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PostSubject: Good build?   Good build? EmptyWed Nov 07, 2012 4:28 am

Going to use this setup for gaming. Give thoughts if you'd like.

CPU: Intel® Core i5-3450

Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77

PSU: Cooler Master GX 650W

Case: Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced White

GPU/Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5

RAM: Crucial DDR3 BallistiX Tactical 4GB x 2 = 8GB

DvD-Reader: ASUS DVD Writer, DRW-24B5ST

Fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

Memory:
HDD:
Western Digital® Desktop Blue 1TB
SSD: Intel® SSD 330 Series 120GB 2.5", 25nm

Food while building: Taco!


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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyWed Nov 07, 2012 7:02 am

Sounds very technical and cool so I like it. I have no idea what it means though. xD
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyWed Nov 07, 2012 7:40 am

Basically, it means an awesome computer. :p
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyWed Nov 07, 2012 9:50 am

Thanks for the feedback, if you know of a monitor, keyboard or a mouse that is suitable for gaming, let me know
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyWed Nov 07, 2012 10:49 am

Get a Razor keyboard.
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyWed Nov 07, 2012 1:14 pm

Thats a freakin' awesome computer. But you can always try get an upgrade with the intel core from i5 to i7.
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyWed Nov 07, 2012 5:22 pm

Soo.. It will go on like 900-1000£ ?
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyWed Nov 07, 2012 5:27 pm

Yep
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyWed Nov 07, 2012 5:44 pm

I'll get that if I get money over
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyThu Nov 08, 2012 7:48 am

Want more advice/likes!! Please Smile
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyThu Nov 08, 2012 9:01 am

I dunno. I don't like it because there is No Tacos
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyFri Nov 09, 2012 3:14 am

PaNtSoUp(Pie55555) wrote:
I dunno. I don't like it because there is No Tacos
Happy?
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyFri Nov 09, 2012 3:33 am

SSD's worth the price yet? Only worth putting your system.boot on there, but i'm running mine off a tradition harddirve and can be on working desktop in 20 seconds. Honestly, i'd drop that, and put the money saved to either a better CPU fan so you can overclock, or towards a gfx card.

My experience is lacking on the ATI (or whatever they call themselves these days ) cards , purely buy Nvidia these days and they appear to have best price to component performance match
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyFri Nov 09, 2012 4:15 am

Found an ASUS version of GeForce GTX 660 2GB. It is called:
ASUS GeForce GTX 660 2GB PhysX CUDA

Worth the price? Or should I get something better. Also I may decrease the ssd to a 60GB one (there is no less than that)

Also there is a version of the gfx card that isn't OC, which is around 20£ less
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyMon Nov 12, 2012 6:07 am

Updated specs:

Intel® Core i5-3570K
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler
Cooler Master GX 650W PSU
Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced White
ASUS DVD Writer, DRW-24B5ST
Western Digital® Desktop Blue 1TB
Intel® SSD 330 Series 60GB 2.5", 25nm
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77
Crucial DDR3 BallistiX Tactical 8GB KIT
ASUS GeForce GTX 660 2GB PhysX CUDA

Sorry, was in a hurry.. Bye
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyTue Nov 13, 2012 10:43 am

I'm going to get a better PC than I have sometime in the near future. I have shopped around and I have to say you have a fairly decent setup. Major differences I see in our proposed setups are you are using a core I5, I would recomend a I7, they arnt that much more for the difference in preformance. RAM, I would strongly suggest getting as much ram as possible. RAM now is cheap you are going for 8 GB of RAM, I would suggest at least 16 GB, its not that much extra. Personally I am going to go for 32 GB of RAM, It adds quite a bit of longevity into the computer. As it stands now, games dont really require more than 6 GB of ram (thanks to consoles) but in the futre there might be games that require 16 GB as ram keeps getting cheaper and cheaper, and if you get as much RAM as you can now, it makes a good long term investment.

