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R04R
United States1631 Posts
The extra peripherals from the PSU are probably going to stay at the bottom. The SATA cables connected to the HD/Optical are pretty long and I don't know where to stuff them when the SATA port is right there. The rear fan's power connector I don't know where else it could go. There's no holes near it to put it behind the mobo. All the case's front port cables come from behind and come out from that bottom hole to connect to all the ports at the bottom of the mobo. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
If in doubt stick them behind cable management. | ||
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SONE
Canada839 Posts
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_292&item_id=021406 | ||
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Divine[aX]
Canada161 Posts
Here's my current build: Intel Core i5 760 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.8GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box $214.99 MSI P55-GD55 ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2XPCI-E16 3XPCI-E1 2XPCI RAID Audio GBLAN CrossFire *IR-$20* $109.99 G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Ripjaws PC3-12800 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Core i5 1.5V Memory Kit $97.99 MSI GeForce GTX 460 Fermi Cyclone OC 725MHZ 1024MB GDDR5 Dual DVI Mini-HDMI DX11 PCI-E Video Card $209.99 estern Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5IN Dual Proc Hard Drive OEM $98.79 Samsung 2494SW 24IN Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1080 16  5ms 50000:1DC VGA DVI-D HDCP $209.99 Antec Six Hundred Mid Tower Gaming Case 600 ATX 3X5.25 6X3.5INT 1 SATA Hot-Swap Bay No PS $89.99 BFG GS-550 550W Power Supply ATX V2.2 EPS12V 24PIN 6PIN & 8PIN PCI-E 140MM Fan 1 Year NCIX Warranty (I don't know if this works with the build) $59.99 Logitech G15 2ND Gen Gaming Keyboard USB Black Silver Amber LCD Panel Programmable Backlit Keys $103.20 I might have to get a cheaper keyboard if I can't keep it under budget. Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM $104.99 PC Assembly and Testing with 1 Year Limited NCIX System Warranty (PRE-CONFIG WIN. OS If Purchased) (Cause I'm a big noob =/) $50.00 Total: $1,349.91CAD before taxes. --- I have to find out how much my brother spent on his computer so I get the exact amount I'm allowed to spend. Hopefully it's not too far off from what I have right now. Also, there's an NCIX shop pretty close by so I can go pick it up in person. @reprise, I can't seem to find the i5 760 + MSI GD55 motherboard combo on NCIX =/, could please link me? I'm still up for suggestions and changes and I'll try to get my exact budget soon. Thanks for the help so far!! | ||
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SONE
Canada839 Posts
Do you see the deal? if not, go to ncix.com and look at the Hang Ten event banner. | ||
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Divine[aX]
Canada161 Posts
Current total at $1,334.92 CAD now. | ||
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darkponcho
United States262 Posts
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Pure.Calm
United Kingdom196 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Athlon II x3 435 2.9ghz processor http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176043 £60 Asus M4A785TD-V EVO 785G Socket Motherboard http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169532 £69 MSI HD 5770 1gb GDDR5 Graphics Card http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189239 £120 Coolermaster Elite 330 Case with 460w eXtreme Power PSU http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135101 £58 Samsung Spinpoint F3 1tb 32mb Cache 7200rpm Hard Drive http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804 £48 Corsair 2x2gb DDR3 1333Mhz Cas 9 1.5v http://www.ebuyer.com/product/178943 £79 Cart total inc vat: £432.93 + Show Spoiler + Athlon II x3 435 2.9ghz processor http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176043 £60 MSI HD 5770 1gb GDDR5 Graphics Card http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189239 £120 Samsung Spinpoint F3 1tb 32mb Cache 7200rpm Hard Drive http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804 £48 Corsair 2x2gb DDR3 1333Mhz Cas 9 1.5v http://www.ebuyer.com/product/178943 £79 Antec 300 case http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854 £47 XFX 650w Modular power supply http://www.ebuyer.com/product/191826 £70 Asus M4A79XTD EVO 790X 16x/0x 8x/8x Motherboard http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172846 £83 | ||
