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Help with building a tower
kitamesume:
lol, bah, currently my budget is dry for anything awesome, maybe for a 10$ stuff... meh. anyway, i bought me a thermaltake shockspin headset for 40$, usually they're at 55-70$ here, sweet deal is just too good.
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The video card is more difficult to justify since it really exceeds my needs ... for now. The justification would be that, if it lives for 4-5 years, it will be lower cost over the lifetime of the rig by not having to replace it or get a second.
The base philosophy is that I'd have a pretty mad powerful rig for next ~2 years, then it would start showing its age a bit, but could still be upgraded with whatever 6- or 8- core CPU is available then & be extended out to five-ish or so. Then retirement as a solid linux box for another 3-ish.
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i`m readjusting the minimum card to get, the HD6570 could overclock easily to HD6670 speeds, nvidia cards on that price segment just sucks(GT540 or GT240? no thanks) and the middle card would be a GTS450 or HD6790 or GTX550 Ti next up is GTX460 or HD6850 or GTX560 Ti... anything higher and you`ll be popping your budget.
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: datora on July 16, 2011, 12:49:27 AM ---Ahh ... you taunt me with a Great Desire that I cannot have! :'( $200 is off-the-charts out of budget. I also don't realistically expect a deal like that to happen again this year.
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My point was that it doesn't matter how new something is. I often see new stuff show up in Shell Shockers. Perhaps not for as insane a deal, but it does happen.
The thing with Shell Shockers, though, is that you rarely get the specific deal you're aiming for. Broaden your aim a little.
raandomer:
--- Quote from: datora on July 11, 2011, 03:31:44 AM ---Actually, I'm pretty unhappy with current mobo design ... the standard double-wide video cards these days have really crippled expansion capability, making people choose between having high-end video OR Something Else. Sucks to be paying for a board where 2 or 3 slots are blocked or useless.
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how much power do you need from your gpu? There are plenty of low powered single slot solutions available on the market.
Whats your overall budget like and what type of usage are we talking about here? Also how flexible are you on amd/intel platforms?
ever thought about an i3/i5 and using h67 board with ondie graphics?
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: raandomer on July 17, 2011, 02:53:42 AM ---
--- Quote from: datora on July 11, 2011, 03:31:44 AM ---Actually, I'm pretty unhappy with current mobo design ... the standard double-wide video cards these days have really crippled expansion capability, making people choose between having high-end video OR Something Else. Sucks to be paying for a board where 2 or 3 slots are blocked or useless.
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how much power do you need from your gpu? There are plenty of low powered single slot solutions available on the market.
Whats your overall budget like and what type of usage are we talking about here? Also how flexible are you on amd/intel platforms?
ever thought about an i3/i5 and using h67 board with ondie graphics?
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disgusting, rather buy the AMD Fusion Llano for better ondie -,-
[140$] AMD A8-3850 Llano 2.9GHz 4MB L2 Cache Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU
[120$] AMD A6-3650 Llano 2.6GHz 4MB L2 Cache Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU
[235$]PowerColor AX6850 1GBD5-I2DH Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 = single slotted GPU ;D
[140$]PowerColor AX6770 1GBD5-IDHG Radeon HD 6770 Single Slot (Dirt3 Edition) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 = single slotted GPU ;D (note: the HD6750 and HD6770 are rebrand while as the HD6790 is a cutdown barts chip)
[138$]SPARKLE SXS4501024D5SNS GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 = single slotted GPU ;D
datora:
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--- Quote from: raandomer on July 17, 2011, 02:53:42 AM ---how much power do you need from your gpu? There are plenty of low powered single slot solutions available on the market.
Whats your overall budget like and what type of usage are we talking about here? Also how flexible are you on amd/intel platforms?
ever thought about an i3/i5 and using h67 board with ondie graphics?
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Dude, thanks for the inputs and all .... BUT, I've answered those questions in quite some detail in this topic, especially starting on page 5 and forward. You might at least look at the listing of hardware I have already purchased ... I'm down to the last two items, possibly three w/ a maybe on the SSD option.
The remaining budget is ~$300 (already higher than my original max of ~$250) for mobo + GPU, and if I can get under that by a "decent" amount, I might then go as high as ~$350 total to include an SSD. Ideally I'd want to find all three for under ~$320.
No, I am not at all interested in any of the onboard GPUs I've seen ... just look at the specs on the last few vid cards that have been under discussion. If you know of an onboard solution that can compare, I'll be happy to look at it. But, it also has to take under consideration the robustness and expansion capability of the mobos that have also been under discussion.
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