Budget: Right around 1000 Main uses of intended build: Gaming, Drawing/painting, Daily use Parts required: Everything I'm missing so far (except monitor I'll get that later) Previous build information (list details of parts): CPU/MoBo/Mem/SSD http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.591995 GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121390 Storage requirements: 1tb HDD, SSD coverd Will you be overclocking: not sure yet maybe Extra information about desired system: with the way its looking so far I think I'm gonna run over =/
Your links are from newegg, but I wanna make sure... are you talking about US Dollars when you say 1000? Does the OS need to fit in that budget also? I keep a $1000 build handy on newegg, but it doesn't include an OS or monitor in the cost. here it is. See if it fits something you'd consider.
yah its 1000$ US. How does the 2500K stack up against the i7950 or 960? I've also heard that they run hot even if u don't OC (2500k)
2500k pretty much pumels the 950 or 960 into submission, and then for good measure walks all over it afterwards, especially when overclocked. and no they don't really run hot, not compared to 1366 chips, my 950 (granted it needs alot of volts to get there) for this 4Ghz clock on air, needs 1.38vcore to do 4ghz and I get low 80's on prime 95, a 2500k, @5ghz or there abouts, probably on less volts you'd probably be getting low 70's max, so think about that a whole 1Ghz more, and still 10 degrees cooler, win win me thinks also my NH D-14 is massive and probably one of the best air coolers on the market, i suspect other 'lesser' air coolers would really struggle with this amount of voltage, which means I would be able to run the cpu at this speed. Bring on watercooling is all I can say but even with cheaper air coolers that are more like £20 rather than the £65 i paid for my NH-D14 you would probably be getting low 70's, even with overclocking.
lol I've been reading post on Sandy Bridge builds and came up with this...I'll prob upgrade to 8gbs of Ram/add a SSD later I wanted to keep at or a little under 1000$
I couldn't give you exact quotes, but I do know from multiple users that sandy bridge does not run hot at all. I don't know where you read the thing runs hot, but from everything I've heard SB is one of the coolest running chips in existence. I think people can even run 4GHz on it with the stock cooler and still be pretty cool. Honestly, I still consider the LGA1366 socket to be the dominant high end processor for general use. However, a high end build is usually $1800-$2000 and includes much more powerful and expensive components (think 980X on a 3-way SLI capable motherboard and a 6990 or 2x580 plus water cooling... ungodly monsters like that are what I talk about when I say high end). $1000 is a mid-range or low-mid-range build and so I would recommend sandy bridge which is the current reigning mid-range champion.
I thought it posted my build =/ @Dae I heard from my friend that they run hot and are hard to cool. He builds comps all the time so I thought he knew what he was talking about lol I know I missing a SSD and prob could use some more ram but I'll get that later Cpu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 MoBo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131707&cm_re=P8P67-_-13-131-707-_-Product Mem http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145343 PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371021&Tpk=Antec True Power New 650W GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...0597&cm_re=gtx_460_1gb-_-14-130-597-_-Product HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337 oD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 Cpu Fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608016 Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216&cm_re=690-_-11-119-216-_-Pr