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darkponcho
United States262 Posts
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Pure.Calm
United Kingdom196 Posts
My plan if the build goes well, is to load up normally but with my current harddrive and new harddrive in 0raid. Then before installing my componants, run the windows 7 upgrade, reformating (this means delete everything on the harddrive?) my old harddrive. After this i would then go ahead and begin installing all my drivers? Does this sound like it would work? Thanks | ||
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mav451
United States1596 Posts
If you want a boost of speed with traditional HDs, I would use the new F3 as the OS drive and short-stroke it (partition only 10% of it for use). For data HDs, obviously partition the whole thing out, since speed isn't as important. Short-stroking is a great alternative to SSDs if you can't afford it. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/starcraft2-wings-of-liberty.html looks good to me. | ||
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Divine[aX]
Canada161 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Intel Core i5 760 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.8GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box $214.99 MSI P55-GD55 ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2XPCI-E16 3XPCI-E1 2XPCI RAID Audio GBLAN CrossFire $89.99 Corsair XMS3 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 4GB DDR3 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 9-9-9-24 Core i5 Dual Channel Memory Kit $89.99 MSI GeForce GTX 460 Fermi Cyclone OC 725MHZ 1024MB GDDR5 Dual DVI Mini-HDMI DX11 PCI-E Video Card $209.99 Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB SATA2 7200RPM 32MB Cache 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM $77.22 LG W2442PA-BF 24IN Widescreen LCD Monitor Black 2MS 10000:1 300CDM 1920X1080 1080P HAS Tilt HDMI DVI $199.99 Antec Six Hundred Mid Tower Gaming Case 600 ATX 3X5.25 6X3.5INT 1 SATA Hot-Swap Bay No PS $86.94 OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS 500W ATX12V 24PIN Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black $19.99 Logitech Access Keyboard 600 USB Black $21.99 Sony Optiarc 18X DVD-ROM Black SATA OEM $18.50 PC Assembly and Testing with 1 Year Limited NCIX System Warranty (PRE-CONFIG WIN. OS If Purchased) $50.00 Total is $1115.59 CAD before taxes. | ||
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Hyaach
Singapore1737 Posts
What's the difference between the i5 750 and 760 ? What motherboard should i get? what does the x16/x16 or x8/x8 in the first post motherboard spoiler mean? should i go for some random p55 motherboard like the build reprise post What's the difference between a p55 and x58? GTX 460/ 5850/ something else? What PSU should i get? i intend to fit 2 1TB HD if possible into the computer Will still need to buy a HD monitor and crappy keyboard Budget would be ~1.5k singapore dollars. could probably go up by 200 but that that would be the max or should i just copy Divine[aX]'s computer build with the core items? | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
If you only plan on getting 1 GPU, just go with an ASUS P7P55D-E or a Gigabyte P55 UD3R X16/X16 means 16 lanes of bandwidth are open to each GPU X8/X8 means 8 lanes of bandwidth are open to each GPU P55 VS X58 is a different socket (so different CPU) and X58 is X16/X16 while P55 is generally X8/X8 or X16/0 GTX 460 1GB is the best GPU for SC2 and probably the best GPU overall at the moment 500W should be more than enough I don't know any places where you could buy computer parts from in Singapore so you're going to have to tell us what store you are going to use. | ||
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Hyaach
Singapore1737 Posts
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Pure.Calm
United Kingdom196 Posts
So im pretty sure i havent made sense so il restart. I can get a windows 7 UPGRADE for £30 which means i can meet my budget. I have xp on my current hardrive, but it is not big enough and i want to install my 1TB one that i have ordered. I was wandering if there was a way that i could build with my old computer and load up with my current xp system that is loaded on, so that i could then get my windows 7 upgrade. As far as i am aware, when you install windows 7 you are given the option to delete your current memory (which i want) and end up with windows7. At this point i would then install all my drivers. Would this work? Thanks | ||
