New Computer Time (Need Help)

Christy said:
As far as waiting, hell no! As soon as I get my money, this comp is going out the door!
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I think the best move you can make is to wait; like huckleberry said, your current computer isn't so old that you can't wait--unless your kids need a computer THAT badly, then you should save your money and buy the new tech that's coming out in a month or two tops. This way you don't end up in the same situation you're in now, where you've got a decent-but-could-be-better rig that could use upgrades/replacing.

It's literally just a tiny little bit of waiting. At the rate that computer technology moves, then by the time you've gotten your money and placed these current parts on order, Ivy Bridge and the Radeon HD 7K/nVidia 600-series cards will be launched; that will not only reduce the prices of as-is tech, thus saving you cash if you order from this selection--it will give you other (definitely superior) options for components.

That's purely IMHO, and it's your money. That's just what I recommend.
 
Christy said:
Ok, so getting a decent tax return, wife is letting me spend up to $1000 on it. I havnt built a computer since the one I have now which was a few years ago.

Basically im asking for help if someone would like to build me a PC and post it here with links to the items under that price. I just dont know whats good any more.

Need just the main stuff. Drives, Proc, Mobo, Ram, Video Card, Case (Preferrably a non led one, dont want it lighting up my whole place since it stays on all the time), Power Supply. Think thats about it. Just one main Drive for OS and Games. I have additional ones ill throw in as well as an external for storage and stuff.

Current system if curious

AMD Phenom II X4 940
GeForce GTX 260
4 Gigs Ram
2 74 Gig Raptors in Raid



Thanks for your future help, it will be MUCH appreciated!
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First of all, be careful on getting someone to build your system from our clan. As we do have very honest members, but I've been a member for over 3 years and have seen a few of our members getting burned by sending money to other members to build them a system with no system and use the grab the money and run scenario.

You can purchase a great system from cyberspace.com for under a $1,000.00 and if you call them and tell them that you were referred by the eGO clan; which we do support, they might even give you more bang for your buck. Buy going to them, you will help out our clan.

Secondly, I would personally trust Jon Paso, out of Seattle Washington. He has helped me personally troubleshoot my new computer build. He is a very loyal person and will go out of his way to help you in your decision making. He has built over a dozen computers and all of them have been AMD's.

I see your computer specks and they seem fine. If you use Win 7 64, you can up your ram pretty easy to beyond the 4 gig levels. Ram sticks are at a great price now. If you like Nvidia graphics cards, the 560 TI is a at very reasonable price. PSU's aren't that expensive either.

Also, you can talk to Blue Stealth out of Florida. He's going to Medical School there; undergraduate, and he is another trusted person to deal with. Very knowledgeable. If he has the time, catch him before school is out cause he leaves the country in the Summer.

I can also help you find a already build system if you like. But I would be cautious on who you give your money too to build you a system.

A few years ago, a Division Leader and Council Member gave their money to an individual to build them a system that they knew for over a year from this clan and thought they could trust him. Unfortunately, he ran off with more than $2,000.00+. It's a shame. There are so many good people in this clan.

But take me as an example:

I could be a very intelligent Dog or Cat with special powers that give me the ability to use speech recognition to type for me. LOL. Just take my saying that I have listed in my profile to heart, "Remember, that most everyone you meet online is more or less a person hiding behind a username and they may not be who or what they appear or project themselves to be!"


What I'm saying is please be careful. I would hate to see you or anyone burned or taken advantage of which has happened to me in this clan.

I wish you the best.

If you need further help, just message Jon Paso, Blue Stealth or me anytime and we'll get together on vent and discuss some great alternatives for you.

Peace and be well.
 
