- Oct 28, 2011
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i'm looking for advice on this potential build... i read some reviews lately and here's what i came up with... please tell me if i'm totally wasting money on some parts (or not spending enough), of if i'm making unforgivable mistakes on my choices so far...
Cheers;
Approximate Purchase Date: somewhere during next weeks
Budget Range: 2000-2500 tax in, so around max 2250$ after rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming (skyrim, diablo3, assassins creed revelations has to run smoothly), surfing the net, watching movies
Parts Not Required: monitors, keyboard, mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: ncix.com
Country of Origin: Canada
Parts Preferences: intel for cpu, nvidia for gpu, corsair or antec for psu, pretty open minded for the rest(!)
Overclocking: yes, but later
SLI : very likely, but later
Monitor Resolution: 1=1680x1050; 2= 1280x1024
Additional Comments: since i'm willing to invest that kind of money on this rig, i probably want to keep it for a long time...
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Case: Coolermaster Storm Sniper Black Edition Mid Tower ATX
PSU: Antec High Current Pro 1200W -- here, i know one will say it might be overkill, but i want to keep the load on the PSU between 50% and 70% to get optimal efficiency and lifespan
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Z68
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
Video: here i hesitate between these;
ASUS GeForce GTX 580 Rog Matrix Platinum 816MHZ 1.5GB GDDR5
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Fermi 772MHZ 3GB GDDR5
UPS: APC BACK-UPS 1500VA/865W
RAM: 16GB (4x4GB) -- here i'd like advice on the brand/model/specs that i should want in my rig
HDD: hesitation between;
RAID0 with 2x WD caviar Blue or Black
or
System: Some SSD ~120GB + Storage: Existing Seagate 300GB SATA2 3GB/s
Sound: is a PCI sound card really worth it or if the onboard adapter will do the job ??
Optic Drive: i guess any Combo CD +-RW/DVD +-RW will be good?
Cheers;
Approximate Purchase Date: somewhere during next weeks
Budget Range: 2000-2500 tax in, so around max 2250$ after rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming (skyrim, diablo3, assassins creed revelations has to run smoothly), surfing the net, watching movies
Parts Not Required: monitors, keyboard, mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: ncix.com
Country of Origin: Canada
Parts Preferences: intel for cpu, nvidia for gpu, corsair or antec for psu, pretty open minded for the rest(!)
Overclocking: yes, but later
SLI : very likely, but later
Monitor Resolution: 1=1680x1050; 2= 1280x1024
Additional Comments: since i'm willing to invest that kind of money on this rig, i probably want to keep it for a long time...
------------------
Case: Coolermaster Storm Sniper Black Edition Mid Tower ATX
PSU: Antec High Current Pro 1200W -- here, i know one will say it might be overkill, but i want to keep the load on the PSU between 50% and 70% to get optimal efficiency and lifespan
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Z68
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
Video: here i hesitate between these;
ASUS GeForce GTX 580 Rog Matrix Platinum 816MHZ 1.5GB GDDR5
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Fermi 772MHZ 3GB GDDR5
UPS: APC BACK-UPS 1500VA/865W
RAM: 16GB (4x4GB) -- here i'd like advice on the brand/model/specs that i should want in my rig
HDD: hesitation between;
RAID0 with 2x WD caviar Blue or Black
or
System: Some SSD ~120GB + Storage: Existing Seagate 300GB SATA2 3GB/s
Sound: is a PCI sound card really worth it or if the onboard adapter will do the job ??
Optic Drive: i guess any Combo CD +-RW/DVD +-RW will be good?
wrong link lol
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