While I agree people shouldn't spend insane amounts on cases and PSU's, it's also often understated the luxury of a good case.. The difference in cases can mean much better wiring and cooling. Personally I'd never treat a new (performance) computer to an off-brand PSU i've never heard of. An off-brand might be "rated" at 1k watts, but a good 850watt brand like cooler-master, antec, etc will almost always outlast them.
Exactly. A good case is a must in my opinion and i think it's always better to buy too big of a power supply because the next system you build will inevitably require more power. Plus to do any real OC'ing you need a quality PSU with solid rails ect...
On that note, have you considered looking into a coolermaster case and PSU? Might be a little cheaper and still get good quality:
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
you know i have seen some cool master stuff, but wasnt really sure about the quality compared to the brands i am used to.. antec, corsair, ect.
I dont seem to remember much about the brand back when i was OC'ing Athlon XP barton and thoroughbred cores so so long ago .. but you sound like you know your shiz and i'll definitely look into that.
Im betting the crucial SSD will outlast most hard drives, older SSD's werent too reliable but the crucial SSD's are awesome, I've built a few builds for customers with them at the shop.
Patriot isn't "bad" memory but corsair is definitely better, my two favorite memory brands are kingston and corsair. More likely to run into compatability issues with other brands such as patriot, gskill, etc.
i see that hasnt changed in nearly a decade //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
I agree with the others though.. Go intel with an I7, AMD may be cheaper but I7 will perform better and give you less problems when it comes to most of the boards. For instance, if you got an AMD 6 core you'd have to make sure the board ships 6 core ready and not "6 core compatable." A lot of people ordering 6 core boards found themselves with boards that had old bios releases and couldn't run the 6 core processors until they found a cheap sempron or other AMD processor to update the bios with..
thanks.. i think i'll stick with Intel, because there really isnt that much of a price difference.. i just wasnt sure what would be better for how i use my system.
Tons of multitasking, open programs, windows, HDTV, some encoding, and maybe some gaming but not enough to really justify high end GPU.
I play mostly PS3 but there are always games which work better with a real qwerty and mouse instead of a controller. Mostly i want snappy response and no lag.
I'm using a dell XPS m1330 with a core 2 duo @ 2.2ghz, a Geforce 8400 and 3gigs of ram... and its starting to show its age. I cant even watch 1080p youtube videos, although that might be flash related because i have no problem with 1080p material in VLC..but 1080p in WMP will get funky sometimes too.
This old lappy is also bugging me when doing stuff like editing large photos or opening programs. I realize it's a laptop and assume a new desktop in the range i'm looking at will be a HUGE step up
Personally I've build a lot of I7/I5 builds and a lot of sick AMD builds, and I always spent less time getting the intels up and running and looked forward to building them more, and they showed the difference in benchmarks such as 3dmark too.
When it comes to seagate vs WD, as long as you go with one of the two you should be fine, any other offbrand is asking for trouble, I personally always go with WD though, 80% of the drive failures I see at my work are brands other than seagate or WD
I will say you picked a great board too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Good to know //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif
As far as drives go, i pretty much have stuck with seagate just because it's the only brand i haven't had go out on me. I didnt know they bought maxtor, that sort of makes me nervous because i had some bad luck with some maxtor drives in the past.
Nonetheless, i completely realize they all die eventually and a lot has changed since i was really into this. Price/cache/seek/read/write times are what's really important.
Check out this heatsink:
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Intel Core i7 compatible V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU CoolerI've used it in about 10 builds and it works great, cools well and looks good too. Overclocked both AMD and intel processors pretty well with it. Had the 6 core extreme I7 running at 4.2 stable on air with it (customer didnt want us to push it too hard so I didnt go any further)
Will surely check it out.
What about thermalright for HSF? And just to be clear i do NOT mean anything related to that craptastic company thermaltake...
I remember manually lapping some thermalright HSF until they were like a mirror and getting some excellent performance back in the day. Do they still make quality stuff or have they gone downhill?
My 2 cents is usually when I spend 1-2k or know someone spending that much on a computer, I usually like to make sure it's "futureproofed" for at least 4 years, meaning it has room to upgrade and can power said upgrades too.
that's because you seem smart and why i am actually listening to your advice //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
If you need a case and a powersupply just check slickdeals or fatwallet for sales.
I know all about the slickdeals, and I am all about slickdeals. Checkin' it daily son.
Cliffs: Get a dell... check fatwallet for sales every week.
i would never buy a prebuilt desktop unless it was a
crazy, crazy, crazy, good deal on a
powerhouse dell....like a price mistake and a 30% off code deal that 99% of the orders for are cancelled and like only a few are lucky enough to have the system ship before they catch the mistake, and those are rare. Even then i'd probably still build instead of buy.
you don't need that 850 watt power supply. and plus your electric bill would hate you. seriously you THINK you may need it but you don't.
i dont pay an electric bill; it's included in rent. And while i might not need it now, in 4-5 years i would and could still be using the same PSU.
