Hardware Recommendations

2010-03-15 15:33:32

#76

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

Playing on a 120Hz monitor feels a lot smoother to me

_{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.}

2010-03-15 15:36:15

#77

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6047|Catherine Black

Log out/in max.

2010-03-15 15:37:06

#78

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

never!

_{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.}

2010-03-15 16:04:17

#79

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6220|Places 'n such

Right... Back on topic, I'm fairly sure we can all agree on the i7 980X going in the top end of the Intel processors and the Phenom II X4 965 going into the top end AMD slot?

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-03-15 16:08:10

#80

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6047|Catherine Black

presidentsheep wrote:
Right... Back on topic, I'm fairly sure we can all agree on the i7 980X going in the top end of the Intel processors and the Phenom II X4 965 going into the top end AMD slot?

Sounds good to me.

Ebug hit the nVidia pricing quite well, for ATi I suggest this

Budget - 4770 or 5750
Mid - 5770
Performance - 5850
Enthusiast - 5870
Money no object - any amount of 5970s you want.

2010-03-15 16:20:35

#81

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6220|Places 'n such

edit: fucking about with fitting 4 columns in, is it possible anyone?

Last edited by presidentsheep (2010-03-15 16:25:05)

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-03-15 18:45:34

#82

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6433|Sydney | ♥

Part	Budget	Mid-Price	Price Irrelavant	4th column name
Intel Processor	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided
AMD Processor	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided
Motherboard	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided
ATI Graphics Card	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided
Nvidia Graphics Card	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided
Power Supply Unit	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided
RAM	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided
HSF	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided
Storage	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided
Case	Undecided	Undecided	Corsair Obsidian 800D Silverstone TJ10	Undecided

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[tr]
[th][b][color=orange]Part[/b][/color][/th]
[th][b][color=orange]Budget[/b][/color][/th]
[th][b][color=orange]Mid-Price[/b][/color][/th]
[th][b][color=orange]Price Irrelavant[/b][/color][/th]
[th][b][color=orange]4th column name[/b][/color][/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[th][color=#77DD77]Intel Processor[/color][/th]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[th][color=#77DD77]AMD Processor[/color][/th]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[th][color=#00b4ff]Motherboard[/color][/th]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[th][color=#ff9999]ATI Graphics Card[/color][/th]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[th][color=#ff9999]Nvidia Graphics Card[/color][/th]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[th][color=#fcc031]Power Supply Unit[/color][/th]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[th][color=#31f5fc]RAM[/color][/th]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[th][color=#fceb31]HSF[/color][/th]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[th][color=#c97dff]Storage[/color][/th]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[th][color=#7dffa2]Case[/color][/th]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Corsair Obsidian 800D [*]Silverstone TJ10[/list][/td]
[td][list][*]Undecided[/list][/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

Last edited by tazz. (2010-03-15 18:46:25)

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2010-03-16 17:00:11

#83

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6220|Places 'n such

Part	Budget	Mid-Price	Enthusiast	Price Irrelavant
Intel Processor	Core 2 Duo E5200	Core i5 750	Core i7 920	Core i7 980X
AMD Processor	Phenom II X2 550 BE	Phenom II X3 720 BE	Phenom II X4 940 BE	Phenom II X4 965 BE
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q series Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3	Gigabyte P55 UD4P GA-MA790FXT-UD5P	Undecided	EVGA Classified X58 Asus Crosshair III
ATI Graphics Card	HD5750	HD5770	HD5870	HD5970
Nvidia Graphics Card	GTS250	GTX260 C216	GTX275	GTX295
Power Supply Unit	CORSAIR CX400W	CORSAIR HX520W	CORSAIR HX 650W	1500W Silverstone Strider
RAM	2*2GB Corsair Value select 800mhz	2*2GB Corsair Dominator 1066mhz	3*2GB Corsair Dominator 1600mhz	Undecided
HSF	F7 pro	Mugen 2	Xigmatek Thor's Hammer	Corasair H50
Storage	500 GB Samsung F3	1TB Samsung F3	2TB Samsung F3	Undecided
Case	Undecided	Undecided	Undecided	Corsair Obsidian 800D Silverstone TJ10

Will do a bit more tomorrow, tired now XD Just my humble opinion btw.

