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verruckt1942

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Hi guys. I'll be getting a new computer soon and have about $3,000 to blow.

Anyways, I've been custom building some computers on a website to see what is best value for money.

Here's what I've come up with;

Antec Nine Hundred 2 Version 3 Gaming Case
Intel Core i7 970 @3.20Ghz
ASUS P6X58D-E - ATX Motherboard
Corsair 12GB Dominator GT Kit with Corsair Airflow Fan 2000MHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 580
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
LG 22x DVD Burner
OCZ Z Series Gold 1000W Power Supply
Antec KUHLER H2O 620 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, 64-Bit


That gets me to $2600AUD. If you guys have anything else to add or subtract from it, let me know! :)
 
Looks like a solid build to me. Although, I'd swap the 580 for a 570 and try to get an SSD for a boot drive. Something with high write speeds, 100mb/s+
 
verruckt1942 said:
Hi guys. I'll be getting a new computer soon and have about $3,000 to blow.

Anyways, I've been custom building some computers on a website to see what is best value for money.

Here's what I've come up with;

Antec Nine Hundred 2 Version 3 Gaming Case
Intel Core i7 970 @3.20Ghz
ASUS P6X58D-E - ATX Motherboard
Corsair 12GB Dominator GT Kit with Corsair Airflow Fan 2000MHz
EVGA GeForce GTX 580
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
LG 22x DVD Burner
OCZ Z Series Gold 1000W Power Supply
Antec KUHLER H2O 620 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, 64-Bit


That gets me to $2600AUD. If you guys have anything else to add or subtract from it, let me know! :)
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It would be better if you go with a Sandy Bridge Build. Like the Core i5 2500k would be enough and future proof for gaming and also currently it is the best CPU in gaming(only second to 2600k)
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And if you go with the sandy bridge then you would need 8GB of Memory, and 1600Mhz ought to do if there is a lot of difference in price between, the 2000 and the 1600.

As for the PSU instead of the Z series 1000W get the ZX series 1000W which is an amazing PSU. :D


Heatsink the Thermalright Silver Arrow :D
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linkin said:
Looks like a solid build to me. Although, I'd swap the 580 for a 570 and try to get an SSD for a boot drive. Something with high write speeds, 100mb/s+
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+1 :D
 
I've changed the system around a bunch. Just wondering if PC3 16000 (2000Mhz) DDR3 will work on a motherboard that supports only 2200, 2133, 1866, 1600, 1333, 1066?

Thanks!
 
Also, here's an update on what I've got my eye on now;

Intel Core i7 2600K - 3.40GHz
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
OCZ Vertex 2 - 180GB SATA II 2.5" MLC Solid State Drive
ASUS P8P67 EVO New B3 Revision Motherboard
OCZ Z Series Gold 1000W Power Supply
G.Skill 4GB (4x 2GB) Trident Dual Channel Memory Kit - PC3 16000 (2000Mhz)
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, 64-Bit
DUAL (x2 in SLI) ASUS GeForce GTX 570's DirectCU II Video Card - 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 RAM

Price still at $2600. Would like to keep it around there.

Good/bad?
 
Wow, that is a big budget.

I think you're wasting money though, you could easily drop to a i5 sandybridge (which is easily as good) and save yourself a lot of money and change the motherboard to gigabyte saving more money and maybe install dual SLI's or crossfire etc. Also do you really need Windows Professional? If not that'll drop your price some more which you could spend on a smallish SSD to boot windows.
 
verruckt1942 said:
Also, here's an update on what I've got my eye on now;

Intel Core i7 2600K - 3.40GHz
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
OCZ Vertex 2 - 180GB SATA II 2.5" MLC Solid State Drive
ASUS P8P67 EVO New B3 Revision Motherboard
OCZ Z Series Gold 1000W Power Supply
G.Skill 4GB (4x 2GB) Trident Dual Channel Memory Kit - PC3 16000 (2000Mhz)
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, 64-Bit
DUAL (x2 in SLI) ASUS GeForce GTX 570's DirectCU II Video Card - 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 RAM

Price still at $2600. Would like to keep it around there.

Good/bad?
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Yep I've added an SSD in my post up there. Also since I've got a bunch of money to spend, I'll stick with the i7 and Win7Prof.
 
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