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Medrea
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Kleataurus
Australia56 Posts
My budget is AU $1500-$2000. I am spending an additional $500 on peripherals such as screen, keyboard and mouse. What is your resolution? 1080 x 1920 might add a second monitor in the future but not for eyefinity just for a second desktop kind of thing. Not quite sure how to do it but i’m sure i could figure it out. What are you using it for? Gaming and some light photoshop and programming.I want to play games such as Starcraft 2, BF3, Skyrim. I wont play too many shooters other than BF3. What is your upgrade cycle? 3-4 years When do you plan on building it? in the next 3-4 weeks Do you plan on overclocking? yes. I was thinking that a 2500k was a good cpu to overclock? Do you need an Operating System? yes win 7 Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? Yes. i am hoping to 2 way crossfire if it is possible in my budget Where are you buying your parts from? http://www.pccasegear.com or another reliable australian site that is cheaper if possible. Any help is appreciated as i am really quite uncertain of what parts to select. I know a fair amount about computers but this is my first time building one. Much thanks edit: i forgot to mention that i would like to have a modular psu and i was also wondering if an ssd would be worth it f so what would you guys recommend? | ||
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KaiserJohan
Sweden1808 Posts
Do I need to buy a soundcard or is the motherboard good enough? | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
From pump water flows to the radiator, then the CPU block, then a second radiator, then the GPU block, then back to the pump. Is this correct? | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
The budget (and Crossfire or SLI) is kind of nonsensical unless you're trying to push really high fps over 60 fps for use with a 120 fps monitor, or gaming across multiple monitors (not gaming on one monitor with ordinary stuff on the others). So yes or no? If not, no sense on spending lots of money in top graphics hardware that's just going to be soon outdated anyway. With the budget, you can get a modular PSU, an SSD, whatever you want. @KaiserJohan: I'm not sure which speakers are popular around that price range, but I don't think any sets will be that great, at least for listening to music. Motherboard will generally way outclass and embarrass speakers at that price, so no need for a discrete sound card. @Shikyo: Isn't the point of something custom that you can set it up in different ways? Regardless, I think people just use a single radiator unless it's some really exotic setup. Some don't hook up the GPU to the block, or maybe only use the loop for GPUs? Uh, why don't you just take a look at build logs and pictures? | ||
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Dannnnn_The_Man
United States166 Posts
I was thinking about: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
If you want higher-fidelity sound, you're better off saving for better headphones or speakers (2.1 or stereo in $200+ range at least), unless there's some problem with the onboard sound. | ||
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
On October 17 2011 01:19 Dannnnn_The_Man wrote: Is a sound card worth it? I've got a little extra cash right now, buying some cathodes just wondering if i should add a sound card.\ I was thinking about: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium That's one of those subjective questions. For most people the answer is "no," for some the answer is "yes." I think what you're really asking is: what will the difference between the two be. As to that, I can't answer it. | ||
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Dannnnn_The_Man
United States166 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
If you're curious, there's a free software audio benchmark, RMAA: http://audio.rightmark.org/index_new.shtml It's super super buggy, prone to errors, and is completely unaware of many important parameters (since it relies on information the sound card gives). The test is just to hook up the line out to the line in of the sound card with a normal 3.5mm male to male cable. Then use the program to automatically run some test tones through, record them, and analyze the results. It's mostly just one click and some results (which may or may not be completely invalid) pop up. Unfortunately that not only measures the fidelity of the line out, but also the line in. And the line in is usually worse on consumer sound cards and onboard audio, so it's not really a fair measurement of much of anything. Actually, if all you need is stereo out (no 5.1 or 7.1) at 16-bit / 44.1 kHz (or 48 kHz), I recommend just getting the Behringer UCA 202 ($30) if you want an upgrade. It's not suitable for most headphones, but the line out is better than a lot (not all) of more expensive stuff. | ||
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Dannnnn_The_Man
