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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
damn, guess I could have gotten that corsair 600W one from before. But now it's more expensive.  So, any suggestions as far as my build y'all? Or do you think I've optimized it enough. :D I see microcenter has the i5-2400 for $150 after tax. I'm kind of thinking for $40, that's a worthwhile upgrade? Or not so much? I know that SC2 uses only 2 cores now... | ||
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Corr
Denmark796 Posts
What is your budget? No limit, however I want to get as much performance without unreasonable spending. Spending some extra to get from reliable brands is fine. What is your resolution? 1920 x 1080 What are you using it for? Poker & gaming (mostly d3) 24+ tables of poker+Tableninja+Hold'em manager takes more system power than you'd think... For this reason we want to get a decent SSD What is your upgrade cycle? 2+ years. When do you plan on building it? Asap, within the month hopefully. Do you plan on overclocking? No. Do you need an Operating System? Yes. Win7 pro or home? Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? No. Where are you buying your parts from? Here in Denmark, don't worry about the prices if I can find the pieces here in DK it should be fine. Suggestion so far: CPU: 3.3GHz Intel Core i5-2500k (Hmm this is mostly an OC cpu? maybe it doesn't suit this) Mobo: Asus P8P67 Memory: 4GB 1,600MHz DDR3 (Brand suggestions?) GFX: MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II pre-OC'd PSU: Antec TruePower New 650w CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Frio Case: Fractal Design Define R3 Storage: SSD (64GB Crucial RealSSD C300?) and 2TB HD Samsung Spinpoint F3? Sound: Asus Xonar Xense Some SATA DVD-RW Also looking for a new monitor, but one of the 120hz models that are awesome for FPS gaming, I don't know which one though. I remember seeing a guide on them but it was months ago, so I don't know anymore. There's still room for more expensive parts in the above rig, but I don't know which parts are worth the money to upgrade exactly. Any help would be much appreciated | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
On May 18 2011 00:05 JingleHell wrote: Newegg's PSU calculator makes shit look like gold. Use this one. As an example, my PSU is 65% of what the newegg calculator says to use. Somehow I'm still running. 700W is probably pure overkill. Myrm is the PSU guy though, I believe he suggests jonnyguru.com for PSU reviews. Thank, huh...says that with an i5-2400 even and 2 5850s, I'll only be using like 434 watts In that case, I definitely don't need 700W, eh? The amount of "this power supply died after a year" comments on the OCZ one scare me kind of. Would I be better off with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=17-139-019&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo for $5 more? I'll get fewer watts, but it seems a lot more people are happy with corsair? | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageGallery.aspx?CurImage=13-128-473-Z03&SpinSet=13-128-473-RS&ISList=13-128-473-Z01,13-128-473-Z02,13-128-473-Z03,13-128-473-Z04,13-128-473-Z05&S7ImageFlag=1&Item=N82E16813128473&Depa=0&WaterMark=1&Description=GIGABYTE GA-H67M-D2-B3 LGA 1155 Intel H67 SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel Motherboard It looks like if I use the bottom PCI express 2.0x16 slot, it'll cover up some important stuff? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Doing SLI / CrossfireX on the H67M-D2 with dual slot graphic cards would cover up the bottom headers yes. | ||
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128501 Curiously, that Z68 board is cheaper than this other H67 board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128475 | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
I was planning on putting either an i3-2100 or an i5-2400 in here, since I figured that plus a 5850 would be able to do the comp's secondary purpose of being able to play SC on high or ultra. :D | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
Asus GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP The non-Ti version of the GTX 560 has been released. At first glance, it appears gimped compared to its older brother. However, with the help of high clock speeds, the card matches performance of the GTX 560 Ti and (in some cases) even the Radeon 6950 1gb. But the clincher of the deal is that it is far, far, far less expensive than the aforementioned cards. Newegg.com doesn't have them activated but newegg.ca has the top-performing Asus card listed at $195 CAD. Indeed, this is the "new" bang-for-buck GTX 460 success story many have been waiting for. http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121446&cm_re=gtx_560-_-14-121-446-_-Product * this is the slower clocked version than what is presented in the reviews but as always, nothing really to stop you from oc'ing ![[image loading]](http://techreport.com/r.x/geforce-gtx-560/asus.jpg) reviews http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/43366-nvidia-geforce-gtx-560-1gb-review.html http://www.anandtech.com/show/4344/nvidias-geforce-gtx-560-top-to-bottom-overclock http://techreport.com/articles.x/20957 | ||
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_560_TOP_Direct_Cu_II/19.html ![[image loading]](http://tpucdn.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_560_TOP_Direct_Cu_II/images/sc2_1920_1200.gif) | ||
