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On August 05 2011 13:27 psp219 wrote:What is your budget? 5000 RMB ~ 833 US DOLLARS What is your resolution? 1280x1024 What are you using it for? Casual Gaming. What is your upgrade cycle? 4 years When do you plan on building it? ASAP Do you plan on overclocking? No Do you need an Operating System? Yes I don't want to buy one of those Chinese cracked ones. Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? No Where are you buying your parts from? www.360buy.com - It's in Chinese and the prices are in RMB. In the upper right hand corner it says 装机大师. Click that and it brings you to the parts selection where you can add the parts together
At that resolution you could only use like $600... I would suggest getting a new monitor with that budget as well, as 1280 is pretty bad graphics for gaming.
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Especially if you're sticking with lower-power cards, I highly recommend getting this power supply instead. It should be significantly better than the Corsair CX430 V2, and you don't need all that power anyway. I think they advertise it as 80 plus gold to 350W, but can be run at up to 450W at 80 plus silver levels.
Super Flower Golden Green Pro 350W - ¥399
http://www.360buy.com/product/373342.html
Review (note: some CapXon capacitors and worse build quality than the higher-wattage Golden Green, but it's not like this thing will ever see that much heat)
http://www.itocp.com/htmls/02/n-1602.html
Also considering the price difference I'd take the Core i5-2300 rather than the i5-2400. It's just 300 MHz slower, that's all.
Core i5-2300 - ¥1259
http://www.360buy.com/product/337940.html
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Thanks for the thread. Just today I bought myself a Radeon HD 6950 1GB. Witcher 2 looks damn impressive, and SC2 can be run on full settings.
However, there are small stutterrings when I run a replay on fasterx2/4/8 settings. What could this cause? I am using 4GB Kingston HyperX RAM, just to inform you, so any chance it is about the RAM?
Also, Quad-Core AMD 2.2 GhZ processor.
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Do you have a SSD? Some have had stutter problems when watching replays.
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On August 05 2011 18:43 nihlon wrote:
Do you have a SSD? Some have had stutter problems when watching replays.
Nope I'm using an HDD. I regularly defrag it and keep my files clean and organized (not sure if that helps, but I try to)
It happened with my old (5750 HD) too, so I don't think it's due to GPU.
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Both are identical except for post sale support and warranty. EVGA offers lifetime warranty and superior support. Not to mention the card is less expensive.
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And you get a free HDTV USB tuner if that strikes your fancy.
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Thank you very much,
1-----There is a shell shocker deal on newegg for Rosewill Green Series RG700-S12 700W with +12V@54A and 82% efficiency for 65$, do you think its a good deal since I want to use this case/power supply in future builds?
2----I had been looking at the 560 Ti's before you posted that build, and the 6870 seems to be too good at that price, but would it be the first bottle neck in the system 2 years from now?
3----I know I mentioned the Crucial M4 in my last post but if there are any better/price performance cards of that size, please enlighten me.
4----I will also be purchasing a monitor, I have been told that its better to go in person to purchase, but futureshop/best buy seem to be fucking overpriced. whats your advice?
EDIT:
5----Is this what I need to connect it to the router?
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=46255&vpn=C6PATCH50BK&manufacture=Startech.com Ltd
6----The shipping comes to 29$
If i add this:http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=62412&vpn=N8400GS-MD512H&manufacture=MSI%2FMicroStar&promoid=1307
I get 5$ shipping on the entire order, so would the card be worth 6$ (maybe for a HTPC or just trouble shooting?)
7-----Do you recommend insurance for shipping?
8---- This is my first assembly, do I need anything else? Paste? bays? (I know the case has a bay for the SSD) crazy screw drivers?
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When people say that you should go and look at monitors in person they don't usually mean you have to buy it there. You go to check what screen you like and then you can order it from anywhere it's possible.
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On August 05 2011 21:21 nam nam wrote:
When people say that you should go and look at monitors in person they don't usually mean you have to buy it there. You go to check what screen you like and then you can order it from anywhere it's possible.
But if NCIX doesnt ahve it (which is very possible) I have to buy it from somewhere else and pay alot of shipping no?
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Yeah but you can go at it the other way around. Look at what monitors you think are interesting at NCIX and then look up stores that have them. Obviously I don't know where you live so I can't say how easy it is to find all models so that you have to decide for youself.
Otherwise you can just trust reviews and go by that (or potentially pay more in stores). It depends on how picky you are. Also some online stores I buy from have free shipping over a certain cost, usually below the cost of a monitor.
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ya ok, thx. any help on the other question? 
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$65 isn't a great price for a Rosewill Green 700. Antec Earthwatts 650 and Antec High Current Gamer 620 are both higher quality units, provide similar amount of power, and can be had for less or at the same price. If you want to deal with mail in rebates, there's the XFX Core Edition 650 as well. I guess you figured this out already.
The bottleneck depends on what you are doing but for gaming, yes it will most likely be the graphics card.
Yes, you need an ethernet cable for the router but shouldn't you already have one?
If you want to pay $6 for a graphics card that may or may not see a use in the future than go ahead. I don't see much use for it when most HTPCs will be using Llano or Sandybridge. You're also getting a Z68 board so it's not going to be that helpful in troubleshooting, only purposes it would serve is for discovering a faulty PCI-E x16 slot or having multiple DOA cards.
Whether you pay for shipping insurance or not is your decision. Either pay 1.5% for a piece of mind or roll a dice and hopefully the courier doesn't accidently screw up. I don't pay for it if that's what you're wondering but I wouldn't recommend against it.
All you need is a phillips screwdriver. You may need to purchase / get an additional SATA cable since some lower end motherboards only provide two of these. Everything else is included with the components.
Futureshop and Bestbuy also offers pricematching so it's not like you can't buy something from them.
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epikAnglory, skyR
You guys are awesome. Thank you so much 
*bow*
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Thank you very much SkyR, I will be going with the GPU and PSU in your build recommendation, and I dont have a ethernet cable long enough.
Thank you for all your help, if you ever need a couch (i dont live in the city tho) or a beer in montreal, let me know.
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What is your budget?
$800-$1000
What is your resolution?
No idea, no idea how to check.
What are you using it for?
Purely gaming, sc2/d3 on decent settings/DotA2.
What is your upgrade cycle?
3-4 years
When do you plan on building it?
<month
Do you plan on overclocking?
Not if I can get by without it.
Do you need an Operating System?
No.
Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire?
Not if I can do what I want without them.
Where are you buying your parts from?
Newegg.ca
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On August 05 2011 19:16 Bleak wrote:Show nested quote +On August 05 2011 18:43 nihlon wrote:
Do you have a SSD? Some have had stutter problems when watching replays. Nope I'm using an HDD. I regularly defrag it and keep my files clean and organized (not sure if that helps, but I try to) It happened with my old (5750 HD) too, so I don't think it's due to GPU.
Yeah, watching replays in faster time means that the CPU needs to compute more game action per second. SC2 is already enough of a CPU-intensive game to begin with. Your CPU can't keep up at the faster speeds. I'm guessing if it's an AMD quad core at 2.2 GHz it's a Phenom? Those are super slow compared to a current (Intel) dual core (with hyperthreading):
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/23?vs=289
Note the big difference in games.
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