• Need help deciding what to get... $700 AUD for several parts
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I'll start off by admitting defeat: the last time I asked for help, I ended up just getting a GPU and some other parts. And everyone who told me "it's going to be a bottleneck!" - you were absolutely right. So here I am, a year down the line, ready to ask for more help. This is my current build: [B]CPU[/B]: AMD Phenom I 9500 Processor [B]Motherboard[/B]: ASUS M2N32-SLI Motherboard [B]Memory[/B]: 4G Kit G.Skill NT DDR2-800 Memory [B]Video Card[/B]: MSI Radeon HD 6870 1GB Video Card [B]Hard Drive[/B]: Samsung F3 1TB [B]Hard Drive[/B]: Samsung F3 1TB [B]Hard Drive[/B]: Seagate 500GB [B]Case[/B]: Generic "Gigatech" case [B]Power Supply[/B]: Coolermaster Extreme Power+ 500 The Phenom was a donation to keep me going (my previous E6300 began to crap itself), but it's severely mismatched right now. Anything I do has several seconds of lag to it, making things unbearable. This is what I'm planning on now: [B]CPU[/B]: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor [tab]$229.00[/tab] [B]Motherboard[/B]: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard [tab]Already own[/tab] [B]Memory[/B]: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory [tab]$55.00[/tab] [B]Video Card[/B]: MSI Radeon HD 6870 1GB Video Card [tab]Already own[/tab] [B]Hard Drive[/B]: [url=http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_902_1247&products_id=17684]Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk[/url] [tab]$139.00[/tab] [B]Hard Drive[/B]: Samsung F3 1TB [tab]Already own[/tab] [B]Hard Drive[/B]: Samsung F3 1TB [tab]Already own[/tab] [B]Hard Drive[/B]: Seagate 500GB [tab]Already own[/tab] [B]Case[/B]: Corsair Carbide 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case [tab]$159.00[/tab] [B]Power Supply[/B]: Corsair HX650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply [tab]$134.00[/tab] [B]Total[/B] [tab]$716.00[/tab] Here's where I might need some help: [B]Crucial M4[/B]: while I hear the Crucial M4 is a great SSD, the Vertex 3 is $20 less; I'm looking for some guidance here. [B]Corsair Carbide 500R[/B]: it looks great, it has a great build quality, and it's a (relatively) cheap case from Corsair. For $20 less, I can get the Fractal Design Define R3, which is just as functional and high-quality... so again, looking for some opinion or guidance here. I'm going to be buying the SSD from [url=www.pccasegear.com]PC Case Gear[/url] as they have the wider range of SSDs, but everything else will be bought from [url=www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf]MSY[/url]. With that in mind, does anyone have any other recommendations they have? I'm looking for the best results for the lowest amount of money - speed, heat and sound.
I'd get the Crucial M4. Marvell based drives are more reliable than Sandforce ones, and if your data is incompressible your performance wont take a dive with a drive using a Marvell controller. I'm not very experienced when it comes to cases, so I can't comment on if the R3 is better, but I am a fan of Corsairs mid tower lineup which includes the 500R.
[QUOTE=garrynohome;34296043]I'd get the Crucial M4. Marvell based drives are more reliable than Sandforce ones, and if your data is incompressible your performance wont take a dive with a drive using a Marvell controller. I'm not very experienced when it comes to cases, so I can't comment on if the R3 is better, but I am a fan of Corsairs mid tower lineup which includes the 500R.[/QUOTE] Carbide 500R: [img]http://msy.com.au/pimages/Corsair%20500R%20White.jpg[/img] Define R3: [img]http://www.avadirect.com/images/items/CDN-FDN-FDCADEFR3USB3BL.jpg[/img]
I like that R3, very clean, like a Lian-Li case
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