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I am not sure if he was going to send money for someone else to build it or simply wanted people to post links to components he should buy to assemble himself. Either way, I agree with you about trusting some random person over the net. Definitely do this yourself as it is not as challenging as it seems and there are numerous sources online such as guides (such as the one phobus posted here) and youtube videos which explain it very clearly. It is literally screwing the components into place to secure them and then inserting ram, video card, and cpu into the motherboard slots. After that, connecting the power cables and sata cables is really all you have left. Plus, the knowledge you gain from the process is invaluable.
 
I'm your huckleberry said:
I am not sure if he was going to send money for someone else to build it or simply wanted people to post links to components he should buy to assemble himself. Either way, I agree with you about trusting some random person over the net. Definitely do this yourself as it is not as challenging as it seems and there are numerous sources online such as guides (such as the one phobus posted here) and youtube videos which explain it very clearly. It is literally screwing the components into place to secure them and then inserting ram, video card, and cpu into the motherboard slots. After that, connecting the power cables and sata cables is really all you have left. Plus, the knowledge you gain from the process is invaluable.
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I totally agree with you.

I learned by watching Youtube videos, asking people in our clan and reading magazine articles.

I thought he mentioned that he would by the products and ship them to someone to build it for him.

Anyway, I'm glad we have great members in our clan that will take their time to help anyone troubleshoot any problems that they may have.

Peace to you bro.
 
Cigarjohn said:
I totally agree with you.

I learned by watching Youtube videos, asking people in our clan and reading magazine articles.

I thought he mentioned that he would by the products and ship them to someone to build it for him.

Anyway, I'm glad we have great members in our clan that will take their time to help anyone troubleshoot any problems that they may have.

Peace to you bro.
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On a further note, our tech forums are also a great place for advice. I've used it many times when I had problems and have gotten great advice and have made more great friends to boot.

Peace.
 
No, ive built plenty of computers so ill be doing it myself. Just not up to date on latest hardware these days. Just asking for opinions on parts.
 
What did you end up getting or what do you plan on doing?
 
 
Christy said:
Just an update on everything I got. Everything went together great and runs greater than i could imagine!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131792
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153136
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127615

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions!
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Nice setup. Great motherboard. I personally use the 256 gb SSD version of the Crucial M4 SSD your getting. Not the fastest SSD out there but very reliable and you'll notice how snappy it is when loading up games. Though I would have went for the i7 2700k instead of the 2600k. I'm using the 2600k and it's great. But for a few more dollars, the 2700k might be worth it to have that little extra boost of power. It's only a 100mhz bump but that's me. Overall, excellent choice. Now you just need to install a BlueRay Burner to handle your CD's, DVD's and BlueRays. Also you may consider on a memory card reader. Nice choice of graphic cards too and more than enough ram.

Good job!

Peace to all!
 
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Cigarjohn said:
the 2700k might be worth it to have that little extra boost of power. It's only a 100mhz bump but that's me.
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Why would he spend that much money on an 100mhz bump when he can overclock it to far beyond that just fine?
 
First of all, it's only $15.00 more and since he's already building a new system he might as well spend the extra $15.00 for the 2700k to have the latest and last of the 1155 CPU's being produced. And it was just a suggestion, that's all.

He's already going to spend a nice chunck of money on a new system, what's an additional $15.00 more?

Peace to all!
 
Smart choice on getting the 2600k over the 2700k. Not worth the extra money when you are simply going to overclock it well beyond a stock 2700k anyways.

Impressive build. Glad it all came together for you and is working well.
 
I'm your huckleberry said:
Smart choice on getting the 2600k over the 2700k. Not worth the extra money when you are simply going to overclock it well beyond a stock 2700k anyways.

Impressive build. Glad it all came together for you and is working well.
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I'm sorry! I'm going to have to disagree. That 2700k will give that extra edge in pushing the overclock beyond what the 2600k will do. Whatever he pushes the 2600k to with complete stability, that 2700k will allow him to push that clock one step further.

And $15.00 isn't much of a difference between the price of a 2600k. He's already going to spend; what? $1,000+ on it. What's $15.00 more anyway? That's my opinion.

