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Wherein a personal computer is built from suggested parts.
« on: July 12, 2011, 02:25:47 AM »
Good day, fine fellow frequenters of the forums.

I come here, inquiring about aid in regards to my future construction of a personal computer. I seek a new setup capable of playing most anything currently available and game to be released within the year, preferable without reaching temperatures close to that of a supernova, unlike my current setup, a laptop.

When it comes to computer technologies, I have little knowledge, hence me requesting aid from you all. As for budgetary considerations, one-thousand dollars is my general limit in price, mainly because of the difficulty in my acquiring funds over that level.

I eagerly await all of your suggestions and ideas.
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Re: Wherein a personal computer is built from suggested parts.
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2011, 05:15:44 PM »
I recommend Asus motherboard, AMD CPU, AMD/ATI GPU, Pick your poison RAM, Western Digital HDD, Samsung CD, and Lian-Li case.

More specific than that... I'll try to work out some stuff for you a little later. :P
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Re: Wherein a personal computer is built from suggested parts.
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2011, 05:20:49 PM »
I don't know very much about this stuff but think a 1000$ is more than adequate to get a good setup.
do you already have a monitor/mouse/keyboard?
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2011, 05:25:43 PM »
For $1000?

Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Processor (4x 3.40GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
8gb [2gbx4] DDR3-1600 (corsair, maybe?) RAM
GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 1GB VidCard
1tb hard drive with 32mb cache 7200rpm (no good with manufacturer, will have to find someone else)
tran's recommendation for the CD and case I have no real knowledge on so I would trust those I guess.
edit: motherboard after searching for a bit http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3855
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Re: Wherein a personal computer is built from suggested parts.
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2011, 05:57:22 PM »
For $1000?

Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Processor (4x 3.40GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
8gb [2gbx4] DDR3-1600 (corsair, maybe?) RAM
GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 1GB VidCard
1tb hard drive with 32mb cache 7200rpm (no good with manufacturer, will have to find someone else)
tran's recommendation for the CD and case I have no real knowledge on so I would trust those I guess.
edit: motherboard after searching for a bit http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3855
Good selection. I'll be doing more or less that in my next desktop, except it'll be a gtx 580 and the SLI flavor of the Gigabyte Z68 mobos. And the HDD will probably be from 2 terabytes and upwards.
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« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2011, 06:29:38 PM »
My recommendation on case is just a general, doesn't matter that much.  For the dvd drive that comes from work experience burning thousands of discs.  The samsung produces the highest quality discs most reliably in my experience.  I'll get you the exact model later.
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« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2011, 06:37:03 PM »
This should be all you need for a while.
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« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2011, 09:38:37 PM »
This should be all you need for a while.
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Re: Wherein a personal computer is built from suggested parts.
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2011, 04:53:29 PM »
For $1000?

Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Processor (4x 3.40GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
8gb [2gbx4] DDR3-1600 (corsair, maybe?) RAM
GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 1GB VidCard
1tb hard drive with 32mb cache 7200rpm (no good with manufacturer, will have to find someone else)
tran's recommendation for the CD and case I have no real knowledge on so I would trust those I guess.
edit: motherboard after searching for a bit http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3855
Very good build, would go upper ATi 5 series card though.

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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2011, 06:49:35 PM »
Very good build, would go upper ATi 5 series card though.
:huh:

Those are over a year old. 560 Ti is better than every 5xxx except the 5970, which probably costs twice as much if you could even find one these days.

With that build I'd probably drop down to an i5 2500k and spend the extra money on a 570/6970. Hyperthreading on the i7 doesn't do anything for gaming.
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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2011, 07:42:19 PM »
:huh:

Those are over a year old. 560 Ti is better than every 5xxx except the 5970, which probably costs twice as much if you could even find one these days.

With that build I'd probably drop down to an i5 2500k and spend the extra money on a 570/6970. Hyperthreading on the i7 doesn't do anything for gaming.

I'd go upper 6 series radeon.  the 6950 is -very- nice.  I'd also go AMD.
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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2011, 08:56:58 PM »
:huh:

Those are over a year old. 560 Ti is better than every 5xxx except the 5970, which probably costs twice as much if you could even find one these days.

With that build I'd probably drop down to an i5 2500k and spend the extra money on a 570/6970. Hyperthreading on the i7 doesn't do anything for gaming.
Well I crossfire so gently-carress you phony. :P but yeah the 5 series is still around just the higher end ones though, 5870 is still on the market in 2gb versions. As well as the 5970.

