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Hi y'all! Please comment on this. My Friend is considering buying a computer, and i would like to help her out with as much info as she can get... so here it is, let me know.

 

 

COOLING

F131 with VRTX Cooling Technology

 

MOTHERBOARD

Intel® DH77EB Featuring USB 3.0, SATA 6G, Lucid Virtu

 

PROCESSOR

Intel® Core™ i5 3450 3.1GHz/3.5GHz Turbo 6MB L3 Cache HD 2500

 

OVERCLOCKING SERVICE

Intel® Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking

 

PROCESSOR COOLING

MAINGEAR Certified Intel® Retail Cooler

 

MEMORY

8GB Corsair® Vengeance™ DDR3-1600 1.5V (2x4GB)

 

POWER SUPPLY

600W Corsair® Builder Series 80 Plus Certified PSU

 

GRAPHICS AND GPGPU ACCELERATOR

NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 670 2GB GDDR5 w/PhysX [ENTHUSIAST]

 

SSD CACHING FOR FASTER SYSTEM RESPONSE

Currently there is no caching but i am reccomending to upgrade to:

30GB Corsair® Accelerator™ SSD Caching Drive

 

Hard Disk

curently selected:

500GB Seagate 7200rpm 16MB Cache SATA

I reccomend upgrading to:

1TB Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200rpm 64MB Cache SATA 6G for an extra 20$

 

Optical Drive:

8X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive Slot Loading SATA

 

Audio

5.1+2 Channel High Definition Surround Sound (Intel DP55WB)

 

Ethernet adapter

On-board Gigabit Ethernet

 

OS

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

I reccomend:

Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit at no extra cost

 

you comments and feedback is needed!!


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  • Just by looking at what you posted, and not looking into the details of each thing for compatibility issues, the only thing I see that I would change is the Power Supply. i would advise a larger wattage. 600watts just seems minimal to me. I always like to give the system plenty more than it requires, it keeps it from working so hard all the time.


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  • Just by looking at what you posted, and not looking into the details of each thing for compatibility issues, the only thing I see that I would change is the Power Supply. i would advise a larger wattage. 600watts just seems minimal to me. I always like to give the system plenty more than it requires, it keeps it from working so hard all the time.

2nd that. The power supply in the back bone for the whole computer. 1000 watt min......

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If that i5 doesn't do any more than "turboboost," get a different one, or a different MoBo. You want full OC'ing ability. Most i5 and i7 chips will make at least 4GHz without breaking a major sweat. Need proper cooling, though, which you don't have. Which brings me to...

 

Crap cooler. Never a stock cooler if you want to OC. Get something like a CORSAIR Hydro Series H80.

 

What's the timing specs on that memory? Can't evaluate system performance without knowing the memory timing. 8GB is fine, though. More is better, of course.

 

Insufficient power supply. 750W is absolute minimum. Over 1000W for that CPU and GPU is overkill. I run an i7-950 OC to 4.2GHz and a 660Ti with a 750W without problems, but if I started having problems, the PS is the first replacement I will make.

 

recommend 2ea WD 2TB Black drives or at least 2ea. WD 1TB Black drives. One for the sole purpose of backup and system image. Don't skimp here.

 

Yes on Win8 64bit. (Not Win8 RT, of course, because that's not "real" windows. Don't get burned; know the difference.)

 

Who's building this thing? You? Who spec'ed it?

 

Rock on! :)

 

 

 

 

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i agree with incresing the PSU... if you increase your load in the future it might not handle it

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thanks everyone... keep the comments coming please... my friend is building it and she got someone from the company to spec it out for her... i am going to give her the url to this so please give as many comments as you all can! thanks !!!


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What is she going to be using the computer for and how much is she willing to spend?...

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What is she going to be using the computer for and how much is she willing to spend?...

 

gaming among other stuff... and total 2K

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buying the parts and installing herself would get the best bang for her buck.

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2k? sheesh Don't get the i5 then.

I would atleast get the i7 2600k.

And 16gb GSkill Ripjaws memory kits are $79.95 on Newegg.Great memory for the money.

Don't skimp out on a cheaper Motherboard or Power supply.

 

Your looking at around $300 for a good Motherboard (Asus Maximus V Formula is a good board)

$330 for i7 2600k CPU

$100 for memory

$200 for power supply (Corsair AX850 850watt )

 

so around $900 so far.

 

GTX 670 is $360 on Newegg (Great price).

2x 2TB WD Black 64mb cache HDDs $320.(OR you could get 1 Bigger SSD drive for around $250 and get 1 1.5TB drive for storage $89)

Corsair H80 CPU cooler $90 (Best $90 I've ever spent btw)

 

That leaves around $200-300 for the small bits and a case.

 

Now THAT will be a good reliable and fast gaming PC.

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Thanks everyone... My friend took all your advice and modified her purchase... you have all been a great help...

 

:welcome::coffee::welcome::coffee::welcome:

 

Here is her purchase:

-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-

 

PRICE $1,627.00

Special Promotions: FREE! Sleeping Dogs game with

purchase of Radeon HD graphics!

