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Anjuu
United States57 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
As a side issue, you get slightly better performance (almost double the memory throughput, but that's not important) if you have two or four sticks of RAM in your standard dual channel RAM system. Since the extra capacity won't be needed, your single stick configs would thus be slightly worse. | ||
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miL.
Canada93 Posts
I've taken a closer look at the link that Myrmidon provided and I'm gunna drop down to a 'lower kit' of ram. I'm also going to go with the Antec 300 too. I'll probably go with that Mushkin set that skyR recommended. I'm probably gunna go ahead and put the order through within the next few days, but if there are any other issues that anyone sees please let me know. Also... I used to know a pricematch website but I can't seem to remember it or find it. Is there any working pricematching websites for Canada? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
www.pricecanada.com www.pricebat.ca www.bbf.ca Just to name a few. I use shopbot personally. | ||
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Talz
Canada30 Posts
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miL.
Canada93 Posts
Also, should I be going for the MSI, eVGA, or Gigabyte version of the 560. I have no preference with a specific company, just looking for some confirmation(?) of which would be more ideal. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On March 16 2011 06:09 Talz wrote: So, how does overclocking on things like RAM and graphics cards work relative to your CPU? Is there a benefit to this? It'll work slightly faster? Not sure what kind of answer you're expecting exactly since the core i5 2300 2400 2500 are the same chip with different frequencies. The same goes with all the different kits of ram. On March 16 2011 06:19 miL. wrote: Thanks again skyR, shopbot would be the site that I was looking for. Also, should I be going for the MSI, eVGA, or Gigabyte version of the 560. I have no preference with a specific company, just looking for some confirmation(?) of which would be more ideal. This depends on what you're looking for. EVGA -AR model cards carry a lifetime warranty. If it breaks down in 5 years, you just RMA it to them and they'll send you a brand new card that performs roughly the same to your old card (so you may get something like a GTS 940 or something =p) The MSI Twin Frozr cards carry a three year warranty but comes equipped with the best air cooler on the market atm so there is a lot of overclocking potential to be had with this card. They also have an RMA center located in Canada so you don't have to ship your card back to the states if it breaks down. Gigabyte.. nothing really special about them. You can pricematch both the EVGA and MSI cards down to $250. EVGA: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604 MSI: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565 | ||
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Suncrusher
Canada55 Posts
i5 760 quad core 4 gigs of ram hd 6950 1GB With all the other part (Case PSU HD etc...) it was 1102$.Is it good for the price? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Buying anything other than Intel's 2nd Generation Core series atm with a $1000 is a poor decision. You need to list the other specs as well before we know whether you got the best for your money or not. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
More importantly, why get an i5-760? I'm assuming you didn't get a completely amazing deal on it, or the total cost would be lower. The i5-2xxx (compatible with socket 1155 motherboards) are the next generation. They're better in all aspects and cost roughly the same. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/191?vs=288 An i5-2500k has the same CPU performance as the i5-2500 when not overclocked, and the i5-2400 and i5-2300 are the same chip as the i5-2500, just set at different frequencies. | ||
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Suncrusher
Canada55 Posts
Oh and sorry if I sound stupid, I'm really new to computer stuff. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
If you have no intention of CPU overclocking, you can get one of the other ones like the i5-2400. You'd still need a LGA 1155 motherboard instead of the LGA 1156 motherboard you originally got. The new CPUs are not compatible with the old motherboards. | ||
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Talz
Canada30 Posts
On March 16 2011 06:34 skyR wrote: It'll work slightly faster? Not sure what kind of answer you're expecting exactly since the core i5 2300 2400 2500 are the same chip with different frequencies. The same goes with all the different kits of ram. Well, I was thinking this here might be a decent deal: http://ncix.com/products/?sku=55545&vpn=998770&manufacture=Mushkin Enhanced More RAM then I'd probably ever need, but it's only DDR3-1333. I was wondering if RAM could be overclocked as easily as a CPU can, where you can take a cheaper set and make it just as good as a more expensive set. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Intel's 2nd Generation Core processors use dual channel so you should be looking for a dual channel kit such as 2x2gb, 2x4gb. Yes, RAM can be easily overclocked to achieve tighter timings or higher frequencies. | ||
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Anjuu
United States57 Posts
1) The Asus board says without OCing it's memory standard is higher 1600 2) The MSI board has an extra PCI Express 2.0 x16--I think this makes it SLI compatible so I could run two GPUs. As is I don't plan on having two GPUs but the capability would be nice. I think the higher memory standard would be nice but I'm curious to see if the folks here think there's a real advantage to that. Edit: Adding in link | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
What boards are we looking at? A motherboard having 2 PCI-E x16 slots does not make it SLI compatible. It must be SLI Certified for SLI to work. There is no real gain in using higher speed ram, see here: http://techreport.com/articles.x/20377 | ||
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Talz
Canada30 Posts
On March 16 2011 08:42 skyR wrote: @Talz Intel's 2nd Generation Core processors use dual channel so you should be looking for a dual channel kit such as 2x2gb, 2x4gb. Yes, RAM can be easily overclocked to achieve tighter timings or higher frequencies. So either getting another one, or taking one away would be best? | ||
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Punkdp1p3r
United States30 Posts
(not overclocked) Intel core i7 U 640 @ 1.2 Ghz Nvidia GeForce GT 335M 8GB RAM Intel HD graphics 11" laptop 500 HDD LED monitor LED lit keyboard ~$2500 minus cost of OS (windows 7 ultimate, MS Office 2010, wireless router, mouse, headphones, and anit-virus) so about 2000. 3 hour battery life at high performance, idk if that is considered. Good buy? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Better to just get a dual channel kit instead of dealing with compatibility issues / wasting a stick. @Punkdp1p3r Severely overpriced. That laptop only should probably cost around $1000. | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On March 16 2011 10:16 Punkdp1p3r wrote: Question (not overclocked) Intel core i7 U 640 @ 1.2 Ghz Nvidia GeForce GT 335M 8GB RAM Intel HD graphics 11" laptop 500 HDD LED monitor LED lit keyboard ~$2500 minus cost of OS (windows 7 ultimate, MS Office 2010, wireless router, mouse, headphones, and anit-virus) so about 2000. 3 hour battery life at high performance, idk if that is considered. Good buy? Hell no. You can get a sandybridge, 485m (top of the line) 17" 1080p MATTE (glossy if you really want) 8GB RAM for under $2000, and closer to $1500. | ||
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