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metro.:
Round two for metro.'s computer buying attempt. Note, I didn't buy the last one, not like I'm dumping even more money in.

Check it out, let me know if I'm missing shit, or if I'm retarded with my building.

kitamesume:
errr, since this is just theory crafting, just put some patience and wait till june, Haswell gonna be badass is a fact, unless they botch their production lines or something.

otherwise:
not a bad processor, though might as well go with i5-3570K no? 35$ more results with a vastly faster stock speed on top of it being overclockable.

well, unless you hate asrock you'd want to check their's out, they tend to be about 10$ cheaper on top of providing a bit more features.

corsair rams are never cost efficient, [$66.99 - (+ 15% off w/ promo code EMCXSVP93, ends 5/2 )]G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)

can't say much about the 1TB Blue, its one of the most cost efficient drives out there.

GTX650Ti boost when overclocked can beat a GTX660 while being 30$ cheaper, although overclocking the GTX660 does make it faster than an overclocked GTX650Ti boost.

meh, i prefer corsair 300r, NXZT source 220, or Antec three hundred.

why a CX500, well yeah its "decent" enough though might as well go with something else?

metro.:
Not theory crafting, I'm buying a PC in the next two weeks.

My issue with buying an OC'd card is longevity. Let me know if these fears are ill-founded.


My wattage needs are met with a 500w power supply though, right? Or would it be advisable to get more?

kitamesume:

--- Quote from: metro. on April 30, 2013, 03:47:40 AM ---Not theory crafting, I'm buying a PC in the next two weeks.

My issue with buying an OC'd card is longevity. Let me know if these fears are ill-founded.


My wattage needs are met with a 500w power supply though, right? Or would it be advisable to get more?

--- End quote ---
lol, well you'll be missing out some good stuffs, considering it'll be out in june which is quite near.

you only lose longevity if you run the card above a certain temperature and above a certain voltage range, if these two are within specs then you can OC without losing much lifespan.
the factors that eats up longevity is temperature, which is a factor of if your component can tolerate prolonged high temperatures. and voltage, if you ever heard of electron-migration then you should know that voltage is the cause of this.

you can get less, down to 350watts actually but thats pushing it too low.
GTX660 doesn't use any more than 200watts, actually it even uses less than 180watts, a stock i5 won't ever be using any more than 95watts too, i'm talking peak draws by the way which you can only achieve with stress-tests.
pro-tip, use the online PSU calculator, it works quite accurately.

metro.:
I would wait, but the whole reason I'm getting this computer is because I'm doing a lot of things I don't want to be doing this summer. And because I'm pretty sure my computer won't last much longer. It's started getting damn hot.

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