• Opinions on this $750 max build
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For a build that's a relatively lower budget, you really want to prioritize parts. The PSU is a little bit overkill and the case is overpriced and highly outdated. For the cpu, Intel dominates the market, with it's dual-core i3s outperforming most quad and hexa core AMD cpus. This is a much more balanced build, with a lot more power [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/59389727/that1guy.PNG[/img]
Hm, that seems like a solid build but it exceeds the limit due to shipping. Though I'll probably end up using some parts from that list, and as far as the case goes, my friend picked it, but I'll show him this one and see if he likes it since it's cheaper and possibly better. I picked a power supply with that amount of voltage mostly because I wanted to make sure there was enough "room," but I think I'm going to use the one you recommended. For the video card, I'm not really seeing much of an advantage over the one I chose; EVGA has a really good warranty system too and it's cheaper, so I think I'll stick with that. I'm probably going to stick with the Seagate 2TB unless there's a glaring issue with it that I'm unaware of, as it's 7200rpm and double the space for $10 more than the spinpoint. And with the CPU, I figured it would just be good to have a quad over a dual for non-gaming situations; if the i3 offers better performance over the Phenom in pretty much everything (or is marginally worse in some places), then I think I'll go with that instead of the AMD.
The video card you chose was a GTX 560, which in it's own right is still a well performing card, but the one I chose is the GTX 560 Ti, which is a newer version with higher clocks and more cuda cores and about a 15% performance increase. i3s have hyperthreading, which is sort of like a quad core technically as it has 2 physical cores and 2 virtual cores. Benchmarks show the i3 outperforming most FX and Phenom II processors, except for maybe matching 1 or 2 which are already $80+ more expensive. As for Seagate, a lot of people seem to have problem with Seagates drives, maybe just a bias who knows, so I just went with the crowd and recommended the F3 as it's reliable. [editline]7th June 2012[/editline] And if anything, you could just get a cheaper motherboard with a different chipset. H61 and H67 are going to be cheaper and have less features, but the main feature you'd lose would only apply to overclocking the cpu which you can't do on the i3 anyways.
Oh, I didn't think the Ti would be that much of an improvement, so I worked it in. I also changed it to the i3 as advised. I like having reliable parts but I haven't had a Seagate actually die on me, so it seems to be "if it works on arrival, it'll work." My friend felt like he'd be settling a bit with the Cooler Master in terms of appearance, so he picked another Antec with the same price (and a lot of the same features). Here's what it looks like right now: [img]http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5444/partsua.png[/img]
The Antec 300, 900, and 1200 are all very outdated and don't have any room whatsoever for cable management. The HAF 912 is much better for the price, and it offers better airflow.
Alright, I'll bring it up to him again and see what he thinks, otherwise it looks like all the components are there. I very much appreciate your help, thanks!
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Okay, might end up with one of those two if he ends up not getting the HAF; there's enough room in the budget.
Get a 7850, its better.
It's a little pricey, and wouldn't it be overkill for an i3?
Its like $10 more than a 560 ti and no not really.
[QUOTE=Zerokateo;36241458]Its like $10 more than a 560 ti and no not really.[/QUOTE] The cheapest one (from a good brand) is $40 more than the 560 Ti I suggested. You could probably squeeze it into the budget if you went with the HAF 912 though.
Ah I didn't see you got a really cheap one. If you can't afford the $40 go with this 560 ti instead, $10 more and has dual fans [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127616[/url]
Hmm. The Zotac has a factory overclock that seems large enough to make a performance difference, so it looks really effective for the price, but there are a lot of complaints about it running pretty hot, even by Fermi standards it seems. I could get the MSI for a little more for a little less performance and better airflow (and probably general stability), but there's not too much feedback on that exact model and there doesn't seem to be an extended warranty service. If my friend and I decide against the Zotac he might go for the MSI instead; I'd like to get an EVGA but the price difference is large enough that he may as well get a 7850. Do you think the case would have enough airflow for the Zotac; I'm thinking at any rate, if it's too hot, it can be adjusted into acceptable ranges and in the event it decides to shit out, it'd be under warranty anyway.
You don't need an extended warranty service from MSI, they have wonderful warranties and factory overclock is probably only going to increase your FPS in games by about 10 at the max. I'd get the MSI just because of better cooling and I've never had problems with MSI and neither has my father in the 7 years hes been buying their motherboards and I've bought their graphics cards.
Oh okay. Pretty much all the confirmation I need. That'll probably be the card we get then.
Plus, overclocking graphics cards yourself is piss easy
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