Computer Build Resource Thread - Page 787

On December 06 2011 05:50 Rachnar wrote:
If you aren't OC'ing, you won't need a p67 mobo, get a cheap h61 or h67

rest is ok, but the gtx460 is overpriced these days, generally an hd 6850 or 6870 will cost about the same ? and be much better

On December 06 2011 05:50 Myrmidon wrote:
Western Digital RE4 is the enterprise line, which is way overkill for consumer computing. Caviar Blue is plenty fine (and you're not going to notice a performance difference), as are alternatives from competitors.

Don't get pre-overclocked graphics cards as you could do that yourself, and the gains are small anyway. Unless you can find a GTX 460 for like $140 it's not worth it though: HD 6850 is of comparable price or better and a little more desirable overall, HD 6870 is usually a better value, GTX 560 is usually a better value (generally $5-10 overpriced compared to HD 6870), and so on.

I'd just get the HD 6850 if you have no intention of running games on the highest settings.

MSI P67A-G43 is overkill since you're not overclocking. Some cheaper motherboard (H61, H67, Z68 also okay) will do just fine. Get one with USB3 or SATA3 if you would want those features.

i5-2400 is good.

edit: with the savings...you could spend on a sturdier or otherwise better case--the three fans are way overkill for this kind of config btw; though they're doubtlessly not of very high quality given the price. Or a BluRay player if needed. Or maybe get an SSD if that would fit the budget (e.g. Crucial M4 64GB for $108...note that you'd want a SATA3 motherboard for that.)

On December 06 2011 05:50 Myrmidon wrote:
MSI P67A-G43 is overkill since you're not overclocking. Some cheaper motherboard (H61, H67, Z68 also okay) will do just fine. Get one with USB3 or SATA3 if you would want those features.

On December 06 2011 06:27 SnowSC2 wrote:

What's the difference between c43 and g43 besides crossfire/sli support?

On December 05 2011 08:28 olabaz wrote:
Yes for a few seconds the CPU fan spins before turning off. Yes, everything spins for a few seconds when it turns on. Like I said before, the case fan spins when the CPU is not on the motherboard but once it IS plugged in, it only turns on for a second.

On December 06 2011 06:25 skyR wrote:
The Radeon HD6850 performs similar to that of a GTX 460 but consumes less power. The Radeon HD6870 performs better than both.

The GTX 460 isn't in production anymore, retailers are just selling whatever is left of their stock.

Prices aren't likely to return back to normal for HDDs that soon. It's probably going to be near the end of 2012 or sometime in 2013.

There is no AMD equivalent to a core i5 2400. AMD processors are equivalent to that of the Core 2 Duos and Quads which were released nearly five years ago. You don't have to switch to an AMD processor if you get an AMD graphics card. Get rid of this stupid belief because it's not true that AMD gimps their card's performance on other platforms.

If you want to be loyal to Nvidia, you can get a GTX 560 instead which is similar to that of a Radeon HD6870.

A 64gb SSD will be enough for what you want. Windows 7 with SP1 is about 17gb, Starcraft II is about 10gb, and some other stuff like browser, microsoft office, messengers, etc will be like 5gb.