United States166 Posts
On October 17 2011 01:59 Myrmidon wrote: Well, this is the kind of thing where most people who need (or think they need) something better, will (1) already have it or (2) get it on their own. If you're curious, there's a free software audio benchmark, RMAA: http://audio.rightmark.org/index_new.shtml It's super super buggy, prone to errors, and is completely unaware of many important parameters (since it relies on information the sound card gives). The test is just to hook up the line out to the line in of the sound card with a normal 3.5mm male to male cable. Then use the program to automatically run some test tones through, record them, and analyze the results. It's mostly just one click and some results (which may or may not be completely invalid) pop up. Unfortunately that not only measures the fidelity of the line out, but also the line in. And the line in is usually worse on consumer sound cards and onboard audio, so it's not really a fair measurement of much of anything. Actually, if all you need is stereo out (no 5.1 or 7.1) at 16-bit / 44.1 kHz (or 48 kHz), I recommend just getting the Behringer UCA 202 ($30) if you want an upgrade. It's not suitable for most headphones, but the line out is better than a lot (not all) of more expensive stuff. I see i see, i think im just going to hold off on any soundcard, save it for when the nvidia 600 series comes out=p | ||
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hp.Shell
United States2527 Posts
Budget: $700~ CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Plus Motherboard: MSI LGA1155/Intel H67/SATA3/DDR3/A&GbE/ATX Motherboard MSI PH67S-C43 (can this mobo overclock my i5-2500k? idk if the H67 is an OC'able board. GPU: GTX 570 RAM: Patriot 8GB (2x4GB) 240-pin 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM HDD: SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive PSU: SILVERSTONE ST75F 750W ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V Case: asgard2 OS: Windows 7 (64 bit) My major questions are as follows: 1. Are all the parts compatible with each other? The PSU and case are older, and I'm not sure if they will work with this build. 2. Is the motherboard OC capable? 3. Will the cooler fit? | ||
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Medrea
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CharlieBrownsc
Canada598 Posts
On October 17 2011 02:59 hp.Shell wrote: Hey guys, I never bought that other computer I asked you to help me with but I have a new build I would like help with. I'm more serious about buying this time, and as soon as I get the build finalized I'll probably order. Budget: $700~ CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Plus Motherboard: MSI LGA1155/Intel H67/SATA3/DDR3/A&GbE/ATX Motherboard MSI PH67S-C43 (can this mobo overclock my i5-2500k? idk if the H67 is an OC'able board. GPU: GTX 570 RAM: Patriot 8GB (2x4GB) 240-pin 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM HDD: SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive PSU: SILVERSTONE ST75F 750W ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V Case: asgard2 OS: Windows 7 (64 bit) My major questions are as follows: 1. Are all the parts compatible with each other? The PSU and case are older, and I'm not sure if they will work with this build. 2. Is the motherboard OC capable? 3. Will the cooler fit? Your cooler is fine Your case and PSU will fit Get a P67 motherboard | ||
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Dannnnn_The_Man
United States166 Posts
I have had it sitting around for like 2 years now. I honestly have no clue whats in it so i did a quick google of the insides. (probably going to build a low end rig for my friend). looking to upgrade what i can for hmm say $150-200 honestly i know you'll think this is a shit budget which it is but this is just going to be a side project. (If you have any cool ideas of what i can do please feel free to post) Dell Dimension E510: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (have windows 7 ready) 3GHz Intel Pentium 4 531 Intel 945G chipset 512MB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz ATI Radeon X300 SE Maxtor 6L160M0 160GB 7,200rpm Serial ATA lol this is going to be fun. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Just get a G620 (~$70), 4gb DDR3 (~$24), a H61 motherboard (~$55), and some low-end GPU (or you can us the on-board until you can afford a 5770 or a better GPU). | ||
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Dannnnn_The_Man
United States166 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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Dannnnn_The_Man
United States166 Posts
On October 17 2011 04:35 Myrmidon wrote: The optical drive may be IDE? Also, double check the motherboard and power supply connectors. Some of the Dells use proprietary connectors, so you may need a new power supply as well. The optical drive is IDE. | ||
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Kleataurus
Australia56 Posts
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