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Help with a new rig.
kitamesume:
speaking of powersupplies, there was a heated debate a few threads back, heh.
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=36721.40
(click to show/hide)notes: power consumptions idle avg max
i5-3570K (stock settings) 55 82 109 watts (interpolated - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-3770k-i5-3570k_8.html )
i3-2100 41 60 80 watts (interpolated - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/celeron-g540-g440_7.html )
G540 39 55 74 watts (interpolated - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/celeron-g540-g440_7.html )
motherboard + ram power consumptions 25 50 50 watts (approximations)
HD7850 power consumptions 10 87 101 watts (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7850_HD_7870/24.html )
HD7770 power consumptions 7 66 83 watts (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_7770_Vapor-X/26.html )
HD7750 power consumptions 5 41 43 watts (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/HD_7750/24.html )
HardDrive 7200rpm avg power consumptions ?? 8 30 watts (approximations)
Dell 18.5 inch IN1912H power consumptions 2 18 23 watts (manufacturer)
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i5-3570K + MB + HD7850 + 1HDD + monitor 92 245 312 watts
i5-3570K + MB + HD7850 + 4HDD + monitor 92 269 402 watts
i3-2100 + MB + HD7770 + 1HDD + monitor 75 202 266 watts
G540 + MB + HD7750 + 1HDD + monitor 71 172 220 watts
G540 + MB + HD7750 + 4HDD + monitor 71 196 310 watts
PS: avg power consumption means they're working at their normal state, not fully loaded, not idle.
PSS: i included the monitor, which obviously shouldn't be, although its there for that "extra baggage".
Sherlock:
I'm trying to look at a more lower end Graphics card, as the current ones mentioned overshoot my budget here in local stores. How are something like GT610Synergy or GTX630 Synergy?
I generally tend to play games like Fifa 13, C.O.D-MW#, Diablo, Assasin's Creed, F1, Arkham Asylum, Dishonored etc.. You get the drift. Question is, will something like those above run smoothly on the lower end cards?
I can get a lower end Graphics card now, and maybe upgrade to a higher-end one after a couple of years or is that not advisable?
As of now, what I have in mind is
[234$]intel Core i5 3570
[184$]ASRock 277 Extreme 4
[55$]G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 (1x8GB)
[81$]Corsair 300R
[81$]Seagate 1TB Internal
Whatever Graphics Card+Fan that I decide upon.
It's around 35000INR here, which is roughly 650$ converted. Since I'm still a student, this budget itself is getting the frowns now. Corsair RAM doesn't seem to have too much buyers here, hence I'm having a difficulty finding it online..
Looking at the build, it seems low-mid end range, which, frankly, is ok by me for now. Although, if there are any lower-end models with almost similar level performances, that'd be beautiful too
Also, any recommendations for fans? I mostly have a general picture of what to get now, except for the Graphics Card.
Edit: The budget-box seems decent, Southie. I'm having a deeper glance at that one too.
Edit: The above config which I selected sorta reminds of a mid-level Specs with low-end Graphics Card. That's preferable or the other way around? i3+GTX660?
zherok:
From what I've read, the 610, 620, and 630 GeForce cards are slightly repackaged variants of low end 5xx cards. You're probably not going to have a fun time playing most of those games on one of them.
kitamesume:
HD7750 is the lowest card i can recommend, if only the GTX650 was similarly priced i would've suggested that instead since they perform quite identically.
grabbing the most optimum card and swapping it out a few years later is what the best thing to do, as a matter of facts its what gamers do, swapping theirs every 2years or so. you can't really expect to be able to handle everything after a few years from now.
the i5-3570 isn't a mid-end but a mainstream high-end processor, the real mid-end are the i5-3470, while the low-mid end is where the i3 is, also the low-ends is where the pentiums and celerons are.
the difference of an i3 and an i5 isn't much on regular workloads, the i5 shines when you step at the field where you need the extra two true cores like encoding and heavy multi-tasking. and also if you note of the price difference its quite a steep investment.
can you list a few of the fans you have locally? corsair, cougar, noctua, Scythe, etc.
a few things to note:
Noctua NF P12 = best used on drive cages, heatsinks, vents w/ tight grills.
Noctua NF S12B = best used on free-flow vents.
Corsair SP120 = best used on drive cages, heatsinks, vents w/ tight grills.
Corsair AF120 = best used on free-flow vents.
Cougar CF V12HP = best used on free-flow vents.
Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850rpm = can be used on pretty much anything.
Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 5400rpm = can be used on pretty much anything, be warned, its a banshee that can scream.
i recommend grabbing corsair SP120 for heatsinks and exhausts, while taking either a Noctua NF S12B or gentle typhoon 1850rpm as an intake.
Southrop:
With graphics cards, don't go for low end ones. You will get better performance buying an older generation card. And older cards will be quite a bit cheaper too (not sure exactly how they compare price wise to low end cards though). I bought a GTX570 since the 6XX series was more than I was willing to pay. GTX570 still performs loads better than a GT610.
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