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 Oct 11 2011, 09:42 AM
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 Knight Lieutenant  Group: Clan Members Posts: 824 Thank(s): 0 Joined: 30-December 07 From: Brighton Member No.: 54  |
Hi Everyone,
I'm planning on building a new PC as I haven't had a new desktop since my uni days and while the laptop serves me well it doesn't do all the new games I want to play justice (I also fucking hate my ATI Mobility card). I have listed some specs which I have compiled myself derived from the 'bang for buck' scenario. Any input you guys have would be greatly appreciated in trying to get the best system for the money, I will be doing things later on such as adding a SSD and a second GFX card hence why I have chosen the mobo I have. The prices I have listed are all from the following site ( http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=2 ) feel free to see what they have to offer, it is pretty much the only source of parts I can use for numerous reasons so if you are going to suggest any components would be helpful if they are on this site. I can't imagine I would get any other CPU and my reasoning behind the GFX card is due to overclocking capabilities, if anyone could suggest a decent CPU fan too that would be great. Things like the PSU I honestly have very little clue what makes one better then the other so once again price has influenced my decision on this. Anyway here are the specs, look forward to hearing your thoughts. 6 CPU = Intel i5 2500k ($233) Mobo = Asus P8Z68-V PRO ($222) GPU = Gainward GTX570 Phantom ($395) RAM = Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 ($109) PSU = OCZ Fatalt1ty 750W PSU ($130) HDD = Western Digital 1TB SATA3 64M IntelliPowe CaviarGreen ($65) Case = Antec Three Hundred ($65) Total = $1155 --------------------  There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't |
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Oct 13 2011, 10:38 PM
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Re: The ASRock board, not sure if they have improved lately, maybe they have, but previous experience is they are a cheap and cheerless brand to be honest. Reliability may not be on a par with your Asus/MSI/Gigabyte boards.
Oh, and I agree with Monkey the Caviar Green will be slow (green is the giveaway, like a Eco badge on a car = slow). If you are going 1TB, then I got the Samsung F3, had loads of good reviews and has been good for me so far. Fast and cheap and so far reliable. |
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Magik6 New PC Build Oct 11 2011, 09:42 AM
fido77 https://www.evga.com/products/cart.asp
https://ww... Oct 11 2011, 10:31 AM Magik5 FidoFail.
You've got a good spec there, altho... Oct 11 2011, 10:43 AM Magik6 Yeah I would like to grab an SSD but would ideally... Oct 11 2011, 08:18 PM Magik6 Anyone know much about ASRock? found the Z68 Extre... Oct 12 2011, 04:12 AM Magik5 Yeh Asrock are cool, think they're an offcut o... Oct 12 2011, 08:12 AM Magik6 Yeah I had a look at their background and looks as... Oct 12 2011, 09:44 AM Kadey You'd already be pushing it I think with the 7... Oct 12 2011, 10:04 AM Magik5 I'd stick with the 750w, the nvidia cards love... Oct 12 2011, 10:14 AM Magik6 Awesome, will go back to the 750 then unless I com... Oct 12 2011, 10:29 AM Kadey Motherboard wise, I'm running on of the Asus P... Oct 12 2011, 06:40 PM Magik6 Sounds good, will stick with the components I have... Oct 12 2011, 08:24 PM MonkeyFiend agree with most of the comments so far. While an S... Oct 13 2011, 10:55 AM Magik6 Ok will upgrade the hdd, I'll have a look for ... Oct 13 2011, 07:33 PM
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