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Have $1500 - Need 2 Gaming Rigs - Please help with build! =)

EQTitan

EQTitan

Diamond Member
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Mine - Gaming (Diablo 3, BF3), Watching HD streams, Basic programming
Hers - Gaming (Diablo 3, Farmville *LOL), Facebook, web, office

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$1500 total for both might splurge if rebates are worth it!

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United States of Obama

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
Long time AMD fan but, Loved my last 2 i5 2500k's

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
2x 24" LED's 1ms 1900x1200

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default

8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.
1900x1200

9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
ASAP

Would like some input on SSD drive 80 to 160GB
 
I should have some pretty nice builds for you later tonight; I'm at work right now.
 
What you need is more patience. 😛

$1500 for both systems? The most strenuous task for hers would be Diablo 3. For yours, BF3. I'd say use the bulk of the budget for yours.

Note that Diablo 3 got delayed, and there exists the possibility that it won't be out in 2012 at all. Thus, my question for you is would it be feasible for her rig to use integrated graphics until Diablo 3 actually comes out? Nothing else you mentioned for her use actually requires much out of a graphics card.

Her computer
Pentium G620 CPU $70 (current needs not much, D3 probably fine on it with discrete GPU, nice upgrade path)
stock cooler (perfect for non-overclockers)
cheap mATX H67 chipset motherboard $80 (no overclocking so Z68 probably not needed, H67 has SATA 6G for faster SSDs)
4GB RAM $20 (alternately $35 for 8GB)
cheap optical drive $20
cheap SSD $varies
Antec NSK3480 case w/PSU $100 (can easily handle discrete card, included EarthWatts PSU is nice quality and has one 6-pin PCIe power plug)
Windows 7 $100
Total around $500 if you spend around $100 on SSD

Your computer
Core i5-2400 $190
stock cooler (perfect for non-overclockers)
cheap mATX H67 chipset motherboard $80 (alternately Z68 if you want SSD caching)
8GB RAM $35
cheap optical drive $20
120-128GB SSD $120-200 (or smaller SSD + HDD if you have a bunch of games installed at once)
mATX case with decent ventilation $40-100 (In Win Dragon Slayer or BR665, NZXT Vulcan, Fractal Design Arc Mini, Rosewill Ranger-M, Cooler Master Elite 341, many others)
decent quality 500W-ish PSU $40-80 (Antec Neo Eco, Antec EarthWatts, Antec HCG, Corsair CX500, XFX Core 550W, many others)
near high end graphics card $200-300 (GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 core, Radeon 6950)
Windows 7 $100
 
$185 Cpu: i5 2300 or pickup 2500k on the forum for around the same price as 2300 new on newegg
$100 Motherboard P67 Board usually $100 for something decent with crossfire P8P67 or something of that nature tons of p67 and z68 boards for around $100
$ 30 Ram Whatever is on sale for $30 for 8gb, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220557 its $25 after rebate
$ 20 Optical drive dvd rw
$ 70 SSD 64gb or around there, use for a boot drive save all games on larger hdd
$ 50 500GB HDD
$ 44 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133094 cheap and looks decent
$150 HD 6870 Usually 130 after rebate they have them on sale all the time
$ 80 PSW Comes with $20 GC and $25 rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...bles-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16817341047&Tpk=zs550
I don't think you would be paying for windows

Comes to around $700 if you use the newegg gc for another part, both can have the same decent computer for under $1500. Can probably set up those video cards to 6950 if you want to spend the entire 1500. You can do better of course if you pickup stuff used on the boards or cheaper. Still waiting on your response to sort out the trading situation.
 
Zap said:
What you need is more patience. 😛

$1500 for both systems? The most strenuous task for hers would be Diablo 3. For yours, BF3. I'd say use the bulk of the budget for yours.

Note that Diablo 3 got delayed, and there exists the possibility that it won't be out in 2012 at all. Thus, my question for you is would it be feasible for her rig to use integrated graphics until Diablo 3 actually comes out? Nothing else you mentioned for her use actually requires much out of a graphics card.

