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So I'm going to buy a new computer...
Micharus:
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on June 12, 2011, 04:19:11 PM ---What is better, X58 based system or P67?
I might just buy a prebuilt one, as I've never built a computer before.
In terms of MB, is Maximus IV Extreme worth the $400 premium over the P8P67 deluxe?
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From what I've read around the place recently, the P67 is the 'in' thing at the moment, being an advance on the X58.
Another thing you could do, is go and visit the guy/person you take your computer to when it gets sad on you.
Hopefully you have a 'local' computer shop that you can walk into and talk with somebody about computers.
Most of those places will hand build you a computer to whatever specs you want, as long as the dollars are available.
A lot of them even have a number of 'pre-made' computers, that they are willing to put together for you and they will range from super el-cheapo jobs right up to pretty powerful ones.
The wait time on those *should* be less than a week.
The one thing you shouldn't do however, is go in and say "I have X amount of money to spend on a computer" or maybe you should.
You could very possibly walk out of the shop with a much better computer than you thought you would get for your money.
Anyways, it looks like you are getting lots of advice. Now all you have to do is decide which is good advice and which is bad.
Edit: had a thought while I was writing the last line, my 'local computer shop' has quite a good website, this --> Gaming Computers is a link to their site.
Check out the 'Infinite' package. Just over $4000 Australian.
I'm not saying this is the build you want, but I saw the price tag on and thought..."that's close to what he wants to spend".
You should be able to get your hands on 99% of that gear where you are Tomoya-kun, what that lot is worth in your money I have no idea.
kitamesume:
if you plan an X58 system, then you might as well get a hexa-core i7-990X(999$ imho LOL cheaper by 50$ vs 980X) and bump 6x4gb ram. plus 1000watts wont be enough anymore with that system + 2xHD6970. top it off with 2x128gb SSD SATAIII raid-1(or raid-0)
[560$]ASUS Rampage III Black Edition LGA 1366 Intel X58 pair it with this guy.
currently the i7-990X takes the fastest desktop processor title.
[Prices are from newegg]
[1,000$]Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.46GHz 6 x 256KB L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Six-Core
[560$]ASUS Rampage III Black Edition LGA 1366 Intel X58
[450$](3x150$) G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 CL7
[774$](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$)[RAID-1 or RAID-0] OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III (SSD)
[220$] Antec TPQ-1200 1200W Continuous Power with PowerCache Technology
[190$] COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Case
SUM : 4034$ without rebates.
and you got your self a 4,000$ rig.
want to consider two GTX580?
[1,200$](2x600$) MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 3072MB 384-bit GDDR5
Takeshi:
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on June 12, 2011, 04:19:11 PM ---I might just buy a prebuilt one, as I've never built a computer before.
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IMO, don't decide to built one unless you have the motivation or knowledge. Maybe try that out when you need a new computer in a few years.
zat0x91:
I don't know about you, but saving $1000+ on my computer would surely give me the motivation to build it myself.
nstgc:
yeah. The computer I'll be putting together would have cost me $2500 at Dell, and the computer I would be getting would still be inferior to what I am building for $1100.
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