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"I need a New PC!" 2012 Thread. 22nm+28nm, Tri-Gate, and reading the OP. [Part 1]
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Spend money on a good unit for $30 more if you are powering that much with it. But, yes it can. It's more like a 380W unit though.
Same temps I have (2500k, 212+ Evo, only one fan though). Doesn't sound high at all.
Personally I'd say color quality and color uniformity is the no 1 concern when it comes to gaming. I don't know which panels 120hz monitors come with, but I'd recommend anything but a TN panel. TN looks like shit in a bucket when it comes to color uniformity,
If anyone is experiencing issues with any new Z77 boards please post.
Gotta be logged in with auto refresh + notify, because someone else will be. I know that's what I'm doing for GTX 670 stock. The only matter is whether Amazon will get some instock same time as newegg and I remember all the other non major vendors...
Have you tried to buy any hot item on the internet?
Gotta be logged in with auto refresh + notify, because someone else will be. I know that's what I'm doing for GTX 670 stock. The only matter is whether Amazon will get some instock same time as newegg and I remember all the other non major vendors...
GTX 670 is the card to buy in 25 hours.
Superb!
Hawk269
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Tiger Direct is showing a MSI 670 in stock right now...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...ffiliateID=lw9MynSeamY-iLZOT2x7CVzh2hXbzcgBHQ
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...ffiliateID=lw9MynSeamY-iLZOT2x7CVzh2hXbzcgBHQ
Amazon pre-release page for the Galaxy 670.
I'll be staying up Wednesday night trying to get the Gigabyte 670 OC from either newegg or amazon.
I'll be staying up Wednesday night trying to get the Gigabyte 670 OC from either newegg or amazon.
Thanks guys. BTW if you could tell me how you find these things out, that'd be great 
TigerDirect can go screw itself for bungaling both of my two orders + listing things in stock that they don't have and charging people.
Added notifications although Galaxy is not my brand of choice.
I was highly amused by this, as well. Why not suggest an S3 ViRGE next time?
I'm not sure why NewEgg didn't give me the traditional free 3 day shipping with UPS with my M4 order like they usually do...instead an "Eggsaver 4-7 days," and it's shipping from NJ (where I'm at) and going through the USPS. So basically, it'll probably be slow as shit. Cause it's a Shellshocker deal? Cause the package itself is small? Hope not.
Late birthday present, that's cool I guess. Kind of wanted to hook it up today though.
Late birthday present, that's cool I guess. Kind of wanted to hook it up today though.
Did you order off of eBay? Mine is supposed to come tommorrow through ups.
$409 I believe?
And from a few forums out there, it seems as if the reference 670 GTX OC cards are outperforming some stock 680 GTXs.
MrPing1000
Member
RMA'd my mobo yesterday, OCuk got it today. Going to take 5-7 days for testing... wtf.
So much for upgrading before Diablo 3.
So much for upgrading before Diablo 3.
FrontalMonk
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just wanna pop in and say thank you to everyone contributing/supporting the New PC OT, I've had this page subbed for a while, and when a buddy of mine needed help for D3, I was able to just pull this up and quote him some basic price points. Thanks to all who keep this updated, this is a fantastic resource.
TheThunder
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Had a rude awakening lately, I thought all you need to buy from newegg if you were outside the US was an American address (which I arranged with my local courier company) since they don't ship internationally, but apparently they want a US credit card as well. Ended up buying from amazon anyway and thank god I found what I wanted.
Does anyone one know PC hardware websites that accept international CC besides amazon ?
I heard about TigerDirect, don't know if they accept non US CCs but anything else ?
Does anyone one know PC hardware websites that accept international CC besides amazon ?
I heard about TigerDirect, don't know if they accept non US CCs but anything else ?
terrdactycalsrock
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Just out of curiosity what connection does the GPU have with the HDMI port? And just so Im clear ( I dont want to get my terminology wrong) the HDMI port that allows me to hook my pc up to my tv. I mean wouldnt the case have to have the port already built into it?
professor_t
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Yeah, that certainly seems to be the case. I didn't even have it on my radar.
The case doesn't have anything to do with video connection ports. The GPU and/or motherboard houses all of the video connections. If both your GPU and tv support hdmi you should be fine.
