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Roomba
United States28 Posts
I remember looking through here once and saw someone posted that microcenter was having an in store sale for the i5-2600k + Asus? motherboard for $300. Does anyone know if that deal is still going on / is there a better deal out there. Any info would really help. I am trying to convince my friend to go for an i5 build instead of the phenom ii x965 black but he is on a budget of $700. If I could snag an i5 somewhere for a good price that would be awesome. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
http://www.microcenter.com/specials/email/save40_eNews.html | ||
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Roomba
United States28 Posts
I just remembered it being an actual in store bundle deal though. There wasn't a choice of mobos. This was like 15-20 days ago though.... It might have sold out. Also, I hate to ask another question that I could probably figure out myself with some research.... but, what is your opinion on the GTX 460 vs the GTX 560 Ti? I saw a sick deal online a while ago but it is now expired. http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/52713 Is there another site offering the 560 for less than $180 somewhere? Thanks for your help | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
You can't really compare a GTX 460 and GTX 560 Ti since there's almost a $100 difference between them. You're most likely not going to find another GTX 560 Ti going for under $180 until Black Friday. Btw, there's a GTX 560 and a GTX 560 Ti. The latter is better and is priced higher. The former can be found for around $190. | ||
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Roomba
United States28 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
A GTX 460 1GB can be had for $120 after mail in rebate on Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500202 | ||
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Roomba
United States28 Posts
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marvin.
United States469 Posts
Antec Basiq 500W Continuous Power Power Supply or Thermaltake TR2 500W Power Supply ATX 12V V2.2 or Earthwatts 430D Running a i5-2500K, HD4850, 1 HDD, 1 DVDRW Drive. I plan to OC my CPU to ~4.5GHz and read that my particular iteration of the 4850 draws more voltage than normal due to complications of it actually being the mobile version of the card modified to run at the same specs as the desktop version. | ||
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Leafar
United States7 Posts
This thread is awesome, it helped me when I built my PC a few months ago, now my best friend is building a gaming PC so want to see if this is a good build Shopping Cart Intel Core i5 2500K LGA 1155 Boxed Processor SKU: 200121 $179.99 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3 LGA 1155 P67 ATX Motherboa... SKU: 288449 $99.99 Crucial m4 CT064M4SSD2 64GB SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Inte... SKU: 490243 $124.99 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.... SKU: 994442 $79.99 Corsair XMS 8GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10666) CL9 Dual cha... SKU: 102889 $69.99 after Rebate Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-520 520W ATX P... SKU: 048405 $59.99 after Rebate HIS H695FN2G2M AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI... SKU: 521674 $229.99 after Rebate Samsung LightScribe 22x DVD±RW Burner with Dual/Do... SKU: 778662 $24.99 Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Universal CPU Cooler SKU: 303198 $29.99 D-Link Xtreme N Desktop PCI Adapter SKU: 839373 $59.99 Cooler Master CM Storm Scout ATX Gaming Case SKU: 063883 $74.99 after Rebate These prices are from Micro Center with a price match any suggestions or corrections to save $ The budget is 1,200 it is a gaming PC with good ability to stream is warranted in the future, but will need a wireless card for gaming normally. will overclock. going to use 2 monitors 1080p (any suggestions on monitors would be great too but they are not part of the budget) Thank you in Advance! you guys rock | ||
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
Nice build! The only thing I'd change on it is to switch your data hard drive. For $80, you can get a Samsung 2TB hard drive or a Western Digital Green 2TB hard drive. Or you can save some money and drop that to a Caviar Blue for $55 or something. 7200 RPM Caviar Black is not necessary for data hard drives. For data, storage space and reliability are your bigger concerns, along with noise. Plus, I heard the Caviar Blacks are kinda noisy, which may annoy your friend after awhile with no real benefit (you won't notice the speed difference when accessing data files) That, and I hate Corsair XMS as they're the only RAM I've ever had that failed me...TWICE. And in the process corrupted Fing everything. >< So I'd go with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231426&cm_re=g_skill_ripjaws_x_1333-_-20-231-426-_-Product With code EMCKDKA22, it's $65, so it's both cheaper AND better. Yay. Plus, it's sexier looking. :D | ||
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
