EPTIntel i5 3450 3.1ghz
HD Radeon 6670
4GB DDR3 RAM
530W PSU 80plus certified
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Silky
United States260 Posts
Intel i5 3450 3.1ghz HD Radeon 6670 4GB DDR3 RAM 530W PSU 80plus certified | ||
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colblitz
United States41 Posts
Also, more generally, do you guys have any recommendations for desktop wallpaper managers in multi-monitor setups? I've been trying to find a good one that can handle portrait/landscape orientations and being able to rotate through different wallpapers without too much luck Thanks :D | ||
Womwomwom
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colblitz
United States41 Posts
Any recommendations for such a low end GPU for a 1920 x 1080 monitor? | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On September 01 2012 15:16 Silky wrote: Can I stream on medium quality with these specs? Intel i5 3450 3.1ghz HD Radeon 6670 4GB DDR3 RAM 530W PSU 80plus certified Yes, with enough upload speed. On September 01 2012 23:23 colblitz wrote: Ah, I see - is there a similar threshold for 6xxx and 7xxx cards? Any recommendations for such a low end GPU for a 1920 x 1080 monitor? Since 5xxx series, there was 3 (or more) monitor support. You can use pretty much whatever as long as you have the slot for it. There are specialty low-end graphics cards (more expensive) with PCI slots, PCIe 1x slots, if you must. HD 5450 is probably okay. If the system is Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge and has support for the integrated graphics, that may also be able to be used. | ||
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U_G_L_Y
United States516 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On September 02 2012 00:39 U_G_L_Y wrote: I don't get it, there are heatsinks for $5 and heatsinks for $100.... Don't get what? What kind of heatsinks? You know, there are significant differences in heat transfer mechanism, surface area, materials, mounting apparatus, accessories, warranty, etc. Are you confused that a Core i7-3960x costs a lot more than a Celeron G440? | ||
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Uberfetus
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U_G_L_Y
United States516 Posts
Seems like a very common opinion is that http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 is kind of the best thing for the money? So if I am overclocking, will 400 watts no longer cut it? | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On September 02 2012 00:52 Uberfetus wrote: My TR2 500w has been working great for the past 6 months. Someone recommended it to me here lol. Is that a W0379RU (25A and 18A +12V rails), W0093 (14A and 15A +12V rails), or TP-500P (single rail, 80 plus bronze)? All are sold as Thermaltake TR2 500W. Well, it's not like operating a system well under advertised limits for 6 months is an extraordinary feat. On September 02 2012 00:58 U_G_L_Y wrote: They seem like such basic mechanical devices... though now that you mention it, a $1000+ cpu that is marginally better than a $200 cpu is confusing to me... Seems like a very common opinion is that http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 is kind of the best thing for the money? So if I am overclocking, will 400 watts no longer cut it? I'm sure that materials and manufacturing costs are far below retailer pricing for the expensive heatsinks (particularly, the materials costs should be relatively low). It's probably more a matter of relatively low volume, pricing for premium products being high because people will still pay those prices. For CPUs, it's a matter of different products not containing different technology. Intel, AMD, and anyone else designing CPUs (like for specialized servers, smartphones, etc.), spend megabucks on R&D—every couple / few / several years, they put out a new design. Then they create an entire product stack based on this one design. At shorter intervals in the meantime, they tweak it somewhat and then release a new product stack based on that tweak. It's not like different CPUs based on the same design will be much different, other than being released with different numbers of cores, some differences in clock speed. Pricing for premium components again reflects the fact that people will pay for it. $30 for Hyper 212 Plus is kind of standard, so sure. Get that. 400W is enough for those parts, normal overclocking, unless you run your computer at 100% CPU load, 100% GPU load, 24/7. | ||
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CouchWarrior
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Depetrify
978 Posts
Budget is around 2 grand, and I already have 2 1 TB HDD's and 1 64 GB SSD that ill bring over. Heading to Microcenter and Frys and hope to be able to finish the build by tonight. I haven't been paying much attention as of late but the new cool things are GTX 600 series and ivybridge ya? What about a mobo? Liquid cooling is easy now right? Can anyone just list out a good build - don't have much time !  | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
$2k is a gross overkill budget for a tower these days, unless you have some very demanding niche requirements, trying to run some kind of beast multimonitor / 120 Hz gaming setup, a rendering farm workstation, a certain kind of server, or something like that. | ||
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CouchWarrior
15 Posts
On September 02 2012 02:29 skyR wrote: @skyR What would you personally choose? or what would be the best for the money? 7950 offers better performance once overclocked (vs an overclocked GTX 660 Ti) and does better at higher resolutions. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Medrea
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Blennd
United States266 Posts
AMD Phenom Quad Core Processor 3.2GHz 8GB DDR3 RAM 1.5TB 5400RPM Hard Drive ATI Radeon HD 4200 | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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sauman
Australia180 Posts
Antec High Current Gamer 520W Modular HCG-520M - $99.00 ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard - $149.00 Gigabyte Radeon HD7850 2GB OC - $255.00 Corsair Carbide 400R Black Mid-Tower Case - $118.00 Intel Core i5 3570K - $235.00 CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler - $36.00 Corsair Vengeance CML8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 - $59.00 Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB 7200RPM 0F15632 - $89.00 Total: $1040.00 Just to check again, are all the parts compatible? Also as previously stated, if there are parts with better prices that I could replace any recommendations would be nice . I'm looking to order in the next 2-3 days.Thanks! | ||
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