The amount of stuff on it would make it prohibitively expensive.

 

cool i like what i see on the site! anychance of a hookup?

 

So, any thoughts on a i5 Sandy Bridge component setup? Looking for very stable and not very cutting edge (I don't overclock), but stuff with loads of good reviews.

Need:

MB
Processor
Ram
VidCard
(possibly) new PS

 

My method of building is to get the sale emails or papers and see what's highly rated and go from there. Thus, no specific recs I can make.


That said, since I've always wanted to do a Hackintosh dual-boot, I will probably be limiting my purchases to known working combos.

 

Take a look at the new AMD A6/A8 APU processors they just came out with.

the A8 is a quad core processor at 2.9Gz with 400 ati GPU cores on the chip. meaning that the processor and graphics is now on the same chip. so you get a quad core chip with an equivalent 6000 series ATI graphics. for the A8 it's equivalent to a 6500 or higher GPU. so all you need is the new APU chip, motherboard, and ram....no video card. the A8 chip is roughly $140, and the A6 is cheaper but also slightly slower for $120.

this APU can also crossfire with an equivalent 6000 series graphics card for great graphics.

They also released a new mother board for the new socket called FM1. motherboards are around $100

for roughly $250 to $300(depending on the APU and motherboard you choose) and ram ,you will have a blazing fast yet inexpensive build. That i bet would be cheaper then the i5 build and faster for less money.

AMD i feel is going to possibly surpass intel shortly in terms of performance and bang for your buck, they have nearly caught up with intel....

this is my recommendation if you won't be gaming much or at all and also low power consumption. i think the sandy bridge arch. and the i3/5/7 series are pretty damn good, i run an i7 OC'd in my PC and it's faaassst.

anyways here's a video from newegg with AMD on the new chip, very good explanation

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Hop on Newegg and Tomshardware, look up hardware that gets good recommendations and compare it to your budget.

 

Yeah, been checking newegg out today...

 

I just finished my latest build, decided to go all out!

Intel Core i7 2600k @4.8GHz
Asus P67 Sabertooth mobo
8GB Corsair Vengeance CAS 8 RAM
2xMSI GTX 580 Lightning TFIII
Corsair AX850 PSU
Corsair 600T SE case
Intel 320 SSD (160GB)


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White and black looks nice. Might want to tube the lines off the cards for a cleaner look.

 

Don't you know thats all the rage over on the overclock boards these days!

Seriously, I spend as much time at overclock.net these days as I used to spend at Azine...

 

I find that very hard to believe. What SSD are you using? I don't think any SSD on the consumer market right now can boot into Win7 in 5 secs (perhaps 15 secs is possible with the high end OCZ offerings)

 

Great deal on some DDR3-1600 memory today. Can that be used in mobos with lower speed capacities? I know matching would be the best bet.

 

it can be used on a mobo that supports ddr3 memory. if the mobo has lower speed capacity the ddr3 memory will operate at that lower speed. so yes it can be used with the mobo with lower speed capacity.

 

OCZ Vertex 3 with a i7 system

I've been building computers for myself for 20 years and booting into Windows in 15 seconds is possible with a conventional hard drive. Hell, I could do that on Windows XP 10 years ago.

 

^ please do tell how to boot into windows in 15 seconds with a conventional hard drive.. my computer takes approx 35-45 seconds to boot into windows from the moment i hit the power button. and i have my motherboard selected to boot from the hard drive before everything else

i am running a samsung 1tb 7200 rpm hard drive

 

Have you tweaked services.msc by chance?

 

you talkin about going into msconfig and deselecting unnecssary startup programs? yeah i did that

 

My latest build: One of the drive's I recycled from the old pc is throwing read/write errors, looks like it's pooched so I will probably replace this week with another 2 2TB drives. Its under warranty so I'm waiting to see what WD will do for me. What's awesome is that it's dead silent.

 

HAWT!

how do you like the case? im going to get that case except in black, but after seeing those pictures... maybe ill give white a shot

 

Not just those but Windows services that many machines will never ever use or need.

 

please do tell about these services

 

services.msc <--- is what you'll be typing under Windows key + Run

Be careful what you do in there, you can screw things up

I recommend doing a Google search and finding a guide on what they do so you can better decide.

