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Dec 21, 2010, 01:30 AM // 01:30
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Aug 2007
Guild: Zzz
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Building i7 computer
I planned out my build, however, I am unsure whether its right or not...can someone give me some suggestions?
Asus Rampage III Extreme Socket 1366 Intel X58 http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=031520 Intel Core i7 950 Quad-Core Socket LGA1366, 3.06Ghz http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=023949 OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 1600 MHz Gold XTC Triple Channel Kits 6GB http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...em_id=0205 38 Antec Six Hundred Mid Tower Gaming Case http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=026042 OCZ Fatal1ty Series 750W Power Supply http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=032838 Western Digital Caviar Black 1000GB (1TB) SATA3 7200RPM 64MB Cache (OEM) http://canadacomputers.com/product_i...item_id=029337 Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E http://www.canadacomputers.com/produ...item_id=035511 Last edited by pvpchu; Dec 22, 2010 at 12:34 AM // 00:34.. Reason: Re-added link |
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Dec 21, 2010, 03:49 PM // 15:49
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ohio
Guild: I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)
Profession: R/
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Sounds like it's all compatible, and should give pretty good performance. What's your budget btw? Also, what games do you play and at what resolution?
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Dec 21, 2010, 05:42 PM // 17:42
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Aug 2007
Guild: Zzz
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My budget is around between $1000 to 1200. I have calculated the prices including tax its $1600. Games that I want to play are Starcraft II and Guild Wars II
 I don't know about the resolution. If I want to change the video card, do I have to change the power supply too? Last edited by pvpchu; Dec 21, 2010 at 06:13 PM // 18:13.. |
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Dec 21, 2010, 11:18 PM // 23:18
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ohio
Guild: I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)
Profession: R/
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Well, the current power supply will handle any single video card on the market, so there's not need to change it (other than downgrading to save money perhaps).
Are you building this yourself? & Is that 1000-1200 in Canadian Dollars? |
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Dec 22, 2010, 12:12 AM // 00:12
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Aug 2007
Guild: Zzz
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Oh... it says "SLI� Ready (Dual GPU)" on PSU, does it mean it is only for Nvidia or I can use ATI Radeon, too?
Well, I chose the computer parts but my friend will help me build it..so I get to observe how its done and next time I could just do it alone . Yes, its in CDN.By the way, does CPU/RAM have to be compatible in order to work because I just checked the CPU again it says, "Memory Support: Triple-Channel DDR3-1066." But I plan to use the one with DDR3 1600 (Motherboard supports DDR3 1600). Last edited by pvpchu; Dec 22, 2010 at 12:51 AM // 00:51.. |
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Dec 22, 2010, 12:43 AM // 00:43
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: May 2009
Guild: TGB
Profession: W/
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To keep your final price at 1000-1200, you have some downgrading to do. Take the MB for example. Unless you're looking at massive OCing, a decent MB at around 200$ shall do nicely. Take a look at Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R.
Also, you may want to check the prices on other sites such as Newegg or Tigerdirect. |
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Dec 22, 2010, 12:58 AM // 00:58
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ohio
Guild: I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)
Profession: R/
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Get a P55 motherboard with an i5 760 CPU, save about $300 and get just as good of performance in games. Right now you are just throwing money around and buying the most expensive stuff, that you won't benefit from at all unless you are an extreme OC/benchmark breaker... and if this is your first self built PC, I'm guessing you aren't worried about smashing the latest world record in 3dMark Vantage.
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Dec 22, 2010, 01:07 AM // 01:07
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ohio
Guild: I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)
Profession: R/
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Just an example of what you should look for:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ComboBu...t=Combo.558466 Add a GPU: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-914-_-Product Add a storage HDD: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16822145304 Total 1066.99 + shipping --- and it will perform just as well for gaming purposes as what you had linked to. With some tweaking, I'm sure I could knock that down another $100 for you, but that should give you an idea of what to aim for at least. 
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Dec 22, 2010, 03:25 AM // 03:25
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Aug 2007
Guild: Zzz
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Ok, thanks!
I will look into that.
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Dec 22, 2010, 03:32 AM // 03:32
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Rubbing Potassium on water fountains.
Guild: LF guild that teaches MTSC (did it long ago before gw2 came out and I quit...but I barely remember)
Profession: N/A
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Quote:
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http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814102873 Or at least I think that should...I'm not 100% sure of the starcraft II specs though... Quote:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16822148337 Provide better quality for only about 15$ more? Also...I'm a audio RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO. I need a dedicated sound card. something along these lines: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16829102024 All of that should still be compatable unless I missed something (which is very likely) all for 1027$+shipping with an easily chopped off 100$ if you don't need high quality sound. Edit: Am I planning other peoples computers right? this is like my first time disagreeing with half of what elder posted xD |
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Dec 22, 2010, 04:38 AM // 04:38
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Aug 2007
Guild: Zzz
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I just want to build a really good computer so I don't need to build computers all the time.
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Dec 22, 2010, 03:25 PM // 15:25
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ohio
Guild: I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)
Profession: R/
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here's my personal preference of hard drives: Western Digital Hitachi Samsung Seagate Toshiba Fugitsu Maxtor I would buy in that order, but that's primarily based on past experiences with them, and any of the top 4 on there are fine in my book..... the bottom 3 had better be cheaper than dirt for me to buy them. I'm not convinced that a 5770 will play GW2 maxed out, but it is somewhat dependent on the OP's Screen Resolution, which has not been disclosed yet.... The 6950 would be better for future proofing of course, but something along the lines of a GTX 460 may be cheaper and serve nearly as well... As for dedicated sound cards, I don't feel any need for one, but I recognize that some people do, so that's basically up to the OP as far as I'm concerned.
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Jan 02, 2011, 06:18 AM // 06:18
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Academy Page
Join Date: Nov 2009
Profession: Mo/
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If you haven't already ordered I would seriously consider waiting for Sandybridge (Jan 9th) if you're just a gamer. I'd also drop that OCZ for something like a Corsair VX550. A Rampage III is also quite unnecessary unless you're going to be doing some extreme overclocking.... drop it down for a nice $200-250 board and use the rest for a better graphics card.
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Jan 02, 2011, 07:17 AM // 07:17
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: aotearoa
Profession: Mo/
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get what you can actually afford, not whats got the highest specs as this quite often does not collectively create the best overall performance.
good pc performance is also about synchronicity |
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