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10-29-2010, 11:58 AM
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First build for me.
Hello! I am putting together my first build. I would very much welcome comments and suggestions on my setup, which I'm aiming to keep under $1500. (I'm new to this, be kind!)
1 ASUS P7H57D-V EVO LGA 1156 Intel H57 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Item #: N82E16813131624 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $159.99 1 Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7860 Item #: N82E16819115214 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy -$10.00 Instant $304.99 $294.99 1 A-DATA S599 AS599S-128GM-C 2.5" 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Item #: N82E16820211471 Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy -$60.00 Instant $299.00 $239.00 1 SeaSonic SS-650HT 650W ATX12V v2.31/EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply Item #: N82E16817151091 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$30.00 Instant $91.99 $61.99 1 Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Item #: N82E16822136534 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $70.99 1 EVGA 01G-P3-1373-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Item #: N82E16814130567 Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy $10.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $214.49 2 CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C7 Item #: N82E16820145285 Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy -$25.00 Instant $10.00 USD Mail-in Rebate $234.98 $184.98 1 COOLER MASTER HAF 922 BLUE RC-922M-KWN2-GP Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Side window Item #: N82E16811119224 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$10.00 Instant $112.49 $102.49 1 ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM Item #: N82E16827135204 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $24.99 |
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10-29-2010, 12:26 PM
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Welcome to PCMech!
What is the purpose of your computer? Which applications will you be running? You will need to pick an operating system. Suggested: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-754-_-Product Choose the 870 over the 860. There is only a $10 price difference. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-213-_-Product You may not need the SSD unless you need screaming fast boot times and read/write times. If it is going to be a gaming computer then for the same money you may want to choose a faster graphics card, perhaps the 480 or 5870.
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10-29-2010, 01:42 PM
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Thanks for responding David. I'll be doing fairly heavy application development, running VS2010, SQL Server 2008, and IIS 7. I usually have several IDE's open at same time (with resharper), running in debugger, and driving twin 24" 1920x1200 monitors (adding the 2nd monitor shortly). As a hobby, I also do a good bit of video editing, usually at 720p or 1080p, and for this alone I'm very much looking forward to the i7 and ssd (the read/write times alone are killing me when re-encoding a 10-15 GB file). I sure wish I had more time for games, and I want my video card to be able to give me and the kids an outstanding experience when we ask for it, but I'll not be a hard-core gamer with this machine.
I've already secured a Windows 7 Ultimate for this build (which I need for the foreign language support), which is why I didn't write it down in my post. Thanks for the tip for the 870! You are right, just $10 more, may as well. |
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10-29-2010, 02:13 PM
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I'd recommend a P55 board instead of H57. Look at the Asus P7P55D-E. I also think you are overspending for ram - you are better off with cheaper 1.5 volt ram. If you are going to get a SSD, you may as well get a SATA 6.0 model - look at Crucial.
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10-29-2010, 02:55 PM
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Thanks.
Is there any point to getting 1600 memory? The 1.5v seems to drop me back to 1333. The crucial ssd's seem to have slower write speeds (140MB/s), as listed on newegg. Will SATA 6.0 actually improve the ssd's performance? |
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10-29-2010, 05:20 PM
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1333 is plenty fast. You won't notice a difference without benchmarking your computer. Someone else can answer the second question.
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10-30-2010, 07:35 AM
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I've made a few changes. I left the ssd alone until I get a definitive answer on SATA 6. How does it look now?
1 ASUS P7P55D-E LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Item #: N82E16813131634 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$20.00 Instant $10.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $149.99 $129.99 1 EVGA 01G-P3-1373-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Item #: N82E16814130567 Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy $10.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $209.99 1 Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7870 Item #: N82E16819115213 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy $289.99 1 SeaSonic SS-650HT 650W ATX12V v2.31/EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply Item #: N82E16817151091 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$30.00 Instant $89.99 $59.99 1 ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM Item #: N82E16827135204 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $19.99 1 A-DATA S599 AS599S-128GM-C 2.5" 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Item #: N82E16820211471 Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy -$40.00 Instant $279.99 $239.99 2 CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 Item #: N82E16820145278 Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy $129.98 1 Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Item #: N82E16822136534 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $69.99 1 COOLER MASTER HAF 922 BLUE RC-922M-KWN2-GP Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Side window Item #: N82E16811119224 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$10.00 Instant $109.99 $99.99 |
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10-30-2010, 09:19 AM
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The LX board is not true SATA 6.0/USB 3.0 - get the P7P55D-E board.
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10-30-2010, 09:22 AM
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I would change the Western Digital from a blue to a black. The blacks are faster and have a better warranty.
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10-30-2010, 09:23 AM
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Overall it looks like a really good build. If you want more speed, then for another 20 bucks get this 1TB WD Black with 64 megs of cache.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-533-_-Product Last edited by David M; 10-30-2010 at 09:33 AM. |
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10-30-2010, 11:13 PM
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Thanks for all the really great help! I think I'm nearly there.
I had consciously chosen the blue to save money, since the 1TB drive was to be more long-term storage of multimedia files (I have two other 1TB drives). However, after reading the stats on the black, the speed sounds so impressive I'm gonna go for it! No sense to be frugal at this point. My read/write speeds are really gonna kick-a** on this box! Thanks also for pointing out that the "P7P55D-E LX" is not the same as the "P7P55D-E". I've corrected that (I think). 1 COOLER MASTER HAF 922 BLUE RC-922M-KWN2-GP Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Side window Item #: N82E16811119224 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$10.00 Instant $109.99 $99.99 1 ASUS P7P55D-E LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Item #: N82E16813131620 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$20.00 Instant $159.99 $139.99 1 EVGA 01G-P3-1373-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Item #: N82E16814130567 Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy $10.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $209.99 1 SeaSonic SS-650HT 650W ATX12V v2.31/EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply Item #: N82E16817151091 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$30.00 Instant $89.99 $59.99 1 Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7870 Item #: N82E16819115213 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy $289.99 2 CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 Item #: N82E16820145278 Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy $129.98 1 A-DATA S599 AS599S-128GM-C 2.5" 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Item #: N82E16820211471 Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy -$40.00 Instant $279.99 $239.99 1 Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Item #: N82E16822136533 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $89.99 1 ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM Item #: N82E16827135204 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $19.99 |
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10-31-2010, 01:33 AM
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Also note that due to parallelism the write rate doubles with the capacity. So the write speed of the 128GB model is approx twice that of the 64GB, while write rate of the 256GB is approximately twice that of the 128GB. The (claimed)write rate of the 256GB model is 215MB/s. The price also doubles with every step up.
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