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#1: REQ: Wife gave approval for new system ~$2K Author: APOSTLE, Location: Robins Air Force Base Georgia PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:59 pm
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My tech savvy friends,

I have been given the green light to get a new computer.  My last one was an IBUYPOWER and it was good.  But I have limited knowledge of what MOBO is better, case, power supply, etc.  This is what I amateurly put together, but I am looking for your good advice PLEASE!  I want to make sure if I spring for a GTX 590 that I am not creating a bottleneck somewhere else.  Here is what I have so far @ IBUYPOWER.COM:
Case - Coolermaster Silencio 550
CPU - i7-2600K 4x3.4GHz 8MB cache
Memory - 8GB DDR3-1600
Vidcard - single Nvidia GTX 590 3MB
MoBo - ASUS P8Z68-V LX
Power - 850watt Corsair CMPSU-850AX
Drive - 120GB Corsair Force series 3 SSD
CD - Standard 24x CDR/RW
COST = $2,062.00

Please point out if I am making any stupid/less than smart choices.  I don't know any better.
Feel free to email me at scott.frey [at] robins.af [dot] mil as I am not able to peruse this forum at work.

Thank you so much for any help,
Scott
#2: Re: REQ: Wife gave approval for new system ~$2K Author: Silent_Wolf, Location: Loveland, Colorado PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:09 pm
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ROCK ON, buy it now before she changes her mind.  Thats an awesome rig minus the optical.  I have to have my BluRay burner.  Very Happy
#3: Re: REQ: Wife gave approval for new system ~$2K Author: Abram, Location: Fort McMurray, AB PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:54 pm
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Be sure to get an after-market cooler for that CPU. Those are so easy to overclock. I got my 2600k to 4.7ghz with just a single BIOS tweak, and to the now-stable 5.0ghz with some more time/work. Bu sure to turn off Hyper-Threading, which can be quite detrimental to framerates, though awesome for other stuff like Adobe or A/V encoding.

If you don't do that stuff, you may want to consider the 2500k; almost 100 bucks cheaper, and that could go to another 8gb of RAM or something. Or a more robust motherboard. Either way - yay. New computer builds are always neat.

Will you not need a DVD or Blu-Ray burner?
#4: Re: REQ: Wife gave approval for new system ~$2K Author: bpmcmanus, Location: Avondale, AZ PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:24 pm
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I just bought 16 Gb of RAM from Newegg for $89.  That will be the start of my new AMD based system.  I agree with CHUD...save the $100 and go for the slightly less powerful CPU; you can always upgrade later and you honestly wouldn't notice the difference anyway.  If you aren't married to Intel, you may want to consider the 8 core AMD FX-8120 or 8150.  Both are in the $200s (220/270) on Newegg.  The savings could go towards another video card.  Lastly, dont forget to pick up a couple of 1.5 Tb drives for storage/backup.  That 120 Gb SSD won't hold too much.
#5: Re: REQ: Wife gave approval for new system ~$2K Author: Orck, Location: South Carolina PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:35 pm
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Apostle...go look up the exact same items on Newegg.com I think you will get a lot cheaper prices. Also the only thing I see is lacking in the memory ist 1600. You can get a lot faster than that.
#6: Re: REQ: Wife gave approval for new system ~$2K Author: bil4short, Location: Denver, Colorado PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:23 pm
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I would pipe up for a DVD drive at least.  Most new games are on DVD if not download.  You might also want to watch movies on it!
#7: Re: REQ: Wife gave approval for new system ~$2K Author: PFGreenLabel, Location: UK PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:08 pm
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Good wife you got there man! I wondered why it was dark in here  Embarassed  Can I have my green light back now please!

PS I am no PC guru but taht all sounds good to me. i have never needed to clock stuff as all seems to run fine on my PC in the uk 2 years ago a similar set up to your new choice cost me £1200 ($2400 back then) But I didnt tell the wife lol  Surprised
#8: Re: REQ: Wife gave approval for new system ~$2K Author: Sheepdawg,  PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:56 pm
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Id say spend some money and get a Cav Blue or Cav Black HDD.  Terabyte HDDs are cheap now, and you can never go wrong with extra space.  

My Steam folder is as big as your SSD Twisted Evil
#9: Re: REQ: Wife gave approval for new system ~$2K Author: Sabotage-NOR, Location: Norway PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 9:23 pm
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I think it looks good. But like others have metion ....get an extra HD.
Memory is good enough. And make sure that the graphic card fits in the case.
And u may need a cooler for ur prosessor.

Sabo.
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