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Pretty sure he's not looking to raise meaningless numbers. People who spend hundreds to get a higher benchmark number... not sure what to call that.Aetheora said:
You'll probably end up spending between 100-200. I would go higher than 24" and always make sure your resolution is 1920x1080. LG is a solid brand to go with, as is Dell and Samsung. Had my 23" LG for 4 years now and not a single hitch or dead pixel.shapaza said:
There are people like that though. Things like the Titan have their group of buyers, albeit for many different reasons; and a Titan would be wasted on games. My point is though, there are some enthusiasts that want that extra frame per second, and will spend extra for it. If he wanted that, the 7950 would help, but seeing as that probably isn't the case, his current GPU is just fine~ItsNotRudy said:
Seems like he's on a budget. Stuff from Nvidia and Intel is gonna run him much more tbh.CrossLOPER said:
Pretty much any monitor since like.. 2007? has DVI on it (white port). HDMI is not necessary unless your monitor has speakers built in. And yeah, VGA you don't want that at 1920x1080.shapaza said:
Amir Kondori said:
Did you seriously just come into this thread to post your own rig? Come on man.
And seriously, a kilowatt PSU for a single graphics card?
OP: your rig in that config is absolutely fine. You don't even need a "bigger" PSU, just go for one that is gold-rated at 500W.shapaza said:
Sweet! A thread for me to jack with my own question! ^_^
A couple of days ago Gamesradar put up a guide to building a gaming PC and here's what they listed:
Chassis - NZXT Phantom 410
CPU - Intel i5-3570K
Motherboard - Asrock Z77 Pro 3
RAM - Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600
Video card - Asus GTX 660 Ti
Hard drive - Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Power Supply - Thermaltake Smart Series 750w
What I'm wondering is how exactly would that hold up? I'm not as knowledgeable as I'd like to be regarding custom builds.
A couple of days ago Gamesradar put up a guide to building a gaming PC and here's what they listed:
Chassis - NZXT Phantom 410
CPU - Intel i5-3570K
Motherboard - Asrock Z77 Pro 3
RAM - Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600
Video card - Asus GTX 660 Ti
Hard drive - Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Power Supply - Thermaltake Smart Series 750w
What I'm wondering is how exactly would that hold up? I'm not as knowledgeable as I'd like to be regarding custom builds.
I have a similar setup to what the OP is looking at. First got to agree with looking at the ASUS M5A97 Evo R2.0 - I really like mine and it's easy to overclock even for someone new to overclocking. AMD are running promotions on their cards atm too (free games - most of them decent) so it could pay to shop around to see what freebees you can get.
I swapped from consoles nearly two years ago to PC and I haven't looked back since. Hope the OP's new PC works out as well as mine has.
I swapped from consoles nearly two years ago to PC and I haven't looked back since. Hope the OP's new PC works out as well as mine has.
As a personal preference, I'd want a faster hard drive maybe a 10,000 rpm, raid, or solid state with a hard disk on the side so it boots, copies files, and loads programs faster but its not necessary. As an fyi, solid state drives are expected to shoot down in price so maybe you'll want to wait to build it so you can get one of those. And since you listed OS, you might want to give Linux a try for shits and giggles. Also, expect minor headaches
The build is fine, and will be good for a long while. I do recomend one change.anthony87 said:
Power supply:
You can drop the PSU down to a 600w and be fine, I would get a 600w modular as it will make your life easier for building and cleaning.(and cost roughly the same)
EDIT:
I did not see the k on the cpu
the k means it's built for overclocking, which you would need a proper heat sink for. There is not much of a price diffidence between the 3570 and the 3570k($10 max), if you want to save a few bucks, or want to get a heat sink(down the road or right now), but it is an option open to you.
and a few warnings:
Motherboard:
With a z77 northbridge if you want to get more ram down the road, don't buy anything higher then 1600 as you will just be wasting your money.
Also you can't put more then 32gb in, not that you are likely to run across this, but it is something to keep in mind if you ever get a bunch of DDR3 ram dropped into your lap.
Case:
If you want to change the case make sure it is an ATX mid or ATX full tower
Full towers are a bit bigger so if space is a concern keep that in mind, but pick something you are happy looking at.
VGA is on its way out the door and so is DVI. That's probably why they recommended that. Most monitors will probably have all of those ports anyway but Display Port and HDMI are the replacements, they also transmit sound but that's more of a bonus (I like them better because they don't need to screwed into their ports and the pins on vga and dvi cables are easy to bend or break). Also something to consider, depending on how you plan to set up your tower in relation to your desk and how many usb ports you have on the tower, you might want to get a monitor with a built in usb hub. We use them at my work/school and they are sooooooo convenient. And you might want to see if the monitor can be removed from its stand and mounted. Wall and desk mounted monitors are awesomeshapaza said:
Edit: oh yeah, an HD tv also works in a pinch
Yes I did. As for the psu, I got a good deal on it and there was no better quality power supply for the money I could buy. I know you are just itching to try and pick at my build for something, otherwise why even reply to my post?ResonanceSD said:
Err I wouldn't, even though they fixed the interface the compatibility is still rubbish (or at least was 3 months ago when I built my computer), Hell even DosBox wont work on that POS. Go 7 and wait till 9 comes outItsNotRudy said:
You must have not enabled Virtualization in your BIOS or did something else wrong. I've had DOSBox working for the past 8 months at least.Anthony Corrigan said:
So far the only incompatibility I have had is with L.A. Noire, the rest of my Steam library has been working great, as have older games from my discs, as well as emulation. All encoders, Adobe, Media Players have been working without a hitch since I got Win8 a year ago.
You're gonna need to come up with some better arguments before you jump on the ever so popular "Windows 8 is a pos" bandwagon people love to ride because of a poor default Start menu. Too many kids on this forum don't actually have a substantial case against it, because there isn't really any besides one graphic design flaw.
Look with a default Start8 Menu:
1366x768 resolution
1920x1080 resolution
For now it's just nitpicking though. I think we both know VGA and DVI are still going to be defacto ports on devices for years to come. There are an underwhelming amount of DisplayPorts in actual use. The latest Dell corporate laptops I received yesterday still come with a VGA and an HDMI port, like most motherboards for desktops do also. The ports simply won't vanish because of the abundance of VGA/DVI-only devices still operating in perfect condition. My screen still works like a charm, has only VGA/DVI and I have no intention of getting rid of it until it dies a natural death.PoolCleaningRobot said:
From what I know, Intel and Nvidia are better choices when it comes to non-windows OSes, though.Amir Kondori said:
(and please don't try to force the conflict by saying they don't matter - they still exist and are widely used)
On Topic: looks alright. I especially like that you didn't just pick win8 : D
It doesn't really look like a coherent build and it prioritizes the wrong things. You could get better performance with a lesser CPU and power supply and fronting the money you save there on a better GPU. Also, there are a lot of iterations in the "Ti" series, which is kind of what I hate about it. With today's storage in the cloud and cheap external drives you should be able to downgrade to a 500GB HDD of a higher quality (Western Digital) and invest some money in an SSD of 128GB as a boot/game disk (will run you about 90-100 dollars depending on good deals, best go with Crucial or Samsung). Would prefer MSI or Asus motherboard over ASRock. The RAM they suggested is actually very good. Using this myself and it's the best I've ever had for the relatively low costs.anthony87 said:
I might consider putting together a few builds in different price ranges if there's a lot of demand for knowledge. I see this kind of thread pop up in a lot of forums.