On June 15 2011 14:48 Roomba wrote: can someone please help me out here? I remember looking through here once and saw someone posted that microcenter was having an in store sale for the i5-2600k + Asus? motherboard for $300. Does anyone know if that deal is still going on / is there a better deal out there. Any info would really help. I am trying to convince my friend to go for an i5 build instead of the phenom ii x965 black but he is on a budget of $700. If I could snag an i5 somewhere for a good price that would be awesome. Those are generally 1 day deals. That being said, SkyR's link should help your friend out. $180 processor + $180 mobo (ASUS P8P67) - $40 is still only $320 before taxes. Like $345 after. That's only like a $20 difference from the deal I posted earlier. ~~~ Also, if your friend is on a budget of $700, I'd definitely look at that Gigabyte H61 board which is basically $25 after rebate, pairing that with an i5-2400 for $150. That's $175 for a blazing fast processor + mobo. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On June 15 2011 16:56 marvin. wrote: I was wondering if anyone could help me choose between these three power supplies: Antec Basiq 500W Continuous Power Power Supply or Thermaltake TR2 500W Power Supply ATX 12V V2.2 or Earthwatts 430D Running a i5-2500K, HD4850, 1 HDD, 1 DVDRW Drive. I plan to OC my CPU to ~4.5GHz and read that my particular iteration of the 4850 draws more voltage than normal due to complications of it actually being the mobile version of the card modified to run at the same specs as the desktop version. The 430D is your best choice. It has the highest build quality of the three units and provides more power than the Basiq and only slightly less than the Thermaltake. | ||
mrmin123
Korea (South)2971 Posts
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Habel
United States123 Posts
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhomuT_wyIPFdFNFT19XWGpoVlF6am5MbEZHMEZRbWc&hl=en_US It has a GTX 560TI, which will run SC2 easily on ultra, as well as an i5-2400 which will pair with the 560 very well. The motherboard has 4 sata 3Gb/s connectors, but the case only has 3 3.5" bays, so no 4th harddrive. | ||
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Uhh Negative
United States1090 Posts
See this link here: http://www.clunk.org.uk/reviews/xigmatek-gaia-sd1283-cpu-cooler-review/Page-5.html I don't know whether to remove that center piece of not. I have an 1155 chipset but it doesn't seem like it sits well with the middle piece on. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11556 Posts
a decent 500W like a Sentey http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817322002 Enermax http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194088 would be much better and if you wanted to skim on the safe edge, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817148027 | ||
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Habel
United States123 Posts
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Uhh Negative
United States1090 Posts
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mrmin123
Korea (South)2971 Posts
On June 16 2011 07:50 Habel wrote: @mrmin123, here's a link to a computer that comes out to about 700$ with tax. https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhomuT_wyIPFdFNFT19XWGpoVlF6am5MbEZHMEZRbWc&hl=en_US It has a GTX 560TI, which will run SC2 easily on ultra, as well as an i5-2400 which will pair with the 560 very well. The motherboard has 4 sata 3Gb/s connectors, but the case only has 3 3.5" bays, so no 4th harddrive. Thanks for the input! For the case, do you think a case like this would be too small/restrictive on airflow during games? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811108191 It's got only 2 3.5" bays but I think I can live with 2... | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
For $659, this is a much more reasonable configuration if silence is a huge concern and you aren't that big on gaming: Intel Core i3 2100 @ $125 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078 Intel H67 @ $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121508 GSkill 2x4GB 1333MHz @ $75 ($60 after promo code, ends June 15th) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231422 Gigabyte Radeon HD6770 @ $139 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125386 Seasonic X-400 @ $130 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151097 Lian Li PC-A05NA @ $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112219 Do you need a quad core for your work? If so, you can get a Core i5 2400 instead but for gaming, the core i3 2100 is fine since Starcraft II and many other games only utilize two cores. You get a passive cooled HD6770 which is powerful enough to play many games on reasonable settings at 1080p resolution. The GTX 560 Ti that was recommended by Habel is seriously absurd since it's Nvidia's forth most powerful card on the market atm. There are less expensive power supplies that are probably slightly nosier than the X400 but I don't know any off the top of my head. The Diablotek recommended by Habel not only doesn't provide enough power (probably somewhere around 22a on the 12v) for the configuration recommended but it will also most likely blow up in a year or two, taking most if not all the components connected to it. There are less expensive cases and mATX cases as well but mATX cases most likely won't fit the passive cooled 6770 so you'll need to switch to another 5770/6770 model if you were to go with a different case. | ||
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