 

Well, I was going to pick up some memory for my next build but the special expired.

Oh well, I discovered yesterday just how badly I need dedicated video. It's still the hardest component to pick.

Any better card for about the same price?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161315

 

i have that video card in this computer i built a couple years back... its not bad but its outdated now

do you mind spending 10 bucks more?

i like asus and gigabyte products

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121441
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125376

 

I actually did look at the Gigabyte after I posted.

 

Also considering this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Tpk=gts%20450

It's $110 locally plus $40 rebate, so it'd be $70.

 

Thinking about doing an ITX or possibly MicroATX build. Has to be light and portable. I took my machine to a buddy's house last week and nearly threw out my back getting it all back in the car. The lighter, the better. The hurdle seems to be power supplies. All the ITX cases I've found have 200-300 watt PSUs and that just won't be sufficient to run a decent video card. I've found on Lian Li case that will take an ITX board and an ATX PSU but its around $100. Hoping to go cheaper than that.

 

OK, this is my current mobo:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813141011

It's EOL as far as upgrades go. It's got onboard GeForce 8200, right now I just really want something that will play 720p vids (can't without stuttering) on my monitor and maybe play FSX. That's about all I need right now, and I don't think spending coin on a nice video card today for a future build is a wise move.

 

@majin ssj eric
Are those Gelids you have on your Corsair H cooler? What are your idle/load temps?

 

I may have just foolishly spent $140 on new drives. one of my 1tb's crashed, so I grabbed 2 2tb's to replace it (wth they were on sale for 69 ea) then I thought to myself I bet this 1tb still has warranty. Sure enough western digital is replacing it. Now I'm out of sata ports on my mobo. Looks like I'll have to grab a pcie port adder and fire that drive back in. Also found a 60gb SSD for $59, had to snap it up. All said and done the pc I mentioned about is about to have 10TB's!

 

Case: HAF 932 (red style case with all blue fans)
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200 watt
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Motherboard: Asus P8z68 V-Pro
CPU: Intel i5-2500k (soon to be OC'd)
CPU Cooling: Corsair H60 CPU Water Cooling
RAM:G.Skill 8Gb (2x4Gb) 1600Mhz
GPU: EVGA GTX 580 Superclocked (going to superclock more)
Media: Asus DRW-24B1ST
Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X4
Mouse: Logitech G500
Monitor: HP 2509b (calibrated)
OS: Windows 7 64-bit


Just built a few days ago and love it! It's beastly

 

I just bought the Gigabite 6570, running some tests now to see how big an improvement it is going to be.

 

3DMark Score1385 3DMarks
SM2.0 Score470
HDR/SM3.0 Score504
CPU Score2553
GT1 - Return To Proxycon3 FPS
GT2 - Firefly Forest4 FPS
CPU2 - Red Valley1 FPS
HDR1 - Canyon Flight4 FPS
HDR2 - Deep Freeze5 FPS

(3DMark06) 4.3 W7ES

 

New card:

3DMark Score8140 3DMarks
SM2.0 Score3024
HDR/SM3.0 Score3809
CPU Score2571
GT1 - Return To Proxycon23 FPS
GT2 - Firefly Forest27 FPS
CPU2 - Red Valley1 FPS
HDR1 - Canyon Flight35 FPS
HDR2 - Deep Freeze40 FPS

(3DMark06) 5.5 W7ES

 

guys i need help with a motherboard
what the difference between
ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
and
ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

 

Differences aren't too great, but the first has PATA.

 

Case: Antec 900
PSU: Corsair TX750
HDD: Intel 310 64 GB SSD
Motherboard: looking for 1
CPU: AMD 1100T x6 core black edition
CPU Cooling: Zalman forgot the model #
RAM:G.Skill 8Gb (2x4Gb) 1600Mhz
GPU: XFX 6870
Media: Creative X-Fi
Keyboard: Logitech wave
Mouse:
Monitor: Samsung 21.5 2m LED backlight
OS: Windows 7 64-bit

 

so which one is better?

 

They're basically the same board, I don't think it really matters if you don't need a PATA connection.


I'd go with the first one, since it supports your memory without having to OC.

 

thanks for ur help