EPTOptimized Gaming Computer Builds For Every Budget - Page 4
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Quartal
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Jaw
United States274 Posts
nvm i read page 3.... thank for info.. btw your math is wrong for the 1750$ build... 499.99$ x 2 = 899.98$ ? | ||
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Rachnar
France1526 Posts
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FinBenton
Finland870 Posts
On October 06 2011 18:35 Jaw wrote: which build can run BF3 on max setting on 1920x1080? (i know nothing about computer) nvm i read page 3.... thank for info.. btw your math is wrong for the 1750$ build... 499.99$ x 2 = 899.98$ ? Depends on what you call "running", someone is fine with 30-40fps, for me its running fine if fps is constantly over 60fps even in biggest fights. At 1080p, GTX580 sli would do that. | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
On October 06 2011 19:03 FinBenton wrote: Depends on what you call "running", someone is fine with 30-40fps, for me its running fine if fps is constantly over 60fps even in biggest fights. At 1080p, GTX580 sli would do that. It also depends what you call "max settings." Some settings just take an obscene amount of costly hardware (a gazzillion aa and af etc) for minimum gain. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On October 06 2011 19:03 FinBenton wrote: Depends on what you call "running", someone is fine with 30-40fps, for me its running fine if fps is constantly over 60fps even in biggest fights. At 1080p, GTX580 sli would do that. 580sli is such a waste, you get almost same performance with 6950 crossfire because of how mediocre SLi scaling with the big cards is. it wasn't a math fail, just a typo, overall price's the same On October 06 2011 13:43 iREight wrote: just glancing at the $1000 build, I think an ASRock P67 Pro3 would be a better motherboard for that budget. It is around the same price, and iirc, it offers 10 power phases and a non crippled overclocking bios But it's not B3? o.O though how severely crippled is the bios | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
The MSI P67 G series of boards is basically a watered down GD board aka budget SLI board. I don't believe the BIOS would be as crippled as the C series of boards. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On October 07 2011 04:34 skyR wrote: Dude every board in the retail channel is a B3 revision... why the hell would it not be a B3 revision? The MSI P67 G series of boards is basically a watered down GD board aka budget SLI board. I don't believe the BIOS would be as crippled as the C series of boards. okay well I'll just change them | ||
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Madoga
Netherlands471 Posts
Just pick something that fits the build and has a good price in general. There will allways be better deals, so advising 600W where 400-450W is needed is rather odd and confusing to me. Anything with a 6950, and an i5 2500k or lower will run fine on an xfx core 450W(or something along those lines). Anyway, this would have been a lot more usefull for europe since the prices are far more stable (no MIR). | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
Btw that one mobo you mentioned seems overpriced and from what I've googled it seems like the 90$ MSI board overclocks just fine, at least I haven't found complaints so | ||
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Ixirawr
United States86 Posts
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phiinix
United States1169 Posts
love the builds though :D | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On October 09 2011 03:17 phiinix wrote: sounds good, maybe in the future add in budgets and/or prices ranges for people looking to stream too? For example if I want a good sc2 comp i'll spend the 600, but what about a 720 or 1080 stream? love the builds though :D Well then it'd be the 800$ build as it's the best CPU and streaming is relatively CPU-intense. Though as the builds are suggested for SC2 they're going to have quite good CPUs by default and in reality, even the i5 2400 is going to stream very effortlessly at 720p, probably 1080p as well unless you go crazy with the bitrates. Might need to change some things about the builds and I guess I'll add an optional section now... | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On October 07 2011 05:06 Madoga wrote: Whats with the xigmatek psu's in a lot of those builds. Isn't that model some cheap generic HEC psu? (didnt read a review, so not sure) Just pick something that fits the build and has a good price in general. There will allways be better deals, so advising 600W where 400-450W is needed is rather odd and confusing to me. Anything with a 6950, and an i5 2500k or lower will run fine on an xfx core 450W(or something along those lines). Anyway, this would have been a lot more usefull for europe since the prices are far more stable (no MIR). Yeah I think that Xigmatek PSU (NRP-PC602) is a cheap HEC model. Al the NRP_Px02 are HEC I think. I'd choose something else for most of the builds, but I doubt these are disastrously poor. OklahomaWolf didn't like much the PC502: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=158 Here the voltage regulation of the PC602 doesn't look nearly as poor (no scope shots so poor ripple/noise above cannot be confirmed): http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/957/pg1/xigmatek-nrp-pc602-600w-psu-review-introduction.html Good efficiency and caps, but maybe poor performance? | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On October 09 2011 03:43 Myrmidon wrote: Yeah I think that Xigmatek PSU (NRP-PC602) is a cheap HEC model. Al the NRP_Px02 are HEC I think. I'd choose something else for most of the builds, but I doubt these are disastrously poor. OklahomaWolf didn't like much the PC502: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=158 Here the voltage regulation of the PC602 doesn't look nearly as poor (no scope shots so poor ripple/noise above cannot be confirmed): http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/957/pg1/xigmatek-nrp-pc602-600w-psu-review-introduction.html Good efficiency and caps, but maybe poor performance? If I get the confirmation from anyone that every graphics card will ship with the necessary SATA to PCIe adapters I'll happily change it =P Unless you know of a cheaper / same price PSU with 2 PCIE connectors molex yeah sure <_< I know it can be confirmed but these builds are just guidelines and I won't exactly recommend a specific graphics card model in them | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
For example, I checked some of the ones you linked, and the HIS HD 6850 comes with one, the HIS HD 6870 comes with two, the XFX HD 6790 does not come with one, the Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti comes with two, and the Sapphire HD 6970 comes with two. Prices change all the time, so I'm sure these may not end up cheaper, but sometimes they will be. Antec Neo Eco (Seasonic S12II) 520W has two ($55): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030 Silverstone Strider Essential 400W (Sirtec I think) has two ($49): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256060 Corsair CX500 V2 (CWT DSAII) has two ($60): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027 Rosewill Green Series 530W (ATNG, see the hardwaresecrets review of 630W) has two ($50): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182199 | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
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ChestKunt
Canada81 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On October 12 2011 04:24 roLangela wrote: For the 1K budget; i read the reviews for the mobo and they say that its difficult to insert two graphics card due to it having a weird placement. + Show Spoiler + http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130576 If that's the one you mean, since it's the one there right now, I do in fact believe it's difficult to insert two graphics cards. Mostly because it doesn't have the slots for it. At all. Unless you maybe use some woogity and bad old shit, then maybe. Nevermind, wrong build. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130583 How is that awkward placement? That's how it's supposed to be done, you can get air in between them... an entire empty slot between them, and one of each other slot available even with multiple dual-slot cards. It's near perfect, unless the motherboard itself has flawed spacing. | ||
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