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zSoloo
50 Posts
On May 22 2013 15:42 Rollin wrote: Are you overclocking or not? The CPU and cooler are for an overclocking build and hence a waste of money if you're not. Umm i guess not since, i know little about oc'ing | ||
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Jugan
United States1566 Posts
Here's the build. Any input would be nice, and I would really appreciate it if you guys helped me double check by taking a look at the provided links so I can be sure I'm getting the correct product (since I'm a noob at this). ($140) Mobo: GA-Z77X-UD3H ($220) CPU: i5-3570K (I know the CPU is pretty important to my build, wanna make sure this is the correct i5-3750K) ($54) HSF: HR-02 Macho ($60) PSU: Rosewill Capstone 450 ($105) GPU: amd Radeon hd7770 I also wanna make sure this is the correct hd7770 I should be buying. SSD: Looking at a Samsung 840 series 250GB for around $150-$170, still looking though. ($70) RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8gb 1600MHz Would like a second opinion on the RAM if possible. Thanks for the help everyone! Also if anyone knows of a reliable but cheaper place to get parts, I'd be open to it. Thanks!  | ||
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
You're also missing a case & cd drive. Did you say those in an earlier post? | ||
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zSoloo
50 Posts
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20345 Posts
The GPU is mainly a choice for other games | ||
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Uberfetus
31 Posts
He wants to buy the Alienware X51. But I told him we could maybe save him some money if he bought and built himself. I just threw this together for him really quickly. His budget is under 1200 (US) which is what the Alienware he would be buying would cost. Processor --- Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz $234.99 Heatsink --- Cooler Master RR-G524-18PK-R2 $40.49 RAM ---Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 $47.49 BluRay Drive --- LG Black 12X Blu-ray Combo Drive SATA Model UH12NS29 - OEM $49.59 Graphics Card --- GIGABYTE GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit (10" length) $229.99 Hard Drive --- Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s $67.90 PSU --- APEVIA ATX-CW500WP4 500W ATX Power Supply $39.99 Case --- Xigmatek ASGARD PRO $44.99 Total Cost --- $710.44 EDIT just realized prices are from Newegg.ca as opposed to Newegg.com Not sure of price differences though... The things I am not good at though, is understanding what motherboards are good for what he wants. I look at motherboards and it is all jibbersih.. :/ It also doesn't help the first page resource thread hasn't been updated in forever. He also just wants a plain black case, as it is going to blend in to his TV stand off to the side. He also doesn't want a case too big. Max dimensions of 17.5"h x 8"w (depth not a big deal) Case edited although I think might be a better case out there I also talked him into an SSD, but I have not done a ton of research into SSD's as my personal computer was built almost 1.5 years ago when it wasn't in my budget. Operating System not needed. If I have missed something just let me know... Thanks guys. | ||
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Blaec
Australia4289 Posts
On May 23 2013 03:01 Uberfetus wrote: Hello all. My older brother is looking for a computer to play Mechwarrior Online (primarily) and watch movies on. He lives in Florida (25 C / 76 F) in his house. He wants to buy the Alienware X51. But I told him we could maybe save him some money if he bought and built himself. I just threw this together for him really quickly. His budget is under 1200 (US) which is what the Alienware he would be buying would cost. Processor --- Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz $234.99 Heatsink --- Cooler Master RR-G524-18PK-R2 $40.49 RAM ---Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 $47.49 BluRay Drive --- LG Black 12X Blu-ray Combo Drive SATA Model UH12NS29 - OEM $49.59 Graphics Card --- GIGABYTE GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit (10" length) $229.99 Hard Drive --- Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s $67.90 PSU --- APEVIA ATX-CW500WP4 500W ATX Power Supply $39.99 The things I am not good at though, is understanding what motherboards are good for what he wants. I look at motherboards and it is all jibbersih.. :/ It also doesn't help the first page resource thread hasn't been updated in forever. He also just wants a plain black case, as it is going to blend in to his TV stand off to the side. I also talked him into an SSD, but I have not done a ton of research into SSD's as my personal computer was built almost 1.5 years ago when it wasn't in my budget. If I have missed something just let me know... Thanks guys. if you are spending that much, definitely get at solid state drive, great upgrade. Cases don't really matter too much, get him to choose one he likes the look of. And because they don't matter too much, dont pay too much. Mobo wise if you are overclocking then get a Z77 mobo. Also new processors come out in less than two weeks so you should probably wait till then. 4g of ram is the bare essentials, if he has more than one screen definitely get 8g (two screens encourages you to multitask and use more ram) But you can get by on 4g if you don't have lots of stuff open at the same time. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20345 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20345 Posts
![[image loading]](http://cdn.overclock.net/a/af/af76ceba_Gigabyte-GTX-780-3DMark-performance-chart.png) Stock settings, look at Extreme, not performance preset Looks amazing at $500-600/500eu pricepoint, seems most people think even overclocked etc, it will be less than 10% weaker than titan, kinda knew this a while ago but it's looking even better than i thought. Looks like AMD has nothing to compete with gk110 til their next gen (crap, left this typed in for hours and forgot to hit post) | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On May 23 2013 03:20 Blaec wrote: + Show Spoiler + On May 23 2013 03:01 Uberfetus wrote: Hello all. My older brother is looking for a computer to play Mechwarrior Online (primarily) and watch movies on. He lives in Florida (25 C / 76 F) in his house. He wants to buy the Alienware X51. But I told him we could maybe save him some money if he bought and built himself. I just threw this together for him really quickly. His budget is under 1200 (US) which is what the Alienware he would be buying would cost. Processor --- Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz $234.99 Heatsink --- Cooler Master RR-G524-18PK-R2 $40.49 RAM ---Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 $47.49 BluRay Drive --- LG