Need help please.

2009-03-26 19:44:19

#1

13rin: Member; +977|6742

Build my rig. The Dell supercomputer crapped out -again. I'm fucking livid. I power the POS up and nothing but whirring fans. No bios, no blue screen, nothing... I'm thinking motherboard issues. After a few hard drives and a video card, I'm fucking over Dell....

So I'm building my own. I'm a bit behind the in the tech times. So could I please have bit of knowledge? I'll spend no more than 2500usd on components (not including the monitor). Thanks all.

I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.

2009-03-26 19:54:11

#2

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6896

For 2500 you can get an absolute EPIC rig.

2009-03-26 20:09:53

#3

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6575

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2009-03-26 20:20:03

#4

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6831|NYC / Hamburg

ebug9 wrote:
http://i41.tinypic.com/1sjxwj.jpg

replace the ram with 1600MHz ones, use 2xGTX260 (cooler and quieter) and a noctua nh-u12p (better performance) instead and you've got an awesome PC

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2009-03-26 20:21:58

#5

Brasso: member; +1,549|6894

ebug9 wrote:
http://i41.tinypic.com/1sjxwj.jpg

go balls to the walls with the CPU HS. get a Rampage II Extreme for that budget. hell, get the i7 940. and grab another 1TB while you're at it.

still under budget? add another GTX 295 and grab a PC Power and Cooling 1KW PSU or something like it.

....as you can see, I'd shit myself if I had that much money to spend.

edit: lap your TRUE Copper pls.

Last edited by haffeysucks (2009-03-26 20:22:44)

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2009-03-26 20:23:50

#6

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6575

Don't forget to save some money for a fan or air conditioner. The amount of heat that thing'll produce should warm your room up.

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2009-03-26 20:24:07

#7

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6831|NYC / Hamburg

no need to spend your money on a Rampage II unless you're going LN2 or something crazy.

Instead spend the leftover money on a big monitor and an a nice 5.1 system

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-03-26 21:18:38

#8

13rin: Member; +977|6742

Excellent.... Thank you.

I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.

2009-03-26 21:41:57

#9

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|6980

What are you going to use the comp for... Gaming... Graphics... rendering scenes etc?
You could build a crazy fast computer for 2500... heck you could build a pretty stout comp for 1000-1200 bucks...
and use the rest on bigass monitor or a vacation...lol

Love is the answer

2009-03-27 03:22:20

#10

Brasso: member; +1,549|6894

max wrote:
Instead spend the leftover money on a big monitor and an a nice 5.1 7.1 system

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2009-03-27 03:40:28

#11

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6461|Winland

haffeysucks wrote:
max wrote:
Instead spend the leftover money on a big monitor and an a nice 5.1 7.1 system

You'll get a decent 5.1 system for that money, but for a decent 7.1, you should be spending more than his whole budget.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-03-27 03:42:45

#12

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6412|'straya

^previous suggestions are good.

however if your monitor isnt great (like a low end 22" or or worse) i would personally invest in a new monitor and forget about Sli GTX 295's or unessessary expenses. in my opinion, when your spending that much, there comes a point where any more is practically useless.

if you have a good monitor (medium 24" or better) feel free to blow all your money on a EPIC rig.

2009-03-27 03:44:18

#13

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7107|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Freezer7Pro wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
max wrote:
Instead spend the leftover money on a big monitor and an a nice 5.1 7.1 system
You'll get a decent 5.1 system for that money, but for a decent 7.1, you should be spending more than his whole budget.

Audiophile

I'm happy with my $100 5.1 system

2009-03-27 04:19:13

#14

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6412|'straya

Sydney wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
You'll get a decent 5.1 system for that money, but for a decent 7.1, you should be spending more than his whole budget.
Audiophile

I'm happy with my $100 5.1 system

agree. $130 5.1 speakers and a $160 sound card does it for me... none of this thousands of dollars stuff

Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2009-03-27 04:19:28)

2009-03-27 04:30:54

#15

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6461|Winland

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Sydney wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
You'll get a decent 5.1 system for that money, but for a decent 7.1, you should be spending more than his whole budget.
Audiophile

I'm happy with my $100 5.1 system
agree. $130 5.1 speakers and a $160 sound card does it for me... none of this thousands of dollars stuff

That's merely because you haven't heard/owned anything better. Let's not make this into "one of those threads".

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2009-03-27 04:31:32)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-03-27 04:32:41

#16

phishman420: Banned; +821|5945

really no point in spending that much on a computer. you can get a really nice one for half that price

Freezer7Pro wrote:
That's merely because you haven't heard/owned anything better.

and you have?

Last edited by phishman420 (2009-03-27 04:33:36)

2009-03-27 04:33:25

#17

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6412|'straya

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Sydney wrote:

Audiophile

I'm happy with my $100 5.1 system
agree. $130 5.1 speakers and a $160 sound card does it for me... none of this thousands of dollars stuff
That's merely because you haven't heard/owned anything better. Let's not make this into "one of those threads".

Trust me i have enough expensive hobbies, i don't need to be exposed to expensive sound gear which i would inevitably want.

2009-03-27 08:23:50

#18

phishman420: Banned; +821|5945

save yourself some money. the extra $700 definitely isnt worth it

2009-03-27 08:39:37

#19

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6678|Finland

A P5Q SE for 2500USD budget? God kills kitten here...

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

2009-03-27 08:40:56

#20

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6052|Catherine Black

phishman420 wrote:
save yourself some money. the extra $700 definitely isnt worth it

http://i44.tinypic.com/2cz9egw.jpg

Do you have an i7/ever owned one?

2009-03-27 08:42:45

#21

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

Finray wrote:
phishman420 wrote:
save yourself some money. the extra $700 definitely isnt worth it

http://i44.tinypic.com/2cz9egw.jpg
Do you have an i7/ever owned one?

finny he's right. unless he's a proper hardcore techy, he doesn't need an i7, it's total overkill. Spend about half the budget on the PC, and save the rest. Just because you can spend the budget, doesn't mean you need to.

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2009-03-27 08:43:11

#22

phishman420: Banned; +821|5945

no, and i wont until you can show me that its noticeably better than my ocd e8400 and justifies the $400 in extra costs (good luck lol)

@panzer, just because thats his budget, it doesnt mean that he should spend all of it. i mean unless hes some rich ass like max who enjoys throwing his money away...

Last edited by phishman420 (2009-03-27 08:43:50)

2009-03-27 08:55:14

#23

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6831|NYC / Hamburg

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_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-03-27 08:58:33

#24

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6678|Finland

Quite frankly I couldn't care less what anyone buys. I have used enough hardware to base my suggestions on my own experiences. Have you ever had i7 rig to try around? or even quad?

And P5Q SE belongs to budget builds. period.

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

2009-03-27 09:10:35

#25

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6678|Finland

500€ more than that c2d rig and the performance difference is more than the price difference. 1.5k$

https://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3138/i715k.jpg

EDIT: woops. change that board to sli one from gigabyte. GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI 10$ more.

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-03-27 09:18:11)

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