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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
And why are you buying a retail DVD Drive? The only difference between OEM and Retail is that Retail comes in a shiny box. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 21 2011 06:52 skyR wrote: SATA cables are provided by the motherboard. You don't need to buy them. And why are you buying a retail DVD Drive? The only difference between OEM and Retail is that Retail comes in a shiny box. Hey, there's a lot to be said for shiny boxes. They're great for distracting toddlers while assembling the PC. | ||
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Uhh Negative
United States1090 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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iSTime
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What is your budget? $750 What is your resolution? 1280x720 What are you using it for? Gaming, Streaming, Recording Video (for example to record a commentary video and upload to youtube). I play on lowest settings fwiw. What is your upgrade cycle? 2 years When do you plan on building it? ASAP Do you plan on overclocking? No Do you need an Operating System? Yes Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? No Where are you buying your parts from? Newegg | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Here's a configuration for $709 capable of everything you are asking for: Core i5 2400 @ $190 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115074 ASUS CuCore Radeon HD5770 @ $110 ($90 after mail in rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121363 Asrock H61M U3S3 @ $75 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157236 GSkill 2x4GB 1333MHz @ $70 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231424 Corsair CX430 V2 @ $45 ($35 after mail in rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026 Windows 7 Home Premium x64 @ $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986 Thermaltake V3 @ $40 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133094 Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB @ $60 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136767 DVD Burner @ $19 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136216 The Core i5 2400 is Intel's Second Generation Core processors which were released six months ago and is overall better than the core i7 920 found in the prebuilt you linked. You can see the performance difference between the two processors in question and various others in these two articles: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083 http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300.html The prebuilt you linked is also a refurbished unit which only comes with a 90 day warranty whereas all these parts are brand new and carry a one, three, five, or lifetime warranty depending on the component. The GTX 260 in the prebuilt is stronger than the 5770 but only slightly and at the same time not having DirectX11 (doesn't really matter) and consuming more power / producing more heat. Both cards are capable of playing ultra smoothly at your resolution. If you are only interested in playing on low, you could save money and downgrade the graphics card to something such as a Radeon HD5670 or 5570. If you're a university student or have friends in university, you could get Windows 7 at a discounted price or for free through a promotional offer, from MSDNAA, or directly from your university. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
Hmmm, I think I'm getting a bit jaded, I just did this preemptively.... There should be a sticky saying this... | ||
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TheAppetizer
United States146 Posts
SkyR, is there a dvd drive that you would reccommend thats cheap? EDIT: response to SkyR | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Uhh Negative
United States1090 Posts
On June 21 2011 07:25 skyR wrote: Reseat your memory and run www.memtest.org The issue seems isolated to TF2. I've been playing SC2 for a while and no problem so far. Running memtest now will update with results. | ||
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Mackem
United Kingdom470 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Coolermaster 690ii Basic Lian Li PC-K58 Antec One Hundred Thermaltake V5 All those cases should be around £75 and have good airflow. Looks is subjective. | ||
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Tengo_Hambre
United States51 Posts
Budget-$1300 i'll be using a resolution of 1920x1080 i hope to get at least a 3 year life span out of it planning on building it in 2 weeks, buying parts from newegg (though i may compare prices with other retailers). Planning on overclocking in the future, but not right away. also noteworthy, i'm planning on running 4 hard drives-i want to test out different O.S. (os-x, windows, ubuntu, one for backup) i know partitioning is an option, but since all hd's seem to be prone to some failure rate, i feel running multiples is safer. are there any big complications that could arise from this that i should know about? mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (i need the extra 6gb/s sata ports for the multiple hdd's. i want a z68 chipset board because of the bug in the other 6 series chipsets.) GPU: EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1461-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB (i feel like the gtx 560 is about right for my budget, but i have no idea what make/model to go for. this particular choice was somewhat arbitrary) Case: cooler master HAF 922 PSU: APEX AL-D500EXP 500W ATX12V Power Supply (is this enough? the gpu supposedly needs a 450W psu, and the processor runs at like 93 watts or so...should i go with something closer to 600 watts?) CPU: Intel core i5 2500k sandy bridge Memory: g-skill ripjaws 8gb HDD's (x4): Seagate SV35 Series 500 gb, 7200 rpm (SSD's are cool, but boot speed isn't a real big deal to me, and they're a bit too expensive for the space you get imo.) Monitor: SAMSUNG 2333T High Glossy Black 23" 8ms Full HD Recommendations/advice would be much appreciated. | ||
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Habel
United States123 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
SATA bug was fixed with B3 stepping chipsets. All LGA 1155 motherboards on the market are fixed. This combo with the i5-2500k and MSI P67A-G43 should be fine: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.660242 No you don't need more than 500W. The "requirement" of that graphics card is stating what the whole entire system may want--which of course they can't do accurately since they don't know what CPU and setup you'll be running and what kind of POS power supply you'll use, so they inflate the number. A GTX 560 uses like 150W under load. Regardless, you want a more reliable power supply. That Apex is some old design that still uses a voltage selector switch (no APFC), doesn't provide an honest +12V total rating, and kind of looks sketchy. XFX Core Edition 450W for $55 ($45 AMIR): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207012 RAM speed has very marginal impact on performance. Just get a 8GB kit (if you maybe need or want 8GB, which is debatable) for $70: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231422 | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
Don't get a manufacturer OC'ed GPU, especially if you're buying from EVGA, when they bundle a utility that'll let you set to the same clock with their cards, and you can buy regular clocked for less. Your memory is a bit pricey, and memory clock over 1333 doesn't help much, especially on sandy bridge, it doesn't play nice. You also don't need heat spreaders on it. Buy an aftermarket CPU cooler, since I assume you plan to OC with a -k CPU and a Z68 in your current list. Cooler master Hyper212+ is nice, can pick it up from Fry's for ~$25. Newegg overcharges for it, so if you'd rather avoid extra shipping, the Xigmatek Gaia gets picked a lot. Always the bridesmaid... if it isn't skyR, it's Myrm... Ninja Post Snipers. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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johanngrunt
Hong Kong1555 Posts
Basic article on a sub 700 rig. Has pics on installation for newer ppl too. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130634 You can always add SATA ports through expansion cards. And I'm still not convinced on four 500GB hard drives. The most reliable storage is probably Intel 320 series SSDs anyway. I'd really just get a large SSD and put all the OS on it as well as most applications. $216 for a Intel 320 120GB: http://www.costcentral.com/proddetail/Intel_Solid_State_Drive_320_Series/SSDSA2CW120G3101PK/11332276/ Storage drives are cheap. $80 for 2TB is common, though it doesn't seem like you will need that much? This is $65 for 1.5TB Spinpoint F4 EcoGreen with the 667GB platters: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152287 | ||
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