Help making a new rig

Brains · Nov 26, 2012

So, it's been a good 6 years since ive done anything to my computer. So i'm basically gonna make a whole new system. Help would be great! Willing to spend $1000-2000. Thanks!
(ps. my vid card is a 8600GT :yaoming:

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r3volution · Nov 26, 2012

How much are you willing to spend?

r3volution · Nov 26, 2012

Are you going to reuse any parts in your current computer? Case, PSU, monitor?

Brains · Nov 26, 2012

Only keeping my PSU, monitor, mouse, keyboard, headphones/mic.

r3volution · Nov 27, 2012

You should be able to afford an Intel i5 3750K with a Z77 chipset motherboard, 16GB of RAM and a GTX 660. What power supply do you have right now?

Brains · Nov 27, 2012

r3volution said:
You should be able to afford an Intel i5 3750K with a Z77 chipset motherboard, 16GB of RAM and a GTX 660. What power supply do you have right now?

That stuff top quality? Btw, i should actually get a new PSU which would hold up...mine came with my pre-made HP comp... :feelsbad:

radik · Nov 27, 2012

47 · Nov 27, 2012

Intel Core i5-3570K - $227
ASRock Z77 Extreme6 - $175
Mushkin Blackline 8GB DDR3 - $38
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 670 2GB - $410
*corsair 750W - $120
*Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB SSD - $180
Western Digital Green 2TB HDD - $115
Corsair Carbide Series 400R - $110 ewww, i hid under my bed when i saw the ugly.
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - $20
Microsoft Windows 8 - $100 :yaoming:

make it windows 7-64 free edition

new and improved Total: $1395

*changed psu to 750W, changed ssd to 1, that case is hideous, im into antec aero nowadays, looks cool. or u can just get the HAF like everybody else who knows what they r doing.

radik · Nov 27, 2012

47 said:
*changed psu to 750W, changed ssd to 1, that case is hideous, im into antec aero nowadays, looks cool. or u can just get the HAF like everybody else who knows what they r doing.

A 850W PSU leaves room for a multicard upgrade, but yes 750W is enough, heck you could go for an 80+ 650W.

A $2000 dollar budget allows for 2 SSD's. 480GB is better than 240GB, and Sandforce onfi nand performance maxes out at 240GB drives, so 2 in RAID 0 = best cost/performance at $0.75 per Gigabyte.

I agree that the 400R isn't the sexiest case, but it is fucking functional and a joy to build with especially for anyone new to system building. I prefer the 500R, but unless it's on sale it doesn't offer better value. HAF's are exellent, but the X is fucking huge, not worth it if you're not water cooling imo.

47 · Nov 27, 2012

radik said:
multicard upgrade

multicard = yao ming . buy a nice card, when its out of date, buy another nice card. if u stack shit, u just end up with more shit. raiding 2 ssd's is also unnecessary, for the extra $200. his budget IS $2000, but im sure he didnt steal that money. (had to go to dark alley, close eyes and suck out of tube)

radik · Nov 27, 2012

47 said:
multicard = yao ming . buy a nice card, when its out of date, buy another nice card. if u stack shit, u just end up with more shit. raiding 2 ssd's is also unnecessary, for the extra $200. his budget IS $2000, but im sure he didnt steal that money. (had to go to dark alley, close eyes and suck out of tube)

I agree that one GPU is best (micro-stuttering affects me), but the performance boost of multi-GPU is still existent.

RAID for the SSD's isn't the priority, it's just the best way to accomplish 480GB of performance storage. Single 480GB SSD's cost the same or more, and RAID 0 give a minor performance boost over a single drive for the same price. That equals better cost/performance.

I'm sure Brains would suck one more cock for 480GB of SSD power.

47 · Nov 27, 2012

if i remember correctly, u lose some volume in raid 0, depending how u "stripe" it. memory is fuzzy on that one, but sounds familiar. also, your reliability is devided by the number of drives u have. so for 2 drives, its half the reliability. i shiould raid my old-ass 2 x 40gb intel ssds

Brades · Nov 27, 2012

this thread is ridiculous. Sounds like you guys are trying to build a spaceship. This is Brains we are talking about... he can't even install CS:GO.

:brains:

Hinouchi · Nov 27, 2012

Hahaha just recommend him a pre-built system, saves the headache later on :P

radik · Nov 27, 2012

It's true, if one drive goes down you lose your data, but that's the case if you only have one drive also. If redundancy is the goal that's what RAID 1 is for. Current SSD's are reliable enough for this to be safe.

The capacity is limited by the smallest drive, but if two drives of equal capacity are striped no volume is sacrificed, I believe anyway.

47 · Nov 27, 2012

radik said:
It's true, if one drive goes down you lose your data, but that's the case if you only have one drive also.

your chance of fail in a raid0 setup is double.

brains, get a dell

Brains · Nov 27, 2012

Thanks guys, gonna check these parts out!

radik · Nov 27, 2012

47 said:
your chance of fail in a raid0 setup is double.

Sigh, I yield.

You're right, RAID isn't really worth it. I'm just a performance junkie, even if takes adding the performance increase up over a month to see a benefit.

Xilorator · Nov 27, 2012

I'll throw in my 2 cents.

CPU:

Intel Core i5-3570K
Intel Core i7-3770K

CPU Coolers:

Corsair H100
Noctua
CM 212 Plus/Evo
etc...

Motherboard:

Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H

Memory: 16gb (really cheap)

Samsung
Corsair
Gskill
etc...

Storage:

Western Digital
Seagate
Samsung 840
Crucial M4
Intel

Video Card:

AMD 7850/7870/7950/7970
Nvidia 670/680

Case:

w/e

PSU: 750/850W

Antec
Corsair
Seasonic

OS:

Windows 7 Pro

Cock · Nov 27, 2012

What Xilorator said

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