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Building a PC: Anyone with suggestions? (pg. 4)
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_Blue
i also suggest newegg for sure. and ive had nothing but great experiences with my laptop with the i7 as well as my father's who has a slightly lower clock-speed model of the i7.. can't remember the exact serial #'s. but i can't stress enough how impressed i was with the i7 and i totally suggest it. dunno about the price differences between the i5 and the i7 but if it's not an arm and a leg i'd go for the i7. on my laptop it more than makes up for the fact that my video card is a kinda crappier nvidia card with just a gig of dedicated memory..
it also handles multitasking really well, being able to watch a hi-def movie file without it stuttering (which was a big reason why i went nuts with the processor) while downloading random stuff, browsing the web, and burning dvds or whatever.. no problem. runs a multitude of.. tasks, i guess you could call it, in really any DAW flawlessly too without any hiccups or whatnot. in my experience. |
1 gig of VRAM is just fine. Actually, it's probably more than what you'll need, considering it's a laptop. Anything more than 1gig is mostly a waste, unless you are using more than one screen, or your laptop somehow runs at 2560x1440. |
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| Omega_Blue |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
1 gig of VRAM is just fine. Actually, it's probably more than what you'll need, considering it's a laptop. Anything more than 1gig is mostly a waste, unless you are using more than one screen, or your laptop somehow runs at 2560x1440. |
ah, yeah no my lappie's greatest resolution is 1920x1080 i believe, which is also the resolution i use when i plug into my hdtv.. but i think i ed up, i think it's just got 512MB VRAM :P it doesn't support the new directx 11 shaders or whatever they call it, for example. |
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| Dj Nacht |
GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard = 129$
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K = 219$
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case = 89$
CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M2A2000C10 55$
Antec EarthWatts Series EA-750 Green 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Continuous Power Supply = 92$
SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM = 17
HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721010DLE630 (0F13180) 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive = 120$
ASUS ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5 GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card = 499$
This is all from newegg.com
Also, this was all copied from tomshardware. Go to the new build forum there. |
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| Omega_Blue |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj Nacht
GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard = 129$
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K = 219$
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case = 89$
CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M2A2000C10 55$
Antec EarthWatts Series EA-750 Green 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Continuous Power Supply = 92$
SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM = 17
HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721010DLE630 (0F13180) 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive = 120$
ASUS ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5 GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card = 499$
This is all from newegg.com
Also, this was all copied from tomshardware. Go to the new build forum there. |
for that much you might as well just buy a pre-made tower. my laptop cost less than that and has a better processor, more ram, sd-card reader, bluetooth and a blu-ray/dvd burning drive, also from newegg. unless op wants to build one for the sake of the experience of building. |
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| sensorium |
| I'm looking to build one just for the fun of it. I have everything but the MB, processor, SSD and Video Card. |
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| srussell0018 |
I built a custom nav system for my forklift using all parts from tigerdirect.
SUCK IT NERDS |
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| BTG |
Like you know how to drive a forklift.
you never went to forklift school you stupid . |
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| srussell0018 |
| That's why I built the nav system dummy! |
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| saluyamo |
| Are you planning on getting a soundcard sensorium? |
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| Omega_Blue |
| quote: | Originally posted by BTG
Like you know how to drive a forklift.
you never went to forklift school you stupid . |
as if you need to go to school to learn how to drive a forklift :o just a rear-wheel steering vehicle with a front-end loader. meh. |
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| BTG |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_Blue
as if you need to go to school to learn how to drive a forklift :o just a rear-wheel steering vehicle with a front-end loader. meh. |
:rolleyes:
sometimes I wonder how people still take anything I say seriously. |
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| srussell0018 |
| I like you, BTG. |
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