Correct me if I'm wrong please but doesn't the motherboard support it? I mean, at least the HDMI out port to the monitor or TV or whatever.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
Building my system this weekend with a P8z77-V, hoping I don't a have a dud. Nothing more annoying than having to RMA a mobo :/
Not all motherboards and CPUs support integrated video. At least for my PC (core i5 2500), my CPU has integrated graphics but my motherboard doesn't support this feature so I connect my monitor to my video card.
Yeah it was a bitch. I didn't even realize when I was putting it together. The board is nice though, a ton of features.
I just sent my P8Z77-V Deluxe back to Amazon. I believe it was causing an issue with my RAM when OC'ing. I got a second one from Newegg that I am going to try tonight. The reason I think it was my mobo and not my RAM is because I ran fine at stock, but when I OCed it would blue screen and reboot no matter which Kit I was using. Very unlikely to have two failing RAM kits.
I must say, I am nervous.
I'm looking at building a new PC and re-using an Antec Mini P180 case that currently houses a Windows Home Server. The WHS will be moved to a case with more HDD bays (probably an Fractal R3) but i worry about its power requirements.
It currently has a 350W PSU for the following specs:
- Intel E5200 (65W TDP)
- Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L iG31
- 2x1GB DDR2 800mhz
- 5 Hard Drives
Is 350W enough for that? what about with 8 HDD's?
For the new build, does anyone have a recommendation for a mATX Z77 board?
Also how big a PSU should i get for the following specs?
- Ivybridge i5 3570k
- Motherboard
- 4x4GB DDR3 1600mhz
- Intel 520 120GB SSD
- 500GB HDD
- GTX 670
- 2x Bluray Drives
It currently has a 350W PSU for the following specs:
- Intel E5200 (65W TDP)
- Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L iG31
- 2x1GB DDR2 800mhz
- 5 Hard Drives
Is 350W enough for that? what about with 8 HDD's?
For the new build, does anyone have a recommendation for a mATX Z77 board?
Also how big a PSU should i get for the following specs?
- Ivybridge i5 3570k
- Motherboard
- 4x4GB DDR3 1600mhz
- Intel 520 120GB SSD
- 500GB HDD
- GTX 670
- 2x Bluray Drives
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
Sorry to hear that. That's why I usually get my motherboards from my local Microcenter. I went with Newegg this time for some reason :/
The only I'm regretting is not having a modular Power supply. I hate cable management with a passion.
I was like you once. Then I used my computer with an SSD in it. It's not just faster boot time, it's faster everything. Programs start instantly. You will notice that there were wait times on things that you didn't think about before. Searches for information on your computer will be faster. Everything is just so clean an instant. It feels like you're using the future.
It's faster and quieter than a standard hard drive at the cost of high GB per dollar. I wanted those two perks as I was tired of hearing the 7200.10 drive crank.
Don't expect unicorns and rainbows that it blows everything away as there are some things by design that still take a while to install (e.g. OS updates). Overall, the cost is worth it if you buy it $1/GB or less.
Microsoft really needs an updated file system to NTFS.
Good luck! For the most part I have read they are really solid boards which is why I am giving it another try. Plus lots of pretty nice features!
The modular PSU is really nice but as it turns out I use a ton of connections anyways. Once I get the computer squared away I was planning on posting some pics!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003V4AK2K/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Amazon has dropped the price on their warehouse offerings to 254.09. Been watching this periodically for a while to see if I can snag a deal. Just ordered one. If it's got some defect, I've got amazon's 30 day return policy. Worth the hassle.
I expect to be dazzled, people. If 120hz isn't the bee's knees, people will be called out
EDIT: Somebody snagged the extra one that was left over. Gone.
Amazon has dropped the price on their warehouse offerings to 254.09. Been watching this periodically for a while to see if I can snag a deal. Just ordered one. If it's got some defect, I've got amazon's 30 day return policy. Worth the hassle.
I expect to be dazzled, people. If 120hz isn't the bee's knees, people will be called out
EDIT: Somebody snagged the extra one that was left over. Gone.
Probably my favorite part of my new build. Power button > sc2 in like 20 seconds.
UPS 3 day died a long time ago dude.
I believe TigerDirect will be fine. Just order on the phone or on chat to make sure no problems pop up.
NP. The i3 2120 system is more than enough for any Blizzard or Source game at 1080p, 60fps.
Pretty sure same memory size, but honestly I have not dabbled nearly enough into this.
I'll have a used 2.5GB 570 to sell next week though hopefully if you are interested.
