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Console Modding------ ( Here you can talk about your favorite Consoles ) => PC => Topic started by: Nevbox on December 05, 2011, 10:03:14 AM
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OK spent most of the weekend trawling through newegg.com and I have come up with my 1st Draft of my new Computer, I also plan (maybe this week) to make a similar PC but with a AMD CPU and a different brand of motherboard and then see which is better, Intel is more expensive and faster,but some of the newer gen AMD are catching up. So I am interesting in finding the best for your money!
Thanks for everyone who showed me their builds really helped! :#1:
OK here is my first plan which is my more expensive preference.
CPU: Intel i5 sandybridge 2500k (unlocked)
[spoiler]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
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Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
[spoiler]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130574
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Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
[spoiler]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
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Case: Sharkoon T9 Case (colour undecided)
[spoiler]http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004REHPEE/ref=asc_df_B004REHPEE5621757?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B004REHPEE
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GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6850
[spoiler]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
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PSU: Corsair CX500
[spoiler]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027
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HHD: TBD Floods in Thailand has pushed prices up apparently.
Est. cost £580-$900 (just for the unit)
Other Costs
-Will want to buy a new monitor for it (going to use the same monitor when I first get it.)
- Keyboard & Mouse
- Speakers
Cables will not be a problem though.
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The way i think of a PC build is like a sports team, if you have one amazing player that you spend all your money on and the rest are terrible, the team will be terrible, but if you buy all good players the team will be good.
What im saying is like, don't go for an i7 then a crud GPU, go for an i3 and a good GPU, also try and get a solid state drive and HDD and use the solid state for programs and your OS, and the HDD for movies and music.
I had a £400 spec PC somewhere, i'll try and find the parts
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The way i think of a PC build is like a sports team, if you have one amazing player that you spend all your money on and the rest are terrible, the team will be terrible, but if you buy all good players the team will be good.
What im saying is like, don't go for an i7 then a crud GPU, go for an i3 and a good GPU, also try and get a solid state drive and HDD and use the solid state for programs and your OS, and the HDD for movies and music.
I had a £400 spec PC somewhere, i'll try and find the parts
frenulem thanks that would be useful if I could see what you did with a simular budget to me. :)
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http://gyazo.com/0e8fa86ef4649967ec44ce835718e1d7 (http://gyazo.com/0e8fa86ef4649967ec44ce835718e1d7) there yah go
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DAT NICE!
Sharkoon T9 Cases (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhbWGUNulbw#ws)
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what can you salvage from your old rig? are you using the same PSU and disk drives? need more power from your cpu?
I just built a decent one myself with
Board: http://bit.ly/smXLom (http://bit.ly/smXLom)
CPU: http://bit.ly/jQYjDl (http://bit.ly/jQYjDl) though i will be getting http://bit.ly/fwgBC8 (http://bit.ly/fwgBC8) soon.
Memory: http://bit.ly/gg6Wrq (http://bit.ly/gg6Wrq)
GFX: http://bit.ly/uCNvTp (http://bit.ly/uCNvTp)
i kept the psu (750W) disk drive and case from an older build.
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what can you salvage from your old rig? are you using the same PSU and disk drives? need more power from your cpu?
I just built a decent one myself with
Board: http://bit.ly/smXLom (http://bit.ly/smXLom)
CPU: http://bit.ly/jQYjDl (http://bit.ly/jQYjDl) though i will be getting http://bit.ly/fwgBC8 (http://bit.ly/fwgBC8) soon.
Memory: http://bit.ly/gg6Wrq (http://bit.ly/gg6Wrq)
GFX: http://bit.ly/uCNvTp (http://bit.ly/uCNvTp)
i kept the psu (750W) disk drive and case from an older build.
I will be keeping the old one for work (maybe steal the Fan for the CPU) and don't get your new CPU yet, You may as well wait for the new Ivy bridge CPU which would still be supported by your motherboard!
Improvements from Sandy Bridge
Tri-gate transistor technology (up to 50% less power consumption).[6]
PCI Express 3.0 support.[7]
Max CPU multiplier of 63 (57 for Sandy Bridge).
RAM support up to 2800MT/s in 200MHz increments.
Intel HD Graphics with DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.1, and OpenCL 1.1 support.
The built-in GPU is believed to have up to 16 execution units (EUs), compared to Sandy Bridge's maximum of 12.[8]
The new random number generator and the RdRand instruction,[9] which is codenamed Bull Mountain.[10]
Intel Quick Sync Video.[8]
DDR3L low voltage for mobile processors.
Multiple 4k video playback.
Up to 20% increase in CPU performance.
Up to 30% increase in integrated GPU performance.
I will get a Sandybridge then upgrade later on I have decided.
I quite like that memory and that GPU would fit nicely into my budget. ( though it doesn't have crossfire support which I kind of want.)
Little spec decisions, let me know what you think.
Thinking about this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130574 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130574)
This CPU:Intel I5 Sandybridge 2500k (unlocked)
Dat Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428)
Sharkoon T9 case
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Hello, just letting you know I have the same G.SKILL Ripjaws Ram (except the 16GB kit) and have had no problems with it. So I would recommend it.
Also don't know if you know this but a lot of motherboards have a datasheet online that tells what RAM they have tested. Processors as well.
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Hello, just letting you know I have the same G.SKILL Ripjaws Ram (except the 16GB kit) and have had no problems with it. So I would recommend it.
Also don't know if you know this but a lot of motherboards have a datasheet online that tells what RAM they have tested. Processors as well.
Will take a look and I really picked the RAM at random to be honest! Glad it's good!
Thanks
EDIT MSI just put OK not real information