NEW-Build(Gaming)

[mnewsham]

At 1920x1080 the GTX 570 vs the GTX 580 you wont notice anything (except your pocket being 150 bucks lighter)

And i ONLY buy online the prices in the stores are stupid.

 

[jchu14]

All-in-one water solutions ike the h50 and h70 do not cool better or quieter than a good air cooler.

see the review at spce of the h50
http://www.silentpcreview.com/corsair-h50

Once you add in the noise of the pump, it's louder than a solid tower air cooler. Personally I don't see a point to them unless space around the cpu socket is a premium (say in a mini-itx build). But in a desktop, it doesn't make much sense. It just introduces more complexities, more modes of failure (pump),and higher penalty if it fails.

 

[Madrox1987]

The motherboard just went out of stock!!!!!!!!!! WHat do i DO!?

 

[mnewsham]

The motherboard just went out of stock!!!!!!!!!! WHat do i DO!?

You my friend can try and find one locally (still ordering the other parts online) OR you can wait a day or two as they have been going out of stock fairly quickly but come back soon.

 

[Madrox1987]

Any opinion on
ASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

 

[mnewsham]

Any opinion on
ASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Wont work with sandy bridge and is therefore a side step (for more money) or a back step (for more money)

 

[mfenn]

OK finally done.

This is what is in my shopping cart at newegg.ca

For the case:Cooler Maser HAF: 189.99$
Solid State: Corsair Force CSSD 60GB: 129.99$
Reg Hard Drive: Samsung F3: 74.99$
Motherboard+ ram combo: Corsair vengence 16GB dual channel DDR3
and MSI P67A: 392.98$
Video Card: Evga GTX580 (I know its not better for my rig, but I want the best one I can buy, thinking of the future and such.): 509$.
Processor: Intel I5 2500K: 228.99$
Cooling: Corsaid Liquid cooling: (I went with this because I hate noise and my current pc has liquid cooling and I have had zero problems). 109.99$
Power Supply: 650W Antec: 99.99$
OS: Windows 7 64bit professional: 154.99$
Total cost after tax+ shipping=2,313.50$

It splits my order into two for some reason, one is international shipping and one is domestic.... Must be because they don't have some parts in Canada?

What do you think? I know I overspent on some areas and its just my personal 'schtik' but my budges was 3,500$ when I first decided to get a new pc.. so saving 1,200$ is a huge deal for me. Thanks for your replies!

PS: I am a little worried ordering all this online... I wonder how huge the difference would be if I were to try local... I'll price it out local sometime tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks again-Mathew

I hope you don't mind me saying this but, "aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggggg!!!" You were doing so well, but had to go and screw it up with a bunch of impulse buys.

Here's my recommendations:
- Ditch RAM because (a) you're paying a ridiculous amount of money for stupid heatspreaders that do nothing and get in the way and (b) 16GB will provide absolutely no gaming benefit over 8GB (hell 8GB barely provides any benefits over 4GB)
- Go to the GTX 570 or 6970 for reasons already elucidated to you in this thread
- Go to a Hyper 212+ because the H50/H70 is are terrible products. Think of them as normal air-cooled heatsinks with additional (loud) moving parts and fins that happen to be located 6" from the baseplate

 

[LucJoe]

Samsung F4 is on sale again on mwave.

F3 1tb @ $75 vs F4 2tb @ $77

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SKUSearch...etitle=SAMSUNG

Also you should really listen to the other people in this thread unless you wipe your rear with hundred dollar bills. This rig could easily be in the sub-$1500 range with no noticeable hit to performance.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

No offense, but I would stick with the 2600k and the GTX 580

 

[fffblackmage]

I hope you don't mind me saying this but, "aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggggg!!!" You were doing so well, but had to go and screw it up with a bunch of impulse buys.

Here's my recommendations:
- Ditch RAM because (a) you're paying a ridiculous amount of money for stupid heatspreaders that do nothing and get in the way and (b) 16GB will provide absolutely no gaming benefit over 8GB (hell 8GB barely provides any benefits over 4GB)
- Go to the GTX 570 or 6970 for reasons already elucidated to you in this thread
- Go to a Hyper 212+ because the H50/H70 is are terrible products. Think of them as normal air-cooled heatsinks with additional (loud) moving parts and fins that happen to be located 6" from the baseplate

+1

I never understood... actually, I guess it's the "water-cooling" thing that sounds cool, but the H50/H70 never struck me as particular great products because they simply don't do better (or much better) than the cheaper 212+. I also wonder if the additional pump might just be another point of failure....

 

[mfenn]

I never understood... actually, I guess it's the "water-cooling" thing that sounds cool, but the H50/H70 never struck me as particular great products because they simply don't do better (or much better) than the cheaper 212+. I also wonder if the additional pump might just be another point of failure....

Corsair has the "more money than sense" market segment pretty well figured out IMHO. They know that a certain class of people will pay twice as much for something that sounds cool enough to impress their friends.

Don't get me wrong, Corsair makes some good stuff, but I find their high-end parts to be a tad on the ridiculous side.