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When using this resource, please read FragKrag's opening post. The Tech Support forum regulars have helped create countless of desktop systems without any compensation. The least you can do is provide all of the information required for them to help you properly. | ||
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epikAnglory
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
Extra features can include Clear CMOS button, reset and power buttons on the mobo, contact points for accurate voltage readings... | ||
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FragKrag
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JingleHell
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On September 14 2011 09:37 FragKrag wrote: Most importantly is the stability of the mobo when overclocking, which you really can't derive from anything other than experience alone. Quite true. Although the quality of the BIOS in particular can be relevant to that. The other stuff is mostly candy, but a BIOS designed for it really is handy. | ||
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RumTalk
Jamaica135 Posts
Antec Nine Hundred Two - Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129058 Antec TPQ-850 850W - Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371009 Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield - CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202 Western Digital Caviar Black http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320 Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB SATA III http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VFJ9MK Gigabyte LGA1366/ Intel X58 SATA3 - Mobo http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003378K7M G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002X578GE GIGABYTE ATI Radeon HD6950 1 GB DDR5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056GJL26 | ||
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Medrea
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On September 14 2011 10:10 RumTalk wrote: This is my current build, I was just wondering if anyone could help me on what this should upgrade into or what path I should take on replacing different parts Antec Nine Hundred Two - Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129058 Antec TPQ-850 850W - Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371009 Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield - CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202 Western Digital Caviar Black http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320 Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB SATA III http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VFJ9MK Gigabyte LGA1366/ Intel X58 SATA3 - Mobo http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003378K7M G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002X578GE GIGABYTE ATI Radeon HD6950 1 GB DDR5 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056GJL26 Looks pretty solid for current day TBH. The power supply has so much wattage leftover you could power a second computer with the same specs. Not much to say other than if you upgrade the processor to an 1155 sandy or Ivy bridge youll have to upgrade the mobo as well. The 1366 is a dead tech path now afaik. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
If your OS hard drive ever decides to fail or have problems, or if you were going to format anyway, that would be a good time to upgrade to an SSD. | ||
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Medrea
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JingleHell
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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RumTalk
Jamaica135 Posts
Is a SSD worth it? | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On September 14 2011 10:25 skyR wrote: The i7 920 was a budget Bloomfield which launched at roughly $300, X58 boards were around $200, and triple channel memory was like somewhere in the hundreds of dollars so ya it was quite an expensive platform. Even last May, i7 930 ran around $300, high end (Wait, what?) X58 boards $175-200, and tri-channel DDR3 was ~$150 for 6GB. Throw in the mandatory aftermarket heatsink, and just the basic components could hit ~$700, after it had been out for a while. For the LOW end of Bloomfield. SSD is very worth it, and the mobo, no biggy, neither last-gen core i board works with SB, so you'd have replaced it either way. At least with 1366, you ended up with a smoking platform, even if you did pay out the nose. | ||
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epikAnglory
United States1120 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On September 14 2011 12:47 epikAnglory wrote: Sorry to bring up the fan issue again, but I forgot about my father's computer that I built. Is it okay if all three fans are set to intake with the Intel default heatsink? It would be a hassle to call him and manually tell him to remove it (lives in another state) and replace it. Isn't your dad's PC for excel, firefox, and netflix pretty much? As long as he doesn't put it on the grill, it should be fine. | ||
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nam nam
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Myrmidon
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
On September 14 2011 07:56 Gattaca.usa wrote: I recently purchased a new build with a MSI P67A-C43 and I don't like it. The BIOS really suck for overclocking and it doesn't give the VCore that I set. It's really frustrating and I've read around the internet that people have issue with it too. That's not a quality issue....it has to do with VDroop, if PLL overvoltage is set, and probably other things I'm not even aware of. I have the same motherboard. It's low-end for sure, can't overclock very high with it since it's limited to 1.35 V but that doesn't mean your (and the others who "have issues" with it) lack of knowledge about how VDroop and other things about how VCore and power delivery work is an actual issue. http://www.anandtech.com/show/2404/6 | ||
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BulletShot
United States17 Posts
What is your budget? Around $800, but I can go above or below that range What is your resolution? I have a 32inch Samsung TV I was hoping to use as my gaming monitor, which last I looked was 1920 x 1080 What are you using it for? Mostly for gaming, playing games in the future such as Battlefield 3, Guild Wars 2, Starcraft 2, I also am in graphics design so I use a lot of Photoshop, Illustrator, and on occasion movie editing programs like Sony Vegas. Also like watching streams What is your upgrade cycle? Maybe 2 or more years? When do you plan on building it? Hopefully within the next few weeks, and if not maybe around the time of Octoberish Do you plan on overclocking? Probably not Do you need an Operating System? No Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? Probably not Where are you buying your parts from? Probably online sites like newegg or amazon. I’m from the U.S so those are the only ones I know of for sure. | ||
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
If i buy this PC, will i be able to run SC2 perfectly on low, with 200/200 engagments not lagging at all? CPU: AMD Phenom™II X4 850 HDD: 1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16M Cache Hard Drive MEMORY: 4GB (2x2GB) PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz ) MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (780L) Chipset DDR3 Socket AM3+ Micro-ATX w/ 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, 1 PCIe X16, 1 PCIe X1, & 2 PCI VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB GDDR3 | ||
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