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NoBanMeAgain
United States194 Posts
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nichan
United States158 Posts
I'm going to post the parts I have research so far, and hope you guys can give me some advice the budget is about 2000-3000 dollars Case: Thermal take battle edition keyboard: Das professional S model Cherry MX blue Mouse: have not decided yet Monitor x2 (I want two monitors lol): Asus MX239h Motherboard: Asus Rampage 4 extreme Prossesor: i7-3930k Graphics card: Gforce 670 still missing Power supply: Memory: hard drives: and water cooling this is my first build and please if you guys see better options or have anything I'm mission or better parts let me know thanks in advance. Edited to write what I want the computer for: I want this computer to play games and stream movies and music in my house and to use Photoshop and video editing. I may add I'm deployed right now and will be going back next month if there is something better coming out that is worth waiting for then tell me and I'll wait. | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
On January 23 2013 07:59 nichan wrote:+ Show Spoiler + Hello I opened a threat about the computer I want to build, but didn't want to post this and open that threat until I know wich parts I'm going to buy. I'm going to post the parts I have research so far, and hope you guys can give me some advice the budget is about 2000-3000 dollars Case: Thermal take battle edition keyboard: Das professional S model Cherry MX blue Mouse: have not decided yet Monitor x2 (I want two monitors lol): Asus MX239h Motherboard: Asus Rampage 4 extreme Prossesor: i7-3930k Graphics card: Gforce 670 still missing Power supply: Memory: hard drives: and water cooling this is my first build and please if you guys see better options or have anything I'm mission or better parts let me know thanks in advance. Edited to write what I want the computer for: I want this computer to play games and stream movies and music in my house and to use Photoshop and video editing. I may add I'm deployed right now and will be going back next month if there is something better coming out that is worth waiting for then tell me and I'll wait. SB-E is a waste of money. i7's are a waste of money unless you have a niche use. Watercooling is a waste of money, its an effective form of cooling but its more of an enthusiasts hobby; and all-in-ones are beyond stupid. GTX 700 series comes out next month. Haswell comes out in June, if it's possible for you to wait until then then do so. On January 23 2013 07:54 ImANinjaBich wrote: so i wouldnt even need an i5 then? what if i wanted to stream? could an i3 stream? There is oh so solid questions in the the OP questionaire that gives us an idea what you plan to do with the computer/when you plan to build. Giving us incomplete information will give incomplete answers. Yes you want an i5 if you plan to stream. | ||
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nichan
United States158 Posts
On January 23 2013 08:08 iTzSnypah wrote: SB-E is a waste of money. i7's are a waste of money unless you have a niche use. Watercooling is a waste of money, its an effective form of cooling but its more of an enthusiasts hobby; and all-in-ones are beyond stupid. GTX 700 series comes out next month. Haswell comes out in June, if it's possible for you to wait until then then do so. What would you recommend and what is SB-E what would you get if you were in my shoes? | ||
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acidstormy
United States191 Posts
On January 22 2013 07:12 JingleHell wrote: The only way I could imagine it working is + Show Spoiler [Really bad idea for most people] + flashing the BIOS of the 560 down to a 460. Even that wouldn't work ideally, most likely. Or another way I've heard of and won't be linking here. Even if you can force it to happen, without some serious work, I doubt you could avoid nasty stuttering with AFR. Most people will actually tell you stuttering is "terrible" in any SLI rig, but the graphs they base this off of tend to be prone to some interpretation errors, and you have to force specific scenarios to really make it significant; if you're running proper SLI (good cards for the resolution and settings) you'll get enough FPS to keep frametimes short enough that stuttering will be pretty much invisible. If I haven't made this clear enough, while there's some technically possible-ish ways to try and get around the inabity, they involve modifications that can void warranties, and potentially cause some significant problems. To see compiled, compared benchies, anandtech. If you want to GET good benchies, you can use cinebench and 3dmark, although getting relevant info out of those can be tricky without some knowledge of the limitations. thank you for a very clear explanation! I'll probably have to upgrade my graphics card times 2 now T_T | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
On January 23 2013 08:18 nichan wrote: What would you recommend and what is SB-E what would you get if you were in my shoes? I may add I'm deployed right now and will be going back next month if there is something better coming out that is worth waiting for then tell me and I'll wait. Can you elaborate on this? Because if your only going to use the computer for a month then there is no reason to buy one now (unless you can take it with you?). | ||
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alQahira
United States511 Posts
Also, with that budget you're better off spending more on the monitor, and getting a nice chair. Instead of two 1080p screens you should just get one really nice 2560x1440 screen, or even a 2560x1600 one, imho. | ||
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nichan
United States158 Posts
iTzSnypah right now I'm in afghanistan will be going back to italy where i'm station in a month and then back to the states in two would like to have the parts in the states for when i get there alQahira what monitors and chair would you recommend and what parts would you advice me getting for the computer. thanks in advance | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
