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Build me a gaming PC for $600-800 plz

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Oh yeah, let's say I wanted a 128gb SSD, what would I get that's not super expensive? This (or should I not use a notebook drive in a desktop)?
 
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Agree with mfenn on mobo, hdd and cooler. The Ripjaws you ordered (another nice find, gz 😀) will fit under the 212+ though you may have to lift the fan by a few mm but that isn't an issue.

That Agility is very good value for an SSD. Normally I recommend Crucial M4 128GB but I can't really justify the price increase for your budget. M4 isn't $100 better than Agility.
 
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Got it, I might reverse your decision though. At newegg it's $49.99 with a DVD player/burner which I need. How do you guys feel about modular PSUs like this?
 
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mfenn said:
You are correct about the way it lays out the physical addresses. However, the CPU has no say whatsoever in what physical memory addresses are used first, that's the operating system's call. The OS does not allocate memory sequentially from low addresses to high-addresses, and any given block of virtual memory can be spread all over the physical address space. Given that most threads access memory in a pretty sequential fashion, you're pretty much going to end up with the "slow" addresses bottlenecking the faster ones.
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is there a technical reason an intelligent controller couldn't be developed that fixes that? sort of like how an SSD hides the real addresses from the OS? maybe it's just not worthwhile.


/tangent
 
Kazaam - I am not a fan of modular PSU's nor ocz's psu's. They make good parts but I had an OCZ psu go out on a few friends which isn't a big deal but the RMA was a hassle through them they said. As far as PSU's go right now, I would go with a tx650 which can run any single card or a tx750 for sli. Newegg has a pretty good deal on them currently making prices around 60 bucks iirc after MIR.
 
fastamdman said:
Kazaam - I am not a fan of modular PSU's nor ocz's psu's. They make good parts but I had an OCZ psu go out on a few friends which isn't a big deal but the RMA was a hassle through them they said. As far as PSU's go right now, I would go with a tx650 which can run any single card or a tx750 for sli. Newegg has a pretty good deal on them currently making prices around 60 bucks iirc after MIR.
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The old generation TX650 is $60 AR while the new TX650 V2 is $85 AR.. No point going with the old TX650 when XFX 650W is only $50AR.http://detonator.dynamitedata.com/c...com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

TX750 V2 is $70 AR, really nice deal for dual-GPU setups.
 
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The "old" v1's are still GREAT power supplies though and theres no reason not to get them IMO. As far as the tx750v2 though, its a great deal. The way I look at it is 20 bucks more for the potential to do anything I want, might as well heh.
 
fastamdman said:
Kazaam - I am not a fan of modular PSU's nor ocz's psu's. They make good parts but I had an OCZ psu go out on a few friends which isn't a big deal but the RMA was a hassle through them they said. As far as PSU's go right now, I would go with a tx650 which can run any single card or a tx750 for sli. Newegg has a pretty good deal on them currently making prices around 60 bucks iirc after MIR.
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Curious why you are not a fan of a modular psu? Or do you mean just the OCZ models? A good true modular psu is very nice. I buy Corsair modular PSUs for all my builds. Love them. Pay more than a non modular but I have always been okay with that.
 
ElFenix said:
is there a technical reason an intelligent controller couldn't be developed that fixes that? sort of like how an SSD hides the real addresses from the OS? maybe it's just not worthwhile.


/tangent
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Skott said:
Curious why you are not a fan of a modular psu? Or do you mean just the OCZ models? A good true modular psu is very nice. I buy Corsair modular PSUs for all my builds. Love them. Pay more than a non modular but I have always been okay with that.
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Which reliable modular PSU would you recommend for a single GPU system?
 
So amazon has the i5-2500K for $199.99...since i need to get it from there anyway, should i just order it? Seems lower than its been before.

Maybe I should just wait until Monday.
 
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Got it, I might reverse your decision though. At newegg it's $49.99 with a DVD player/burner which I need. How do you guys feel about modular PSUs like this?
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Why are you obsessed with OCZ PSUs? :awe: They're not very good.

Basically, the bottom line is that you will be paying about double for a quality modular PSU. It is not worth that much IMHO.
 
ElFenix said:
is there a technical reason an intelligent controller couldn't be developed that fixes that? sort of like how an SSD hides the real addresses from the OS? maybe it's just not worthwhile.


/tangent
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It require a pretty major architecture change to hide the real memory addresses from the OS. It is possible, (mainframes have done it since the 60's) but you'd essentially be running everything in a VM, with all of the performance issues that that entails.

A simpler way to approach the problem would be to use the existing NUMA extensions designed for multi-socket systems. Essentially, what happens is that each block of memory addresses is given a set of weights that determines the distance from each CPU. The idea is that the OS can use this information to allocate memory that is close to the CPU on which a given process is running. There is nothing stopping a clever designer from just given the non-interleaved addresses a higher weight than the interleaved addresses, thus letting the OS know that it should use those last.

This memory situation is so rare and easily remedied (i.e. buy another stick) that I imagine that it's not worth Intel or whomever to spend time implementing such a solution though.
 
mfenn said:
Why are you obsessed with OCZ PSUs? :awe: They're not very good.

Basically, the bottom line is that you will be paying about double for a quality modular PSU. It is not worth that much IMHO.
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I'm not obsessed with ocz I just like the thought of modular. I have the shittiest cable management.
 
Well, out of the cables in that ModXStream you'd be using

Main motherboard cable with a 20/24-pin connector check (hardwired)
ATX12V connector cable check (hardwired)
EPS12V connector cable check (hardwired)
Six-pin PCIe connector cable check (6950)
Six/eight-pin PCIe connector cable check (6950)
SATA cable (3 connectors) check
SATA cable (3 connectors)
Two peripheral power cables [check for one if you connect fans to PSU]

So only two or three cables unused, that's not an issue. Modularity is more useful in systems where the PSU is more powerful because then it comes with tons of more peripheral connectors, secondary CPU cable, more SATA cables than you need, etc; and systems that require more power are usually more expensive as well, hence the cost of modularity is easier to justify.

Unfortunately the deal on the Neo Eco 620C is done. Personally I'd forget about cable management and get XFX 650W for $50 AR. Crossfire-compatible, 5 yr warranty, 80+ bronze.
 
AHHHH! The neo Eco deal finished?! Why wouldn't they give an expiration?! Well I guess that's ok, I'm hoping I'll have it all set up in a week or so.
 
I'm thinking I can get this thing roughly within budget, which is pretty nice. Let me know if i'm missing anything. Some prices are rough estimates (over estimates to be safe). Any sales that happen come tomorrow/monday would lower the price.

CPU: $200 i5-2500K
GPU: $245 6950 2gb
PSU: $40
Motherboard: $100 ASrock Z68
Case: $30 Antec 300
SSD: $210 Crucial M4 128gb (may lower to 64gb)
RAM: $30 G. Skill Ripjaw X 8gb
Cooler: $25 CM 212+
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Total: $880
 
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Oh yeah...any chance these newer motherboards have wifi build in? I totally forgot about that since i've only used laptops lately. 🙁 If not, what do i need to buy to make it wireless?
 
The majority of these motherboards don't have wifi in them. You can grab a wireless card / adapter at newegg really cheap like 10-20 bucks.
 
That looks good to me as long as you're comfortable paying $900 after rebates, sort of above your budget :whiste:

Intel SSDs are very good, but the 320 is SATA II. You'll want a SATA III SSD.

You'll have to buy a PCI wifi adapter. I can't recommend any though, not really knowledgeable about them, all I know is it'll cost you $15-30 probably.
 
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