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Mathewep2010
United States63 Posts
I'm going to buy a desktop soon and would like to know if the one I'm about to post information on is good enough to run SC2 on the highest settings without giving the comp any troubles at all and also could someone tell me if I'm overkilling with this specific setup, its a Dell XPS9100 setup btw thats priced at 1500USD as shown. Also could someone inform me of what all I have to do to use a flatscreen TV as a monitor and if it will work with this computer, I'm very new to all of this, thank you: Software & Services PROCESSORS Intel® Core™i7-920 processor(8MB L2 Cache, 2.66GHz) edit OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English edit MEMORY 12GB Tri Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 6 DIMM VIDEO CARD ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 edit HARD DRIVE 750GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache edit OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability edit SOUND CARD THX® TruStudio PC™ edit MODEM No Modem Option edit EDIT:If this setup can be altered by me just buying the stuff I need and having a local computer shop build it for cheaper with the same quality I'm all ears on how to go about doing that, I'm quick to learn but don't really know what all would be needed to make that happen but my basic need is ONLY the "box" setup and some idea of what TV to buy and how to make that work as my monitor, damn that sounds sooo noob, help me!!  | ||
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djcube
United States985 Posts
On August 08 2010 06:00 FragKrag wrote: Another SC2 benchmark, this time from Xbitlabs http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/starcraft2-wings-of-liberty.html looks good to me. Hey, thanks for the link. I'm currently using an ATI 5750 and it shows in their benchmarks that it runs the most "intense" situations at around 40-50 fps on Ultra, AF x16 at 1600x900 res. I don't get those frame rates even when I run on high. What would you say is limiting my pc? cpu: C2Q Q6600 (not overclocked) 2.4GHz ram: 5GB ram DDR2 gpu: HD 5750 hdd: 750 GB SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec) os: W7 pro I currently have everything set to high (or lower) @ 1400x900 res and in big battles, my fps drops to the 30s. The recommended settings are maxed at 'high' but I'm wondering if I can play this game at ultra. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On August 07 2010 15:35 Divine[aX] wrote: Thanks for all the info and suggestions! Here's my current build: Intel Core i5 760 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.8GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box $214.99 MSI P55-GD55 ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2XPCI-E16 3XPCI-E1 2XPCI RAID Audio GBLAN CrossFire *IR-$20* $109.99 G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Ripjaws PC3-12800 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Core i5 1.5V Memory Kit $97.99 MSI GeForce GTX 460 Fermi Cyclone OC 725MHZ 1024MB GDDR5 Dual DVI Mini-HDMI DX11 PCI-E Video Card $209.99 estern Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5IN Dual Proc Hard Drive OEM $98.79 Samsung 2494SW 24IN Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1080 16 5ms 50000:1DC VGA DVI-D HDCP $209.99 Antec Six Hundred Mid Tower Gaming Case 600 ATX 3X5.25 6X3.5INT 1 SATA Hot-Swap Bay No PS $89.99 BFG GS-550 550W Power Supply ATX V2.2 EPS12V 24PIN 6PIN & 8PIN PCI-E 140MM Fan 1 Year NCIX Warranty (I don't know if this works with the build) $59.99 Logitech G15 2ND Gen Gaming Keyboard USB Black Silver Amber LCD Panel Programmable Backlit Keys $103.20 I might have to get a cheaper keyboard if I can't keep it under budget. Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM $104.99 PC Assembly and Testing with 1 Year Limited NCIX System Warranty (PRE-CONFIG WIN. OS If Purchased) (Cause I'm a big noob =/) $50.00 Total: $1,349.91CAD before taxes. --- I have to find out how much my brother spent on his computer so I get the exact amount I'm allowed to spend. Hopefully it's not too far off from what I have right now. Also, there's an NCIX shop pretty close by so I can go pick it up in person. @reprise, I can't seem to find the i5 760 + MSI GD55 motherboard combo on NCIX =/, could please link me? I'm still up for suggestions and changes and I'll try to get my exact budget soon. Thanks for the help so far!! This is OK, but I'd either get the antec 300 or 900, the 600 has a bad reputation among my computer building friends. | ||
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