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Starting to build my new rig, looking for opinions
GoGeTa006:
My overall budget is going to be around 1200 dlls maybe can push it s lil further. . . Actually less, cause im also getting a 24" monitor. . .
I was looking at around 220ish for the cpu (i5)
300ish for the video card
80ish for an ssd
150ish for a mobo
60ish for ram
180 for case/psu
i dont think ill be getting a full tower. . .I dont need that much space, i dont plan on sli, i only have 3 hdd + 1 ssd and dont need more than one optical drive
Thats why ive considered micro and ITX. . .cause some of the cases look really appealing. . .
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: GoGeTa006 on December 30, 2012, 06:40:00 PM ---My overall budget is going to be around 1200 dlls maybe can push it s lil further. . . Actually less, cause im also getting a 24" monitor. . .
I was looking at around 220ish for the cpu (i5)
300ish for the video card
80ish for an ssd
150ish for a mobo
60ish for ram
180 for case/psu
i dont think ill be getting a full tower. . .I dont need that much space, i dont plan on sli, i only have 3 hdd + 1 ssd and dont need more than one optical drive
Thats why ive considered micro and ITX. . .cause some of the cases look really appealing. . .
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i technically have pretty much what you wanted on the spoilers on the first two.
--- Quote from: kitamesume on December 30, 2012, 08:52:15 AM ---
--- Quote from: kitamesume on December 28, 2012, 07:25:19 PM ---a build like these works:
(click to show/hide)[$219.99]Intel Core i5-3570K
[$144.99]ASRock Z77 Extreme6
[$64.99]CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600Desktop Memory
[$359.99]ZOTAC GTX670 2GB 256-bit
[$99.99]Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
[$89.99]SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold (i snagged it because its "gold" :P)
[$79.99]Corsair Carbide Series 300R
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total : $1,059.93
(click to show/hide)[$219.99]Intel Core i5-3570K
[$144.99]ASRock Z77 Extreme6
[$64.99]CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600Desktop Memory
[$249.99]EVGA 02G-P4-3660-KR GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit
[$99.99][OS] SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD120KW 2.5" 120GB
[$99.99][storage] Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
[$89.99]SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold (i snagged it because its "gold" :P)
[$79.99]Corsair Carbide Series 300R
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total : $1,049.92
(click to show/hide)[$164.99]Intel Core i5-2310
[$134.99]ASRock Z77 Extreme4
[$64.99]CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600Desktop Memory
[$214.99]ZOTAC ZT-60901-10M GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit
[$99.99][OS] SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD120KW 2.5" 120GB
[$99.99][storage] Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
[$59.99]SeaSonic S12II 430B
[$79.99]Corsair Carbide Series 300R
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total : $919.92
(click to show/hide)[$129.99]Intel Core i3-3220
[$129.99]ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
[$64.99]CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600Desktop Memory
[$134.99]SAPPHIRE Vapor-X HD7770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
[$99.99][OS] SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD120KW 2.5" 120GB
[$99.99][storage] Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
[$59.99]SeaSonic S12II 430B
[$79.99]Corsair Carbide Series 300R
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total : $799.92
notes: the first two is definitely overkill for a general purpose PC, the 3rd one is a little too beefy for the avg joe, while the last one is the "just about right".
edit: as for the slightly over $600 claim for the i3+HD7770.
(click to show/hide)[$129.99]Intel Core i3-3220
[$129.99]ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
[$64.99]CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600Desktop Memory
[$134.99]SAPPHIRE Vapor-X HD7770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
[$99.99]Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
[$59.99]SeaSonic SSR-360GP GOLD
[$39.99]NZXT Source 210
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total : $659.93
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as for temps on ITX, most components can tolerate 45c ambient temps (inside case), CPU can run fine at 70c core temps while GPU can tolerate 80c core temps.
now to point out, recent architectures such as kepler and ivy bridge runs cool enough for ITX cases, some ITX cases are ventilated enough for overclocking as well.
speaking of small form factors : http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1037763691
PS: they aren't suffering any temps issues, mind you.
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Saras:
50% on topic, but I found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWAeZYB9DGg and god dangit, I want one of those. Dunno about the overall cost of it all, but if it ads up to about the cost you specified, here you have a gaming ITX computer.
Tiffanys:
--- Quote from: Saras on December 31, 2012, 05:34:05 AM ---50% on topic, but I found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWAeZYB9DGg and god dangit, I want one of those. Dunno about the overall cost of it all, but if it ads up to about the cost you specified, here you have a gaming ITX computer.
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You can see at ~15:40 on there one of the biggest problems with m/ITX builds. You can't fit the majority of the long newer GPU's.
Saras:
Yes, but they did fit the 670 and that's good enough for me.
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