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Mjbjr25

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Im intrested in building one,but would like to keep it under 1000.Parts will have to be purchased at intervals (1-2) month.I have a case and dvd drives.Just need advice on mobo,cpu and Vc.
 
E7200 ( $120 ) or E8400 ( $170 )
Xigmatech HDT-S1283 HSF and bolt-thru kit ( $45, $35 AR )
ASUS P45 P5Q Pro motherboard ( $140 ) or Gigabyte EP45-DS3L ( $110 )
Corsair 550 VX PSU ( $90, $75 AR ) or Corsair 750 TX PSU ( $110, $100 AR )
Western Digital AAKS 640GB 7200RPM SATA HDD ( $85 ) or Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB 7200RPM HDD ( $110 )

Video card depends on your monitor size/resolution.
1920x1200 or greater (24" LCD or larger) try and get a Radeon HD 4870X2 ( $500-$550 ) -- get the 750 TX PSU if you get this card
1680x1050 (22" LCD) try and get a Radeon HD 4870 ( $300 )
Lower than 1680x1050 get a Radeon HD 4850 ( $160 )
Ideally get VisionTek brand as they have the best warranty, but pretty much any brand but Sapphire is okay.
 
Visiontek no longer has the best warranty, Gigabyte and Asus are once again (unfortunatly) on-top. But yeah I agree with that build.
 
Mjbjr25 said:
Im intrested in building one,but would like to keep it under 1000.Parts will have to be purchased at intervals (1-2) month.I have a case and dvd drives.Just need advice on mobo,cpu and Vc.
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You're obviously on a decent budget. Don't let people talk you into a quad core. The e8400/e8500 are priced to sell right now and is a bad ass core 2.

The WD6400AAKS is also a perfect combination of price/performance. It's basically the best 7200 RPM drive you can get and it's around $80.

EVGA has a lifetime warranty on it's graphics cards. But take my advice and stay away from Nforce chipset boards. Stick with p35 or x38/45 chip set.
 
bigdogchris said:
You're obviously on a decent budget. Don't let people talk you into a quad core. The e8400/e8500 are priced to sell right now and is a bad ass core 2.

The WD6400AAKS is also a perfect combination of price/performance. It's basically the best 7200 RPM drive you can get and it's around $80.

EVGA has a lifetime warranty on it's graphics cards. But take my advice and stay away from Nforce chipset boards. Stick with p35 or x38/45 chip set.
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I have no problems with my 680i SLi SE motherboard.
 
3far4shot said:
I have no problems with my 680i SLi SE motherboard.
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And some people also have a 360 from release date that haven't RR, but most don't. The truth is, some tech just works some times, but then some times it doesn't. There's enough issues with Nforce boards to warrant going in another direction, since there's no benefit to using them unless you want SLI.
 
the ep35-ds3l is a great board.

I'm selling one NIB for $82shipped.
 
biostar tpower i45 - $150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138118

E8500 - $190
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036

4gb g.skill ddr2 1000 - $85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145

visiontek 4870 - $285
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129113

xigmatek 650w psu $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817815001

some hs/f - true, xig, ocz, etc - $45

either the wd 640gb or one of the new wd re3 drives.

a little over 1k
 
Now a days they have fixed most of there problems and is pretty much safe to pick one up. I dont know about OCing it tho, that still may be causing problems(i dont OC). But for general usage the nforce chipset has gotten more reliable, but i am sure you can still find a couple with problems from the start like not being able to POST. I have had my EVGA 680I for about 13 months so far and is going strong.


I just wanted to make sure that people know that not all Nvidia chipset boards have problems and that there are tons of users that are satisfied with it.

Most people having problems are the ones trying to do ''Extreme'' things to it like trying to OC the hell out of there CPU on the board. But I have never OCed on this board so i dont know, for general non OC usage the boards seem fine. Some still have a POST problems but its not really like likely you will get one that doesn't POST these days.

I cant speak for people who OC tho.
 
I'd also stay away from the nvidia chipset mobos. Had a 680i from EVGA that started killing my ram and then the ram slots went out on it. The memory controller was shot. I went and picked up a P45 board and couldn't be happier.
 
rittia1962 said:
I'd also stay away from the nvidia chipset mobos. Had a 680i from EVGA that started killing my ram and then the ram slots went out on it. The memory controller was shot. I went and picked up a P45 board and couldn't be happier.
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Did you change any RAM settings? Do you OC?
 
Yea, I did, and for a near $250 board (at the time I bought it) it damn well better be able to OC without killing its own memory controller, along with my ram. This new $150 board that I'm running blows my 680 out of the water in terms of overclockability, stability, and performance in general.
 
rittia1962 said:
Yea, I did, and for a near $250 board (at the time I bought it) it damn well better be able to OC without killing its own memory controller, along with my ram. This new $150 board that I'm running blows my 680 out of the water in terms of overclockability, stability, and performance in general.
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Ya, i hear the 680i's suck really hard at OCing. But for everything at stock it runs fine for me. I feel bad for people who OC on this board and start saying to everyone that it sucks bad because it cant OC well. But for those who run thing at stock normally dont have a problem. As a non OCer i can say this board is nice and stable, for a person who OC's it seems to be a different story.
 
Even for people who don't OC, the 680s have a history of killing ram at 2.2v+

Also, OC'ability is the reason we pay so much for "high-end" mobos. If we wanted to run everything at stock, you can get that out of a $90 mobo.

I just think it's a good recommendation that if you're building a new system today that you stay away from the nvidia chipsets unless you'll be running SLI.
 
rittia1962 said:
Even for people who don't OC, the 680s have a history of killing ram at 2.2v+

Also, OC'ability is the reason we pay so much for "high-end" mobos. If we wanted to run everything at stock, you can get that out of a $90 mobo.

I just think it's a good recommendation that if you're building a new system today that you stay away from the nvidia chipsets unless you'll be running SLI.
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My RAM isn't running at 2.2V or more, but what RAM runs at 2.2V stock?
 
Instead of asking me what specific ram runs at 2.2v, I'd suggest you go to Newegg and look at all their DDR2 kits. You'll find a few kits that run at 2.2v or kits that have a range of 1.8v-2.25v etc...

The point is though that the nvidia chipset boards are FAR from your best option if you're building a system today and don't need SLI.
 
rittia1962 said:
Instead of asking me what specific ram runs at 2.2v, I'd suggest you go to Newegg and look at all their DDR2 kits. You'll find a few kits that run at 2.2v or kits that have a range of 1.8v-2.25v etc...

The point is though that the nvidia chipset boards are FAR from your best option if you're building a system today and don't need SLI.
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Going to look now, my RAM is running at 1.85V fine.

And i agree with the rest tho.
 
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