Help me build a computer please.
by LiamP on Jan 29, 2012 5:17 PM CST
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Here are the components I'm looking at buying at this point:
LIAN LI PC-9F Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Intel BOXDZ68BC LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM x 2
Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
Please let me know if there are better choices available or if I'm overlooking something. The combined newegg cost of this setup is like $1650. I'd like to get it down under $1500 if at all possible.
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If you’re just booting from the ssd, I think you can go much smaller to boot windows 7….The i7 might be overkill as well, depending on what you’re going to do with that machine.
Noted with the smaller SSD. Went for a 64gb instead.
Will keep the i7 though.
did you look at hybrid drives?
by RangerMad on Jan 29, 2012 5:59 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
FYI
ppl are generally going to tell you the only reason to have i7 is if you are doing some heavy photoshop/video editing work, not worth it otherwise on a performance to cost standpoint evidently
also not sure about your GFX card, may be some better ones either a) out now or b) on the horizon
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 29, 2012 7:26 PM CST up reply actions
GTX570 is about the peak of what I care to spend on a VC.
I’m sure there’ll be better ones coming out but I don’t have the luxury of waiting unfortunately…next to get this built by next weekend.
fair enough
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 29, 2012 7:50 PM CST up reply actions
the cost from the i5-2500k (or 2600k)
(k= easier to OC, i think you can do it software wise?)
to i7-2600k is going to be what, 100$?
again, r/buildapc is going to tell you that it isnt going to matter unless you are doing heavy processor intensive stuff
btw, are you opposed to dual video cards liam?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 30, 2012 7:11 AM CST up reply actions
It's an option down the line. Not necessary at the moment.
by LiamP on Jan 30, 2012 8:56 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
ok
if taht is the case, not telling you to NOT look at the 570, but make sure its the best one to run in a x2 config
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 30, 2012 12:41 PM CST up reply actions
I've got an
i5 processor that rocks on a laptop. If you are going to be gaming, the i7 might be required, but otherwise, save yourself a few bucks.
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Try this site.
PCPartPicker lets you choose individual parts, and it finds the cheapest site to buy it from. Newegg is usually the best, but sometimes you can find a part cheaper from Amazon or another site. Here’s a link the build you listed.
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Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 29, 2012 7:24 PM CST up reply actions
i hve a slightly diff one
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4cfn
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 29, 2012 7:25 PM CST up reply actions
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