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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
And the BIOS is really less about the board and more about the brand usually. Certain brands have more rational ones than others. But then, the majority of my experience comes with enthusiast brands. My wife won't let me build new PCs as often as I'd like, so I just spend more when I do. The minimal gains you can pick up tweaking and using higher end stuff may not be huge, but when your upgrade cycle is going to be longer than you like, they're worth it sometimes. | ||
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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
On August 04 2011 05:37 JingleHell wrote: Gigabyte BIOSes usually make me want to punch small fuzzy things. Luckily I have a toddler, so there's tons of stuffed animals around for the job. And the BIOS is really less about the board and more about the brand usually. Certain brands have more rational ones than others. But then, the majority of my experience comes with enthusiast brands. My wife won't let me build new PCs as often as I'd like, so I just spend more when I do. The minimal gains you can pick up tweaking and using higher end stuff may not be huge, but when your upgrade cycle is going to be longer than you like, they're worth it sometimes. Yeah, Ill know for next time. Unfortunatly I was relativly tight with money. My idle temps right now are high 30s, although I just ran prime95 for almost 2hours.. it should go down a bit. I guess I'll just leave it at 4Ghz for a while and see if everything runs well. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
4Ghz is kind of low for a 2500k, but it's still definitely not shabby at all. And for the record, I idle in the mid-high 40s. High 30s is cold, for cores. | ||
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Zepish
Canada160 Posts
Edit : Just saw your edit, didnt know it was cold :O | ||
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Melancholia
United States717 Posts
On August 04 2011 05:37 JingleHell wrote: 0_oGigabyte BIOSes usually make me want to punch small fuzzy things. Luckily I have a toddler , so there's tons of stuffed animals around for the job. :DWell played, sir. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On August 04 2011 05:46 Melancholia wrote: 0_o :D Well played, sir. You think this is a joke? Of course, I'm kind of an old fashioned dinosaur type on PC's. I actually like having a BIOS that I can't use my mouse in, and my current build is my first one not to have a floppy drive, as a "just in case" and that's only because my stupid motherboard won't let me. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On August 04 2011 05:49 JingleHell wrote: You think this is a joke? Of course, I'm kind of an old fashioned dinosaur type on PC's. I actually like having a BIOS that I can't use my mouse in, and my current build is my first one not to have a floppy drive, as a "just in case" and that's only because my stupid motherboard won't let me. Hahahaha I haven't used a floppy disk in... at least 8 years minimum. | ||
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
You think this is a joke? Of course, I'm kind of an old fashioned dinosaur type on PC's. I actually like having a BIOS that I can't use my mouse in, and my current build is my first one not to have a floppy drive, as a "just in case" and that's only because my stupid motherboard won't let me. I also remember the first time I got a computer without a floppy drive. Made me nervous as hell buying it. Then again, I wasted like $20 adding one the generation before, so... | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On August 04 2011 06:30 FabledIntegral wrote: Hahahaha I haven't used a floppy disk in... at least 8 years minimum. I used one back in 2008. Had to flash a BIOS on a 775 board that didn't want to let me use USB. Remember the good old days of taping over the little tab slot on free AOL floppies so they'd be good for something? | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On August 04 2011 06:32 MisterFred wrote: I also remember the first time I got a computer without a floppy drive. Made me nervous as hell buying it. Then again, I wasted like $20 adding one the generation before, so... Couldn't you just take out the floppy drive on the previous one and put it in on the new one? :o | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On August 04 2011 06:41 FabledIntegral wrote: Couldn't you just take out the floppy drive on the previous one and put it in on the new one? :o Not if your new motherboard doesn't support it. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On August 04 2011 06:43 JingleHell wrote: Not if your new motherboard doesn't support it. Mmmm didn't occur to me. | ||
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genocist
United States4 Posts
On August 04 2011 01:20 Myrmidon wrote: You have two hard drives and two wireless network adapters? It would be helpful if you post product names and prices so people don't have to keep clicking, but whatever. Anyway, the key point to make here is that you can't stream out SC2 smoothly with a dual core. You're either going to have to take a hit to SC2 performance and settle for a lower-quality stream by getting a Phenom II X4 for the same price (not recommended) or step up to a Core i5. edit: so for streaming, at that resolution... Core i5-2400 - $190 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115074 AsRock H61M-VS - $60 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157241 Sapphire HD 5670 512MB GDDR5 - $70, $60 AMIR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102871 Team Elite 2 x 2GB DDR3 - $26 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313072 Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB - $40 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769 LG CD / DVD-RW - $19 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136236 Rosewill Green Series 430W - $30 after promo code http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182202 TP-Link 802.11b/g/n (single antenna) USB adapter - $20 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704045 Hanns-G 19" 1440x900 - $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254023 No case, to save money. Borrow or scavenge an optical drive if you want to save more money. HD 5670 is enough for high settings on 1440x900 definitely. Sorry about that =P still kinda new to this. Thanks a lot! This helped so much. =D | ||