Special Promotions: FREE! Just Cause 2

Special Promotions: MAINGEAR Dual-Sided Poster

18x24 Inches

Special Promotions: FREE! Borderlands 2 Full Game

Code with GTX 660 Ti or higher!

Special Promotions: AMD Never Settle Bundle -

FREE Sleeping Dogs, Hitman: Absolution, Far Cry

3, 20% Medal of Honor: Warfighter ($170 total

value - Radeon HD 7900 series selection REQUIRED)

Special Promotions: FREE! Assassin's Creed III

with NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti or higher!

Chassis: F131 with VRTX Cooling Technology Included

Exterior Finish: Black Brushed Aluminum Included

Motherboard: Asus� Maximus V Gene Featuring Included

Lucid Virtu MVP, SupremeFX III Sound, CrossFire

and SLI

Processor: Intel� CoreT i7 3770 $144.00

3.4GHz/3.8GHz Turbo 8MB L3 Cache HD 4000

MAINGEAR Redline Overclocking Service: Intel� Included

Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking

Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR EPIC 120 Supercooler Included

Memory: 16GB Corsair� DominatorT $107.00

Platinum DDR3-1600 Extremely Low Latency 1.5V

(4x4GB)

Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator: EVGA� $314.00

GeForceT GTX 680 2GB GDDR5 Superclocked

w/PhysX [ENTHUSIAST]

Power Supply: 850 Watt Corsair� AX850 80+ $143.00

Gold Certified Modular Power Supply ROHS

Hard Drive Bay One: 240GB Corsair� Force GT $210.00

SSD SATA 6G (w/ TRIM) [555MB/s Reads]

Hard Drive Bay Two: 2TB Seagate� $180.00

BarracudaT 7200rpm 64MB Cache SATA 6G

Optical Drive One: 8X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive Included

Slot Loading SATA

Audio: Asus� SupremeFX III X-Fi THX Included

TrueStudio Pro Premium Audio

Ethernet Adapter: On-board Gigabit Ethernet Included

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Included

Premium 64-bit

Security Software: Microsoft Security Essentials

The Final Finesse: Designed, Manufactured, and Included

Supported in the USA - Flawless Craftsmanship and

Wire Management

Angelic Service Warranty: Lifetime Angelic Included

Service Labor and Phone Support with 3 Year

Comprehensive Warranty

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal: $2,725.00

Less discounts used: (-$29.84)

Shipping Charges: $29.84

Taxes: $190.75

=====================

Total: $2,915.75

 

-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-

 

LOC


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sorry posted 2X by accident! :blushing: :blushing: :blushing: :blushing: :blushing:

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Nice an aluminum case with water cooler.That's going to keep her super cool for sure.

 

Price seems a bit high but that's one heck of a PC.

 

I LOVE aluminum PC cases.With the fans running the case is basicly a big heat sink.My old Antec P160W was AWESOME but it was an older design and my water cooler would not fit without cutting the top out to mount my radiator.

 

It had no place to mount a 120mm radiator.

http://www.hardwarel...les.php?id=5188

 

 

Instead of cutting it up I sold it and bought another case.

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That's a real nice system, Chaos. :)

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its pritty decent, i got about the same. i can play about almost everythin max grapics. i did upgraded my HD to 3 TB. also I5 tuned to 3.4 GHZ.


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Hi y'all! Please comment on this. My Friend is considering buying a computer, and i would like to help her out with as much info as she can get... so here it is, let me know.

 

 

COOLING

F131 with VRTX Cooling Technology

 

MOTHERBOARD

Intel® DH77EB Featuring USB 3.0, SATA 6G, Lucid Virtu

 

PROCESSOR

Intel® Core™ i5 3450 3.1GHz/3.5GHz Turbo 6MB L3 Cache HD 2500

 

OVERCLOCKING SERVICE

Intel® Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking

 

PROCESSOR COOLING

MAINGEAR Certified Intel® Retail Cooler

 

MEMORY

8GB Corsair® Vengeance™ DDR3-1600 1.5V (2x4GB)

 

POWER SUPPLY

600W Corsair® Builder Series 80 Plus Certified PSU

 

GRAPHICS AND GPGPU ACCELERATOR

NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 670 2GB GDDR5 w/PhysX [ENTHUSIAST]

 

SSD CACHING FOR FASTER SYSTEM RESPONSE

Currently there is no caching but i am reccomending to upgrade to:

30GB Corsair® Accelerator™ SSD Caching Drive

 

Hard Disk

curently selected:

500GB Seagate 7200rpm 16MB Cache SATA

I reccomend upgrading to:

1TB Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200rpm 64MB Cache SATA 6G for an extra 20$

 

Optical Drive:

8X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive Slot Loading SATA

 

Audio

5.1+2 Channel High Definition Surround Sound (Intel DP55WB)

 

Ethernet adapter

On-board Gigabit Ethernet

 

OS

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

I reccomend:

Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit at no extra cost

 

you comments and feedback is needed!!

 

Damn I need too upgrade!

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