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09-26-2010, 09:57 PM
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Questions on quality
Hey guys, I'm a photography student looking for a new rig and my budget is $900. I've collected pieces from newegg and would like to know what you guys think. I have hard drives, monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and wireless card. Here is the link to all the pieces on my wishlist
Link Sorry if I've forgotten to include anything, its been a very long day. Randall |
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09-26-2010, 10:21 PM
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Your link is password protected. You will have to list your parts in the body of your post.
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09-26-2010, 10:38 PM
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Look here for Khalil's guide to the best computer hardware brands.
check out this sticky on the computer hardware forum. It will give u an idea of what brands to buy |
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09-27-2010, 10:03 AM
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Oops, my bad.....here are the links to the parts:
Case Motherboard Graphics Card Power Supply Processor and Fan Memory Sorry about that, but here you go. |
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09-27-2010, 10:42 AM
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Okay, you have the link to the memory pointing to the CPU.
The case and especially the power supply are not good choices. The case COULD be used, but not something I would want. It would be better to pick out an Asus motherboard. There are stickys here with recommended brands. (Power supplies, hard drives, motherboards etc.) What hard drive do you have? Do you have an operating system?
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09-27-2010, 10:51 AM
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Rosewill cases are fine, but their power supplies are questionable. I'd recommend Corsair, Antec, or Seasonic. You only need 500 watts with those components.
We do not recommend Socket 1366 builds. Get an Asus P7P55D-E board and an i7-870 CPU. For ram, get dual channel kits of DDR3-1333 or 1600 from Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, or A-Data. |
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09-27-2010, 11:16 AM
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Rosewill PSUs are no good. It is important to get a reliable PSU if you value your components. What Power Supply should I get? How many Watts? Who made it? Guide Inside.
Sapphire video cards, while good cards, have no end user support. Try Asus or Diamond. Video Card Rating Also, your memory and CPU links both link to the CPU. EDIT: glc beat me to it, he's expert anyway EDIT : so did quartet-man, I must be slow today
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09-27-2010, 01:14 PM
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I have windows 7 and three different hard drives, a Seagate, Hitachi, and western digital. 500 gb, 500 gb, and 250 gb respectively. Speeds are all 7200 rpms. I'm doing some more research here too, ill post some more picks here in a little bit. Thank you so much for your help guys.
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09-27-2010, 01:56 PM
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Just go JBOD with them (plug them all in). You can do that. Put your OS on your most reliable drive though....my best guess is that would be your WD. Use your Hitachi for stuff your don't mind losing.
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09-27-2010, 02:36 PM
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Ok here is the update on components:
CPU: Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7870 Link Case: COOLER MASTER Elite RC-310-BWN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Link PSU: Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC Power Supply Link Graphics Card: Any recommendations? I don't want to spend too much, maybe $150? But I want something that will run most of the recent games without problem. I found this one: XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card Link RAM: CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1333C9 Link Motherboard: ASUS P7P55 LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard Link |
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09-27-2010, 03:38 PM
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There might be a problem with the ram you selected. The motherboard is dual channeled and the ram is triple channeled.
Maybe some ram like This one? CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMV4GX3M2A1333C9. |
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09-27-2010, 03:53 PM
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Perfect, two of those and I should be doing ok.
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09-27-2010, 04:02 PM
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xfx quality is mediocre at best, as stated above, go with an asus, his, or diamond brand card.
if your going to be gaming, i might recommend a 5830, but im not so sure how the 5770 is.
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09-27-2010, 04:09 PM
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Do not go with G.skill or you will regret it. That was what I got with the system in my signature and it caused me all kinds of problems and expense. In regards to the Corsair, if you want to get 8gb, you'll want to get matched sets instead of adding more later.
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09-27-2010, 04:25 PM
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09-27-2010, 06:42 PM
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Thank you so much glc, quartet-man, Nikon, 0bit, David M, Asiecls, and hufigyed. You guys have been an immensely helpful and patient. A few more questions and I'm out of your hair. Which of these two graphics cards would you recommend?
$165 - HIS H577FM1GD Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card Link $150 - ASUS CuCore Series EAH5770 Cucore/G/2DI/1GD5 Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card Link Normally I would go with the Asus, but I cannot find any reviews on newegg which makes me nervous. Also, glc, would it be better to get a motherboard like this? ASUS P7P55D-E Pro LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Link ASUS P7P55D-E LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Link |
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09-27-2010, 07:46 PM
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Go with the Asus video card, and the non-Pro version of the P7P55D-E.
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09-27-2010, 11:15 PM
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Awesome! Thank you so much! You guys have been incredibly helpful! I'll let you know how the build turns out.
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