Need Opinions on computer purchase

[LCRO775]

yes, but the thing is, is if your going to buy a whole PC then its somewhat a waste to buy a separate GPU, cause then the one in the PC is useless and you bought it for nothing. your better off either 1) building the PC from scratch yourself or 2) buying a second 6670 and putting them in Crossfire, if you can.

 

i would suggest going with option A. it can be a bit more expensive (or not, all depends really) but its worth every penny.

Explain this crossfire... What is crossfire. I assume this has something to do with using two of the same graphics cards and utilizing both of them. Second Your option A if I am to do this I will need a list of needed parts and a tutorial on how to atleast mount a motherboard to a case. I Have dealt with exchanging PSU's,Graphics cards, optical drives, but never a whole computer from scratch. But Maybe is a good time to learn. BTW Budget is now 700$ And Always thank you for your support and patience with me.

[hoofhearted4]

yup thats what crossfire is

 

good tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUY0tP5jYIo

[LCRO775]

yup thats what crossfire is

 

good tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUY0tP5jYIo

Watching this video now and I wanted to ask. I like the computer I found on newegg. It has 3.3 mhzps and 8 gigs of ram. I personally like the parts for the price im getting and its quad core. If I was to crossfire this system with a second graphics card of the same model. You think this would be a good rig? What are your thoughts ?

[Fonger]

If I was to crossfire this system with a second graphics card of the same model. You think this would be a good rig?

in your budget range

 

no two video cards of any price

 

will outdo any single video card costing twice as much (as the single)

 

so save the headaches

 

and get a single video card

[hoofhearted4]

ya what Fonger said. your really better of getting one GTX 560 or equivalent AMD/ATi graphics card. you oculd of course go more expensive then that, or cheaper, its up to you. look at prices and see whats in ur range.

 

a lot of ppl are gunna tell u to just build ur own. you can find a pre built one, but the higher the cost, doesnt necessarily means better for pre builts. a lot of the time they cost more because they have SSDs or Blu Ray drives or software included. for a good solid gaming PC i would recommend around $7-800, not including the monitor and keyboard and stuff

[LCRO775]

ya what Fonger said. your really better of getting one GTX 560 or equivalent AMD/ATi graphics card. you oculd of course go more expensive then that, or cheaper, its up to you. look at prices and see whats in ur range.

 

a lot of ppl are gunna tell u to just build ur own. you can find a pre built one, but the higher the cost, doesnt necessarily means better for pre builts. a lot of the time they cost more because they have SSDs or Blu Ray drives or software included. for a good solid gaming PC i would recommend around $7-800, not including the monitor and keyboard and stuff

HOOFHEARTED I WILL DO WHAT YOU SAY:D I WILL BUUIILD . I have a link for you hoof. For all the parts I want and that I THINK are good. It is almsot 100$ cheaper! I have left out one thing! The case! Help me pick a case that you think is good for my parts ! Like one with the snappy snappies:D so they stay in place easily:D. Also let me know from the SHOPPING CART LINK If I forgot to put a part I will need to build my computer. This is my first attempt at making a computer. I think I got everything except the case of cohttp://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?Submit=viewurse. Here is the link. Is it good?!?!?!?!?!? Sorry Edit below I now realize when you click on the link I provided it is empty so I will paste the information on th eparts I selected. Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

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LITE-ON Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDP118-04 - OEM

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Diablotek DA Series PSDA600 600W ATX12V v2.2 Power Supply

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CORSAIR XMS 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMP8GX3M2B1333C9

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Foxconn H61S LGA 1155 Intel H61 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

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Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500

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Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy The foxcon motherboard I picked says its Intel h61 but it also says mini or micro. What does this mean? Is ths for a mini or micro computer ? I dont understand, I just want an intel h61 that will be compatible with my intel i5 processor. Does it matter if its micro or not???

Edited October 5, 2011 by LCRO775

[LCRO775]

Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500

Item #: N82E16819115073 I need a mother board that can support this processor, and can hold 2 slots of 4gb memory ddr3 for a total of 8gb's of memory, It also needs to be pci express. Does it matter if the motherboard is mini or micro and can someone please help me find a good prices motherboard for these specs because everytime I search new egg I just get micro's and mini's.

[hoofhearted4]

its hard to read, you put a lot of extra into in there. first off, dont worry about getting those extra warrenties. most products have a 2+ year warrenty already.

