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Hertzy
Finland355 Posts
If you value money so much, just get something like this LED monitor or this CCFL monitor. 2ms vs 5ms is nothing amazing and the backlight used doesn't really matter either outside of power draw. I'd like to add; 5ms response time from a screen is already 200Hz, the human eye's sample rate is around 50Hz, leaving around 25Hz as the maximum perceived frequency. | ||
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billy5000
United States865 Posts
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Womwomwom
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SnowSC2
United States678 Posts
What is your resolution? 1600x900 What are you using it for? Mainly streaming sc2, would like it to be able to stream bf3 on at least high settings. Photoshop as well. What is your upgrade cycle? 1 year When do you plan on building it? Asap Do you plan on overclocking? If needed Do you need an Operating System? No Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? No Where are you buying your parts from? Frys or newegg/any recommended site CPU: Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge MB: MSI P67A-C43 (B3) <-(already own) RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) <-(already ordered during sale) GPU: Not sure yet, upgrading from a GeForce GTS 450. looking for recommendations preferably under $200 PSU: I have a 600w rocketfish psu in my old comp, can upgrade if needed Case: Antec 300 <-(already own) Any recommendations would be great! | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On November 28 2011 21:56 Hertzy wrote: I'd like to add; 5ms response time from a screen is already 200Hz, the human eye's sample rate is around 50Hz, leaving around 25Hz as the maximum perceived frequency. Nope. http://www.100fps.com/how_many_frames_can_humans_see.htm 500fps is the minimum for reality perfect. The human eye is very complex and doesn't have a "refresh rate" or anything like that. And really? 25 hz? That should have felt wrong the moment you typed it out. | ||
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billy5000
United States865 Posts
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MrStorkie
United Kingdom697 Posts
Specifications: - Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case - Power Supply: OCZ ZS 650w PSU - CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz Sandybridge CPU - Motherboard: Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** - Cooler: Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU Cooler - RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit -- **gonna call up their sales team to have it upgraded to 8GB - Hard Drive: 500GB HDD + 64GB Crucial M4 SSD - Graphics Card: OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 - Sound: Realtek 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board) - Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive - Total price: £793.94 (not inclusive of the RAM upgrade, but it shouldn't be too much anyway) Just wanted to see if anybody thinks this is overpriced -- I've tried to piece together a system similar to this but the price difference isn't that huge.. and I save the trouble of having to assemble them together (which I may very well screw up) Also, huge thanks to skyR for providing me with great advice =)) the guy is amazing | ||
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SChlafmann
France725 Posts
On November 29 2011 01:21 SnowSC2 wrote: As you have a P67 motherboard that allows overclock, you can have a look at i5 2500k. The price is often almost the same. For the GPU, depending on what you want to spend, you have the choice between HD 6870, HD 6950,GTX 560Ti or GTX 570. Have a look at some benchmarks to find what will fit your needs. | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
Also that build won't be needing 650W unless I am going crazy so that build isn't even congruent with the rest of itself. There is also some fat on that build (like 1600 RAM instead of 1333 which is largely the same thing). What were you looking to do with a new computer? I feel that system is quite overpriced, and we have an optimized gaming desktop thread here in the tech forums. And does it have to be prebuilt? It isn't hard to build your own computer as there is ample material out there for anyone who can follow simple directions. | ||
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MrStorkie
United Kingdom697 Posts
On November 29 2011 03:08 Medrea wrote: Thats like close to 1200 USD if my conversion is correct and thats like way way too much for an i5 and single 560 ti build. Even counting the hard drive prices and SSD. Also that build won't be needing 650W unless I am going crazy so that build isn't even congruent with the rest of itself. There is also some fat on that build (like 1600 RAM instead of 1333 which is largely the same thing). What were you looking to do with a new computer? I feel that system is quite overpriced, and we have an optimized gaming desktop thread here in the tech forums. I do agree that the PSU is overkill, and that there isn't much difference in performance between the 1333 and the 1600 RAM. Assuming that I replace those 2 components with something more suitable, what should be the approximate cost of the entire system?? I will be mainly using it for gaming and programming. Also, are you referring to this thread as the optimised gaming desktop thread? | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On November 29 2011 03:18 MrStorkie wrote: I do agree that the PSU is overkill, and that there isn't much difference in performance between the 1333 and the 1600 RAM. Assuming that I replace those 2 components with something more suitable, what should be the approximate cost of the entire system?? I will be mainly using it for gaming and programming. Also, are you referring to this thread as the optimised gaming desktop thread? This thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=271861 While it is by no means the law of the letter it is a good guideline. Your build closely matches the $800 build listed in that thread. Now some things are different. For instance the hard drive in that configuration is no longer that price, it has in fact tripled in price. Which is why i implore you to transplant a hard drive you already own into the new build. Any hard drive, even a laptop hard drive. The prices on hard drives are way out of line at the moment because of the flooding in Taiwan, and prebuilders are taking advantage of this and milking it for all its worth by gouging on already gouged prices. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Considering the components, its not really overpriced for a prebuilt. GTX 560 Ti 2GB isn't a good choice. Switch to 1GB variant. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On November 29 2011 02:52 MrStorkie wrote: I'm planning to get this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-213-OE&groupid=43&catid=2040&subcat= Specifications: - Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case - Power Supply: OCZ ZS 650w PSU - CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz Sandybridge CPU - Motherboard: Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** - Cooler: Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU Cooler - RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit -- **gonna call up their sales team to have it upgraded to 8GB - Hard Drive: 500GB HDD + 64GB Crucial M4 SSD - Graphics Card: OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 - Sound: Realtek 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board) - Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive - Total price: £793.94 (not inclusive of the RAM upgrade, but it shouldn't be too much anyway) Just wanted to see if anybody thinks this is overpriced -- I've tried to piece together a system similar to this but the price difference isn't that huge.. and I save the trouble of having to assemble them together (which I may very well screw up) Also, huge thanks to skyR for providing me with great advice =)) the guy is amazing http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Gaming Range/Gladiator/Gladiator Rage GTX Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz DDR3 Gaming PC ?productId=47281 I think it'd be much cheaper if you got this one and changed the graphics card to 560 Ti and added the SSD. On November 29 2011 03:08 Medrea wrote: Thats like close to 1200 USD if my conversion is correct and thats like way way too much for an i5 and single 560 ti build. Even counting the hard drive prices and SSD. Also that build won't be needing 650W unless I am going crazy so that build isn't even congruent with the rest of itself. There is also some fat on that build (like 1600 RAM instead of 1333 which is largely the same thing). What were you looking to do with a new computer? I feel that system is quite overpriced, and we have an optimized gaming desktop thread here in the tech forums. And does it have to be prebuilt? It isn't hard to build your own computer as there is ample material out there for anyone who can follow simple directions. US prices have no tax these do, it'd be equal to around 1000$ | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Ata
Canada356 Posts
On November 29 2011 05:07 skyR wrote: Just pulled the trigger on a U2312M and Intel 320 80gb. Now to decide what to do with a $70 AMEX... =\ there a deal on the U2312M? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Ata
Canada356 Posts
On November 29 2011 05:19 skyR wrote: It's $209 for Cyber Monday, down from $319. U2412M was around $300 for Black Friday and I would have got that but I was being indecisive about the whole thing. Ya, i see it now :S, so tempting....specially since there is no MIR. Edit: I would have gotten the 160GB intel 320 last friday if it wasnt for the MIR bs. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
In other news, AMD branded memory coming soon. | ||
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Ata
Canada356 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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