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
On August 04 2011 06:41 FabledIntegral wrote: Couldn't you just take out the floppy drive on the previous one and put it in on the new one? :o Usually when I build a new computer the old one remains intact as a hand-me-down. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On August 04 2011 08:21 MisterFred wrote: Usually when I build a new computer the old one remains intact as a hand-me-down. Well you could always hand down the computer without a floppy drive lol^^. My old computer had two DVD drives so I took one when I built my new comp. | ||
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.DrK
Canada326 Posts
On August 02 2011 13:47 skyR wrote:+ Show Spoiler + On August 03 2011 01:23 .DrK wrote:+ Show Spoiler + What is your budget? 700$-1000$. id be willing to go a little bit higher than my budget to fit my needs. What is your resolution? 1680x1050. What are you using it for? i basically want good performance for starcraft (example: id like to be able to play 4v4s everyone maxed at low settings without lagging at all). i am also going to be using this computer for school work, a lot of photoshop, and some video encoding work from time to time. What is your upgrade cycle? my upgrade cycle is usually long, i usually buy a new computer every 2-3 years, but id like to stick with this one for a long time (maybe 5+ years). When do you plan on building it? before the end of august. Do you plan on overclocking? nope. Do you need an Operating System? not really, but if you can fit one ill take it. (windows 7, 32 or 64 bit is fine) Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? nope. Where are you buying your parts from? im in montreal canada, so ill be using newegg.ca/ncix/directcanada. (whatever is best) thank you a whole lot! Here's a configuration for $776 before mail in rebates that's capable of playing more than just Starcraft at 1080p on reasonably high settings. If you're interested in lowering the total because your goal is just to play Starcraft II on low aand nothing else than you can change the graphics card to a Radeon HD5770 or GTS 450 whcih would bring the total down by roughly $100. If you do a lot of encoding or just want to use your entire budget than the extra threads of the core i7 2600 may be worth it to you, $282: http://ncix.com/products/?sku=57961 , pricematch with http://www.vastech.ca/intel-core-i7-2600-sandy-bridge-3-4ghz-cpu.html Core i5 2500 @ $198 (pricematch with http://www.hltechnology.com/one_prod.php?pid=039879 ) http://ncix.com/products/?sku=57962 Intel H61 @ $68 (pricematch with http://www.agileelectronics.ca/prod_details/tab/details.asp?prod_id=BOXDH61WWB3 ) http://ncix.com/products/?sku=59496 Mushkin 2x4GB 1333MHz @ $45 ($35 after mail in rebate) http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=55544 Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti @ $226 ($196 after mail in rebate) (pricematch with http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11830BD9294 ) http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=58366 Antec Neo Eco 450C @ $40 ($30 after mail in rebate) http://ncix.com/products/?sku=60491&promoid=1310 + Show Spoiler + if sale ends than get this, XFX Core Edition Pro 450 @ $47 ($37 after mail in reabte) (pricematch with http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15180AC2804 ) http://ncix.com/products/?sku=59614 Coolermaster HAF 912 @ $49 (pricematch with http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/230752/RC-912-KKN1/COOLERMASTER/ ) http://ncix.com/products/?sku=55583 Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB @ $40 (pricematch with http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950AC9911 ) http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=58402 DVD Burner @ $16 http://ncix.com/products/?sku=60344&promoid=1310 Windows 7 Home Premium x64 @ $94 (pricematch with http://bestdirect.ca/products/222137/GFC-00599/MICROSOFT/ ) http://ncix.com/products/?sku=45271 hi! i have a few questions. i made a quick research and i ran down the build to a few buddies of mine and here are what they said: that psu only supports 1 pci-e 6 pin. you need 2 for that video card. I would definitely get a better psu. with that card and cpu, you want something of better quality and just a bit more watts. also I'm sure you know but the MB is a micro. not sure if that's what you intended or not  You have an unlocked processor (i5-2500k), but you have a barebones basic chipset with your motherboard (H61). You won't be able to overclock your processor, which would sort of defeat the point of purchasing an i5-2500k. Your power supply does not have enough 6-pin connectors to power your video card (GTX 560 Ti). so it appears i would need to change my psu and maybe change my processor since i dont really want to overclock it. what do you suggest? thanks a lot! | ||
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
On August 04 2011 09:00 .DrK wrote: hi! i have a few questions. i made a quick research and i ran down the build to a few buddies of mine and here are what they said: so it appears i would need to change my psu and maybe change my processor since i dont really want to overclock it. what do you suggest? thanks a lot! Well for a quick time-saver I'll note they mis-read the build. SkyR recommended an i7-2500, without K, which make the motherboard well-suited. I bow to others when it comes to power supplies. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Yes the power supply provides only one 6pin PCIe connector so you would have to use a single PCIe to molex adapter that's provided by the graphics card. I did list an alternative which is of higher quality and provides enough connectors without the use of adapters. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On August 04 2011 09:06 MisterFred wrote: Well for a quick time-saver I'll note they mis-read the build. SkyR recommended an i7-2500, without K, which make the motherboard well-suited. I bow to others when it comes to power supplies. I'm guessing you mean i7-2600, because there's no i7-2500, and he doesn't typically recommend the i5 2500 over the i5 2400. EDIT: Nvm, looking up, he's recommending the i5-2500. EDIT2: You might have misread too, since he says he accidently linked to the incorrect processor^. EDIT3: Fuck, he said that after you posted. It's been a long day at work, I need to stop posting, I'm going home. | ||
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