Also the 560 still doesn't outdo a 5870 http://www.hwcompare.com/8915/geforce-gtx-560-ti-vs-radeon-hd-5870/
I'd go upper 6 series radeon.  the 6950 is -very- nice.  I'd also go AMD.
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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2011, 09:46:02 PM »
Well I crossfire so gently-carress you phony. :P but yeah the 5 series is still around just the higher end ones though, 5870 is still on the market in 2gb versions. As well as the 5970.

Also the 560 still doesn't outdo a 5870 http://www.hwcompare.com/8915/geforce-gtx-560-ti-vs-radeon-hd-5870/
"Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit"

Check some actual game benchmarks. It's not much better, but it does win out on average. Also cooler, quieter and less power hungry.

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« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2011, 06:41:01 PM »
Well now, a good build can be achieved with those funds, but a monitor, mouse, and keyboard can take a chunk out. Especially a monitor. So the question is, do you need those three things?

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« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2011, 05:02:33 PM »
Well now, a good build can be achieved with those funds, but a monitor, mouse, and keyboard can take a chunk out. Especially a monitor. So the question is, do you need those three things?

Excellent point.
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« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2011, 08:53:17 PM »
Well now, a good build can be achieved with those funds, but a monitor, mouse, and keyboard can take a chunk out. Especially a monitor. So the question is, do you need those three things?
Covered on that front.

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« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2011, 11:48:22 PM »
Covered on that front.



Tomorrow I will put together and propose my build.

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« Reply #17 on: July 24, 2011, 08:09:12 PM »
Well tomorrow has come and gone many times over, but I have put together a computer finally. The cost is just under $900 (possibly get a nicer case) and you have a Six core processor, 8GB of DDR3 ram, a powerful graphics card, two 500GB hard drvies, yatta yatta.

This is it, if I've forgotten something let me know. Any second opinions are welcomed.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=24131408

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« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2011, 12:09:35 AM »
I've heard nothing but bad things about Phenom II X6 when it comes to games. Perform no better than X4 at equivalent clock speed, occasionally substantially worse for some odd reason.
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« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2011, 04:17:30 PM »
Well tomorrow has come and gone many times over, but I have put together a computer finally. The cost is just under $900 (possibly get a nicer case) and you have a Six core processor, 8GB of DDR3 ram, a powerful graphics card, two 500GB hard drvies, yatta yatta.

This is it, if I've forgotten something let me know. Any second opinions are welcomed.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=24131408

500GB is a terrible price point for drives, you can get a single 1.5TB drive for cheaper than the 2x 500GB drives.  I recommend getting 1-1.5TB Caviar Black primary drive and then buying 2TB Caviar Green drives for data storage.

An x6 CPU is probably a little overkill  most things don't multi-core that well so an x4 will save a little money.

I personally prefer Asus parts over Gigabyte but that's a personal preference more than anything else.
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« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2011, 03:48:46 PM »
I would get a 2600k instead of a 2600, but other than that Runescapeguy's suggestions are good.  That way you can literally just set it to a higher clock speed and it will run fine.  Intel even made a video saying "so easy, a grandma can do it."

For a power supply, might I recommend a Corsair TX650?
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« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2011, 04:37:21 PM »
I would get a 2600k instead of a 2600, but other than that Runescapeguy's suggestions are good.  That way you can literally just set it to a higher clock speed and it will run fine.  Intel even made a video saying "so easy, a grandma can do it."

For a power supply, might I recommend a Corsair TX650?
cant go wrong with the 2600k or corsair power supplies.

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« Reply #22 on: July 29, 2011, 11:32:47 PM »
List semi-updated.
-Dropped the two 500GB drives
-Went from X6 to X4 CPU
-Added 1TB Caviar Black HDD
-Went from XFX to Power PC and Cooling PSU


Tran, do you mean 2 1TB drives, or just one 2TB drive.
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« Reply #23 on: July 30, 2011, 02:13:14 PM »
You don't need anything near that power supply.  Even if you had 2 graphics cards you would only need a 750w PSU.  I'm running 2 graphics cards just fine on a 650w unit (although one of them is a fairly low power card).

If I were you I would go with a Corsair TX650 or a similarly good Antec or PCP&C that is priced similarly.
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« Reply #24 on: July 30, 2011, 06:34:19 PM »
Went with a lower wattage (and price) PC P&C PSU