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RyanTheRhino

RyanTheRhino

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So I based my price range on what it would cost to buy a "Apple desktop"

I ended up with

Cpu- Intel i7 3700k

motherboard - asus p867 pro

psu- 850watt sea-sonic

Video- 680 GTX nvidia

Bluray rw

case- corsair obsidian 650 d

storage -
ssd 128G for ruining OS and programs
1.5 T mechanical HDD for files

cool master heat sink
 
Doer

Doer

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Wow..I haven't built one in awhile but, this is what I would today. I did something very similar a few years ago.
 
Eclypse

Eclypse

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Dude that's a really killer system! Basically along the lines of where I will be going with my next system.

Now drop in another 680 gtx :bigjoint:
 
RyanTheRhino

RyanTheRhino

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the mother board is sli ready i could, but i need to check the psu to see if its powefull enough


edit If I did go sli GTX680's

My build would still be cheaper then the lowest lvl mac pro desktop XD
 
Eclypse

Eclypse

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Yea I looked the mobo up, its a really good one. Asus make amazing mobo's. I ran an A7N8X Delux back in the day with a 2500+ amd barton chip over clocked. Ran that for 8 years! I had to replace everything but the mobo and chip.
And yea, the PSU would be the only problem, might not run those 2 cards. But I mean c'mon what you built is amazing. I love it. You dont even need to go sli. Depends on how greedy you wanna be haha =P
 
RyanTheRhino

RyanTheRhino

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dam i just looked a the mobo again it would seem that the audio ports might block sli for the huge gtx680 video cards. They are bricks lol


I don't want sli anyway:finger:, i would have to upgrade the ventilation probably. that's why i bought the corsair 650D case, it has some nice built in fans


[video=youtube;ETQ2KgqcfWY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ETQ2KgqcfWY[/video]
 
backyardagain

backyardagain

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my gawd. im about to build one also about how much is this set up going to cost you. im fairly new to building but ive done some modding on preexisting setups. looking to run skyrim/obvilion and a few other games. any suggestions for about a 500-600 setup.
 
RyanTheRhino

RyanTheRhino

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backyardagain said:
my gawd. im about to build one also about how much is this set up going to cost you. im fairly new to building but ive done some modding on preexisting setups. looking to run skyrim/obvilion and a few other games. any suggestions for about a 500-600 setup.
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Well the best suggestion I can give is spend the most money on the cpu & video card.

also rember when you build your own system it doesn't have a os. If you want windows 7 that 150 right there.


if you are good with computers and programming language You can use Linux for free


also newegg has a DIY bundle. You should check there first . Since the motherboard , cpu , & ram must all be compatible they will be selected for you.
 
RyanTheRhino

RyanTheRhino

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scratch that... considering the os will take 30% of your budget

you may want to buy an already built PC with OME os Win7 or 8 already installed

the recommended specs for skyrim, this will play the game on high setting and decent resolution, but maybe not ultra settings

quad core CPU - 2.66ghz
gtx 260 nvidia - video card

And unfortunately that video card is a a rather powerful one.
Its has a low number but

the first number indicates the series or how old it is
2XX, so its a two series

the second number tells you how powerful
x60, is almost at the top for nvidia cards


But if you feel like you absolutely have to play skyrim cuz its awesome,the minimum requirements are
duel core cpu - 2.0 GHz
Any video card with 512mb dedicated space, & can support direct x9

Considering your situation, you may just want to get a powerful CPU with integrated graphics , it will play skyrim on low settings but gives you the option to upgrade and install a dedicated video card in the future.

So you may spend that 500 now for a good cpu but it will not get outdated too quick, makes the pc more upgrade-able in the future.

Make sure its has Minimum Intel HD-3000 integrated graphics
 
backyardagain

backyardagain

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laptop i got rightnow is a toshiba satellite p855 s312 with
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2501 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) 2 physical dual cores. with a intel hd 4000 graphics card. defiantly not going to run to well on here. ive been checking out newegg and tigerdriect leaning more towards a kit just because of the fact that i dont want to buy somehting thats not going to be compatibly with other parts.

as for processers what would you recommend amd or intel? and i havnt touch computer code ina while so ill just buy an os



also im going to be using my tv as my screen as it has a setting for pcs. so i dont have to worry about a screen.
 
Rancho Cucamonga

Rancho Cucamonga

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PCs will live on no matter what they say! Build on! I'm going to do another build next year, I do one every 3 or so if I can no longer upgrade on a specific cpu and/or mobo.

Hey I'm bored, I'll take and post some pics.

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ilikecheetoes

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my last build for a client. Think I billed him around 9 grand. Hes using it for iracing and has the whole seat and buttshaker and everything.
1 Thermaltake Level 10 GT LCS
1 Thermaltake XT 1.48KW PSU
1 Asus Maximus V Extreme
1 Intel Core i7-3770k Processor
1 Corsair 32GB Dominator Platinum Kit
1 Intel 520 series 480GB SSD
1 WD Velociraptor 10K RPM 1TB HD (games drive)
1 Plextor DVDRW
3 EVGA FTW 4GB 680GTX SLI (Nvidia Surround enabled)
3x30” HP ZR30W Monitors
 
RyanTheRhino

RyanTheRhino

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backyardagain said:
heres a couple prebuilt ones i was looking at

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4959042&CatId=1886
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2577775&CatId=114
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I will say that the first link has a pretty good cpu capable of overclocking, but is paired with a shitty VGA compared to the processor.

That's the problem with pre-builts sometimes. They get people looking for a certain type of CPU that's powerful and cram the rest with sub par parts.

I can not comment on what is better ADM or Intel because I only really know Intel specs.

They both have good chips that compete against each other.

Intel has the edge on the most powerful chips but i doubt anyone has the money to spend on $3000+ CPUs. and that's just the cpu alone
 
RyanTheRhino

RyanTheRhino

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Those two cpus in the links

Passmark-cpumark

Intel i5 3570k - 7,144 -Retails $217 - can be overclocked for better performance

ADM FX-4100- 4,028 - Retails $103

So the Intel beats the ADM choice by a long shot, and the build is cheaper?WTF
 
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