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Hardware PC Hardware Buyer's Guide July 2011

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Lizard, 11 Jul 2011.

  1. lizoron

    lizoron What's a Dremel?

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    @Bede
    its ok i actually got a good employee discount on them
     
  2. Bede

    Bede Minimodder

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    Ah lol, we should all be so lucky :D
     
  3. lizoron

    lizoron What's a Dremel?

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    haha ya, its nice to work at a huge electronic store :)
     
  4. lizoron

    lizoron What's a Dremel?

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    Just got my Ci5 2500k today $179.99. Now all i need is my graphics card and my 24" monitor! i hope the boot up doesnt give me any trouble :)
     
  5. lexzor

    lexzor What's a Dremel?

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    You guys seem to know your stuff, please analyse my new rig, any comments are welcome, positive or negative =).

    269€ - Intel i7-2600k
    210€ - MSI Z68A-GD80
    46€ - Corsair vengeance cmz8gx3m2a1600c9
    56€ - coolermaster centurion 5 II
    150€ - coolermaster silent pro m100
    244€ - oczssdpx-1rvd0120 (SSD pci-e)
    310€ - MSI Twin Frozr III PE/OC (totally lost on GFX, the GFX market is a right mess).
     
  6. lizoron

    lizoron What's a Dremel?

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    looks good to me mate. dont really see a problem with it at all.
     
  7. Bede

    Bede Minimodder

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    Good processor; good motherboard; should have got low profile Vengeance RAM because most 3rd party heatsinks for your CPU will bump into them; case is a little cheap considering the price of the rest of your components; if that is a 1000W PSU then that is twice as much as you need; PCI-E SSDs I know nothing about; good graphics card (6950?).

    It should run very fast your new computer, for a very long time :)


    EDIT: just read in another thread that there can be issues booting from PCI-E SSDs. Might want to check into that unless you're using another drive as your OS drive.
     
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  8. lizoron

    lizoron What's a Dremel?

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    Bede do you got a link on that?
     
  9. lexzor

    lexzor What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks for your reply Bede.
    I will look into the booting problems on the SSDs. Also the other remarks are helpfull.
     
  10. lizoron

    lizoron What's a Dremel?

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    just put it all together, looks like everything is running properly.
    heres a pic of the build

    [​IMG]

    just need that GPU and i will be a happy gamer!
     
  11. centy

    centy DFI Nutter

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    Is the 600w modXstream Pro powerfull enough to comforably and reliablly power the following?
    http://www.ocztechnology.com/images/awards/mxsp_wattage_charts.jpg

    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83ghz (stock speeds)
    ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo
    2*2048Mb OCZ PC2 9200
    Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6450 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card

    2x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive
    2x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter

    It's the 4 drives that are concerning me really. What do you all reckon?
     
  12. Zinfandel

    Zinfandel Modder

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    It's more than enough.
     
  13. timevans999

    timevans999 old modders friend

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    thats a tiny rig mate!
     
  14. L-Jam

    L-Jam What's a Dremel?

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    This guide really helped me construct my new PC, thank you!
     
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