Just looking for comments, opinions, constructive ideas etc. This rig will be strictly for gaming and uses the new intel Sandy Bridge line. It comes out to be near $2500 when I factor everything in, which was my set limit. Anyways, here it is:
-Intel Core i5 Processor i5-2500K 3.3GHz 6MB QUAD CORE w/ZALMAN COPPER DELUXE EDITION COOLER LGA 1155/1156/1366 and ZEROtherm Advanced ZT100 Thermal Grease
-Asus SABERTOOTH P67 REV 3.0 Socket 1155/ Intel P67/ Quad CrossFireX & Quad SLI/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard
-8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600MHz (PC3 12800) Dual Channel w/COOLMAX MEMORY HEAT SPREADERS
-Boot drive: CRUCIAL 128GB Solid State Drive SATA III
-Secondary drive: WD BLACK 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB CACHE SATA 6.0Gb/s
-12X BLU-RAY PLAYER & DVD-RW COMBO DRIVE
-22X DUAL LAYER DVD-RW W/LIGHTSCRIBE
-nVidia GeForce GTX590 3GB DDR5 3DVI/MINI-DISPLAY PCI-Express Video Card
-REALTEK 8-CHANNEL DIGITAL SOUND (on-board)
-REALTEK 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Card (on-board)
-The case: IN WIN TRACK Black / Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
-THERMALTAKE/ANTEC CASE FAN (2 120mm and 1 200mm)
-THERMALTAKE DELUXE CASE COOLING SYSTEM (exaust fan)
-CORSAIR 800 WATT HIGH PERFORMANCE SLI/CROSSFIRE POWER SUPPLY
-Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Two questions; will I still be able to use my HDMI/VGA monitor with the 590 because its DVI? And is the 800W power supply enough for everything including the 590?
Get a 580 instead of the 590, a better case, but if your love that case it's your call.
Most graphics cards come with a dvi to vga adapter so you monitor is good, but hdmi/dvi quality is better then vga.
I see, thank you. Would you mind providing explanation for switching the GPU, and the case? I'm an amature at this, so I'd like to learn as much as possible. Could you provide a few examples for better cases?
build it yourself
I think this is a build.
Yeah, it sure is.
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Oh, and please don't think I'm retarded/technology challenged for using IE. I'm at work, and that's all they allow on their computers.
[QUOTE=Sodisna;31769480]I think this is a build.[/QUOTE]
[quote]-Intel Core i5 Processor i5-2500K 3.3GHz 6MB QUAD CORE w/ZALMAN COPPER DELUXE EDITION COOLER LGA 1155/1156/1366 and ZEROtherm Advanced ZT100 Thermal Grease
-THERMALTAKE/ANTEC CASE FAN (2 120mm and 1 200mm)
-THERMALTAKE DELUXE CASE COOLING SYSTEM (exaust fan)
-CORSAIR 800 WATT HIGH PERFORMANCE SLI/CROSSFIRE POWER SUPPLY[/quote]
makes me think otherwise, I have only ever seen prebuilt descriptions with vague, market BS-y listings like this
Sabertooth is overpriced, don't need 590. Price/performance ratio for that card sucks balls.
[QUOTE=Coridan;31768936]I see, thank you. Would you mind providing explanation for switching the GPU, and the case? I'm an amature at this, so I'd like to learn as much as possible. Could you provide a few examples for better cases?[/QUOTE]
580 saves you alot of money from the 590, 580 is enough to max most games already. 590 is overpriced for a small increase in performance over the 580.
Look into Corsair, Coolermaster, Antec, and lian li cases. They offer high quality build to their cases.
the case just looks...ugh
[img]http://www.avadirect.com/images/items/CDN-IWN-TRACK.jpg[/img]
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the description of the build in the OP just looks terribly similar to what's on this site: [url]http://www.computerlx.com/[/url]
in fact, I just replicated that build on their site almost part-for-part and had it priced around $2400
so OP, is this a prebuilt or not? 'cause you'd be able to do better and save SO MUCH by building it yourself and taking away all the excessive parts (heat spreaders for RAM, extra DVD drive) among other things...
I used that site to customize a few different builds to get an idea of what I wanted. I'll be buying all the parts myself. Probably from newegg.
So I take it, then, that RAM heat spreaders really dont do much?