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So I'm going to buy a new computer...
tomoya-kun:
The question is, do I build one or buy one prebuilt?
The budget stands at around $4000
If I build one, what is the difficulty of completing the task?
Can someone give me a good configuration of parts for that price range?
datora:
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Jesus. You can build 2 monster systems for that. How many monitors & what res. you gonna run? What else you gonna use it for? Games, duh.
You could put 2 x $1000 graphics cards in, just to be silly.
What does the budget need to cover? Just the box, or more? What sort of storage solution do you envision?
Of course SSDs, possibly in RAID.
Sound reqs? Other peripherals?
Strongly suggest you build. It will be challenging, but very worth it for the system you get & your ability to manage & tweak & maintain it in the end.
(P.S. -- could you send me your old system? Mine was cooked by lightening yesterday. :-\ )
raandomer:
if its only for the box my advice is to use around ~1.2k now and used around 800 to upgrade it later on. that should last most normal people for ~4yrs.
If your looking to get a full system (monitor, box, etc) I'd up that budget to 1.5k if you want a single display or 2k if you want a dual display happening.
something sensible would be like:
2500k
6950/560ti
650w psu (850w for sli/xfire)
asrock pro4/asus sabertooth/gigabyte ud4
120gb vertex 2 (or any other decent ssd)
1-2tb storage hdd
dvd optical (or bluray)
cm hyper 212
fully decked would be:
2600k
6990 + 6970 xfire
850w (1000w if your going to oc agressively)
asus m4e/gigabyte ud7
240gb revo 2
2tb wd black storage
thermalright silver arrow (or if your savvy enough go get some waterblocks/pump/etc)
level 10 case (for the lolz really)
kitamesume:
start reading the other threads, theres a ton of "help me build" threads here, one at 1000$ budget too.
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--- Quote from: kitamesume on June 06, 2011, 07:54:17 AM ---he meant a dvd read/burner XD he already picked the samsung F3.
--- Quote from: Osmo on June 04, 2011, 01:52:34 PM ---CPU: i5-2500k ✔
Motherboard: Asus - SABERTOOTH P67 ✔
RAM: Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 8GB 1600MHz CL8 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit [£84.29] ✔
GPU: Asus 2GB ATi Radeon 6970 ✔
BootDrive: OCZ 120GB SSD Vertex 3✔
Storage Drive: 1TB Spinpoint F3✔
PSU: OCZ Fata1ity 750w semi moduler✔
OS: Windows 7 64 bit OEM
CD/DVD read|write & Blue-Ray?: Samsung?
CASE: Undecided.
--- End quote ---
for the case i got two options for you.
OPTION1 : [£50.81] Thermaltake Mid Tower M5 case
OPTION2 : [£52.48] Antec Three Hundred Midi Case
For Teh Lulz : [£505.20] Thermaltake Level 10 Full Tower (ATX/MicroATX) Case
--- End quote ---
tag out the i5-2500K for an i6-2600K
get two sets of the ram kit and the video card.
and others.
to give you some head start:
[Prices are from newegg]
[315$] intel i7-2600K
[400$] MSI Big Bang-Marshal (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 (B3) & Lucid LT22102
[300$](2x150$) G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 CL7
[774$](2x387$) ASUS EAH6970 Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
[300$](2x150$)[RAID-1 or RAID-0] Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM SATA III (HDD)
[540$](2x270$)[RAID-1 or RAID-0] OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III (SSD)
[170$] CORSAIR Professional Series AX750 750W
[190$] COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Case
SUM : 2989$ without rebates.
QUAD crossfire? then you`ll need a better PSU :D 1000Watts wouldn't be enough too as each card already eats 200ish watts. ftw to overclock as well.
note: place the SSD raid on the sataIII that the Z68 hosts.
now invest on monitors and other I/O like mouse and keyboard and maybe stack up some more HDDs?
For Teh Lulz : [1,200$] Dell UltraSharp U2711 Black 27" 6ms 2560 x 1440 [pixel pitch 0.23]
datora:
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If you're gonna run dual video cards (esp. performance as expected for this rig), power supply should be no less than 800 W; 1000 might be more in line once the actual cards are decided on.
Also, if you might run 4 or more mechanical drives for mass storage, a little extra juice might be good for comfort. Imagine 4 x 2TB Western Digital Caviar Blacks, for example. Might even have the 3TB models out by end of summer ...
[ EDIT: @kitamesume - 750 is a thin margin. Might work, but we're still missing a good bit of info on build specs. I stand by my estimate until more exact hardware list is known. This is l33t rig, I'm expecting our boy to be pushing its limits; probably 3 x monitors @ extreme res & frame rates, if I know tomo ;) ]
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