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Thoughts on this build

Discussion in 'Technical Support/Help Desk' started by Spaz-A-Tron, Apr 1, 2013.

  1. Spaz-A-Tron

    Spaz-A-Tron Dat Big Spaz

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    Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP7 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard
    http://youtu.be/N_UgumNzByA

    Video Card: EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
    http://youtu.be/PH-_kVb3Jgw

    CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

    Tower: COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
    http://youtu.be/_fqdSPKlMOc

    Powersupply: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply
    RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply, New Version with Build-in LED Fan On/Off SwitchCORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

    Cooling: CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 (CW-9060007-WW) Water Cooler

    2 sticks of 8GB 240 pin RAM
    2 sticks of 4GB 240 pin RAM
    4 TB Mechanical Hard drive
    1 TB Mechanical Hard drive
    128 GB SSD (for booting)
    Some Polysynthetic silver thermal compound (since I have none)

    Final price (with out rebates): $1,828.90$1,678.90$1,648.91

    I plan on dual SLI later on and upgrading to an i7.
    What do you think? Anything that will lower the price without sacrificing the performance to hard? Comments/likes/dislikes?
     
    Spaz-A-Tron, Apr 1, 2013
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  2. Woody

    Woody Administrator Founder

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    Don't need any thermal compound with the Corsair Water cooler. Also you could go with a smaller Mechanical hard drive, I only have a 1 TB. I would go with 4 GB of Ram too as I doubt you need 8 GB.
     
    Woody, Apr 1, 2013
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  3. silver_apple

    silver_apple Sneaky dawg

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    Going to draw up some other configurations for you.

    You can always set up a ssd as boot drive and have a hard drive for storage. I agree 4GB of ram is enough.
     
    silver_apple, Apr 1, 2013
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  4. Woody

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    You have (2) sticks of 4 GB RAM = 8 GB. You could do (2) sticks of 2 GB. Any SSD is going to be more expensive. Better to just got with a 1 or 2 TB hard drive. You could also go with more of a budget card. If you do stick with the 670 I would make sure you can get away with a 530W power supply. I believe that card requires 2 x 6 Pin Power Connectors. You wouldn't be able to do your SLI later on. I would go for ~750 Watt.
     
    Woody, Apr 2, 2013
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  5. Spaz-A-Tron

    Spaz-A-Tron Dat Big Spaz

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    Ah, sounds good, I thought you were saying 4 GB per stick lol. And I guess I should go back to the 950W previously then? And I'm really kind of building for future proofing.

    EDIT: Cheaper to do the two items of 4 GB sticks then two items of 2GB sticks :B
     
    Spaz-A-Tron, Apr 2, 2013
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  6. silver_apple

    silver_apple Sneaky dawg

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    Please NOTE: prices are before taxes, shipping and mail in rebates.

    Configuration 1:

    Processor i5 3570k $220: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

    CPU Cooler Corsair H60 $80: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181030

    Motherboard Asus $290: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131934

    Ram Corsair 4GB $39: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233173

    Hard drive WD Blue 1TB $75: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

    Video card XFX HD7870 $230: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150605

    Video card XFX HD7870 $230: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150605

    Power Supply Corsair 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular $130: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

    Case Corsair C70 $120: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139013

    DVD Drive LG $18: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136259

    SSD Intel 520 120GB $150: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167095

    Operating system Windows 7 Home $99: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

    Total: $1681

    Configuration 2:

    Processor i5 3570k $220: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

    CPU Cooler Corsair H60 $80: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181030

    Motherboard Asus $380: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131858

    Ram Corsair 4GB $39: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233173

    Hard drive WD Blue 1TB $75: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

    Video card Sapphire HD7950 $310: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026

    Power Supply Corsair 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular $130: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

    Case Corsair C70 $120: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139013

    DVD Drive LG $18: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136259

    SSD Intel 520 120GB $150: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167095

    Operating system Windows 7 Home $99: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

    Total: $1621

    Configuration 3:

    Processor i5 3570k $220: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

    CPU Cooler Corsair H60 $80: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181030

    Motherboard Asus $380: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131858

    Ram Corsair 4GB $39: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233173

    Hard drive WD Blue 1TB $75: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

    Video card EVGA GTX 670 $375: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130782

    Power Supply Corsair 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular $130: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

    Case Corsair C70 $120: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139013

    DVD Drive LG $18: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136259

    SSD Intel 520 120GB $150: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167095

    Operating system Windows 7 Home $99: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

    Total: $1686

    Configuration 4:

    Processor i5 3570k $220: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

    CPU Cooler Corsair H60 $80: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181030

    Motherboard Asus $290: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131934

    Ram Corsair 4GB $39: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233173

    Hard drive WD Blue 1TB $75: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

    Video card EVGA GTX 660 $230: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130833

    Video card EVGA GTX 660 $230: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130833

    Power Supply Corsair 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular $130: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

    Case Corsair C70 $120: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139013

    DVD Drive LG $18: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136259

    SSD Intel 520 120GB $150: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167095

    Operating system Windows 7 Home $99: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

    Total: $1681
     
    silver_apple, Apr 2, 2013
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  7. Spaz-A-Tron

    Spaz-A-Tron Dat Big Spaz

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    ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131876

    AMD FX-6200 Zambezi: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106010

    SAPPHIRE 100352-4L Radeon HD 7950: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202030

    RAIDMAX Cobra Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156287

    CORSAIR Hydro Series H60: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181030

    Western Digital WD Blue: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

    CORSAIR RAM 4GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145343

    Intel 520 Series SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167095

    DVD Burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136259

    CORSAIR HX Series Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

    Windows 7: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
     
    Spaz-A-Tron, Apr 9, 2013
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  8. xilorator

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    http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Xilorator/saved/1tTA

    This is a much better build. $380 motherboard is idiotic unless you need it

    4GB of ram is shit nowadays especially for a $1650 build.
    3770K is better and will last as long as your board more than likely.
    Better cooler
    Good Mobo, still more than what you need
    2gb hdd, 128gb ssd, enough for some games and os
     
    xilorator, Apr 16, 2013
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  9. silver_apple

    silver_apple Sneaky dawg

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    He only has a $1700 budget X.
     
    silver_apple, Apr 17, 2013
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  10. xilorator

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    Only $1700, that's a lot. The one I put on there was $1631. I7/H100/crossfile 7950's/8GB ram/SSD
     
    xilorator, Apr 17, 2013
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  11. silver_apple

    silver_apple Sneaky dawg

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    He is planning to go with an amd processor to save money.
     
    silver_apple, Apr 17, 2013
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  12. xilorator

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    hmm, poor decision but I guess that'll do.
     
    xilorator, Apr 17, 2013
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  13. Piggy

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    Hey all, just a tip. On Newegg you can put items in a wishlist, and then share the list publicly. It might be a little easier to see the items in one list that way.
    I just tried it myself, and the list I shared did not show up on the search results right away. Don't know if it takes time or if it doesn't work as indicated. Any way, it might be something you guys might want to try out.
     
    Piggy, Apr 18, 2013
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  14. Stanger

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    I have been running amd and ati for years and have had no problems with them at all but i have had problems with nvidia and intel that is why im with amd and ati
     
    Stanger, Apr 18, 2013
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  15. Charlie Boy

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    Stanger, do you still have that quad core extreme.
     
    Charlie Boy, Apr 19, 2013
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