Build me a computer! please :D

[Swisted]

I will be getting a job soon (hopefully) and with the money i make i want to get rid of this piece of crap i am playing on ( can only play wow on low settings and get 5-20fps -.-) so i come to you guys and ask if you can build me the cheapest but pretty powerful computer

[llDemonll]

We need a budget if we're going to do this. And also what country do you live in?

[Swisted]

We need a budget if we're going to do this. And also what country do you live in?

The US and dont quite know the budget but lets put it at $1500

[llDemonll]

CPU Intel i5 2500K $224.99
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro $189.99
RAM G.SKILL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 $104.99
GPU EVGA Superclocked GTX 570 $369.99
PSU SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold $179.99
HDD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB $89.99

Total (Before Discounts): $1,159.94

Leaves $350 for case, peripherals (if needed), CPU cooler, and an SSD if you want one

[Swisted]

CPU Intel i5 2500K $224.99
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro $189.99
RAM G.SKILL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 $104.99
GPU EVGA Superclocked GTX 570 $369.99
PSU SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold $179.99
HDD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB $89.99

Total (Before Discounts): $1,159.94

Leaves $350 for case, peripherals (if needed), CPU cooler, and an SSD if you want one

Sweet! thanks so much

[Hakto]

Mobo:Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 Intel P67 Chipset -$229
CPU:Intel Core i7 2600K - $329.99
RAM:Corsair 8GB Kit (2x4GB) (1600MHz) DDR3, Vengeance Series - $139.99
GPU:Gigabyte Geforce GTX580 - $499.99
HDD:Western Digital 1TB SATA-III - $105
SDD:OCZ 120GB PCI Express SSD, RevoDrive, Internal RAID 0 - $279.99
PSU:Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 800W - $219
Case:CoolerMaster HAF 922 - $139
Case Cooling (extra):Cooler Master 20CM Red LED Fan - $21.99
Heat Sink:Cooler Master V6GT CPU Cooler - $49.99

Keyboard:Logitech G19 Keyboard - $159.00
Mouse:Razer Naga - $79.99

[Fonill]

CPU Intel i5 2500K $224.99
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro $189.99
RAM G.SKILL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 $104.99
GPU EVGA Superclocked GTX 570 $369.99
PSU SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold $179.99
HDD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB $89.99

Total (Before Discounts): $1,159.94

Leaves $350 for case, peripherals (if needed), CPU cooler, and an SSD if you want one

Good stuff, overpaying on the PSU imo, you can get a Corsair 750hx silver modular for cheaper though.

and the GPU is not my pick by any chance go for a current 6950 and unlock to 6970 or wait a couple weeks for a non reference design. Also cheaper.

[nwo]

Save some big $$$ and get a 2GB 6950 that will flash into a 6970. A 6970 is on par with the GTX 570. It takes 5 minutes for it to flash and unless you're doing it wrong, you pretty much can't fail (with the 2GB model). It's only ~$250 after MIR:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-914-_-Product

I7 and GTX580 are a complete waste for a typical gamer. Only difference between i5 and i7 is that the i7 has hyper threading which yields absolutely no performance increase in gaming. You would have to be crazy to spend $500 on a gaming video card, because you can get a card for half that cost that will run all the newest games flawlessly at max settings. Only if you have special needs like running at some outrageously high resolution on 2 or more screens, then the $200-300 cards will probably not satisfy your needs.

[llDemonll]

My items are all posted at marked price before retail. The reason I suggest that PSU is 1) it's freaking amazing, 2) its $135 after discounts which is comparable to any normal 80 plus bronze or higher. the PSU should never be skimped on unless it's a very budget build

what nwo said is true, the 6950 will flash to a 6970, i just figure i should recommend nvidia sometiems since i'm an ATI fan (i still see amd's gpus as ati...hate me for it)

stay away from the i7 2600K, it's meant for people doing heavy multi-threaded work, not gamers. unless you do a lot of CAD work or a lot of video editing/encoding, the i5 2500K will be more than sufficient

[Swisted]

alright, thanks for this!

[Asera]

What I would do if I was going for a new system:

Intel Core i5 2500K (obviously)
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (I say this because I think I'm done dealing with Asus boards.)
16GB* Mushkin Silverline 4x4GB ($70 per kit, and it's a very nice kit. Not much room to overclock, but it's unnecessary.)
2x 1TB WD Caviar Blacks or Samsung Spinpoint F3's
Antec 1200 Chassis (Because the HAF cases are disgusting looking)
ATi Radeon HD 6970
Dedicated PCIe x1 Sound Card**
Corsair HX750 (It's what I currently have, and it's hard to get better than this without going 80Plus Gold)

If funds allowed, I'd also grab an SSD, at LEAST 256GB, and one of the newer ~500mb/s read/write ones. Not going with a dinky little 60gig one like I have now and don't have any space left on it.


*16GB is more than the average gamer would need. I run a lot of heavy production software, so it would benefit me.
** Not necessary for most. I personally can't stand onboard garbage.

stay away from the i7 2600K, it's meant for people doing heavy multi-threaded work, not gamers. unless you do a lot of CAD work or a lot of video editing/encoding, the i5 2500K will be more than sufficient

For most production software, an i5 is more than sufficient anyway.

[nwo]

What I would do if I was going for a new system:

ATi Radeon HD 6970

If funds allowed, I'd also grab an SSD, at LEAST 256GB, and one of the newer ~500mb/s read/write ones. Not going with a dinky little 60gig one like I have now and don't have any space left on it.

Quite wasteful decisions. You can save $100 if you were to get a 2GB 6950 and flash it to a 6970. A new generation 250GB+ SSD is hardcore overkill. Why someone would spend almost an entire low end PC budget on a measly SSD is beyond me.

