Anyone Remember Me From Back in the DAY! Well I'm back and need help!

Impr3ssiv3

Impr3ssiv3

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My old computer back from Sept '06 (why I joined, taught myself everything) is getting old and I want to price up a new computer.


I already have the monitors (40" 1080p TV, 1440x900, 1280x1024)
I have a 600W powersupply but I think I want bigger for more HDD in future.
I already have the HDD (250GB OS, 1.5TB media, 1TB media)
I have an Antec P180b case that is lovely but wouldn't mind prices with the P900 or any other good cooling case.
Already have a thermaltake 120 adjustable fan and 3x120 apevia blue fans


Basically what I need is a new:

motherboard
GFX card (has to have 3 outputs for my monitors and can handle the resolutions (not gaming but might be doing Photoshop and Cinema4)
RAM, would like 4 or 6 GB DDR3
processor (i5 or i7 depending on price)
and maybe a new powersupply (thinking 700 or 800 for being sure)
oh and maybe a UPS, was thinking an APC 750VA 450W one just to provide enough to save work and shutdown

looking to keep it around maybe 500 or 600, maybe 700 but I will be looking over specs myself. (add another $100 to these for the UPS)

Time to get back into the loop as when I left AMD and Intel were even and the 7900GTX was king.
 
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philaaay

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This was the closest I could get with a new PSU included:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371026
Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V version 2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC -$99.99 ($79.99 after MIR)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.462599
OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
+
EVGA 01G-P3-1465-AR GeForce GTX 465 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - $318.98 ($273.98 after MIR)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.467673
Intel Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core CPU
+
ASUS P7P55 LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - $294.99

Total cost: $721.29 with shipping ($656.29 after MIRs)
 
bomberboysk

bomberboysk

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Sort of a waste to get a 750W PSU if your using a 450W UPS....and i'd get at least a 600W UPS just to be safe(after effeciency and such is factored in).

You have a microcenter near you?
 
lemon07r

lemon07r

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Get a gtx 460 1gb 256bit, better price vs performance (the gigabyte 1gb gtx460 has 2oz copper pcb, ferrite chokes, solid caps, voltage adjustment and a dual fan heatsink). And avoid OCZ ram, get some geil (they do a 24hour high tempature burn in test before selling).
GTX460
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125333
$230 Free shipping and it comes with star craft 2 =D

i5 750 $190 freeshipping
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geil ultra with new plus heat sink 2x2gb cl7 1600mhz @1.6v $100 free shipping it does ddr3 2200mhz too and 8+2phase power
-$10 (combo) = $280 w/ free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.481796

or for $80 more get an i7 860 ($375)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.481795

or for another $10 get an i7 870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.481794

This asrock p55 is $25 off 150-25=$125 + freeshipping (cheapest true sli board)
it can do quad sli + physx (2pcie @16x; 1pcie @ 8x; 1pcie @ 4x)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157172

I reccomend you get the i7 870 combo, gigabyte gtx 460 and asrock mobo all for $730 + all free shipping. your 600w should be more then enough; but if you need some thing better bad i'd go with the psu that philay mentioned.
 
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lemon07r

lemon07r

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Yeah gskill is a very good budget brand if you don't mind overclocking. I couldnt afford geil so i just got some g.skill 1066mhz 7-7-7-18 @ 1.5v, which ended up being awesome for overclocking, right now I'm running it at 1380mhz 7-7-7-20 @ 1.5v prime95 stable I could go higher (1580mhz 8-8-8-24 @ 1.7v) if my cpu wouldnt overheat so much when bumping the fsb.
 
Impr3ssiv3

Impr3ssiv3

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bomberboysk said:
Sort of a waste to get a 750W PSU if your using a 450W UPS....and i'd get at least a 600W UPS just to be safe(after effeciency and such is factored in).

You have a microcenter near you?
Click to expand...

you do know that the wattage of a PSU has nothing to do with how much power it uses. It all depends on what the components in the computer draw.


but so far so good. I'm look at around $700ish if i want something good. No builds with 6GB of ram? Is that too much ram for the price?
 
Hsv_Man

Hsv_Man

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As for ram for the OP i use corsair dominator 1866 mhz running @1066 mhz atm had no issues with it worked straight out of the box very reliable bit expensive though from memory.
 
linkin

linkin

VIP Member
If you want 6Gb that would be tripple channel, which means going X58 which bumps up the cost on the RAM, Mobo and CPU. I think you should stick with P55 and dual channel.
 
Hsv_Man

Hsv_Man

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Then again if the OP is going for an i5/i7 rig then he is best off going tripple channel as I and many other system builders have gone with their i* systems.
 
bomberboysk

bomberboysk

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Impr3ssiv3 said:
you do know that the wattage of a PSU has nothing to do with how much power it uses. It all depends on what the components in the computer draw.


but so far so good. I'm look at around $700ish if i want something good. No builds with 6GB of ram? Is that too much ram for the price?
Click to expand...

That is the point i was making, you have a 750W unit that is capable of pushing 750W, yet you will be limiting future output with a UPS. Personally, i don't run a UPS as IMO they cause more problems than they solve, especially people running underpowered ones. Also, you seem to be forgetting that you have to factor in the efficiency of the power supply, at an average of 80% efficiency for many units, your talking only 360W of actual output available to the components before you are overloading your UPS.

Also....one thing i did notice is your doing photoshop, and cinema 4, both are heavily multithreaded applications. The Phenom II X6 is faster than the Core i7 920 in heavily multithreaded applications, and is significantly cheaper($100 less CPU wise, mobo wise another $50-100 cheaper, memory ~$40 cheaper)

Now, as far as three outputs....you have two options. Either 1) you get a radeon 5XXX card and a displayport to VGA adapter, or you need to get two gpu's.

PSU+GPU: Use promo code XFXPOWER for an additional $19.50 off, currently one of the best 750W units you can buy, spectacular results in transient overshoot tests, ripple suppression is superb, efficiency is 80PLUS Silver, and regulation is extremely tight
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.471307

Mobo+CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.470560

Memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226072

That will put you at $679.45 after coupon codes, before shipping or rebates.

As far as UPS, if you feel you really need one, i would go with this unit, as to not need to replace it in the future if you ever actually utilize the full capacity of that power supply unit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842102070
 
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Impr3ssiv3

Impr3ssiv3

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I would like to get back into Photoshop and Cinema4d but the main reason for the computer would be a media server for my fraternity house. Would Phenom be good this this too? Like transcoding HD files over a network? Are the i* series meant for gaming?
 
Hsv_Man

Hsv_Man

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Not only for gaming it is great for using photoshop, Video editing, HD video editing, CAD, encoding, encrypting really anything that is cpu intensive that takes a long time on other processors such as a dual core can be done in atleast half the time on a quad core i7 especially with hyperthreading. :good:
 
joh06937

joh06937

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for what you are doing, it would probably be worth going the intel route. you can still get nice builds for not too much more money though.

what gpu are you looking to get? like bomber said, ati will let you do 3 monitors off of a single card while nvidia requires 2.
 
Impr3ssiv3

Impr3ssiv3

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i was looking at the nvidia 465 as it has exaclty what i need unless i want to upgrade to 4 monitors which prob wont happen
 
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