Final opinion on specs before purchase of new PC
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ShadowDragon
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i stopped reading after the brands. try asking someone less faggoty on the topic.
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i cant tell from the looks of that blurry as fuck picture but the case is dumb
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If you're not planning to do anything but gaming, I really don't see the need for an i7. Some may disagree though.
I know. But it's a nice fucking case.
Newegg.
They don't charge tax in my area.
They don't charge tax in my area.
I suppose I should explain myself a bit as well.
The Motherboard is high end, because I don't want to have to upgrade it for many years.
The Processor is one I have chosen based on benchmarks when compared to a plethora of others.
The Case is a very large, extremely sufficient in airflow, and looks badass.
The Power supply has 4 6+2 pins for future SLI. It's 80+ rated, and very capable.
The GPU was again, chosen mainly because of the benchmarks it has when compared to others, including the 680, and the 7950.
The CPU fan was one chosen by CPU temperature levels, and for price. As was the thermal paste.
The RAM was originally another brand, and 16 gigs, however, it was too pricey for my current budget. I will upgrade it to 16 gigs later to utilize my quad channel mobo, and make an 8gig RAMdisk.
The HDD was suggested by a friend, and anything is better than my current 450 gig at 5200 RPM.
The Motherboard is high end, because I don't want to have to upgrade it for many years.
The Processor is one I have chosen based on benchmarks when compared to a plethora of others.
The Case is a very large, extremely sufficient in airflow, and looks badass.
The Power supply has 4 6+2 pins for future SLI. It's 80+ rated, and very capable.
The GPU was again, chosen mainly because of the benchmarks it has when compared to others, including the 680, and the 7950.
The CPU fan was one chosen by CPU temperature levels, and for price. As was the thermal paste.
The RAM was originally another brand, and 16 gigs, however, it was too pricey for my current budget. I will upgrade it to 16 gigs later to utilize my quad channel mobo, and make an 8gig RAMdisk.
The HDD was suggested by a friend, and anything is better than my current 450 gig at 5200 RPM.
Brimgreth has no idea what he's talking about. The case, the PSU, and the motherboard are the three most important parts when it comes to building anything. Also, his "friend's computer that can run anything on max" is severely bottle-necked if it's a "crappy quad core", so there's no way that's true.
Get a 2600k with a Z77 Sabertooth motherboard. Not only will you save some money, you'll likely get higher clock speeds and more stable performance on the 2600k. You can also over-clock it higher because of heat and such. The e series only does better on heavily multi-threaded applications, something 99% of games aren't.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070&Tpk=2600k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821
Double-check your RAM and such is compatible if you change to that, however. Should be, but I wasn't paying much attention to that.
At that point, either pocket the money you save, upgrade your RAM (if you really want to,) or invest in another HDD. You can either run two WD Caviar Blacks in RAID0. You could also get an SSD to put only the OS on for both easy reformatting and insanely fast boot times.
Get a 2600k with a Z77 Sabertooth motherboard. Not only will you save some money, you'll likely get higher clock speeds and more stable performance on the 2600k. You can also over-clock it higher because of heat and such. The e series only does better on heavily multi-threaded applications, something 99% of games aren't.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070&Tpk=2600k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821
Double-check your RAM and such is compatible if you change to that, however. Should be, but I wasn't paying much attention to that.
At that point, either pocket the money you save, upgrade your RAM (if you really want to,) or invest in another HDD. You can either run two WD Caviar Blacks in RAID0. You could also get an SSD to put only the OS on for both easy reformatting and insanely fast boot times.
I forgot to mention. I already purchased the CPU at my place of work because I get a discount in it, so it's too late to change it.
That is a really awesome looking Motherboard though.
That is a really awesome looking Motherboard though.
Ouch. Well, if it's a discount then that's something else entirely. The only problem with that is, no matter what motherboard you get, the socket type of that CPU means you'll be replacing it if you ever replace your CPU.
Stick with what you've got in that case.
Stick with what you've got in that case.
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