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-03-18 08:36:27

#84

FloppY_: +1,010|6544|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

presidentsheep wrote:
Part Budget Mid-Price Enthusiast Price Irrelavant
Intel Processor
Core 2 Duo E5200
Core i5 750
Core i7 920
Core i7 980X
AMD Processor
Phenom II X2 550 BE
Phenom II X3 720 BE
Phenom II X4 940 BE
Phenom II X4 965 BE
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q series
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
Gigabyte P55 UD4P
GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
Undecided
EVGA Classified X58
Asus Crosshair III
ATI Graphics Card
HD5750
HD5770
HD5870
HD5970
Nvidia Graphics Card
GTS250
GTX260 C216
GTX275
GTX295
Power Supply Unit
CORSAIR CX400W
CORSAIR HX520W
CORSAIR HX 650W
1500W Silverstone Strider
RAM
2*2GB Corsair Value select 800mhz
2*2GB Corsair Dominator 1066mhz
3*2GB Corsair Dominator 1600mhz
Undecided
HSF
F7 pro
Mugen 2
Xigmatek Thor's Hammer
Corasair H50
Storage
500 GB Samsung F3
1TB Samsung F3
2TB Samsung F3
Undecided
Case
Undecided
Undecided
Undecided
Corsair Obsidian 800D
Silverstone TJ10

Will do a bit more tomorrow, tired now XD Just my humble opinion btw.

Nice chart... but damn that's one weak Budget PC I'd say remove the current budget and move the categories one column right...

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-03-18 09:18:51

#85

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6673|Finland

Budget PC is ment to be budget, not cost a lot. If you slap quad and better gfx than that, its far from budget build already.

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

2010-03-18 11:14:07

#86

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6220|Places 'n such

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Budget PC is ment to be budget, not cost a lot. If you slap quad and better gfx than that, its far from budget build already.

The intel and nvidia combination adds up to about £370, I think thats about right for a budget pc.

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2010-03-18 21:09:18

#87

Jean_Peste_tu?: Yes I Do; +44|6878|Auteuil, Laval

Low Budget.

I've made a couple of comparative pricing on shotbot.ca and the way it is now it seems fair.
I can upgrade the parts I need to, lets say CPU, Mobo, Mem + PSU quite easily and on the other hand for the one that wants to start a new build with a low budget and with a little fluff, he's able to.

I say good job there for this bracket.

Notes:
I have a low budget and most of you seems to live on another planet from my perspective. Or you prioritize differently.
For me a transmission on a car is more important than the compute machine since I'm far from work + family to take care.
So what I'm saying is more for constructive purposes than any other, just for guidance as what maybe perceived as far as "budget".

For me it's more like, just give me what's important.
No heat sink fan, stock will suffice, not necessary to have 1,000,000,000 Giga bytes of drive.
I do not buy many games, my budget is restricted.
A budget builder will even re use an old case, keep the beige DVD drive in it's black tower and use a 10 year old keyboard!!!
He will do with what he has, there is no ambiguity, it's that or nothing.
For me as long as you keep compatible parts and I believe you do, I'm happy.

2010-03-19 07:20:29

#88

FloppY_: +1,010|6544|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Budget PC is ment to be budget, not cost a lot. If you slap quad and better gfx than that, its far from budget build already.

imo your better off saving up some more money than getting that budget build ;/

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-03-19 07:21:52

#89

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6673|Finland

FloppY_ wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Budget PC is ment to be budget, not cost a lot. If you slap quad and better gfx than that, its far from budget build already.
imo your better off saving up some more money than getting that budget build ;/

Budget build has its uses too, quad core and HD 5850 for web browsing and light gaming is overkill, no?

