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| biznology |
well i just build a board/cpu/vid and am more than happy with it. i already had the case and psu around. i was trying to post a public wish list of the specs since i dont really wanna retype but Newegg is a day behind i suppose.
I did get the Ripjaws 8gb, happy but it only runs @14900 with the intel XMP, so check the stats on your sets when you buy them, an AMD mobo wont offer the stable overclock.
i did get the EVGA 560 ti which is a bit up from yours, but i stupidly did not get the extra cores 384 vs 448 or whatever, so the 550 may be a fine choice. it does do skyrim at nearly ultra, but skyrim doesnt always run smooth even when you take down the settings. like the evga stuff, and it still may be overkill for a server.
cooler master cooler and case, no complaints. alt the cooler is a bit big and gets all up in the memory-area, may be an issue if I get to 4 sticks.
i5 unlocked, considered the AMD route, but i wanted this computer to last as long as i wanted it to reliability-wise. i do mess with the overclocking, but my PSU is a bit older and only 650w so the power delivery isnt as stable as i would like.
gigabyte z68x mobo, looks cool for something i never look at. got it for the 6g sata and usb 3.0 neither of which i notice much of a diff on so far, although i did get the Western Dig 1.5TB which is 6g and fairly speedy.
super happy with my build and i may post a link if interested after NE gets around to it. i upgraded from a p4 so this thing is amazing. yeah its no i7, but i got an 1155 so i can do ivy bridge later, SLI if necessary, etc.
As for some comments,
i would not go for SSD unless you need to, if you are just storing media you could get two more HDs for the same price in some cases. like i said the 6g sata is fairly fast and if you keep your media on a drive other than the system you should be a bit speedier too.
i LOVE WD hard drives. they did have flooding problems mid last year but if you get some of the more standard sized drives you should avoid many problems at this point, they were more expensive than they should have been however. never had a failure despite somewhat high temperatures. i am running a 500gb enterprise drive as external enclosure storage for the TV media and no complaints despite no fans for over 2 years. |
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| Jarvmeister |
Might not be what you want to hear, but IMO these days there's not a lot to be gained from building your own machine, except for a headache.
Best bet is to buy a decent spec machine from Dell, nice high spec unit, and simply throw in your own GPU.
Then you've got a decent warranty and decent next day on site support should something up.
10 years ago it was cheaper to build your own, these days I'm over it and find a pre built unit cuts a lot of the hassle.
Just my opinion though and many people simply want to build their own - so if that's you then have fun.
Jarv |
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| DJ Itchy Tits |
| dont forget the flux capacitor. didnt see it on your list. |
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| AnotherWay83 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Itchy
dont forget the flux capacitor. didnt see it on your list. |
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| BTG |
| don't ask anyone who isn't in the IT field. they are the only ones qualified to have opinions on the matter. |
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| Lilith |
| quote: | Originally posted by Adam420
I'd like to know this myself, as I have a 650W PSU and would eventually like to have two video cards running in SLI. Is there actually any way for me to tell how much of the PSU is being used? |
You look at all the bits technical details and anything worthwhile will tell you how many watts it uses, add them all together and that equals what you need. Last time I built a computer I added +100W to the PSU's rating... it wasn't enough and popped, so budget for a bit more power. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
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Theft deterrence :stongue: |
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| Adam420 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
You look at all the bits technical details and anything worthwhile will tell you how many watts it uses, add them all together and that equals what you need. Last time I built a computer I added +100W to the PSU's rating... it wasn't enough and popped, so budget for a bit more power. |
Let's say I went ahead and upgraded my computer, would anything really bad happen to the hardware if I overload the PSU? Or would the the computer simply not turn on? Would there by any permanent damage to the components? |
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| Lilith |
Generally not.
The supply will just not deliver enough power and it'll begin to freeze or lock up when it comes under load- which is what caused me a lot of problems. It'd tootle along just fine doing office work until pushed with a computer game and the big-arse graphics card, 4 x processors and so on running up to 100%, just overloaded and eventually killed it.
And someone shoot Hal already. |
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| cmay119 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Adam420
I'd like to know this myself, as I have a 650W PSU and would eventually like to have two video cards running in SLI. Is there actually any way for me to tell how much of the PSU is being used? |
What 650W PSU do you have? It's not so black and white to say yes or no, it really depends on the quality of your PSU and the two particular cards you'd like to xfire/SLI. Can you post your system specs, to get a better idea?
As for OP, I personally would recommend an Intel system for longevity vs the current AMD offerings. Since you seem to be a once a decade upgrader, the current Intel Processors are faster pretty much all around, to the comparable AMD chip.
As for XP, it's the 32-bit OS that has the 4GB limitation. You're correct as well, that the OS will only see about 3.5GB. The system will run fine in the mean-time if you happen to have more than 4 in the system, but whatever's leftover will go unutilized. Windows 7 does perform 'better' than XP now, and is a very stable OS (even on release day), because of the open beta-testing that Microsoft did with it before release. |
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| PatMcGroin |
im not really a once a decade upgrader. lol. just kinda been awhile. my last system i built in 01 and it lasted until 05. after that i just jumped between laptops but im just sick and tired of having to buy a new machine every 2 years because a week after the year warranty runs out some bull breaks or stops working correctly. so you either deal with the problem for a year until you cant take it anymore or shell out the cash for a new system right away. i would like to regain the control so that if something craps out i can just replace that one single component.
thanks for the replies everybody. one question i dont think that got answered is if that graphics card can do dual monitors? im pretty sure it can but itd be a dumb thing not to make sure.
will go winxp 32bit until i feel like shelling out the cash for win7 or can obtain a copy otherwise. |
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