Other than that You have a pretty nice setup.
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyTue Nov 13, 2012 10:46 am

PeachCai wrote:
SSD's worth the price yet?
Short answer, YES.
Having your startup on a smartphone like hard drive is nice. It takes a few seconds to start up completly, as opposed to my current computer that takes a full minute to show anything, and another five to respond to any imput from my mouse. Overall the SSD only adds $100 to the price of the computer, wich is alot, but when put in the background of a $1,500 computer budget it is worth it.
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyTue Nov 13, 2012 10:57 am

Man, 32 GB of RAM is over kill. You really only want 16. And I agree with you Jj, intel i7 is much better and worth the price.
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyTue Nov 13, 2012 11:03 am

AUSxHIDDENBLADE wrote:
Man, 32 GB of RAM is over kill. You really only want 16.
But the only difference between 32 GBs of RAM and 16 GB is only about $50. RAM is somthing that you should put in last, somthing to fill your remaining budget with. If you only have the money for 8GBs then you won't be hurting, but if you can pay for it, the more RAM you get, the longer your computer will remain "good".

Remember 20 years ago, 5KB of RAM was considered good, that cant do anything today in a reasonable time frame. RAM is always increasing and becoming cheaper, sooner or later you will have to get more RAM in your computer, or it will become too slow to do anything, so this is a ballance of "buy extra now, or buy extra later" sooner or later you will have to, it is just a matter of time.
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyTue Nov 13, 2012 11:12 am

Well, my pc is 1.99 GB RAM with intel i3 dual core, a $20 graphics card, I don't think ANY shaders. 32 BIT. And Windows XP <--- Now thats a crappy computer, but hey? I don't lag. 1.99 GB RAM can run my Minecraft at about 40 FPS.
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyTue Nov 13, 2012 11:17 am

AUSxHIDDENBLADE wrote:
Well, my pc is 1.99 GB RAM with intel i3 dual core, a $20 graphics card, I don't think ANY shaders. 32 BIT. And Windows XP <--- Now thats a crappy computer, but hey? I don't lag. 1.99 GB RAM can run my Minecraft at about 40 FPS.
I suppose you can run minecraft on it, but you can run minecraft on a smartphone, or even worse an Xbox. But when you start getting into serious gaming (not trying to knock minecraft, I just mean somthing that takes real power from a computer) the more ram the better. To play somthing like Planetside 2 on max settings at 60 frames, you not only need a $500 graphics card, but also 16+ GB of RAM. My current computer has 4 GB of ram and a desent graphics card, but it only playes Planetside 2 at 20-25 frames on the medium setting, Not playable for an FPS. Which is the persice reason I am looking into a new computer.
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyTue Nov 13, 2012 11:20 am

jjruh wrote:
AUSxHIDDENBLADE wrote:
Well, my pc is 1.99 GB RAM with intel i3 dual core, a $20 graphics card, I don't think ANY shaders. 32 BIT. And Windows XP <--- Now thats a crappy computer, but hey? I don't lag. 1.99 GB RAM can run my Minecraft at about 40 FPS.
I suppose you can run minecraft on it, but you can run minecraft on a smartphone, or even worse an Xbox. But when you start getting into serious gaming (not trying to knock minecraft, I just mean somthing that takes real power from a computer) the more ram the better. To play somthing like Planetside 2 on max settings at 60 frames, you not only need a $500 graphics card, but also 16+ GB of RAM. My current computer has 4 GB of ram and a desent graphics card, but it only playes Planetside 2 at 20-25 frames on the medium setting, Not playable for an FPS. Which is the persice reason I am looking into a new computer.

Yeah, I agree there, but if you're only looking for a computer for light gaming, you really don't need to go all-out.
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyTue Nov 13, 2012 11:27 am

AUSxHIDDENBLADE wrote:
Yeah, I agree there, but if you're only looking for a computer for light gaming, you really don't need to go all-out.
If you are looking for light gaming don't waist your money on a PC, buy a smart phone or a playstation. The only reason you would want to buy a light PC is for school or work reasons, which is a perfectly valid reason. And if you have one of those then by all means play light games on it.
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyTue Nov 13, 2012 11:39 am

My build:

Laptop
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PostSubject: Re: Good build?   Good build? EmptyTue Nov 13, 2012 11:42 am

GojoMaximus wrote:
My build:

Laptop
Well thats not descriptive, my current build is a laptop as well, but when I got it, it was best of the best(as far as stock laptops go).
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