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

2010-03-19 07:30:07

#90

FloppY_: +1,010|6544|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
Budget PC is ment to be budget, not cost a lot. If you slap quad and better gfx than that, its far from budget build already.
imo your better off saving up some more money than getting that budget build ;/
Budget build has its uses too, quad core and HD 5850 for web browsing and light gaming is overkill, no?

Only if light gaming is anything pre-BF2 or casual games like peggle

Last edited by FloppY_ (2010-03-19 07:30:28)

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-03-19 08:39:02

#91

Stubbee: Religions Hate Facts, Questions and Doubts; +223|7001|Reality

Dude I game (bf2, l4d2, dod:s, tf2) on a single core P4 3.0Ghz with HT, 4Gb DDR2 and a 512Mb HD4670. Not because I want to either. The budget price system is big step up. We don't all have deep pockets. The only thing we ask is that it can be upgraded as needed. A dead end build would really suck. <insert Dell comments here>

Component $750 Gaming PC Component Prices

CPU AMD Athlon II X3 435 $84
CPU Cooler Xigmatek HDT-SD964 $22
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790GPT-UD3H $105
RAM G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL $94
Graphics 2 x Sapphire 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB $200
Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS, 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0 Gb/s $75
Sound Integrated
Network Integrated
Case Antec Three Hundred Illusion $60
Power Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W $85
Optical LG Black 22X DVD Burner SATA Model GH22NS50 $24

Total Price $749

Tom's March 2010 System Builder's Marathon

you can definitely chop some $$ off of the above too.

Last edited by Stubbee (2010-03-19 08:45:03)

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2010-03-19 09:01:48

#92

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6997|Toronto | Canada

FloppY_ wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:

imo your better off saving up some more money than getting that budget build ;/
Budget build has its uses too, quad core and HD 5850 for web browsing and light gaming is overkill, no?
Only if light gaming is anything pre-BF2 or casual games like peggle

Umm, my system is pretty much equivalent to the budget one and I can play BF2 on the highest settings... Can play most recent games at pretty decent framerates as well

2010-03-19 10:35:30

#93

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6673|Finland

FloppY_ wrote:
GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:

imo your better off saving up some more money than getting that budget build ;/
Budget build has its uses too, quad core and HD 5850 for web browsing and light gaming is overkill, no?
Only if light gaming is anything pre-BF2 or casual games like peggle

Are you seriously saying that budget setup can't handle anything better than BF2?

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

2010-04-18 11:21:34

#94

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6388|Carnoustie MASSIF

Time for an update now fermi is here, post where you think it shouldfit in

2010-04-18 11:25:06

#95

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6917|BC, Canada

how come there is only one mobo row, and not an intel chipset mobo and amd chipset mobo row.
Edit, oh I see there both in the same one... .... .....

Last edited by Nic (2010-04-18 11:26:28)

2010-04-18 11:26:36

#96

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5437|Sydney

Surely your mid-budget RAM would be 1333Mhz?

And that Phenom II unlocked to a quad is budget, but performance is like

At stock speed mine has a 7.3 Windows Experience Index rating.

2010-04-18 11:27:02

#97

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6388|Carnoustie MASSIF

Nic wrote:
how come there is only one mobo row, and not an intel chipset mobo and amd chipset mobo row.

We'll get that all sorted out after I ge out the shower, ipod touch ftw

2010-04-18 11:28:40

#98

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6917|BC, Canada

by the way, mid price pc case should be Coolermaster CM 690 II
Enthusiast should be any li-li or silverstone that is most fitting to the build.

Last edited by Nic (2010-04-18 11:30:45)

2010-04-18 11:34:21

#99

CammRobb: Banned; +1,510|6388|Carnoustie MASSIF

Also, gonna swap out the i7 920 and replace with i7 930

2010-04-18 11:40:32

#100

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6047|Catherine Black

CammRobb wrote:
Time for an update now fermi is here, post where you think it shouldfit in

More money than sense and complete nVidia loyalty.

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