[SantaClauss]

CPU Intel i5 2500K $224.99
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro $189.99
RAM G.SKILL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 $104.99
GPU EVGA Superclocked GTX 570 $369.99
PSU SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold $179.99
HDD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB $89.99

Total (Before Discounts): $1,159.94

Leaves $350 for case, peripherals (if needed), CPU cooler, and an SSD if you want one

Thats some neat stuff you're linking there, it's almost as mine I just bough a month ago !!!

Just for information, you're linking my motherboard P8p67 Asus Pro, What do you think about the SandyBridge stuff going all around ? Would you still go for that board even with all the fuss that has been around it ?

For myself Of course, yes, but I'd rather have informations from someone who might be really more updated on the hardware subject than me

[llDemonll]

Considering you can't buy the motherboard until they're re-released (at least from what I know), your only choice is to wait until they're fixed anyways at which time they will be amazing again. If you only have a HDD and cd-drive hooked up to the sataIII ports, the motherboard will function like normal. the sataII ports are the only bad piece on the boards themselves

[Proshift]

My items are all posted at marked price before retail. The reason I suggest that PSU is 1) it's freaking amazing, 2) its $135 after discounts which is comparable to any normal 80 plus bronze or higher. the PSU should never be skimped on unless it's a very budget build

what nwo said is true, the 6950 will flash to a 6970, i just figure i should recommend nvidia sometiems since i'm an ATI fan (i still see amd's gpus as ati...hate me for it)

stay away from the i7 2600K, it's meant for people doing heavy multi-threaded work, not gamers. unless you do a lot of CAD work or a lot of video editing/encoding, the i5 2500K will be more than sufficient

I totally agree with him! i5 is the way to go! I just built a amazing computer under 600$ when i get home, i will give you the info!

[Deleted]

Thats some neat stuff you're linking there, it's almost as mine I just bough a month ago !!!

Just for information, you're linking my motherboard P8p67 Asus Pro, What do you think about the SandyBridge stuff going all around ? Would you still go for that board even with all the fuss that has been around it ?

For myself Of course, yes, but I'd rather have informations from someone who might be really more updated on the hardware subject than me

Replacement programs have already been announced by major motherboard manufacturers if you have already purchased a board with a possible fault with the 3GB/s SATA ports using the Intel SATA controller. Here is something that ASUS have published on their website.

I personally use an optical and HDD only. Those who are currently investing in the mid-high end market intially start off with DVD, HDD and SDD. That leaves 1x6GB/s port. For most motherboard manufacturers they use 3rd party SATA controllers for their 6GB/s ports, such as Marvell (the current market leaders). This is the reason why all 6GB/s ports are unaffected on all P67 boards.

[SantaClauss]

Demon and Drudgery

As for the replacement yeah I know, The day I bought my MB the fuss about the Sandybridge just had been discovered and I was asked if I still want my mb or get anything else or a replacement later ( I chose this option ) but that's cool, all I wanted was to have some nice feedback about it, which you did IMO It's a really good MB ( remove the Bluetooth dongle, IDK why this stuff isnt really as GOOD as I'd wanted it to be ).

Thanks again ! Good shopping ! ( Oh hai, and I based my shopping last month on the post you guys do on MMO's )

[Asera]

Quite wasteful decisions. You can save $100 if you were to get a 2GB 6950 and flash it to a 6970. A new generation 250GB+ SSD is hardcore overkill. Why someone would spend almost an entire low end PC budget on a measly SSD is beyond me.

Oops, I meant 6870. Lol. xD

Also, low total space is what I dislike most about SSD's. Maybe I could deal with a ~150gb one. All I know is 60 is way too small, and I don't think a 128 would be big enough for everything I use either.

[TanAxys]

so i come to you guys and ask if you can build me the cheapest but pretty powerful computer

$1500 is a huge budget, and doesn't qualify as the cheapest by any means

If you keep your monitor under 20" the you can save a big chunk of change.

Here's a pretty good pre-built
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883227258 $800

or you could build something in the neighborhood for less.

grab a combo like
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboB...t=Combo.548058 for $317
add a 5770 vid card for $125 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129072
add a case w/ psu for $80 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119217
then you just need a dvd/cd drive $25 or less
so you're under $550 at this point
add in win 7 for $100 if you'd like
maybe get a new 19" monitor for $100-$150

you might be able to score a MIR that will cover shipping

so you'd get a pretty good computer in half the time, or better yet take the other half of your $1500 and invest in something like a couple shares of Apple

[Tulion]

CPU Intel i5 2500K $224.99
Motherboard ASUS P8P67 Pro $189.99
RAM G.SKILL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 $104.99
GPU EVGA Superclocked GTX 570 $369.99
PSU SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold $179.99
HDD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB $89.99

Total (Before Discounts): $1,159.94

Leaves $350 for case, peripherals (if needed), CPU cooler, and an SSD if you want one

Great build only thing I'd bring into question is the ram as the Mobo won't recognize anything other then 1066 and 1333

TLDR save a few bucks and get some ram that is supported

Source: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id...ec-codes=SR00C
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id...ec-codes=SR008
Under Memory Specs: "Memory Types DDR3-1066/1333"

This holds true for both the 2500k and the 2600k

This is the #1 forgotten fact of the sandy bridge chipset, second only to how they are actually overclocked.

---------- Post added 2011-02-23 at 11:55 PM ----------

Also, outside of wow what will this build be used for? Any other games? Any professional work?

---------- Post added 2011-02-24 at 12:10 AM ----------

Also before we recommend the 2500k ~ Will you overclocking this? Do note this new chipset is retardadly easy to OC to at least a moderate degree, as (assuming you go with an Asus board) a program that comes with that will automatically overclock to a "moderate" degree, however you can push it much further on your own.