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Gattaca.usa
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skyR
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lOstHeaven
Canada212 Posts
On September 03 2011 11:09 skyR wrote: COLLEGETOUR11 promo ends September 31st iirc. The 6870 at $160 probably won't be there next week. Besides those two... most of the deals you'll see reoccur every week. You missed out on an Antec Earthwatts 650w for $45 and a Gigabyte Radeon HD5850 for $130 this week. Your choice to wait or not, I can't predict future pricing unfortunately. Thanks alot of the input but if i go without the overclocking, what would be the other option? | ||
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skyR
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lOstHeaven
Canada212 Posts
On September 03 2011 22:04 skyR wrote: If you didn't want to overclock than you would switch out the core i5 2500k for non-K suffix processor such as a core i5 2400 and getting a H61 or H67 motherboard instead of a P67. Doing so would reduce the total about ~$60. Last question about putting a SSD drive, what brand would you suggest? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On September 03 2011 15:56 xyOr wrote: My build consists of the i5-2400, and the Rosewill Green Series RG430-S1. But according to hardware-revolution.com, they should be avoided. Differences between i5-2300, i5-2310, i5-2400, and i5-2500 are just in clock speeds, not a big deal either way. If you want to spend a little extra for a little more performance, that's okay but not really necessary, particularly just for gaming. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0 As for the Rosewill, it's not great but not bad either. You were looking at cutting down costs so I listed something a little worse and cheaper than the Antec Neo Eco but certainly not that bad. If it sucked I wouldn't have mentioned it. Same ATNG platform is used by the 430/530/630/700W models, so this review of the 630W is relevant: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/881 Other discussion of Rosewill Green Series (but note that the concern over capacitors turns out to be unfounded since it actually uses Teapo, a good 2nd-tier manufacturer for electrolytic models used in PSUs, as seen in the review above): http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5936 I wouldn't necessarily use any site as a reference, but OCN has it on some sort of recommended PSU list: http://www.overclock.net/power-supplies/183810-faq-recommended-power-supplies.html | ||
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sungmny
United States13 Posts
You can get a better graphics card such as a Radeon HD5670 or GTS 450 or Radeon HD5770 if you want (if you ever plan on upgrading your monitor to 1080p, these cards would be capable of playing Starcraft II on ultra). The Radeon HD5570 would be capable of medium at 1280x800 but is going to struggle at the higher resolutions. Ok, then which one should I buy? The Radeon HD5670 or GTS 450 is one of them better than the other or something? And if I buy one of these I can play SC on ultra and don't need to buy a better motherboard or something? I would also like to get an OS then so I can get an authenticated Windows 7  | ||
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Gattaca.usa
131 Posts
On September 03 2011 21:56 skyR wrote: Well did you assign it a letter? How do I do that? It doesn't even see it. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
GTS 450 is usually better bang for the buck than HD5770 though. If the price difference is more than ~$10, the 450 is better for the price bracket, particularly now that GTX 460 can be found for only slightly more than some HD5770's. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On September 04 2011 02:44 Gattaca.usa wrote: How do I do that? It doesn't even see it. So you don't see it listed as Disk # in disk management? Right click Computer > Manage > Disk Management | ||
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Gattaca.usa
131 Posts
so I'm trying to OC my 2500k. I have the multiplier set to 45, vcore is on auto. im using an MSI P67A-C43. Under 100% load the hottest a 1 core gets is 60C the others are at 56C. Why is it BSOD under Prime95? In CPU Z the vcore is listed at 1.288. Should i set it to manual and increase it? When I take it off of Prime95 and it is at like 2% load the Vcore is set to 1.352V. why is it higher? | ||
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skyR
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NukeTheBunnys
United States1004 Posts
hard drive motherboard - using the onboard video memory processor blue ray drive I already have a power supply and case | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
A Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB is also better and less expensive at $50: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185 | ||
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Gattaca.usa
131 Posts
I set it 1.35V and it is only putting out 1.336V @ 4600 MHz. I'll post some updates once I can get a good stable OC. I have the Corsair A70 Cooler. It was only $41 then with the $20 Rebate it's only $21! cheaper than the Hyper 212+. Currently at 4600MHz @ 1.336V and 100% load the hottest core is 64C. It seems like a really good cooler to me but I'm not sure how well the Hyper 212+ is. EDIT: Using Prime95 is there a better way to stress test than the BLEND? Like does anyone have some custom settings that work well? | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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Gattaca.usa
131 Posts
right now with Prime95 going it CPU Z says 4600 and 1.336. when i turn Prime95 off it goes to 1.360V | ||
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LazyMacro
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Just some notes about what my intent is to give you a better idea of what I want: - I mostly play games. This is meant to be a really good gaming PC that will last a while. - I eventually want to get into overclocking, hence the K series CPU, motherboard with a Z68 chipset, and so on. - I don't particularly have a budget, but if I can save money somewhere and not lose perceivable performance, I'd prefer to save the money.  CPU: Intel i7 2600K $300 after $15 gift card Mobo: Asus P8Z68 Deluxe $250 Memory: GSkill Ripjaws 4GB DDR3 1600 $28 GPU: I haven't decided. I'm either going to get two cards and use SLI or I'm going to get one card now and leave open the possibility of later on adding a second. HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB $50 with EMCKBGK32 promo code SSD: Intel 320 120GB $220 Optical Drive: Lite On DVD-RW $18 Heat Sink and Fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ $28 OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit OEM $100 Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout $70 AMIR PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750 750W $100 with EMCKAKH34 promo code What about this instead for memory? It's a little bit more, but it's 8GB instead of 4GB. In general, I'd like a critique of the parts I have. To the best of my knowledge, this will work fine once I decide on GPU(s), but I have a feeling I can change out a part here or there and end up with a better build. Also, advice on GPUs? T_T | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Getting a P8Z68 Deluxe is a waste of money for someone who's never even overclocked before and primarily gaming. You're not going to be using SSD caching since you have a 120gb SSD already. You're not going to be using the IGP since obviously you can't. You probably aren't going to notice the difference between an Intel NIC and a Realtek NIC. You're probably not going to be using the dual ethernet ports provided by the deluxe. You aren't using LN2 or any premium cooling solution so the extra phases on the board goes to waste. A P8Z68 Deluxe isn't any better than a P8P67 (~$150) or a Asrock P67 Pro3 (~$120) because you don't know what half the features that the Deluxe offers over the other boards and won't even utilize these features at all. You might as well get 8GB if you are doing SLI / Eyefinity. It's sort of the norm these days =\ And the 650 variant of the TXv2 is enough for an overclocked 2600k and CrossfireX 6950 2GB configuration. A 2600k is going to be obsolete at the same time the 2500k is going to be obsolete. Games are just starting to utilize quad cores and if you think many of the upcoming games are going to utilize more than four cores anytime soon, you're sadly mistaken. By the time your 2600k provides an improvement over the 2500k because of its hyperthreading, you'll be wanting a new processor and a $200 Skymont will provide a significant increase in performance. Higher frequency and tighter timings on memory also provides very little benefits but I guess if you are already spending this much on a configuration, it doesn't hurt to have a better resale value and fancier heatspreaders: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/sandy-bridge-ddr3.html http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3 http://techreport.com/articles.x/20377 | ||
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