Her computer
Pentium G620 CPU $70 (current needs not much, D3 probably fine on it with discrete GPU, nice upgrade path)
stock cooler (perfect for non-overclockers)
cheap mATX H67 chipset motherboard $80 (no overclocking so Z68 probably not needed, H67 has SATA 6G for faster SSDs)
4GB RAM $20 (alternately $35 for 8GB)
cheap optical drive $20
cheap SSD $varies
Antec NSK3480 case w/PSU $100 (can easily handle discrete card, included EarthWatts PSU is nice quality and has one 6-pin PCIe power plug)
Windows 7 $100
Total around $500 if you spend around $100 on SSD

Your computer
Core i5-2400 $190
stock cooler (perfect for non-overclockers)
cheap mATX H67 chipset motherboard $80 (alternately Z68 if you want SSD caching)
8GB RAM $35
cheap optical drive $20
120-128GB SSD $120-200 (or smaller SSD + HDD if you have a bunch of games installed at once)
mATX case with decent ventilation $40-100 (In Win Dragon Slayer or BR665, NZXT Vulcan, Fractal Design Arc Mini, Rosewill Ranger-M, Cooler Master Elite 341, many others)
decent quality 500W-ish PSU $40-80 (Antec Neo Eco, Antec EarthWatts, Antec HCG, Corsair CX500, XFX Core 550W, many others)
near high end graphics card $200-300 (GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 core, Radeon 6950)
Windows 7 $100
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Zap said:
What you need is more patience. 😛

$1500 for both systems? The most strenuous task for hers would be Diablo 3. For yours, BF3. I'd say use the bulk of the budget for yours.

Note that Diablo 3 got delayed, and there exists the possibility that it won't be out in 2012 at all. Thus, my question for you is would it be feasible for her rig to use integrated graphics until Diablo 3 actually comes out? Nothing else you mentioned for her use actually requires much out of a graphics card.

Her computer
Pentium G620 CPU $70 (current needs not much, D3 probably fine on it with discrete GPU, nice upgrade path)
stock cooler (perfect for non-overclockers)
cheap mATX H67 chipset motherboard $80 (no overclocking so Z68 probably not needed, H67 has SATA 6G for faster SSDs)
4GB RAM $20 (alternately $35 for 8GB)
cheap optical drive $20
cheap SSD $varies
Antec NSK3480 case w/PSU $100 (can easily handle discrete card, included EarthWatts PSU is nice quality and has one 6-pin PCIe power plug)
Windows 7 $100
Total around $500 if you spend around $100 on SSD

Your computer
Core i5-2400 $190
stock cooler (perfect for non-overclockers)
cheap mATX H67 chipset motherboard $80 (alternately Z68 if you want SSD caching)
8GB RAM $35
cheap optical drive $20
120-128GB SSD $120-200 (or smaller SSD + HDD if you have a bunch of games installed at once)
mATX case with decent ventilation $40-100 (In Win Dragon Slayer or BR665, NZXT Vulcan, Fractal Design Arc Mini, Rosewill Ranger-M, Cooler Master Elite 341, many others)
decent quality 500W-ish PSU $40-80 (Antec Neo Eco, Antec EarthWatts, Antec HCG, Corsair CX500, XFX Core 550W, many others)
near high end graphics card $200-300 (GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 core, Radeon 6950)
Windows 7 $100
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Why the two processors over say the i5 2500k?
 
EQTitan said:
Why the two processors over say the i5 2500k?
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Money and sense. 😀 You don't have enough of a budget to get two i5 2500K's without compromising the rest of the machine's performance and it doesn't make much sense to spend extra on the K when you're not going to OC.
 
mfenn said:
Money and sense. 😀 You don't have enough of a budget to get two i5 2500K's without compromising the rest of the machine's performance and it doesn't make much sense to spend extra on the K when you're not going to OC.
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The price difference is not that much I have a microcenter about 30min away and they sell for 179

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EQTitan said:
The price difference is not that much I have a microcenter about 30min away and they sell for 179

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Then, for re-sale reasons, get the 2500K. You'll have a wider market to sell them to down the road. Plus if you're thinking you want a faster video card for better frames per second later on, you can just hold off and Overclock your PC. Overclocking a 2500K is as easy as pressing the delete key during boot to get into bios, going to "advanced" options er something er other, changing the multiplier to say 44, hitting the F10 key, and selecting "Y" and that I would imagine would be it.
 
