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By: chieftain20

chieftain20 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:14:52 +0000

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By: Everton Blair

Everton Blair — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:52:56 +0000

thanks chieftain! I spent a bit more to get a higher spec i7 920 based machine that comes pre-overclocked to 4ghz – building tuesday!

By: Everton Blair

Everton Blair — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:50:34 +0000

I’ve ordered my parts and they should arrive on Tuesday – thanks to everyone who made suggestions. Here’s the spec for the new machine:

Case: Gigabyte Aurora (old)
PSU: Corsair TX 650W
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz pre-overclocked to 4.00GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD5
RAM: Corsair XMS3 6GB (3×2GB)
GPU: HD4650 (old)
Soundcard: X-fi Xtreme Music (old)
OS HDD: 80GB Intel X25-M SSD
2nd HDD: 400GB SATA II (old)
Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 (ditching my Swiftech watercooling as the pumps are about to go/it’s getting very noisy)
Monitors: Samsung T220 22-inch x2 (old)

I can’t wait to put this baby together!

My old Abit IP35 Pro motherboard completely died last night, so I ordered a Gigabyte GA-EG41MF-US2H motherboard to build a new machine for my wife (she has a very,very old laptop at the moment) from what was left of my old PC:

CPU: Q6600
PSU: Seasonic S12-600
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EG41MF-US2H to go in an old Foxcon microATX case
RAM: 4GB Ram
HDD: 400GB SATA II(canibalised from my WHS)
Cooler: stock
Monitor: Samsung T220 22-inch

By: anon

anon — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:19:39 +0000

Is this windows 7 news? Use the forum. http://www.windows7news.com/forum

By: kevinmbaron

kevinmbaron — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:36:08 +0000

As far as ram. 4 gigs might not be enough if you play modern video games. I had 4 gigs yet i only have 2.5gigs useable. Windows uses ram for stuff like video cards and such. My video card is the GTX 295 with 1792mb of ram. So that card alone drags down my system ram. Playing modern games like Crysis and the like would do well with 6-8gigs of ram.

SSD is just way to much money unless money is not a issue for you. I would love the fast load times on my games but being i have alot of big games one ssd drive might not be enough. And they cost well over 600 for a good size drive, which is crazy.

I would suggest a modular PSU. It's cuts down on the clutter alot and after useing one you will never go back. There are alot of factors to consider. How many watts you might need, size and noise. Check newegg, the reviews tell the tale of most products.

By: roland89

roland89 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:42:58 +0000

Why don't you guys actually post a system config rather than sending him around in circles saying "Ah do this" or "Wouldn't it be nice if you did this?". You're not really asking or fulfilling his request.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item... x2 RAID 0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item...

Total: $1269.94

With this configuration, you'll have more than enough ram to last you a while for video encoding as well as enough CPU grunt to back it up. The RAID 0 setup also makes things nice and quick, however based on your preference and with more drives, RAID 5 may also become an option, although can be somewhat slower compared to RAID 0 (You may also want to look at investing in a third party PCI-E controller too depending on what options you take, there are few rocketraid controllers you may want to look into).

As for the case, seeing as you have water cooling and didn't specifically mention if you were re-using your old one, I'd go with the CM ATCS 840. I'm getting one of these myself and its especially good for both Water and or air cooling (Of which the big massive 3 fans help to keep thing nice and cool while also being quiet).

By: Everton

Everton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:32:26 +0000

agree

By: rain

rain — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:30:05 +0000

raid better than SSD?
you tell me!
SSD is freaking fast!!! raid 0 stip data half and half ! half to one drive half to other !! "read like one file and written like two files!!"

raid 0 can be done with SSD also!! it make it retarded fast!!

Sata raid0 is cheap! SSD is soo expasive the storage spaces are small!! they will have more space soon!! it will replace normal hard drives!

best is raid0+1

SSD take .2ms to access a file and Sata II take .16ms access time!

By: Everton

Everton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:18:19 +0000

question: raid better than SSD?

By: Everton

Everton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:17:17 +0000

I'm not 'retiring' – my wife needs a better PC so I'm going to canibalise the parts and upgrade her rig, and buy myself a new one.

The watercooling is a carryover from when I used to overclock. I think I'll keep it as it's there – buying a new waterblock will cost less than a good cooler.

By: Everton

Everton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:14:56 +0000

I don't need GPU(s)

By: Robert B

Robert B — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:52:17 +0000

As mentioned above, the Core i7 is the way to go, Plenty of DDR3 RAM, and i'd go with a SSD drive for the OS and then have a larger HDD for storage and media etc….