On January 23 2013 08:45 nichan wrote: Ok thanks iTzSnypah right now I'm in afghanistan will be going back to italy where i'm station in a month and then back to the states in two would like to have the parts in the states for when i get there alQahira what monitors and chair would you recommend and what parts would you advice me getting for the computer. thanks in advance If you end up getting a 2560 x 1440/1600 monitor and want to overclock I would go with: i5-3570k Mid range Z77 board (ASRock extreme4/6, Gigabyte UD3/5, MSI G45/GD55) Cooler Master Hyper 212+/EVO heatsink 8GB DDR3-1600 GTX 780/770 if they are out in time, if not then a GTX 670/HD7970 128GB SSD for OS and games (OCZ Vector, Samsung 840/840 Pro, Plexor M5S) 1TB or however much storage you need HDD A quality Power Supply such as a Rosewill Capstone Case, its up to you DVD burner Win7/8 (if needed) Should cost around $1250(with win7/8). | ||
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alQahira
United States511 Posts
For chairs, the Herman Miller Aeron is often recommended, although I think there are slightly cheaper options out there that are as good. I've also heard good things about the Herman Miller Mirra, and the Ergo Human chair. | ||
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nichan
United States158 Posts
alQahira I check the monitor what size would you recommend for gaming mostly SC the chair looks great too. iTzSnypah I'm going with the thermal take battle edition for the case with that build do you think I'll be able to run sc2 at the highest settings no problem and maybe a game like crisis? | ||
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Gumbi
Ireland463 Posts
and Asrcock Pro3 Z77 mobo and a 3570k, The RAM is apparently 1600mhz, but shows up as 1333mhz in the BIOS. Is there a reason for this? Should I change this to 1600mhz? Thanks! | ||
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Craton
United States17270 Posts
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phar
United States1080 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Craton
United States17270 Posts
Hence the question. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Aside from Lian Li options, customs, boutiques, and the really garish stuff, there is Silverstone TJ11, Enermax Fulmo GT, and NZXT Phantom 820 (also Switch 810, which has same frame I think). Actually, those may be questionable in their own rights. | ||
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Craton
United States17270 Posts
The Enermax Fulmo GT looks the best of the ones you named. I'm partial to the darker colors (black, dark grays, etc.) and really dislike the bright colors like white. At a glance it doesn't seem like there's very much room on the "rear" side for the cables to sit. | ||
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nichan
United States158 Posts
Monitor: BenQ XL2420t. 399 hard drive: WD green 2TB SSD: Samsung electronics 840 pro series Memory: Corsair vengeance 8 GB Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO Mother board: AS Rock LGA 1155 DDR3 CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Power: Rosewill Capstone series 45OW 80 plus gold. Graphics Card: wating on the Gforce770 keyboard: DAS Professional brown switches. Case: ThermalTake Level 10 GT Battle Edition question will a 16 gb of memory make a big difference when it comes to performance? can anyone recomend a monitor for photoshoping video editing? I was recomended a monitior with this resolution by: alQahira, with that budget you're better off spending more on the monitor, and getting a nice chair. Instead of two 1080p screens you should just get one really nice 2560x1440 screen, or even a 2560x1600 one, imho. Most of the monitors I've seen are in the 1000 dollar range anything a little cheaper and what brand would be best from what i've seen people recomend the dell sharp alot any advice or opinions are welcome thanks in advance | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On January 23 2013 16:40 nichan wrote:+ Show Spoiler + Ok I've change a couple of things so far I have this Monitor: BenQ XL2420t. 399 hard drive: WD green 2TB SSD: Samsung electronics 840 pro series Memory: Corsair vengeance 8 GB Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO Mother board: AS Rock LGA 1155 DDR3 CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Power: Rosewill Capstone series 45OW 80 plus gold. Graphics Card: wating on the Gforce770 keyboard: DAS Professional brown switches. Case: ThermalTake Level 10 GT Battle Edition question will a 16 gb of memory make a big difference when it comes to performance? can anyone recomend a monitor for photoshoping video editing? I was recomended a monitior with this resolution by: alQahira, with that budget you're better off spending more on the monitor, and getting a nice chair. Instead of two 1080p screens you should just get one really nice 2560x1440 screen, or even a 2560x1600 one, imho. Most of the monitors I've seen are in the 1000 dollar range anything a little cheaper and what brand would be best from what i've seen people recomend the dell sharp alot any advice or opinions are welcome thanks in advance There's still a few more months until the GTX 700 series so not sure why you're waiting on this and not Haswell as well. You also need to be specific when you are seeking purchasing advice as there's more than a dozen Asrock LGA 1155 boards, Corsair Vengeance, and so on. Otherwise, our advice sort of doesn't matter. You're spending $300 on a case, $400 on the GPU, paying premium for Corsair Vengeance, and a 840 Pro. Surely, you can spare $1000 on a good monitor. A monitor is much more significant than a case so If you can't then maybe you need to reconsider your priorities and reallocate your budget properly? As for the monitor, the Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM, U2711, U2410, and ASUS P248Q would be some options to consider. | ||
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