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EQTitan said:
The price difference is not that much I have a microcenter about 30min away and they sell for 179

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it makes no sense getting two of them as your build COULD use one, and if you can get it at microcenter then by all means go ahead, BUT why would you get one for her build too? it is 100 bucks MORE then the suggested CPU, which will take money from your budget elsewhere and probably make your games look shittier because you cant get as good a GPU.
 
mnewsham said:
it makes no sense getting two of them as your build COULD use one, and if you can get it at microcenter then by all means go ahead, BUT why would you get one for her build too? it is 100 bucks MORE then the suggested CPU, which will take money from your budget elsewhere and probably make your games look shittier because you cant get as good a GPU.
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Exactly. If you're not going to OC and don't plan to resell them, why would you do it? Since you have an MC, I can see getting one for your build because it will cost the same as the i5 2400 at Newgg after tax, but it makes no sense for your wife's/girlfriend's machine. You can get an i3 2100 + mobo for freakin' $110 at MC.
 
mfenn said:
Exactly. If you're not going to OC and don't plan to resell them, why would you do it? Since you have an MC, I can see getting one for your build because it will cost the same as the i5 2400 at Newgg after tax, but it makes no sense for your wife's/girlfriend's machine. You can get an i3 2100 + mobo for freakin' $110 at MC.
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Ok, so I picked up (2) MSI GTX 560 Ti 1GB - TFII OC Edition for a really good price, and a MSI P67A-G45. So you guys say save the $$ and get her the 620 still?
 
EQTitan said:
Ok, so I picked up (2) MSI GTX 560 Ti 1GB - TFII OC Edition for a really good price, and a MSI P67A-G45. So you guys say save the $$ and get her the 620 still?
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Depends on what a "really good price" is and how much it frees up in the overall budget.
 
EQTitan said:
I have a microcenter about 30min away
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That makes a HUGE difference. :awe:

Buy a 2500K with P67 or Z68 chipset motherboard and get another $50 off.

Buy a 2100 with any 1155 mobo and get another $50 off.

End up with better CPUs for around the same or even slightly lower costs.

Note that they may not let you by both at the same time, so bring her with you.
 
Proposed builds {Still need SSD's + HHD's} Any suggestions?

His:
V3 Black Edition ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $27.99 (-$10 MIR MC)
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Z68 ATX - $104.99 (-$50 IR -$10 MIR)
i5 2500k - $179.99
8Gb (F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL) - $20
MSI GTX 560 Ti 1GB - TFII OC Edition - $172.50
Corsair Builder 500w CMPSU-500CXV2 - $57.99
Total: $583.46 before MIR

Hers:
V3 Black Edition ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $37.99 (AR $27.99 MC)
MSI P67A-G45 - $75
i3 2100 - $99.99
8Gb (f3-10666cl9d-8gbrl) - $20
MSI GTX 560 Ti 1GB - TFII OC Edition - $172.50
Corsair Builder 500w CMPSU-500CXV2 - $57.99
Total: $463.47 before MIR
 
Looks OK to me, but there are a couple places that you can save some money:

-Her mobo: Make sure that you get a board at MC so that you can take $50 off. One of the $50 (free after promo) boards would work fine.
- Her GPU: Ridiculous overkill, but you already bought it
- Both PSUs: $58 is too much to be paying for a CWT PSU like the 500CX. The XFX Pro 550W is Seasonic and only $55 AR.

Right now, you've spent about $1050, leaving you with $450 for storage. If one or neither of you need more than a 128GB SSD can offer, you can get two Crucial M4 128GB SSDs for $177 and a Hitachi 7K1000.D 750GB for $100 for whoever needs more space.
 
mfenn said:
Looks OK to me, but there are a couple places that you can save some money:

-Her mobo: Make sure that you get a board at MC so that you can take $50 off. One of the $50 (free after promo) boards would work fine.
- Her GPU: Ridiculous overkill, but you already bought it
- Both PSUs: $58 is too much to be paying for a CWT PSU like the 500CX. The XFX Pro 550W is Seasonic and only $55 AR.

Right now, you've spent about $1050, leaving you with $450 for storage. If one or neither of you need more than a 128GB SSD can offer, you can get two Crucial M4 128GB SSDs for $177 and a Hitachi 7K1000.D 750GB for $100 for whoever needs more space.
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Hers:
Picked up and OCZ agility 60GB SSD for $71.99 (from power on to Desktop in 9-11 seconds)

His:
ADATA 120GB AS510S3-120GM-C $120 (waiting on it from Canadian member)
 
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