But I will say the 2600k is a rockin' cpu. I have my 2600k pushed to 5.426ghz with total stability and my graphic cards pushed to 975mhz. I was able to push my two video cards to 1.2ghz and was able to run some benchmarks before it crashed. But I'm happy with 900mhz in my games. Do I need that much power? I can't tell the difference. Maybe only for bragging rights which never get me nowhere in life.

Anyway, the 2600k is an awesome cpu, but if the 2700k came out before I built my computer, I probably would have purchased it to have the latest cpu in my system. But it's all good. I'm happy with what I got. I don't need the newer 2011 processor to enjoy good gaming.

Peace to all.
 
Cigarjohn said:
I'm sorry! I'm going to have to disagree. That 2700k will give that extra edge in pushing the overclock beyond what the 2600k will do. Whatever he pushes the 2600k to with complete stability, that 2700k will allow him to push that clock one step further.

And $15.00 isn't much of a difference between the price of a 2600k. He's already going to spend; what? $1,000+ on it. What's $15.00 more anyway? That's my opinion.

But I will say the 2600k is a rockin' cpu. I have my 2600k pushed to 5.426ghz with total stability and my graphic cards pushed to 975mhz. I was able to push my two video cards to 1.2ghz and was able to run some benchmarks before it crashed. But I'm happy with 900mhz in my games. Do I need that much power? I can't tell the difference. Maybe only for bragging rights which never get me nowhere in life.

Anyway, the 2600k is an awesome cpu, but if the 2700k came out before I built my computer, I probably would have purchased it to have the latest cpu in my system. But it's all good. I'm happy with what I got. I don't need the newer 2011 processor to enjoy good gaming.

Peace to all.
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On another note about the 2600k, according to Intel the processor should not exceed over 70C or 154 degrees F. I'm using liquid cooling for my system setup. But the 2600k will run cool at 5.2ghz on air with proper cooling. Thats pretty amazing.

Anyways, peace out!
 
TriPPey said:
Got a new build here with a i7 Sandy Bridge, SSD and the same Graphics as before:

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070

Mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131806

Ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036

GPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121096

HDD:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1068616&Sku=O261-6401

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It goes over by $31.93 (thanks to the case), but you are getting an i-7 sandy bridge CPU which is the best (next to the extreme edition of course)
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Overcocked version of the 560 ti cheaper: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565
 
Cigarjohn said:
I'm sorry! I'm going to have to disagree. That 2700k will give that extra edge in pushing the overclock beyond what the 2600k will do. Whatever he pushes the 2600k to with complete stability, that 2700k will allow him to push that clock one step further.

And $15.00 isn't much of a difference between the price of a 2600k. He's already going to spend; what? $1,000+ on it. What's $15.00 more anyway? That's my opinion.

But I will say the 2600k is a rockin' cpu. I have my 2600k pushed to 5.426ghz with total stability and my graphic cards pushed to 975mhz. I was able to push my two video cards to 1.2ghz and was able to run some benchmarks before it crashed. But I'm happy with 900mhz in my games. Do I need that much power? I can't tell the difference. Maybe only for bragging rights which never get me nowhere in life.

Anyway, the 2600k is an awesome cpu, but if the 2700k came out before I built my computer, I probably would have purchased it to have the latest cpu in my system. But it's all good. I'm happy with what I got. I don't need the newer 2011 processor to enjoy good gaming.

Peace to all.
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One, most people do not need to push their cpu to the brink.

Two, proof that a 2700k can overclock that much better than a 2600k? It can't. All 2600ks can be increased 100 mhz, so there is likely no difference between these two.

Three, some people are still on a budget. $15 savings is still $15. And if you can get the same performance for $15 less, you would be an idiot to not take it.

Lastly, the 2700k is not the cream of the crop. That would be LGA 2011. So bragging rights are laughable. I would rather brag that I got the same performance without falling into the Intel scam.
 
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