By: StevieB

StevieB — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:14:03 +0000

i7 is the way 2 go to future proof your system would not go 4 the extreme editions as u can just overclock one of the cheaper i7's to the same speed. I would suggest the 920 as you can hit 3.6/3.8Ghz easy with it using air cooling alone.
The Asus P6TD Deluxe is one of the best i7 boards
Ram: I would go for Corsair Dominator DHX+ DDR3 1866MHz 6GB

By: rain

rain — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:41:13 +0000

Core i7 cpu "spend moeny on cpu! "
evga Sli mother board with i7 support "do not get cheap board!"

buy one or two video cards "spend money on video card! spend 400-500 on a single card with directx 11 support " do not be cheap here also!!
DDR3 4GB
2x 500 GB hard drive sata run with raid0 or solid state hard drive! "expansive! "
keep system clean! these are your rules!!!

you will not need new system for years!

raid0/i7/sli board =pwnage!

By: Kent Williams

Kent Williams — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:19:23 +0000

What David said. Honestly though, the machine you're retiring is pretty OK unless you're one of those people who wants to play games at 100fps on dual HD displays. You can get a new motherboard for it for $100 US. Or a PCI network adapter to baby it along until it really dies for $15

Really, you could do that in addition to building a new Core i7 machine. And there's no reason to bother with a water block with those unless you insist on overclocking.

By: chieftain20

chieftain20 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:03:00 +0000

Alright ’bout time I made my comment here.

Ok, so for upgrades, you are keeping your HDD, Sound card, GPU, and PSU.
So you want a CPU+MOBO, RAM, and Case (assuming your keeping your Optical Drives).

So my suggestion:

CPU: Get the i7. But not the socket 1366 ones but the 1156 (second gen) one. Basically the i7 860. Its faster than its predecessor at 2.8GHz, and you can over clock it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115214

MOBO: EVGA P55 FTW SLI 132-LF-E657-KR. Superb motherboard, only downside is that I don’t think it will run Crossfire. But it doesn’t look like your running it anyway.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188056

RAM: Get some ram that not only matches your mobo, but get the fastest ones too. My suggestion is get a 2x4GB Kit from G.SKILL. 4GB is plenty even when encoding all sorts of stuff, and if you want, its probably cheap enough that if you want 8GB just get two kits.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231282

New HDD: Install your OS on this and performance is insane. Not to mention the disappearance of the hard drive seeking noise. Get bigger than 32GB (bad decision by me) so I’m suggesting this 64GB one made by Crucial.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148318

By now the price is around $850 (sorry I’m in the U.S.). This leaves you to decide what you want to spend in a case. Me, I personally use the Cooler Master HAF 932, but I also like the Antec 1200, and 900.

Hope this helps!
Reply if you have questions I WILL answer back.

By: David

David — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:59:30 +0000

If you want an up to date PC you should really go with the Core i7's... just to be future proof for awhile...

Spending 1600 should get u nearly everything, the Core i7 Extremes are 1000, but you have 600 left over for a $200 graphics card, a $250 motherboard, 6GB DDR3 RAM about $170

If your willing to splurge that much you should be set for awhile!

Core i7's are good for video encoding as they have 4 cores and 8 threads...

By: Everton

Everton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:32:26 +0000

agree

By: rain

rain — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:30:05 +0000

By: Everton

Everton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:18:19 +0000

question: raid better than SSD?

By: Everton

Everton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:17:17 +0000

I'm not 'retiring' – my wife needs a better PC so I'm going to canibalise the parts and upgrade her rig, and buy myself a new one.

The watercooling is a carryover from when I used to overclock. I think I'll keep it as it's there – buying a new waterblock will cost less than a good cooler.

By: Everton

Everton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:14:56 +0000

I don't need GPU(s)

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By: Robert B

Robert B — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:52:17 +0000

As mentioned above, the Core i7 is the way to go, Plenty of DDR3 RAM, and i'd go with a SSD drive for the OS and then have a larger HDD for storage and media etc….

By: StevieB

StevieB — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:14:03 +0000

By: rain

rain — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:41:13 +0000

By: Kent Williams

Kent Williams — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:19:23 +0000

Really, you could do that in addition to building a new Core i7 machine. And there's no reason to bother with a water block with those unless you insist on overclocking.

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David — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:59:30 +0000

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