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Womwomwom
5930 Posts
Edit: The combo deal + PSU is around $400. For that you can buy a Antec NSK3480, 4GB of memory, a i3 2100, a 500GB 7200RPM hard drive, and ASRock H61M-VS that wipes the floor with any current AMD builds. It doesn't even need a beefy PSU because the power draw of the i3 2100 is extremely low and can use the 380W Earthwatts that comes with the Antec case. | ||
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discodancer
United States280 Posts
P.S. Not trying to be laughed at, just thought that maybe someone wants similar specs that our gurus do here but don't want to go through assembling it or w/e, I listed it on craiglist at 720$ lol (which obviously is bs price  ) | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On December 03 2011 11:34 DetO wrote: yes it is a troll ;d my real setup is Intel Core i7 2600K Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II 1536MB Coolink Corator DS Asus Maximus IV Extreme, Intel P67 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3 OCZ 120GB Agility 3 SSD + 2TB SATA II Asus burning Blu-ray CoolerMaster HAF 912 Plus Corsair 650W AND THAT OLD MONITOR! i dont rly know much about comps. i only bought this new setup and kept my old monitor, judging from posts, i should also buy new monitor or even this setup will go to waste? any good suggestions for new monitor, preferred price is 400-600€...? ASUS 24.1" PA246Q, 1920x1200, 16:10, P-IPS, 6ms, what about this one? Nah your old monitor is good. 120hz means your 580 is at least justifiable. No idea why you bought such an over the top motherboard though. A motherboard thats at most half of the cost would have given you the same benefit and thats money you could have spent on something else. Other minor things too but meh. Thats it though. I think anyway. 120 hz monitors are really fucking nice IMO. You have to remember dual 590's call for an entire different setup because its a diff price class entirely. | ||
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Womwomwom
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MethodSC
United States928 Posts
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Womwomwom
5930 Posts
If you want to be green and environmentally friendly (this is a good thing), just leave all of the power management features and C States on. | ||
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esotericc
449 Posts
I ask for 2 reasons 1) I am not comfortable assembling a CPU/aftermarket heatsink or a computer in general, while I know where all the parts go and how to install them I am just not really comfortable with it. I have worked in a computer repair shop before and can do the parts individually but like I said, I am just really not comfortable doing it on my own in my house. 2) It gets the OS installed and tests the parts ahead of time to prevent DOA parts. I have read that they don't update bios though so I would have to do that. Seems for 50$ its worth it, you also get a year warranty. http://www.ncix.ca/products/?sku=7842&vpn=PC-ASSEMBLY&manufacture=NCIXPC | ||
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Womwomwom
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Rkie
United States1278 Posts
I only have DDR3 ram atm and my CPU is this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103921. I have no idea where to start looking, other than at most $150 cost-wise. | ||
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Womwomwom
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
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olabaz
United States298 Posts
+ Show Spoiler [My Build] + Final Build: CPU: Intel Core i5 2400 ($189.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Biostar H61MGC Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($56.97 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg) Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ($130 @ncix) Video Card: GT 240 $60 (@ newegg) Case: Bitfenix Merc Alpha $40 (@ ncix) Power SupplyPower Supply: CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 430W ($37.00 @ newegg) Optical Drive: Samsung DVDRW 22X SATA Black OEM ($17 @ ncix) | ||
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Womwomwom
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Nate.F
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On December 04 2011 00:01 Nate.F wrote: how does a i7-26xxQM (laptop CPU) compare to a i5-2400? Slower lightly-threaded because of lower clock speeds (2.9 GHz single threaded vs. 3.4 single threaded), slower at heavily multi-threaded loads because of lower clock speeds (2.0 GHz vs. 3.1 GHz will be halfway compensated for by the advantage of hyperthreading on the i7, but that's not enough). It should be likewise a little slower on all workloads in between. The i7-26xxQM has better integrated graphics. It's not a huge difference in CPU performance though. Architecture is the same, and the clock speeds aren't so far off. | ||
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Deatheus89
Singapore19 Posts
Can a HD Radeon 4850 run SC2 at ultra settings? If yes, what kind of specs does my com have to be? (currently using a intel core 2 6300 1.86 GHz 1 gb ram and I cant run sc2 on max settings and my monitor is a Samsung Syncmaster 933 bw) Also, I'm looking to upgrade my processor and motherboard, any recommendations? i dont need anything too high end, just a good investment probably something that can run diablo 3/dota 2 smoothly and ofc sc2. Lastly, Im quite confused about the motherboard processor thing.It used to be that the motherboard and processor were sold separately right? but even since quad core came into the market it's being sold togther? | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
The problem is the CPU. Motherboards and processors can generally be bought separately or together; since they're from separate vendors it's usually separate unless you go to a store where they artificially have bundle deals or something like that. For some of the ultra-low-power systems, CPUs and motherboards are mostly always sold together though, but not quad cores like you're talking about. You want a Pentium or Celeron Gxxx (3 digits), socket 1155 processor, a Core i3-2xxx (4 digits) socket 1155 processor, or Core i5-2xxx (4 digits) socket 1155 processor, depending on how much you want to spend. That will require a socket 1155 motherboard and DDR3 memory; cheap ones are fine. 4GB of DDR3 is really cheap these days. If your optical drive connects via PATA (IDE), it will not be compatible with most newer motherboards, which no longer have ports for that older standard. | ||
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Deatheus89
Singapore19 Posts
On December 04 2011 03:50 Myrmidon wrote: HD 4850 is on the low end to run SC2 at ultra at 1920x1080. Some people may find it acceptable, but most would rather just drop it to high. I don't think it's worth upgrading graphics until next year with the next generation of GPUs. Oh wait there is some confusion about my monitor. Actually my Samsung Syncmaster 933 bw is 19 inch and running at a resolution of 1440x900. Means my hd4850 can run ultra sc2 smoothly? =D Im not sure why when i goggled there were 24 inch Samsung syncmaster 933 bws.... | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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beefhamburger
United States3962 Posts
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