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Corr
Denmark796 Posts
On May 18 2011 00:50 JingleHell wrote: Get i5-2500 non-k for no OC, and an H67 mobo. Don't really need an aftermarket CPU cooler for stock speeds, the PSU is way higher wattage than you need for a single GPU stock CPU rig. 450w will do you fine. Oh, and get 1333 mhz RAM unless the sale price on the 1600 is cheaper. You won't see a difference. Noted, I'm leaving sound out for now. And I'll ask for PSU recommendations once the rest is established. I'm curious about the SSD though, I think we could do better. Does anyone know anything about these or a link for some comparison/reviews? Edit: Also I think we've landed on Acer HS244HQ for the 120hz/3d monitor to go with the Acer one he already has. Quite pricey but they all are I guess. Edit2: Not sure that case is available after all. Any recommendations? Appearance holds very little value. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
As far as the GTX 560 goes, it's a good buy, but it is so heavily model dependent it becomes hard to choose. If you want to overclock, ASUS has a very good offering in its Direct CU II cooling. If you don't want to overclock, you're better off buying an HD 6870. This of course, depends almost entirely on the games you want to play. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On May 18 2011 03:43 Corr wrote: Noted, I'm leaving sound out for now. And I'll ask for PSU recommendations once the rest is established. I'm curious about the SSD though, I think we could do better. Does anyone know anything about these or a link for some comparison/reviews? Well, SSD's are kinda a weird subject, "better" has so many factors to it right now that you can't just look at 2-3 numbers, look at prices, and have a "best" choice. The C300 is a good one, not the best, although the 128GB C300 is faster than the 64GB, for reasons I haven't finished enough reading to try to explain coherently. anandtech.com has reviews of a lot of SSD's, so you can dig through those and try to inform yourself, or you can search for Myrmidon's posts in this thread, and probably find some pro/con listings of various options and general advice on SSD's. http://www.anandtech.com/show/2738 http://www.anandtech.com/show/2829 Some articles explaining SSD's. Background reading type stuff. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
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xdthreat
United States95 Posts
On May 17 2011 11:53 Myrmidon wrote: Core i5-2500k and MSI P67A-G43 - $335 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.638772 Xigmatek Gaia - $30 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233082 EVGA GTX 560 Ti (register for your lifetime warranty) - $233 ($213 after MIR) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604 G.Skill 2 x 2GB DDR3 - $40 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231394 Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB - $65 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185 LG CD/DVD burner - $20 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136238 Corsair CX500 V2 - $55 ($35 after MIR) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027 Cooler Master HAF 912 - $60 ($50 after MIR) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM - $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986 Asus Xonar DG - $34 ($24 after MIR--you can find it cheaper elsewhere IIRC) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132020 That Sapphire HD 5850 Xtreme seems to be sold out in many places. It's probably a better value if it's around $150 though, but this is not a bad deal either. If you have a HD 555, I think spending a little on a sound card may be worth it, though depending, it may be not noticeably better. Place it as far away as possible from the GPU, in the lowest PCI slot. A larger case is really only to have more room inside to work on it (unimportant unless you tinker nonstop). You don't need extravagant cooling for a single-GPU build that will use like 250W max in a game. Thanks for helping this lurker out ~ I ordered pretty much this exact list. I apparently only had $800 credit on newegg so I ordered my video card from amazon, opting for a xfx hd 6950 at the last moment as I didn't like their deals on 5850s/560s. Hopefully I can put a victory picture before the weekend comes. | ||
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SoKHo
Korea (South)1081 Posts
I found out that both my video card and motherboard were defective... What are the chances >.< I bought a new motherboard today at microcenter, hooked it up w/ the video card -> no picture. I used the same motherboard and hooked it up directly -> picture Hopefully, my other parts work fine. *crosses finger* | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On May 18 2011 04:02 SoKHo wrote: For everyone who helped me yesterday ty so much. I found out that both my video card and motherboard were defective... What are the chances >.< I bought a new motherboard today at microcenter, hooked it up w/ the video card -> no picture. I used the same motherboard and hooked it up directly -> picture Hopefully, my other parts work fine. *crosses finger* Odds of that suck, sorry to hear it, but glad we could help. | ||
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