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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming (BC2, BF3, D2, etc), Browsing, Word/Excel
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$850 CAD
3) Where do you live?
St. John's, NL, Canada
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
CPU, GPU, 500gb+ HDD, Mobo, Case, Wireless NIC, RAM
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Samsung 205BW 21" 1680x1050 Monitor
Corsair HX620 PSU?
DVDRW
Win 7 OS
6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
1680x1050
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Before Aug 31st
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
CF or SLI support would be nice, incase I upgrade my monitor/psu/gpu in the future
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, Win 7 64


I currently have the following system:
P180B
E4300 @ 3.2GHZ
2GB Ram
8800 GTS 640mb
Corsair HX620
320gb HD


needless to say, the rig is hurting! I have resorted to using my laptop (i5/gt425m) to game. I attempted to play bf3 alpha with chop and freeze I figure its about time to upgrade. I don't mind ordering off newegg.ca, but I have had some issues with customs when ordering in the past.

My biggest concern is if I am able to reuse my PSU (hx620). Would I be able to OC a i5-2500k to 4GHz, run a 6950/6970/GTX570, and not risk my build being compromised by a older psu?

Also for my resolution of 1680x1050, would a gtx 570 or 6970 be overkill?

I do not plan on SLI or CF with this psu, I would upgrade my psu.

I apologize if I am posting this build thread prematurely, I know its impossible to tell what the price of a product will be at the point of purchase, however if anyone has any advice on the psu and gpu at 1680x1050, it would be greatly appreciated.
 
Is your DVD-RW drive SATA? Or is it IDE (PATA)? If your drive is IDE (PATA), you will most likely need to purchase a new SATA DVD-RW drive (it should cost about $20) because very few new motherboards these days have any PATA ports at all whatsoever. Nearly all of the new LGA 1155 motherboards have no IDE (PATA) ports whatsoever.
 
E4g1e said:
Is your DVD-RW drive SATA? Or is it IDE (PATA)? If your drive is IDE (PATA), you will most likely need to purchase a new SATA DVD-RW drive (it should cost about $20) because very few new motherboards these days have any PATA ports at all whatsoever. Nearly all of the new LGA 1155 motherboards have no IDE (PATA) ports whatsoever.
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It is a SATA drive
 
Your current PSU will be enough for the HD 6950 2GB. Not sure about the other cards. For your resolution, the GTX 570 and HD 6970 are both stupid overkill for that res. Go for the HD 6950 2GB or GTX 560 Ti. Either card will be great for 1680x1050. Though the HD 6950 is a tad overkill.

CPU wise, go for the Core i5 2500K. Motherboard wise, take a look at these mobos:
$130 - MSI P67A-G43 Intel P67 ATX Motherboard
$160 - MSI P67A-GD55 Intel P67 ATX Motherboard
$180 - MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 ATX Motherboard

RAM wise, go with a 4GB stick or 2 x 4GB RAM set of DDR3 1333 RAM rated at 1.5V from any reputable RAM manufacturer.

HDD wise, go for the Western Digital WD5000AAKX or WD1002FAEX hard drives.

Case wise, go for any of these cases:
$60 - Cooler Master HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 ATX Case
$60 - NZXT Source 210 Elite ATX Case
$65 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K58W ATX Case
$90 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K56 ATX Case
$90 - Cooler Master CM690 II Advance ATX Case
$90 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K7B ATX Case
$100 - Lian Li PC-7B Plus II ATX Case
$100 - Cooler Master HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$110 - NZXT Whisper WHI - 001BK ATX Full Tower Case
$100 - Lian Li PC-7FN ATX Case
$110 - Lian Li PC-60FN ATX Case
$113 - Velocity Micro GX2-W Silver Classic Aluminum Case with Side Window
$120 - Fractal Design Arc Mini Tower
$130 - Fractal Design Define R3 White ATX Case
$140 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Full Tower ATX Case
$140 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001BK Black Full Tower ATX Case
$140 - Lian Li PC-9F ATX Case
$140 - Cooler Master HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$140 - Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 ATX Case
$143 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-002OR Black Finish w/Orange Trim Full Tower ATX Case
$150 - Corsair Graphite Series 600T ATX Case
$160 - Silverstone RV02B-W ATX case
$178 - Silverstone RV02B-EW ATX case
$190 - Corsair Obsidian Series 650D ATX Case
$220 - Cooler Master ATCS 840 RC-840-KKN1-GP Full Tower ATX Case
$230 - Silverstone FT02B ATX Case
$220 - Lian Li PC-A71F Black ATX Case
$230 - Lian Li PC-V1020A Silver ATX Case
$250 - Lian Li PC-V1200B Plus II Black ATX Case
 
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alik4041 said:
I'm curious as to why you only listed MSI boards..
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Basically because those MSI mobos have the right balance of features (especially support for UEFI BIOs), overclocking capability, and decent reliability.

Gigabyte mobos are good but I don't like how they don't have UEFI.
Asus P67 mobos have an above average rate of failure.
AsRock only has a one year warranty.
 
Understandable, but as far as memory, I would definitely opt for 1600mhz. He would be taking a small, unnecessary performance hit by going with 1333. With prices so cheap, there's no reason not to.
 
As far as I have red, the impact memory has on SB performance is minimal. That being said, I will grab some 1.5v 1600mhz if the price is right. I have found some Gskill F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL for $56.73 which I will pick up.
 
It is until you get to 1333mhz.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3/8
Anandtech said:
I think we confirmed what we pretty much knew all along: Sandy Bridge's improved memory controller has all but eliminated the need for extreme memory bandwidth, at least for this architecture. It's only when you get down to DDR3-1333 that you see a minor performance penalty. The sweet spot appears to be at DDR3-1600, where you will see a minor performance increase over DDR3-1333 with only a slight increase in cost.
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