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04-05-2011, 07:16 PM
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Comments/Suggestions On First Time Build
Hey everyone.
Below you will find spec on my build. I have never built a pc before, so any compatibility comments would be great. Also, I have windows 7 as the operating system but am leary about using it and am considering XP, what is the experience of the community with that? I didn't plan on bothering with a sound card, figured i'd go with the integrated, or else I've got a relatively new one (cheapy though) layin around here somewhere, does it make much of a difference? Also, I have not gone through all the power connections in depth so I am really not sure about the power supply:P Sorry in advance if this pastes bad, I took it from excel and will re-post if that is the case. CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT90ZFBGRBOX $199.99 Mother Board: MSI 870A-G55 AM3 AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard Newegg.com - MSI 870A-G55 AM3 AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $99.99 RAM(x3): "G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL " Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL $149.97 Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $59.99 Video Card: Visiontek 900297 Radeon HD5850 Video Card - 1GB, DDR5, PCIe, Dual DVI Visiontek 900297 Radeon HD5850 Video Card - 1GB, DDR5, PCIe, Dual DVI at TigerDirect.com $209.99 DVD Drive: ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM Newegg.com - ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - CD / DVD Burners $20.99 Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply Newegg.com - Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply $74.99 Case: COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $79.99 Speakers: Genius SP-HF1800A 50 W 2.0 Three-way Hi-Fi Wood Speakers Newegg.com - Genius SP-HF1800A 50 W 2.0 Three-way Hi-Fi Wood Speakers $79.99 Screen: Hanns·G HW-191APB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 Built-in Speakers Newegg.com - Hanns·G HW-191APB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 Built-in Speakers $99.99 Keyboard: Logitech K200 Black 8 Function Keys USB Wired Standard Keyboard for Business Newegg.com - Logitech K200 Black 8 Function Keys USB Wired Standard Keyboard for Business $19.99 Operating System Windows 7-Full Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Full $179.99 Mouse Kensington Optical Elite 72121 2-Tone 5 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB or PS/2 Wired Optical Mouse Newegg.com - Kensington Optical Elite 72121 2-Tone 5 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB or PS/2 Wired Optical Mouse $19.99 External Hard Drive Seagate 250GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ST902504EXA101-RK Newegg.com - Seagate 250GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ST902504EXA101-RK $49.99 DVI to VGA converter CABLES UNLIMITED DVI-I Female To VGA Male Adapter Model ADP-3750 Newegg.com - CABLES UNLIMITED DVI-I Female To VGA Male Adapter Model ADP-3750 $11.99 |
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04-05-2011, 07:59 PM
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Welcome to the Forum. Mind telling us what your purposes are for this computer please? For the Graphics card, id stick to well known names like, ASUS, EVGA, Saphire, HIS, etc. Also heres the same version of Windows 7, just cheaper.
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - Operating Systems And for the PSU, the antec should be good to my knowledge, however it seems most like to stick to corsair atm, they are doing really well lately. |
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04-05-2011, 08:28 PM
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I would be doing some mild gaming, I'm not hardcore into it or anything. Some world of warcraft, and magicka, stuff like that. I do have video editing software that I would like to instal again with a better computer. I have had my current gateway for 8-10 years now with relatively few upgrades and have loved it, but so many things are becoming obselete that I can't even upgrade, so I'd like to future proof to make sure I don't need a whole new system for another 8 years or so hopefully!
Yeah I have read around and saw other suggestions for the power supply, so was already considering changing that up. As far as the graphics card, is there something you could suggest that would be very similar within those brands to the radeon HD5850? I was under the impression that with the "full" version of Windows 7 I could install it on other computers as well, where as the OEM I could not? I'd like to re-do my daughters computer too with windows 7 because it is completely whack with vista right now:P Thank you for the suggestions. |
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04-05-2011, 08:43 PM
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Np, umm with the windows OEM feature to my knowledge it should be no different, however id wait to hear from an elder member on here. Considering your not going to be doing a lot of multitasking, and major editing, id reccomend this CPU bieng its faster in almost every aspect.
Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K Which also means you have to swap Motherboards. Which you would need to anyways, considering MSI is basically a brand to avoid, for Mobos try to stick to ASUS if possible. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131706 <--mobo Also, i forgot to mention your RAM, its brand has not been found too reliable in comparison to other brands such as, ADATA, Kingston, or Corsair. GPU this ones, HIS, faster, and cheaper. Newegg.com - HIS H687F1G2M Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity |
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04-05-2011, 10:13 PM
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Cool so I changed up most the stuff per your post.
I modified the motherboard to the following though in case I would ever want to add a second video card, so how about this for mobo: Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3P-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Not the suggested but seemed to have solid reviews and the option for a second card on the 1155 style. Also, is there that much difference between 4gb ddr3 ram @ 1600 vs 1333 vs 1066 etc? Also, it looks like when I filtered down to the LGA 1155 teh PCI E 2.1 option dissapeared but my vid card is now 2.1. Does the LGA 1155 style chip not support 2.1? And as I may have mentioned before I can still use the 2.1 vid card in a 2.1 slot right? Also read that 3 ram will not work as effectively as it should with the dual processing so I added a 4th. |
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04-05-2011, 10:36 PM
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Unless your doing some OCing or gaming hardcore, id just stick to 1333 RAM to save money(they basically mean different speeds, and for your uses you should be fine with 1333), and yeah go with dual channel RAM, as in 2 sticks of 2GB RAM to = 4GB, most mobos these days run dual channel.
Like these. Newegg.com - A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model AD3U1333B2G9-DRH With the Mobo, gigabytes board is basically the same to my knowledge, and the Pro ASUS board should be able to run SLI/Crossfire anyways. Again id heavily reccomend sticking to ASUS, as will almost all members here to my knowledge. I still however am a noob, so i may be wrong. When it comes to the 2.1 and 2.0 compatibility i really am not sure. Probably gunna have to get a senior member on that topic. |
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04-06-2011, 07:06 AM
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Thanks for the advice.
Yeah I ended up reading about the licensing after for windows. That isn't really a big deal anyway, it was more a side thing, so I'm not too worried about that, plus she will have this comp available now, which works fine for anything she would want to do. Sounds like the only real advantage is if for some reason the computer with seven ever went to crap on me or I got rid of just the hardware then I could re-install it on my next comp which isn't really much of an advantage, because hopefully that will be 2 operating systems later and it will prolly be time to upgrade by then. |
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04-06-2011, 04:32 PM
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Yup, go with glc's reccomendation. Hes by far the superior member here, and knows more than i by a longshot.
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04-06-2011, 08:08 PM
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Techphile.
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Earlier you said "senior" member. Don't feel bad George, I got my AARP card last year.
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