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My Latest PC Build
Ixarku:
It's been a few years since I've built a new PC, so I'm taking a stab at a new build in time for this year's Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales. I have definitely not paid a lot of attention to current or upcoming technologies for 2012, so my list is based on all of about 3 hours of research tonight. This PC is primarily a gaming / everyday usage rig. I'm not committed to this build by any means, so if anyone has opinions or just wants to tell me I'm an idiot, by all means please do so. I promise I won't get mad. ;D
A couple of comments -- I'm only running a single monitor display, and I'm not really looking to add more monitors or to run multiple video cards. I'm likely not going to play around with overclocking or do any kind of liquid cooling. The point of the build now is to get something reasonably high end and not have to do any upgrading at all for a few years (unless some component fails). Assume for the sake of argument that if I don't have something listed, then I already have that component sitting around. Based mostly on past experience, I prefer Intel and Nvidia to AMD and Radeon.
I'm most likely going to buy everything from Newegg, and of course I realize that prices will be different if/when I make the purchase in a few weeks. So here it is, with current approximate Newegg prices (without mail in rebates):
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K $320
ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $255
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B $98
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $135
COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case $190
EVGA 01G-P3-1468-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) FTW+ 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $230
OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $360
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM $20
ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink $43
And although I don't strictly need it, and may end up dropping from my list, I'm currently planning on getting this as a new secondary / storage drive (which I would also use to stream anime, etc over my lan):
Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $250
Grand total is about $1900, not counting shipping. (Haven't checked, but I think most of these have free shipping.) So anyway, opinions are appreciated, particularly if you think anything I picked out is overpriced for the performance.
Lupin:
--- Quote from: Ixarku on November 04, 2011, 02:09:00 AM ---OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $360
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I think you're better off with a Crucial M4 than anything using an SF controller.
kitamesume:
skip the HDD, it's price is bloated to shitless now a days, specially on newegg.
--- Quote from: kitamesume on October 31, 2011, 04:58:08 PM ---http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20111020134230_WD_HDD_Industry_Will_Be_Supply_Constrained_Due_to_Thailand_Flooding.html
i dont see it posted yet so might as well post it.
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i suggest you pick-up a P67 board, you wont be needing the on-board, unless you plan on using quick sync.
tag in your current pick for case to these:
(Mid-Tower)[$69.99] LIAN LI Lancool PC-K59 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
(Full-Tower)[$169.99] LIAN LI PC-A70F USB3.0 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
as you can save up a couple of bucks for another item ;)
is that video card a Ti or a non-Ti? i suggest you pick up a GTX 560 Ti instead, it has more stomping power than the non-Ti version.
[$239.99] EVGA 01G-P3-1561-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
same brand, for 10$ more.
got to say you're forking alot on the SSDs, well to give you a tip, 10games 10GB each in size + OS(approx 40GB) can fit on a 160GB SSD with room to spare. you shouldn't use your SSD as a download/torrent drive, this is to minimize traffic for other apps that'll use the SSD, games can be quite a hog on it, most noticeable when you install your game on a RAM-Disk where load time becomes split second more or less.
Edit: btw, since 2012 is coming, why dont you wait for Ivy Bridge? intel seems to promise alot on them, including more performance per watt, higher frequencies and/or lower voltages.
Freedom Kira:
Hmm, does Black Friday come after the 14th this year? Because that's when LGA2011 releases.
NaRu:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on November 04, 2011, 05:21:24 AM ---Hmm, does Black Friday come after the 14th this year? Because that's when LGA2011 releases.
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The Sandy Bridge E processors isn't worth the price.The performance increase between the 2600k and Sandy Bridge E chips isn't high enough to invest into it. To get 20% better performance (not in games, just video rendering, encoding, converting, etc.) you need to get the 6 core i7 Sandy Bridge E which cost $580. The 2600K is a better buy because he will be able to upgrade to Ivy Bridge since it will use the same socket
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