New build, thoughts?

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Bak3r

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I5 2500k
Asrock Extreme 3 Gen 4 Z68
Corsair H60
Sapphire 6950 2GB
Corsair HX 750W
Corsair 400r
Corsair Vengence 8GB 1600
Seagate Sata3 7200rpm 1TB 32cache

The is my first build, using this building for pretty much gaming and will attempt to overclock, any thoughts and suggestions?

Thanks
 
Two thoughts for you. First, I've read less than favorable reviews on Seagate HDs. Don't know if they are warranted or not but ... just an fyi.

Second :) I just finished building a new PC for video editing. Unfortunately, 64 bit Windows 7 didn't like my video editing software.

I have 16 gigs of Corsair Vengeance 1600 that I installed for about 1 hr until I learned I had to go back to XP.

75 bucks if you're interested. 5 bucks shipping to you. I think it's 90 at newegg and it has a lifetime warranty from Corsair. It's all packaged in the original box and known to work great. I'm just sitting on it now since XP can only use 4 gigs.
 
Yeah I'll try find a different brand for the hard drive.

I don't really understand what you are trying to say about the RAM. Are you trying to tell me to back to 1300mhz memory? By thE way I'm buying my items from www.umart.com.au (gold coast). Can you explain your 2nd thought more deeper please.

Thanks for your thoughts :)
 
I'm not sure where you heard that Seagate's are bad drives but mine works very well and they seem to be one of the most favored companies for Hard Drives.

I'm pretty sure I have the same drive you're talking about. It's very quick and I never had any problems with it at all.

Not that I'm saying you should change, but the Samsung F3 is considered one of the best.
 
Yeah i had a quick check on umart and the reveiws are pretty good but dont understand what numbthumb was talking about with the RAM
 
Bak3r said:
Yeah I'll try find a different brand for the hard drive.

I don't really understand what you are trying to say about the RAM. Are you trying to tell me to back to 1300mhz memory? By thE way I'm buying my items from www.umart.com.au (gold coast). Can you explain your 2nd thought more deeper please.

Thanks for your thoughts :)
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I was only saying that if you're buying 8 gigs of memory, I have 16 that I ended up not being able to use if you're interested. It was a coincidence that I just finished building my computer yesterday and saw you were looking at the Corsair. Thought I may be able to save you a few bucks while getting rid of what I have that I cannot now use because I needed to install XP. thats all. :)
 
Usually, check newegg and see a breakdown of your MB box. usually there are a few SATA cables. Depends on how many SATA devices you are installing. How many DVD drives and hard drives. Each motherboard is a bit different
 
One of my friends said that the H series arent very good, and something break often, and they dont last long is this true?
 
I can't comment on liquid coolers as I don't use them. Frankly, I wonder, in the real world, is overclocking a CPU really something that..... #1 is noticable, #2 worth the reduced life of the CPU.

I think not, and I think a good heatsink and fan work fine if you don't try to melt your system. Of course I'm not a gamer, so I don't get all that anyway.

I always wondered why you can get amazing graphics with a 300 dollar X Box, and you have to spend 2 grand on a PC to duplicate it. Makes no sense to me.

I only do video editing so I can't tell you about all the brink of destruction stuff. :)
 
it is noticable as long as your OC is more than a couple hundred MHz.

Plus, if you weren't going to OC, why by a OC specific k series processor? It offers only 1 advantage over a normal 2500. The ability to OC easily.
 
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Plus, if you weren't going to OC, why by a OC specific k series processor? It offers only 1 advantage over a normal 2500. The ability to OC easily.
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Well, that's not entirely accurate. As far as the i5 2500K there are definite advantages. That being, you get the 3000 GPU rather than the 2000. Tests show that the performance difference is very substantial. Not to mention, if you ever decide to step up to the i7, this particular chip is more salable. Plus it's only about 15 bucks more.

Now beyond that, there is also a bit of conjecture to ponder. It has been suggested that Intel tests all their chips, and the ones that are a bit, shall we say anemic, they get locked. While the ones that came out really nice, they unlock.

So, still another reason to go with the K chip, it probably wasn't made on a Friday afternoon when all the employees were racing to get home :)

I'm sure you'd see a bit of a difference if you clocked the hell out of it, but why? How fast is fast?

Reminds me of drag racing where they tip the nitro bottle and get a ton of performance out of the car. Only thing is, they have to come back to the pits and tear the motor down every 4 second pass cause its cooked. :rolleyes:

To each their own. Still like to know why a 300 dollar X Box shows great graphics while PC gamers gotta go crazy. :confused:
 
the 300 dollar xbox only has great graphics when you use a LCD/LED television, and have never experienced anything near to maxed on a computer. Xbox 360 only has a DX9.0 card that wont support the full wonder of DX9. A x800 pro would kick a xbox's arse around the block. Now pair that with a tricore 3200 MHz Phenom II (xbox uses a tri core 3.2 GHz PPC based chip) and 4GB of DDR3 (XBOX uses 512MB DDR2 400) and you will see a noticeable difference.

And OCing a chip will not kill it as fast as you think it would. a standard CPU will last 15+ years (as whitnessed by numerous P MMX on ebay, and P2, and so on. I bet you could find a functional 8086 if you wanted to. I still have a k6-2 compaq that needs a RAM stick (too lazy to replace it)) now say worst case scenario, OCing cuts life in half. 7.5 years. What was around 7 years ago, in 2004? Pentium 4s that even OCd to the limits of physics couldnt handle the new games and such. Chances are that years from now when the life of a OCd 2500k comes, it will barely handle games too and you will just get a new CPU then.

And seriously, if your buying the K series to get the HD3000, your crooked in the head. Intel graphics suck donkey, they always have and always will.
 
You're talking graphics relative to gaming, and I'm sure you're right, the onboard GPU is garbage for gaming.

But I was referring to the question generically,why buy the "K" chip if you're not overclocking?

For all the reasons posted it makes little to no sense to save 15 bucks on a non K chip, especially if it is true that Intel marks the better chips, produced, closer to specs, "K" and unlocks them. That, in and of itself is worth 15 bucks even without the GPU, and not to mention resale.

Not everyone builds a computer to play games. I for one couldn't sit in front of a computer and play games for 10 minutes. For most any other purpose crazy video cards are not needed.
 
get a K chip for overclocking. You should be able to hit 4.7 on air if you have a good cooler. Just raise the multiplier to 45x100 to get your 4.5 or 47x100 for 4.7. Run a benchmarking program to check stability.

And to reiterate the point above, I wasn't saying Intel sucks period. Not just for gaming. I wouldn't trust Intel graphics to watch a DVD on.
 
So Im about to order I just need to double check if everything is compatible and do I need anything else except os, mouse and keyboard. Just a little nervous even though I have researched so much.

Thanks, Baker
 
mentioned above, the HX Series is fine, your friend is mistaken at them being garbage. they have a excellent warranty if they do fail, but i have not seen a failure on my buddies, which is the same as the tx i own i believe.
 
Anybody help? Am I missing anything such as cables except the os, mouse, keyboard, and DVD dive? Are all the cables come with the motherboard
 
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