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That's not a GTX 560 Ti by the way, just a non-Ti GTX 560.
What's the model of the current power supply? Failing that, take a picture of the label or at least post the relevant specs there.
edit: I wouldn't pay $260 for a GTX 560 Ti over $170 for a GTX 560 though, even if the Ti is the most premium model (factory OC MSI Hawk). I mean, a HD 6950 can be had for $220:
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=58455&promoid=1301
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Good catch. $10 more for the Twin Frozr III is probably worth it, just not like $30 more.
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Just out of interest, which are the good 560 ti's?
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What I meant was that all the hot deals are already sold out. EVGA GTX 560 Ti -AR for $210, Zotac GTX 560 Ti for $200. All the other deals such as the Twin Frozr III are cold.
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Ah right, my bad, thought you were talking about brands.
Just ignore the noob!
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Thermaltake Spacecraft VF-I USB 3.0 € 54.50
Intel Core i5-2500 PC1155 6MB Cache 4x3,3GHz boxed € 186.45
ASROCK Z68 Pro3 € 92.80
CORSAIR XMS3 DIMM Kit 8GB PC3-12800U CL9-9-9-24 € 34.90
Sapphire Radeon HD 6850, 1024MB GDDR5, 2x DVI, HDMI, € 129.90
CORSAIR V2 600W CX 600CXV2EU € 59.95
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€ 558,45
want to use it for gaming and some video work/cutting stuff of action sports helm camera material like downhill mtb, snowboarding
what would u guys change?
budget in about that range and from sites like: http://geizhals.at/ or any other austrian and all from one shop if possible
this was taken from: http://www.e-tec.at/frame1/index.php
advice pls
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Get the cheapest 2x4gb kit which is usually 1333MHz cas9 since the difference between higher frequency and tighter timings is negligible.
A Z68 board is not necessary since you won't be overclocking. Get a H61 or H67 motherboard.
A 600w power supply is also unnecessary since such a configuration will never exceed 200w during normal usage. The 430w or 500w variant of the CX V2 is fine.
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2x4gb of memory is $40 or less. Paying $50 for 2x4gb means you're getting ripped off or paying for an extremely negligible increase in performance.
You never mentioned what this computer is going to be used for... but if it's for gaming. You need a new graphics card.
I have no clue where you're purchasing your components from but a 256gb SSD is going to be more than half your budget.
You also have no processor.
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I have an i5 on the board that was given to me. All the parts I have so far were given to my dad by a co-worker. And yes this will be used for gaming
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On December 25 2011 20:28 TempusDESU wrote:Show nested quote +On December 25 2011 19:08 Womwomwom wrote:Swap the RAM out for this set. The reasoning behind that is large heatspreaders are actually pretty useless and are generally a negative thing as it restricts clearance. I'd get this motherboard instead. PCIe 3.0 isn't really that useful and won't be for a long time. You don't need 650W, this is fine.Besides that, your build is fine. I know you said you don't want to overclock but its not very difficult. If you still don't want to overclock, ditch the i5 2500k + Z68 motherboard and get a i5 2400 + H61 or H67 motherboard. According to nVidia's website, the psu isn't good enough: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-570-us.html
According to nVidia, the TDP of the card is 219W.
According to real hardware tests, it draws ~~~213W under full load.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-570-review/8
Not only is the Antec High Current Gamer 520 linked to you by 3Wom way more than enough, it's also higher quality than that Corsair GS.
They're going to over-recommend on the "wattage" because a lot of people have a trash PSU that can barely deliver half the wattage it's labeled for, or they have some insane config with 8 HDD's and a 5.0GHz OC'd bulldozer... basically they're covering their ass. Your system is hardly going to exceed ~300W under load, ~350 when you do some CPU OC'ing.
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Hi, just put together a set of components that I'm looking at. Budget taken from www.centrecom.com.au
MB: Asus P8P67-M-V3 Intel Mainboard (B3 Stepping) - LGA 1155 $139.0
PSU: XFX ProSeries 550W Core Edition $82.50
Processor: Intel CPU Core i5-2500 - LGA 1155 $220.0
RAM: Kingston DDR3 8GB PC-10600/1333 (2x4GB) CL9 Value Ram $44.00
VGA: Gigabyte nVidia GTX560 Ti OC 1GB $264.00
SSD: Kingston 128GB SSDNow V200 Series, SATA II/III, TRIM, 2.5" $199.00
Case: Cooler Master Elite 335 $49.50
DVD: LG Blu-Ray Reader & DVD/CD Burner (CH12LS28) $69.00
Already own all the peripherals I'll need.
I think this is pretty tight, but there's a few points I'm concerned about.
1: I don't have any intentions to overclock from the outset, but as a would-be tinkerer, it's something that I might get to down the line. Is this machine amenable to overclocking, and what sort of additional cooling would I need to purchase? In fact, should I be looking into cooling anyway?
2: I'm terrible at selecting cases. I don't know what criteria I should be looking into, and I feel like I need to actually go see the real thing and open it up to know if the components will fit. Are there any recommendations here, and will the Coolermaster Elite be sufficient?
3: Will running dual monitors be possible with this? I'm assuming so, but want to check.
My budget is around $1k, give or take a couple hundred.
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Thats a bummer that the 6800gt isn't up to par :/.
Thanks so much for the input recommendations!! They fit my budget very nicely!
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