EPTBasically, I'm looking to do better than something like this. The price there doesn't reflect another $250 coupon.
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Melancholia
United States717 Posts
Basically, I'm looking to do better than something like this. The price there doesn't reflect another $250 coupon. | ||
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
On February 09 2012 09:38 Myrmidon wrote: Sure, unless it's like an i7-3960X, GTX 580, and over a dozen hard drives, and you're running unrealistic stress tests to max out the computer. It's plenty for running high overclocks on most single-GPU systems. Thanks! | ||
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BlackkillerZzz
United States25 Posts
Hd Radeon 6950 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150523 Intel i7 2600k http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354587 Cool master case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216 Western Digital Hardrive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168221367 G Skill Ripjaws http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311 AsRock http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157230 I dont want to spend no more than 150 for my computer monitor. If their any in Best Buy, Walmart or Frys are prefer store and if not then you can suggest some online deals. Also i need a good keyboard any would due but I want it to last long and cost no more than 40 bucks | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
"Good", "last long", and "under $40" do not belong in the same sentence. | ||
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Melancholia
United States717 Posts
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oo_xerox
United States852 Posts
On February 02 2012 05:59 skyR wrote: A quality ~500w unit such as a Rosewill Capstone 450. Don't know what's available to you in Cuba... Intel boards aren't made for overclocking so you want to avoid their P67 and Z68 motherboards as there are better options. Ive purchased everything, except the monitor and the chasis, and because of the bloody PSU, there isnt anything nearing capstone in the name, should i go with any 500w+ one? what else should i look for? the voltage or something like that? | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Any list of what's available? I'm not particularly familiar with the regional brands and what would be available. There are a lot of "500W" and higher options that are terrible and may be prone to early failure or damaging computers over time, so it's best not to pick one blindly. There isn't particularly any spec to look for except that you want something that can safely handle at least 30A on +12V or so. Unfortunately a lot of brands outright lie about their specs or deliver the rated power in a poor manner, and so on, so you can't just go by what's printed on the label. | ||
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oo_xerox
United States852 Posts
I think i saw a couple of Coolmaster´s psus on sale so maybe ill stick with one of those, since they are trustworhty brands... the thing is that if something is just labeled Coolmaster here it practically means free overpricing ehe. Also, im planning on overclocking, which, again ive never even tried in my life, i read a lot since i first wanted to upgrade about hardware (based mainly on this thread´s lists), so basically i selected the parts (i5 2500k + asus z68 + 560ti) cause they were good for overclocking* I havent actually bought them yet, but i have the money saved and already contacted the vendors, am i good with those parts in the overclocking thing? *wild guesses of course | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Rollin
Australia1552 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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oo_xerox
United States852 Posts
Any other brands i could maybe look out for? I search silent pro and every item is listed around 170 - 230, i think its too much for a psu | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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oo_xerox
United States852 Posts
edit:This one costs 320...just sayin... | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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oo_xerox
United States852 Posts
 thx for the info. i think i should start reading on overclocking now | ||
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pogy
Croatia13 Posts
Can someone help me with my next purchase? Last month I bought a intel i5 2500k, asrock p67 pro3, gskill 8gig 1600mhz ripjaws. I have my old gpu 8600gt and a old powersupply. Gpu is overclocked to 700mhz gpu clock and 800 memory clock. I have windows 7 ultimate, play on 1920*1080. Computer is used for gaming, no video editing. I play sc2 but i want to play most of the new games. The question is what should I buy first? Because i cant buy everything at once (im a student). I was thinking of a sapphire hd 6770 but i dont know if my power supply can handle all that. Should i buy the power supply before the gpu? The last thing to buy is a hyper evo 212 so i can overclock my cpu. I hope I explained everything and thanks for the help! | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
relevent comp info: Intel Core 2 extreme X6800 @3.2Ghz (266*12) (2.93Ghz stock) CoolerMaster hyper TX3 (only one i could find for LGA775 that looks like it works+was only $17) MSI P35 Diamond EVGA 9800 GTX Corsair CX500 (regret not getting earthwatts 430, but this was on sale at time, and its a corsair...) I ran Prime95 (albeit for only like 20mins) and my operating temps are between 43C (idle) and 55C (full load). Oh and my 9800 GTX likes to stay at 63C...like always Game settings: All Medium, would play low but can't stand how ff's and pylon powering range looks (and im TERRAN Lolz) with the FPS cap thingy on (kind of pointless to have 180 fps at the start of the game when my monitor is only 60hz). 1280*1024 hp 17" 60hz using VGA because its that old (I've punched it twice while raging and it fixed a dead pixel.. wtf) So i play the game with FPS shown on (ctrl+alt+f) and late game I drop off to ~45fps (1v1) and ~25 (3v3) in large battles. Would OCing the computer to like 3.5-3.6 be worth the extra fps and how many fps do you think i would get? | ||
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brainox
Germany292 Posts
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
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