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Nixxon

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-- What your budget is (and whether it includes taxes, shipping charges, and/or other costs)

About $500-700

-- Which parts you need within that budget

Mobo, Processor, Ram, SSD, Maybe a power supply

-- What the system is going to be used for

Gaming, running a small home network for storage, office work

-- All of the components that you already have and/or are planning on reusing

Reusing: Lian Li PC-61 and I would like to reuse a XFX GeForce 9600GT just until I get enough money to upgrade that, a PSU (I may need to upgrade but Its pretty hefty), and 2 500gig SATA HD's

-- Which components you are considering getting (list out your components with model
numbers/names along with links to the stores you're getting them from)


ASUS P7P55D-E LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Model #:p7P55D-E LX $124.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131634

Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7870 $289.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115213

Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $144.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148357

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL $104.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

Once I have enough money I think I'll get this:
EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130568

-- The question(s) you have -- or, the reason you made the thread in the first place

How does this build look?

-- Be as specific/detailed as possible (without writing a novel -- some of us have short attention spans here...)

Main concern is compatibility and value. I would like to upgrade by the end of the month, the reason why I'll get the graphics card later is because my computer has been freezing as of late and is also in need of an upgrade anyways.

Thanks in advance
 
Additional questions:
What PSU do you have now?
3) Where do you live?
6) Will you be overclocking?
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? Multiple PCI-E x16 slots? etc.
 
Frankly, I would suggest waiting for the fixed Sandy Bridge motherboards if at all possible. An i5-2500k would be a faster CPU than that i7-870 and cost about $65 less.
 
Danny Bui said:
Additional questions:
What PSU do you have now?
3) Where do you live?
6) Will you be overclocking?
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? Multiple PCI-E x16 slots? etc.
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1) Antec NEO HE500- 500W
2) UK, but I have a an APO address which is to New Jersey as far as shipping costs are concerned
6) Probably not, I'm unfamiliar with it
7) I have a 22" Acer
8) Plan on buying beginning of March
9) No crazy features but I would like to future proof as much as possible. I guess Sata 6GB/S and USB 3.0 since those are the up and coming technologies.

tiraides said:
Which games are you playing? At what level of visual quality?
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Darkfall, maybe Rift, Heroes of Newerth. I would like to play them at high quality, I don't mind to turn some stuff down but I would like everything to look decent with little to no stuttering.

Drexl said:
Frankly, I would suggest waiting for the fixed Sandy Bridge motherboards if at all possible. An i5-2500k would be a faster CPU than that i7-870 and cost about $65 less.
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When are those coming out?
 
Please don't wast $200 on a GTX 460 1GB. That's an utter ripoff.

The GTX 470's can be had for $230ish and the Radeon 6870 $200 will beat the pants off a GTX 460. The Radeon 6950 is only $260, granted, you don't need to spend over $200, and you'd be just fine with a vanilla GTX 460 768mb card at 1680x1050. For that card, it should only cost $120.

There's also the Radeon 6850 at the $160 price point, which is also better than the GTX 460.
 
Ok then:
- Ditch the Core i7 870. It is not that much faster than the Core i5 760 in games to justify the extra $85. So save yourself $85 and go with the similarily performing Core i5 760:
$210 - Intel Core i5 760 CPU

- Since you're not overclocking, zero reason for you to get that G.Skill DDR3 1600 RAM set. You'll be just fine with this DDR3 1333 RAM set:
$80 - G.Skill Value Series F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM

- As J Macker pointed out, a GTX 460 is a stupid ripoff at $205 as there are faster video cards with a better bang for the buck value above that price range.

So look for the HD 6850 1GB for around $180 to $190 or the HD 6870 for around $220 to $230. If you really want Nvidia, then go with the GTX 460 but for no more than $190. Any closer to the $200 price point is a ripoff.
Nixxon said:
When are those coming out?
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April for the updated motherboards.
 
Heatspreaders aren't deal-breakers, especially if you're not overclocking.

A 2GB flash drive? That's so 2005.
 
Nixxon said:
Do I need more than 500W to power my build with the changes Danny has made?
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Not really. The problem is how old is your PSU. If it's 4 years old or more, then I would recommend a PSU upgrade.
 
Danny Bui said:
Not really. The problem is how old is your PSU. If it's 4 years old or more, then I would recommend a PSU upgrade.
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......6 years? lol.

Should I wait for Sandy Bridge or what? The thing thats driving my upgrade is my computer keeps halting.
 
Nixxon said:
......6 years? lol.

Should I wait for Sandy Bridge or what? The thing thats driving my upgrade is my computer keeps halting.
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As long as you keep using that old PSU, you will continue to have problems with halting. Especially since the capacitors inside even good PSUs tend to deteriorate. With the amount of use that PSU has been taking, don't expect that PSU to provide more than about 300-350W total given the age of that PSU. So, I strongly recommend replacing the PSU with a good-quality NEW 500W to 600W unit first before you upgrade any other components.
 
Nixxon said:
Should I wait for Sandy Bridge or what? The thing thats driving my upgrade is my computer keeps halting.
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As E4g1e said, no matter what, you're gonna need a new PSU. Upgrade that FIRST and then come back if the halting issues still occur.

Yes Sandy Bridge is significantly faster than most current Intel CPUs right now. And have a better price to performance ratio. However whether or not to wait for it is now largely dependent on what happens when you upgrade the PSU. If the halting keeps occurring and if you really really cannot stand it, then yes buy a Core i5 750 CPU based setup. If the halting stops, then yes wait till Sandy Bridge if you want that performance increase
 
Your older Antec PSU also only has a 4-pin 12v connector; most new boards need the 8pin 12v connector. I don't think using a 4pin 12v will work for a motherboard with an 8pin 12v connector. That's why I recommended a new PSU.
 
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