Shouldn't need an aftermarket for the 670 imo, but we will see. Arctic probably has some $50 cooler to sell you.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003V4AK2K/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Amazon has dropped the price on their warehouse offerings to 254.09. Been watching this periodically for a while to see if I can snag a deal. Just ordered one. If it's got some defect, I've got amazon's 30 day return policy. Worth the hassle.
I expect to be dazzled, people. If 120hz isn't the bee's knees, people will be called out
EDIT: Somebody snagged the extra one that was left over. Gone.
It' is the bees knees for any fast paced gaming. If all you want is sc2, wow, dota2, my little pony, then it's not going to do anything for you.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Do you guys see anything wrong with this? I am trying to get back into PC gaming on a budget since I just had a kid.
thanks guys.
thanks guys.
Kibbles
Member
I don't feel like building my own so I've been trying to find some good pre-made ones, any suggestions? ... What about this one, if I replace the 7850 (a link to one that would work would be great as well, I see a bunch of different ones ranging wide in prices :S) would it run BF3 1080p Max settings 60fps? - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005TJKGTM/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Nah. I'm mostly shooters, racers, and arcade style games. Plus the idie game here and there.
I've got enough old games in my backlog, too, that I can be playing at 1080/120fps till the GTX 760s come out.
The 350W should be ok with that. HDDs add about 10W each load, 3W idle I want to say.
mATX Z77 valuewise the Biostar one is really nice.
Why would there be anything wrong with copy pasting the OP build? tsktsk.
I'd see if you can find a Samsung F3 500GB instead of the WD Blue.
A GT 520 gaming PC. Jesus christ. Upgrading to a 440? Clearly I've been thinking giving too much credit to people who buy this shit.
The FX 4100 is the worst gaming CPU you can buy. Unsure how the PSU would handle the 7850, and no a 7850 will not net you that high settings, BF3 is very demanding in MP.
If you do go prebuilt, this is not too bad:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051UWEH6/?tag=neogaf0e-20
You get the 2100 at least, but really BF3 wants a true quad. VP450 is cheap and so is a 6870/7850.
JetBlackPanda
Member
I was not 100% sure how to read that build guide and pulled a few things from the other columns.
plus your comment about the samsung f3 is exactly what im looking for.
thanks!
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I have something in my cart right now that has "UPS Guaranteed 3 Day -- $0.00" as the default delivery option...
On most of the promotional items I buy I get 4-7 egg saver. It used to be just about everything was UPS 3 day iirc.
Aaaaaaah. Gotcha.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003V4AK2K/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Amazon has dropped the price on their warehouse offerings to 254.09. Been watching this periodically for a while to see if I can snag a deal. Just ordered one. If it's got some defect, I've got amazon's 30 day return policy. Worth the hassle.
I expect to be dazzled, people. If 120hz isn't the bee's knees, people will be called out
EDIT: Somebody snagged the extra one that was left over. Gone.
Damn I was too slow.
There is nothing that can make even an old underpowered system feel faster than an SSD. I used to have some lightweight image editting software installed just so I could easily paste a screen shot. I feared any file that was associated with photoshop. With an SSD it doesn't matter. Photoshop boots in 5 seconds.
Any application that loads large amounts of small plugins and files (Photoshop, office, visual studio) will boot exponentially faster than on a mechanical drive. Boot times are faster. Even Windows scanning a directory and generating thumbs.db is much much faster. All of this contributes to a feeling of speed.
So I'm thinking of getting a new PC before the Steam sale (ideally before Diablo 3 comes out but that's not likely) so should I just go with the Enhanced build? Should I be worried about getting an ATI card over Nvidia? I've heard bad things about compatibility issues.
It's mostly going to be for gaming/Wii emulation at 1680x1050 and 1360x768, it should be more than enough to run games like Witcher 2 at high right? I'm mostly just want to be able to play some of the latest games at decent settings without headache inducing framerates.
I'm not sure if I did it correctly but
I used the PCPartPicker site to get a rough idea where to get things (I'm in Canada so that probably changes everything though). Does anything look out of wack?
It's mostly going to be for gaming/Wii emulation at 1680x1050 and 1360x768, it should be more than enough to run games like Witcher 2 at high right? I'm mostly just want to be able to play some of the latest games at decent settings without headache inducing framerates.
I'm not sure if I did it correctly but
I used the PCPartPicker site to get a rough idea where to get things (I'm in Canada so that probably changes everything though). Does anything look out of wack?
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