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Mennovh

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Hey everyone. I am upgrading my computer for Guild wars 2 and Star wars old republic this year.

I currently have a e8400 setup which runs current games, but the system has been graphically unstable and have been looking for an excuse to upgrade for a while now.

I have already bought a case COOLER MASTER HAF 932
And PSU SeaSonic X650 (Love Seasonic never had a problem with them)

From here is when I am lost. I spent a little more on the first two items because I want them for longevity. I plan on using my rig mainly for gaming and HTPC. I plan on OCing as well. This is what I am planning on getting. Budget may be about 1200 not including what I already bought.

i5-2500k or i7-2600k? Not sure which one to get.

As far as motherboards go I have been turned off by ASUS. Had nothing but problems over the years. Any recommendation would be appreciative for this. GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 Was looking at this one.

Video Card: SAPPHIRE 100312SR Radeon HD 6950 2GB Mainly for 2 gig ram

Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Might go to 1333 Whats your thoughts?


SSD: I havent done any research into SSDs yet so I'm not sure where to go with this. Getting this for storage Western Digital Caviar Black WD1501FASS 1.5TB.

Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212

Other components like dvd roms and what not arent really important.


 
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do you need to get an OS or monitor with that 1200?

were you planning to unlock the 6950 to a 6970?
 
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Mennovh said:
You can unlock it to a 6970? Is that hard to do? I would definatly do this if it wont destroy the card. And yes the OS is part of it i will add it real quick. Honestly my budget isn't very strict at the moment. Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

Already have a monitor.
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Well they are re-doing the 6950 so you CANT unlock it, but with current cards you can unlock the shaders by flashing it to a 6970 and then i believe you flash it back to a 6950 (for voltage) but the shaders stay unlocked. ;)
 
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342 i5-2500K+GA-P67A-UD3
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.575883

 78 G.SKILL Value Series 2x4GB DDR3 1333
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231424

 38 Cooler Master Hyper 212
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

210 OCZ Vertex 2 120GB
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227551

100 Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB 5400
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152245

 70 LG BluRay Player / DVD Burner
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136183

100 Win 7 64 Home Premium OEM
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754

285 Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102914

$1223

I put in a bluray player since you mentioned HTPC duties, but if you don't want that, you can knock $53 off and get a $17 dvd burner

The samsung drive is $20 cheaper, 500GB larger and has MUCH better reviews than the WD

I know 5400 drives got a bad rap back in the day, but with the insane platter densities of 1.5+TB drives it doesn't matter so much. It's even faster than an old velociraptor. Plus with the system and apps on the SSD, the speed of the HD isn't so critical
 
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Mennovh

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I like the choices here. Seems the OCz is a very nice ssd. Are the new SSDs coming out going to be that much more superior though?
 
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Mennovh said:
I like the choices here. Seems the OCz is a very nice ssd. Are the new SSDs coming out going to be that much more superior though?
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Yes, but you are looking at waiting a few months at least probably 2 for intel and 4 for sandforce. But you probably wont notice it anyway. up to you.
 
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Mennovh

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Eh if they are coming out in a few months I don't really care to wait. Right now my rig has been bugging me for months with the graphic errors in games. I have that god awful stutter error in games that seems to have no resolution in 2 years. Really sucks when it happens playing HoN and WOW.
 
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mnewsham

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yea, current SSD's are fast enough for the average joe anyway, especially coming from 7,200rpm HDD.
 
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Mennovh

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Ok I think I have finalized my selections. Here they are.

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM x2

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

SAPPHIRE 100312SR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

Logitech M570 Black 1 x Wheel USB RF Wireless Laser Trackball These trackballs rock been wanting to try this new generation with the laser. Plus this being wireless it will go great for the htpc capabilities.

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212

OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

How does this look? $1,269.89
 
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Nice build. Are you planning on using that trackball for gaming? That would be strange.
 
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dpodblood said:
Nice build. Are you planning on using that trackball for gaming? That would be strange.
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Yeah I have been using this type of track ball since 98 or 99 for gaming, haven't gone back. Its great in my opinion. Just use your thumb and its very precise. Your wrist doesn't get tired either. Good product to help you not get CTS.
 
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Mennovh said:
Yeah I have been using this type of track ball since 98 or 99 for gaming, haven't gone back. Its great in my opinion. Just use your thumb and its very precise. Your wrist doesn't get tired either. Good product to help you not get CTS.
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Wow I can't imagine using a trackball for gaming, but if it works for you that's great. :p
 
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tynopik said:
It also has serious issues, I would stick with the proven Samsung
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The only serious issue they might have is that they're no good for any RAID setup (except for some software RAID), since they don't have TLER.

Or are you talking about something else?
 
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fffblackmage said:
The only serious issue they might have is that they're no good for any RAID setup (except for some software RAID), since they don't have TLER.

Or are you talking about something else?
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just seems to be a lot of people having reliability issues with it
 
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Mennovh said:
Ok I think I have finalized my selections. Here they are.

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM x2

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

SAPPHIRE 100312SR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

Logitech M570 Black 1 x Wheel USB RF Wireless Laser Trackball These trackballs rock been wanting to try this new generation with the laser. Plus this being wireless it will go great for the htpc capabilities.

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212

OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

How does this look? $1,269.89
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Looks pretty damn good to me!
 
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Mennovh

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Thank you all for the help. I ordered my parts last night, They will be here Monday/Tuesday! Woot!
 
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