Ratatat Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Tell me what you think, budget of $1200. Went for as much performance as less costly as I could.Gotta buy from different sites, so i'll just list the price now. And the newegg link, which may not be the site I buy from. CaseCooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case$49.99Link CPUIntel Core i5-2500k 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor$199.99Link MOBOGigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard$101.69Link MEMORYG.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory$41.99Link VIDEOSapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Video Card$248.38Link PSUCorsair 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply$89.24Link HARD DRIVESeagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $119.98Link OPTICALLite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer $18.99Link MISC:Display:http://www.newegg.co...ID=3938566&SID= OS: http://www.newegg.co...ID=3938566&SID= Keyboard: http://www.newegg.co...ID=3938566&SID= Mouse: http://www.newegg.co...ID=3938566&SID= Total: $1141.18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret_Time Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Nice man! Have fun with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratatat Posted February 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 So anyone have any recommendations on the first game I load up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supa Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Not really, I would have recommended you not get a Seagate drive, though. :/ All of the Seagate drives I've had have run under spec compared to Western Digital and Samsung, and since all hard drive prices are racked way up because of the flooding in Asia, it isn't like you wouldn't have been spending an assload on it anyways. Or maybe I'm just too picky. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratatat Posted February 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Didn't spend much picking one, honestly it doesn't make much difference. I'll be picking up about a 60g ssd and throw the OS on there, after it arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightFire Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 One of these days I'm going to get around to building my own gaming pc...one of these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theos Sairin Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 One of these days I'm going to get around to building my own gaming pc...one of these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asulynn Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Not really, I would have recommended you not get a Seagate drive, though. :/ This. This, this, this. When it comes to HDDs, I never go with anything but Western Digital. The last time I shrugged it off on somebody getting a Seagate when they were asking me my opinion, the guys drive died within two weeks. No joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStrategy Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 This. This, this, this. When it comes to HDDs, I never go with anything but Western Digital. The last time I shrugged it off on somebody getting a Seagate when they were asking me my opinion, the guys drive died within two weeks. No joke. I'm "the guy" now? >. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asulynn Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'm "the guy" now? >. Yes you are. =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratatat Posted February 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Video card gets here tomorrow UPS tracker says. I shall compile some pics of a timelapse of putting it together or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightFire Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Video card gets here tomorrow UPS tracker says. I shall compile some pics of a timelapse of putting it together or something.Hooray! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 VIDEOSapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Video Card$248.38 Radeon:/ Well Radeon is not bad, but, but, but CCC( Catalyst Control Center) I cant run this shit on my PC and i dont have idea why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightFire Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Radeon:/ Well Radeon is not bad, but, but, but CCC( Catalyst Control Center) I cant run this shit on my PC and i dont have idea why. I remember you posting about that once...at least I think it was you... I think I'd go for NVIDIA if I ever built a PC though since they seem to have less problems? I've rarely seen people have to troubleshoot NVIDIA cards. Maybe someone else can shine some light on this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratatat Posted February 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'm using ATI now and I've never had any problems, just upgrading it (Immensely). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bars Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 ATI is gay and so is Intel but it's a good build, good choices. Personally I've used Seagate, and WD and found both to be comperable and reliable. I have two WD and a Seagate drive in my PC right now, the Seagate drive being 5ish years old and still working, and the two WD's being 5 years and 3 years old respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter E.S. Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Nice Build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supa Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I probably will not get a Western Digital or Seagate drive ever again. SSD's are being so competitive in price, that those who've already set the curve (Intel, Samsung, Corsair, Patriot, Crucial), will be way ahead. I actually don't have any of the aforementioned drives anymore, I scrapped them a while back (I have 3 samsung spinpoints, 2 1TB drives and a 2TB drive), in addition to an OCZ Vertex 2 that I'll be replacing with either a Crucial, Patriot or Samsung SSD here sometime soon. Also don't see how anyone can think Intel is gay. You don't have to agree with their prices, but have you ever actually had problems with any of their processors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaboo Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 +1 against the Seagate HDD. I had one die on me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bars Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 I've had problems with some Celerons, but those are the lowest end processors for a reason. I've never had issues with any high end intel or AMD processor, but I've always found AMD to be ahead in price-per-performance, and that's where I make my current judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asulynn Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 I'm normally all for AMD myself. But the i5-2500k is very, very good. It is currently either way above the FX-8150 (highest tier Bulldozer) in everything in benchmarks (http://www.anandtech...duct/288?vs=434), close to, or tied neck and neck with it. Intel also has HyperThreading, which basically boils down to having a virtual core for every physical core. So you get 4 physical, 4 virtual cores. AMD hasn't been able to replicate HyperThreading, which a lot of software appear to love. Probably due to Intel's patent on it. When compared against the x6 1100T, it pretty much blows it out of the water. All that is for less than the FX-8150 by a decent amount. ($220 i5 vs $250 top of the line bulldozer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bars Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 My processors last generation, Phenom dual core 955 @ 4.08 ghz. I haven't gotten to play with the newest generation of either yet q.q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supa Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Yeah, but AMD will never out perform Intel, in any way. It's scientifically proven, and to have an opinion otherwise is against the law! I sit at roughly 20c at 4.4GHz (Intel Core i7-2600k, Corsair H60). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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