and that seems like an expensive mobo for a single GPU rig. Yes, you can easily stream. But seriously, a 480? Shit card. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Use your money thrown away the memory to get a 120 / 128gb SSD for $30 more. 2500k is overpriced at $220. You're missing a heatsink. Asrock Z77 Extreme6 for $140 is okay I guess, better than it's $170 MSRP but I have my doubts on why you are wasting money on a relatively high-end board when you have no heatsink... GTX 480 is okay if the only thing you care about is performance and ignore the fact that it's hot, loud, and power hungry. | ||
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ragingfungus
United States271 Posts
On April 21 2012 12:31 JingleHell wrote: It has a GTX480, there's probably better cases in the price range, and that seems like an expensive mobo for a single GPU rig. Yes, you can easily stream. But seriously, a 480? Shit card. Is there another gfx card you would recommend near 200-250? Also changed the ram to some regular 8g sticks for 15 cheaper | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 21 2012 12:50 ragingfungus wrote: Is there another gfx card you would recommend near 200-250? HD 7850? Costs a little more, performs a bit better, and doesn't try to sound like the worlds hottest wind tunnel. That's with better thermals, power draw, and (I assume) better OCing. | ||
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Flying Potato
United States77 Posts
Since my question is rather vague, I'm just asking for a general process to go about when trying to figure out what went wrong, like a broken part or something was put in wrong,etc.. Also, I know everyone says building a computer is EZ, but if you are someone who doesn't know all that much about computers, and doesn't have and "computer savvy" friends, if it is recommended to build your own computer, since you could really be screwed over if you mess up. From what ive seen it looks really ez, but im nervous to spend and adequate amount of money on something that i may not be able to get to work, just looking for opinions, thanks alot :D | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 21 2012 12:57 Flying Potato wrote: Hey guys, I'm new to this forum, so I am not entirely sure if this has been discussed or not, and since I have never built a computer before, I was wondering what you should do if you put your computer together and it doesn't start up? This is really the only thing stopping me right now from building a computer, since I don't really know anyone "computer savvy" irl, and I'm not sure how you should go about diagnosing what your problem is if there happens to be one. Since my question is rather vague, I'm just asking for a general process to go about when trying to figure out what went wrong, like a broken part or something was put in wrong,etc.. Also, I know everyone says building a computer is EZ, but if you are someone who doesn't know all that much about computers, and doesn't have and "computer savvy" friends, if it is recommended to build your own computer, since you could really be screwed over if you mess up. From what ive seen it looks really ez, but im nervous to spend and adequate amount of money on something that i may not be able to get to work, just looking for opinions, thanks alot :D Watch the hardware canucks youtube video on building a PC to see how easy it really is. If it doesn't boot, you come here, we run you through some things, and it either boots, or we tell you what to return, rinse and repeat. You can definitely get a better rig for your money building, as a rule. | ||
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Flying Potato
United States77 Posts
On April 21 2012 12:59 JingleHell wrote: Watch the hardware canucks youtube video on building a PC to see how easy it really is. If it doesn't boot, you come here, we run you through some things, and it either boots, or we tell you what to return, rinse and repeat. You can definitely get a better rig for your money building, as a rule. Okok, thanks alot! I just needed something in the back of my mind that could affirm i had SOMEWHERE to go if something went wrong, since ik in reality it HAS to be ez when this many ppl say so, but i was just worried about downing a fairly decent amount of money into something i couldnt use, good to know TL always has my back (where would we be w/o TL?) | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
If the configuration doesn't turn on then you either forgot a cable, forgot to flip the switch on the power supply, forgot standoffs, plugged in the front panel headers incorrectly, or something is faulty than you start troubleshooting and exchange whatever part you think is faulty. You can also always just go to Best Buy Geek Squad or your local computer hardware store and often times get ripped off, they can put it together for you or solve your problem. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 21 2012 13:04 Flying Potato wrote: Okok, thanks alot! I just needed something in the back of my mind that could affirm i had SOMEWHERE to go if something went wrong, since ik in reality it HAS to be ez when this many ppl say so, but i was just worried about downing a fairly decent amount of money into something i couldnt use, good to know TL always has my back (where would we be w/o TL?) Basically, as long as you can read a manual, put shit in the one hole it fits in, use a screwdriver, and follow the rather simple step-by-step directions, you should be able to put together a PC fine. Worst case you get a dead piece of hardware shipped, but that's what return policy is for. It's pretty rare someone is so hopeless that we can't help them figure out what's wrong when they build ( and usually nothing is, the issues are rare, and the majority of them are simple tiny things). And having the sense to be wondering before doing it what can go wrong and what to think about suggests you're not that hopeless. | ||
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vaL4r
Germany240 Posts
edit: found it it is here | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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SoulTakerz
Canada353 Posts
On April 20 2012 11:00 skyR wrote: Ignoring the compatibility issue and the miscalculation of the total (unless there are coupons / promos which you didn't mention), your build basically sucks. BP350 isn't an attractive option at $40 given what is available at this price point currently. Caviar Green should not be used as a primary drive. Antec Three Hundred is overpriced at $70 and you should not be severely sacrificing performance for the case. Memory is overpriced. 6450 sucks. Not sure why you need a blu-ray player for Diablo III. For $490, this is miles better (not including wireless or optical drive). Basically the same price as your configuration when you add the wireless and blu-ray: Sapphire Radeon HD6850 @ $135 (w/ promo code HARDOCPX418G, ends 4/24) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908 GSkill 4GB 1333MHz @ $20 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231421 Antec Earthwatts 430D @ $40 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371034 Intel Core i3 2100 & Asrock H61M-VS @ $170 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.882767 Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB @ $75 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00461G3MS Coolermaster HAF 912 @ $50 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZM7YTA/ How good can this built run other games like Skyrim, Sc2 ect? I'm a total noob at this, and are looking for a computer that can handle modern games. Any helps is appreciated, thanks. | ||
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