 

going down the list:

 

case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=HAF+932&x=0&y=0

 

its big, its roomy. its easy to use because the drives are screwless. good air flow. good case. kind of expensive though, i will admit. if you want to go cheaper, i can deff pick one out for cheaper. no prob

 

RAM, DVD drive, and GPU are all fine. as for your PSU, this is one area where u want to spend more. 600W is fine. but cheaper isnt always better. if this part fails or something, it could cost you your whole system. go with Raidmax, Coolermaster, Corsair or Antec. your not limited to these. im sure everyone as had good experience with all the companies out there, but these are the ones i was told to look for (i went with Raidmax)...also go for one that is 80 Plus Certified...it just means its more power efficient.

 

i5-2500k one of the best processors out there right now. AMD is cheaper though, and if your on a budget, i would suggest AMD. the AMD 1100t is the best AMD out there (though its not as good as Intel CPUs on paper) but honestly you wont notices the difference, except in your wallet....also AMD is coming out with a new CPU shortly, and i would suggest waiting for it to some out.

 

as for the motherboard, ATX, and Micro-ATX are the form factors, obviously one is bigger then the other. it doesnt really matter but i would go with ATX for a gaming build just so everything isnt packed together and allows air flow better.

 

lastly for Intel motherboards you want to look at the P67 or Z68 chipset. they are the newest and are for the Sandy Bridge CPUs. the are more or less the same, however the Z68 has an added feature to allow it to have more features when you have an SSD. i wont get into it now, but if you plan on ever having an SSD, the z68 is the way to go. if your more interested on the difference, or what the Z68 does, search the last 5 or 6 pages of this forum. ive posted tons of threads asking questions, one is specifically labels P67 vs Z68 if i remember correctly. anyays here is a good motherboard for you:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131773

[LCRO775]

its hard to read, you put a lot of extra into in there. first off, dont worry about getting those extra warrenties. most products have a 2+ year warrenty already.

 

going down the list:

 

case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=HAF+932&x=0&y=0

 

its big, its roomy. its easy to use because the drives are screwless. good air flow. good case. kind of expensive though, i will admit. if you want to go cheaper, i can deff pick one out for cheaper. no prob

 

RAM, DVD drive, and GPU are all fine. as for your PSU, this is one area where u want to spend more. 600W is fine. but cheaper isnt always better. if this part fails or something, it could cost you your whole system. go with Raidmax, Coolermaster, Corsair or Antec. your not limited to these. im sure everyone as had good experience with all the companies out there, but these are the ones i was told to look for (i went with Raidmax)...also go for one that is 80 Plus Certified...it just means its more power efficient.

 

i5-2500k one of the best processors out there right now. AMD is cheaper though, and if your on a budget, i would suggest AMD. the AMD 1100t is the best AMD out there (though its not as good as Intel CPUs on paper) but honestly you wont notices the difference, except in your wallet....also AMD is coming out with a new CPU shortly, and i would suggest waiting for it to some out.

 

as for the motherboard, ATX, and Micro-ATX are the form factors, obviously one is bigger then the other. it doesnt really matter but i would go with ATX for a gaming build just so everything isnt packed together and allows air flow better.

 

lastly for Intel motherboards you want to look at the P67 or Z68 chipset. they are the newest and are for the Sandy Bridge CPUs. the are more or less the same, however the Z68 has an added feature to allow it to have more features when you have an SSD. i wont get into it now, but if you plan on ever having an SSD, the z68 is the way to go. if your more interested on the difference, or what the Z68 does, search the last 5 or 6 pages of this forum. ive posted tons of threads asking questions, one is specifically labels P67 vs Z68 if i remember correctly. anyays here is a good motherboard for you:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131773

Great love it all. Questions for compatibility. Is the AMD processor you specified compatible with the P76 Motherboard you said? ALso I looked at the motherboard specs and it says 32gb........I searched for ram for it and it starts at 500 dollars... I dont understand...Can I put two 4 gig sticks of 3ddr instead and save umm I dont know 400 dollars?!?!? Or is that not possible lol.

[hoofhearted4]

no. sorry, i should have clarified when i meantioned it. AMD CPUs need to go with an AMD motherboard (it will say AM3 socket type) so if you wanted to save money and go with AMD (their CPUs and motherboards are cheaper then intel) then youd need a different motherboard.

 

and that just means it can hold up to 32gbs of RAM. your fine just putting in you 8gb lol, most ppl only ever use 8gb.