(06-08-2010, 01:40 AM)Eightball link Wrote: It looks fine, my only comment is that you seem to be spending more than you need to. Here are some alternatives to some of your parts, consider them and keep in mind that I'm a complete idiot and don't know what I'm talking about.

For your PSU, spending $115 for 750W seems a wee bit high. This one is $50 cheaper for 700W, and seems to have as good of a track record. Then again, there are many more options too, I'm guessing you chose the one you did for a reason. I personally always thought PSUs were too expensive.

Your memory, hard drive, and processor all seem fine (though I know nothing about i3 and i5 processors). I don't know jack shit about what makes a good mobo so Imma say you're fine there too. I'm pretty sure you can get cheaper DVD burners but at this point you'd only be saving a few bucks, so whatever.

Your video card seems pretty high-end. I personally like to cut back on video cards a bit when I build new rigs, since they're the part that will become outdated the fastest and will therefore be the first part you replace. Plus, once you get above about $200 in cost, the performance increase per dollar spent really drops. I would recommend something in the range of $150-200, maybe something like this? I recommended a similar card to Liquid not too long ago. For reference, I only spent ~$175 on my graphics card when I built my current computer (total build cost of about $1400), and it's holding its own against any game I can throw at it--max resolution (1680x1050), maximum graphic settings and maybe 2x or 4x antialiasing. You probably don't need to spend $300.

Dunno what to say about your case, it's entirely preferential and I know people (other than versus) that completely eschewed a case. It looks fine.

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It looks fine, my only comment is that you seem to be spending more than you need to. Here are some alternatives to some of your parts, consider them and keep in mind that I'm a complete idiot and don't know what I'm talking about.

For your PSU, spending $115 for 750W seems a wee bit high. This one is $50 cheaper for 700W, and seems to have as good of a track record. Then again, there are many more options too, I'm guessing you chose the one you did for a reason. I personally always thought PSUs were too expensive.

Your memory, hard drive, and processor all seem fine (though I know nothing about i3 and i5 processors). I don't know jack shit about what makes a good mobo so Imma say you're fine there too. I'm pretty sure you can get cheaper DVD burners but at this point you'd only be saving a few bucks, so whatever.

Your video card seems pretty high-end. I personally like to cut back on video cards a bit when I build new rigs, since they're the part that will become outdated the fastest and will therefore be the first part you replace. Plus, once you get above about $200 in cost, the performance increase per dollar spent really drops. I would recommend something in the range of $150-200, maybe something like this? I recommended a similar card to Liquid not too long ago. For reference, I only spent ~$175 on my graphics card when I built my current computer (total build cost of about $1400), and it's holding its own against any game I can throw at it--max resolution (1680x1050), maximum graphic settings and maybe 2x or 4x antialiasing. You probably don't need to spend $300.

Dunno what to say about your case, it's entirely preferential and I know people (other than versus) that completely eschewed a case. It looks fine.

(06-08-2010, 01:29 AM)Karth del Top Hat link Wrote: got an i5 myself and love it, I'd stay with it.

(06-08-2010, 02:31 AM)zaneyard link Wrote: [quote author=Karth del Top Hat link=topic=4683.msg156749#msg156749 date=1275978587]
got an i5 myself and love it, I'd stay with it.

(06-08-2010, 03:53 AM)Didzo link Wrote: You want nice graphics now, drop the cash and stick with it.

(06-08-2010, 01:40 AM)Eightball link Wrote: max resolution (1680x1050), maximum graphic settings and maybe 2x or 4x antialiasing.

(06-08-2010, 04:13 AM)Didzo link Wrote: 1980x1080 > 1680x1050

(06-08-2010, 04:07 AM)Versus-pwny- link Wrote: go intel unless you're planning on spending less than $800 on your comp, which is obviously not what you're doing. i've gone amd my past two builds and regretted it

(06-08-2010, 10:10 AM)Dtrain323i link Wrote: [quote author=Didzo link=topic=4683.msg156768#msg156768 date=1275988384]
1980x1080 > 1680x1050

(06-08-2010, 12:43 PM)Duck link Wrote: ive also been on both sides of the intel/amd fence before, and all i have to say is that zaneyard is an idiot. when is the last time someone tried to upgrade "just the processor." The socket argument is kind of dumb, just because by the time peeps need a new cpu, they need a new everything, thereby nullifying that sad excuse to go amd