Black 12X Blu-ray Combo Drive SATA Model UH12NS29 - OEM $49.59 Graphics Card --- GIGABYTE GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit (10" length) $229.99 Hard Drive --- Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s $67.90 PSU --- APEVIA ATX-CW500WP4 500W ATX Power Supply $39.99 The things I am not good at though, is understanding what motherboards are good for what he wants. I look at motherboards and it is all jibbersih.. :/ It also doesn't help the first page resource thread hasn't been updated in forever. He also just wants a plain black case, as it is going to blend in to his TV stand off to the side. I also talked him into an SSD, but I have not done a ton of research into SSD's as my personal computer was built almost 1.5 years ago when it wasn't in my budget. If I have missed something just let me know... Thanks guys. if you are spending that much, definitely get at solid state drive, great upgrade. Cases don't really matter too much, get him to choose one he likes the look of. And because they don't matter too much, dont pay too much. Mobo wise if you are overclocking then get a Z77 mobo. Also new processors come out in less than two weeks so you should probably wait till then. 4g of ram is the bare essentials, if he has more than one screen definitely get 8g (two screens encourages you to multitask and use more ram) But you can get by on 4g if you don't have lots of stuff open at the same time. Also, the Apevia is really bad. Is the build to be done ASAP or maybe after Haswell launch? On May 23 2013 04:08 Cyro wrote: + Show Spoiler + Stock settings, look at Extreme, not performance preset Looks amazing at $500-600/500eu pricepoint, seems most people think even overclocked etc, it will be less than 10% weaker than titan, kinda knew this a while ago but it's looking even better than i thought. Looks like AMD has nothing to compete with gk110 til their next gen (crap, left this typed in for hours and forgot to hit post) GK110-based: 2308 CUDA cores (2688 on Titan, 1536 on GTX 680). I think the price could definitely be higher than $500-600. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20345 Posts
GK110-based: 2308 CUDA cores (2688 on Titan They are higher clocked etc; It's got 3gb VRAM, but memory bus etc seems to be fully intact (3gb vs 6gb irrelevant unless you're talking 4k or three screen, with AA, AFAIK) We saw some 500 euro pricing and rumor seems to point towards $500-600, but honestly running like this, it doesn't have to even be at that price, it would just rule the high end market if placed there | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Wait a sec, still kinda rumors but here: http://www.techpowerup.com/184311/geforce-gtx-780-pricing-revealed.html | ||
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nichan
United States158 Posts
for example will it be better to have 16gigs or 8 gigs at a faster speed? and why. thanks | ||
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Gumbi
Ireland463 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Usually you just want more. Memory is way way way faster than disk (or even SSD) access. | ||
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Uberfetus
31 Posts
EDIT And what is wrong with the heatsink? Seems to get good reviews on Newegg from consumers.... I myself have a 212 Evo, and my brother has liquid cooling, just figured I would try something different. And can someone MAYBE explain to me why gaming performance from a new Hasbro chip is really effectively used, even if he has a dedicated GPU | ||
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Jugan
United States1566 Posts
On May 22 2013 21:54 Alryk wrote: Yeah everything looks fine. Keep in mind haswell comes out in literally a week and a half almost exactly. Your build could remain the same other than the CPU and motherboard, which would have to change. You're also missing a case & cd drive. Did you say those in an earlier post? Yeah I realize that, but I'm worried that I'll get some kind of defective product or that Haswell will have some problems which will cause me numerous headaches. Sky is going to help me shop for a case once I've completed my build, and I have a cd drive I can re-use... Unless I need a new one of those too O.O Earlier someone mentioned that I needed some new type of RAM or something because of how new my mobo is, which RAM should I get? Thanks all for the help edit: I just clicked this on an amazon ad, this is the type of RAM I'm looking for, right? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004CRSM4I/ref=dra_a_cs_lb_hn_it_P1100_1000?tag=dradis-20 | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
On May 23 2013 06:11 Uberfetus wrote: He is on vacation in Canada and got a taste of Mechwarrior Online on my brother and I's custom builds on max graphics and says he really wants a PC now, so I imagine he will get it in the coming weeks. EDIT And what is wrong with the heatsink? Seems to get good reviews on Newegg from consumers.... I myself have a 212 Evo, and my brother has liquid cooling, just figured I would try something different. And can someone MAYBE explain to me why gaming performance from a new Hasbro chip is really effectively used, even if he has a dedicated GPU Haswell is the code name for the next Intel CPUs. The current CPUs are "Ivy Bridge", the previous were "Sandy Bridge". It will be a tiny bit faster but also a bit pricier, at least at the start. It's probably not important to wait because of that. The boards for Haswell will also be a little pricier, I assume. Haswell CPUs will be named i5-4xxx compared to the current i5-3xxx. Boards will be socket LGA1150 compared to current LGA1155. The CPU you chose with that "k" at the end is the one that can be overclocked a good bit. You should probably not choose that CPU. If you go with something that's not intended for overclocking like the normal i5-3570, you can also skip that aftermarket CPU cooler and just use the Intel cooler that comes with the CPU. If you don't overclock you have free hand to choose the cheapest LGA1155 socket board you can find. You can also see if you find a CPU that's a good bit cheaper. Perhaps there's a good deal somewhere for i5-3470 for example. You can also look at the price for Xeon E3-1230v2 (that v2 is important) and higher. Those Xeons are similar to i7 CPUs but cheaper (which makes no sense). | ||
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zSoloo
50 Posts
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 450 Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory GPU: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card Case: NZXT Tempest 210 ATX Mid Tower Case Do i even need this? SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk Suggestion on what i need to change, or what im missing | ||
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