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My new cheap ass computer build
mgz:
i had OCZ gamexstream 700w psu, worked great for about a year and a half, then died out of nowhere, and may have been bad in part from the beginning i had always had intermittent usb troubles with my cpu and figured it was motherboard, because at some point in time i replaced the mother board and it fixed the problem, unfortunately the PSU died officially shortly after.
Now using the zalman 750w rated for 24hr continuous use, and liking it alot.
Although the ocz worked fine for things for quite a while, it has REALLY long cables which was nice and terrible at the same time
Natheria:
--- Quote from: kureshii on September 14, 2009, 03:12:09 AM ---it's most likely an E5300 in that thing, pretty much the last thing you want unless your budget is so low you can't afford anything else (in which case I can recommend you a cheaper and better AMD build).
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I love how they don't even tell which Pentium it is or how many cores it has. LOL Best Buy. ::)
At first i looked at that case and PSU and thought "meh.." until i noticed the free shipping. That knocks like 30+ USD off right there. ;D Now that I've poured over some of the pictures and reviews it's a really solid looking case.
I've also been looking at some of those other combos you mentioned. As far as the speed of the memory is concerned, is the 2000 worth of bandwidth just wasted on the fact that I'm not getting a new video card yet? Do you really need to get an i7 to utilize it?
Oh, and Xtras, don't feel bad, your not the only one who liked the 2600 XT. I was worried when i got it at first because everyone said it ran hot as a mother, but it's been doing great for as long as I've had it (i think like 2 years now). It's been very reliable.
Lupin:
I say wait for AMD's reaction (aka price cuts) to Lynnfield. I suggest this not to buy AMD's but because Intel will surely respond with their own cuts in their existing lineup ;)
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: Natheria on September 14, 2009, 01:04:09 AM ---
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on September 14, 2009, 12:06:16 AM ---isn't Core i7 suppose to be better than Core i5? Just wondering.
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i7 has hyper threading, which is the only difference. Nice to have 8 threads running although i would spend the money on a better GPU or screen before i would spend it on an i7. The i5 blows away my video card already. The new Lynfields are certainly more affordable than the Bloomfield or Nahelams though. now if only they would stop changing sockets dammit!
I don't really see myself being able to afford two video cards. I would just get one good GPU instead of using SLI or Crossfire.
lol, and i guess i could blow my all my college funds on a computer like that, except I'd be in deep shit. :D I'm currently looking at $415 for the RAM, mobo, and CPU as a combo deal and i think that's pretty good.
Also, Newegg matches the price of that mobo (with free shipping as well) and undercuts that same exact ram and mobo combo by $10. Go go Newegg!! ;D
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college is more important.
kureshii:
--- Quote from: Natheria on September 14, 2009, 02:45:08 PM ---I've also been looking at some of those other combos you mentioned. As far as the speed of the memory is concerned, is the 2000 worth of bandwidth just wasted on the fact that I'm not getting a new video card yet? Do you really need to get an i7 to utilize it?
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Not just an i7, but plenty of overclocking as well (you need to overclock to reach DDR3-2000 anyway).
I'll just leave a few links to Anandtech since that's my usual read of choice, do feel free to google more articles and make your own conclusions.
Where memory bandwidth does make a difference
And where it doesn't
If you plan on overclocking
That article was written for the Bloomfield i7s, so you're probably wondering what it means for Lynnfield, which has dual-channel DDR3 (on P55) instead of triple-channel on the X58.
Anandtech's conclusion: won't be bandwidth-limited by DDR3-1333 for most cases.
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