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My PC I'm Planning on Building

Started by Indigo, July 23, 2010, 02:41:00 AM

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Indigo

July 23, 2010, 02:41:00 AM Last Edit: July 24, 2010, 04:35:09 AM by Indigo
Case: Antec Three $69.99 -$15 rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066

Drive: Samsung Blu Ray $69.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16827151199

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $106.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443

GPU: MSI HAWK ATI 5770 $179.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16814127490

Power Supply: Antec Earthwatts 650w $99.99 -$20 rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 $159.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 2x2GB $99.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

Internal HDD: Western Digital 1TB 7200rpm $89.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/NewProduct.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

Did I do good boyah? Anything else to change?  Total is $842

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July 23, 2010, 02:51:28 AM #1 Last Edit: July 23, 2010, 07:35:31 AM by Analysis Paralysis
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LCK

You mean a 5770, right? I sure hope you do.

Aside from that it looks like a pretty solid build.

Minus;

Sounds good. Just ordered my laptop for college. Its pretty good.
HP Dm4t
-Intel core i5 2.6ghz
-6gb ram
-1gb vram
-500 gb hd
ETC. I'm going to love it.

Really thats pretty good for 800...if i were to build a desktop right now, it would be just for net, and file storage, and be underpowered. Ha i'd be on a budget. It'd probably be like the intel desktop boards, with the integrated atom processor.
But ya dun pretty well.

Indigo

Quote from: Trevor on July 23, 2010, 07:27:44 AM
You mean a 5770, right? I sure hope you do.

Aside from that it looks like a pretty solid build.
yeah I do, was a typo

Daddy


Indigo

July 24, 2010, 10:34:46 AM #6 Last Edit: July 24, 2010, 10:39:36 AM by Indigo
Quote from: Khadafi on July 24, 2010, 09:07:33 AM
What're you using for cooling?

Antec Three comes with
120mm Fans
    1 x 120mm rear fan
    2 x 120mm TriCool blue LED front fans

140mm Fans
    TwoCool 140mm blue LED fan

Processor has a fan with a heatsink

GPU has a cooler with a fan and thermal design... I didn't really think about cooling, will that work or will I need an additional fan? The  case is supposedly a decent size so I might be able to fit another fan or two in there. Or maybe replace another fan/the heatsink if it's cheap

LCK

stock cpu heatsinks and fans suck balls

Indigo

Quote from: Trevor on July 24, 2010, 11:06:47 AM
stock cpu heatsinks and fans suck balls
so which/how many fans/heatsink should I get?

LCK

any sort of aftermarket heatsink will provide better results than the stock heatsink
although i believe AMD's stock heatsinks are better than intel's they're still all loud as fuck

i've got a coolermaster hyper 212+ which was only like $20, and it dropped my temps by about 5C. and this is a pretty cheap heatsink.

Indigo

Quote from: Trevor on July 24, 2010, 11:38:13 AM
any sort of aftermarket heatsink will provide better results than the stock heatsink
although i believe AMD's stock heatsinks are better than intel's they're still all loud as fuck

i've got a coolermaster hyper 212+ which was only like $20, and it dropped my temps by about 5C. and this is a pretty cheap heatsink.
do you know if it works well for long gaming sessions? like 2-4 hours? 4 is probably the longest I'd play a game.

LCK

Quote from: Indigo on July 24, 2010, 11:45:51 AM
do you know if it works well for long gaming sessions? like 2-4 hours? 4 is probably the longest I'd play a game.
the stock heatsinks will suffice and shouldn't cause any damage whatsoever unless you're intending on some intense overclocking, honestly
but they still tend to run hotter and be loud as fuck
plus they don't look cool, and that's what really matters.


Indigo

Quote from: Trevor on July 24, 2010, 11:50:09 AM
the stock heatsinks will suffice and shouldn't cause any damage whatsoever unless you're intending on some intense overclocking, honestly
but they still tend to run hotter and be loud as fuck
plus they don't look cool, and that's what really matters.


I'd have headphones that block most if not all the sound and I won't be doing any crazy 4.0GHz quad-core overclocking. Probably wouldn't be showing off my pc, and if I did I'd probably upgrade it a bit before I did  baddood;

I should be set then?

applesauce

Quote from: Trevor on July 24, 2010, 11:06:47 AM
stock cpu heatsinks and fans suck balls


Not always true. I ran my Core 2 Duo that came at 2.33 Ghz at 3.40 Ghz for just over two years with the stock cooling. Never had any issues with stability.

snorkel

Quote from: Trevor on July 24, 2010, 11:06:47 AM
stock cpu heatsinks and fans suck balls


they can, on the other hand I have a metal-plastic-metal thick fuckin case with 2 average fans, and it cools my modestly OC'd i7 and nVidia GTS 250 without problem.

I'd go with Corsair's liquid cooling setup (it's only $50-60), that way it's sensually silent, minimal maintenance, and you can OC at will.

you need a power supply, Corsair 500w would be my recommendation. DO NOT BUY A GENERIC OR CHEAP PSU.

Quote from: applesauce on July 24, 2010, 05:55:20 PM
Not always true. I ran my Core 2 Duo that came at 2.33 Ghz at 3.40 Ghz for just over two years with the stock cooling. Never had any issues with stability.


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