Mega Special III(Free Shipping):
Case: Xion Predator 970 Gaming Series Mid Tower Case w/ 2 External Removable HDD Bays [+10]
Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Default case fans
CPU: Intel庐 Core鈩?i7-2600K 3.40 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified) [+96]
Cooling Fan: * CoolerMaster V6 GT CPU Cooler (Nickle Plated Double-V Heatpipe w/ Color Changing LED Cap) [+22]
Motherboard: [Crossfires/SLI] ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 ATX Mainboard w/ Lucid Virtu, Intel SRT, UEFI %26amp; 7.1 THX TruStudio Audio, GbLAN, HDMI, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 %26amp; 2 PCI [+68]
Memory: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module [+20] (Corsair Vengeance [+19])
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+28] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
Power Supply Upgrade: 850 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready [+93]
Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+59] (Single Hard Drive)
Optical Drive: Sony 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [+4] (BLACK COLOR)
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
Network: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
Keyboard: Xtreme Gear (Black Color) Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard
Mouse: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
Flash Media Reader/Writer: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
Internal USB Port: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
Operating System: Microsoft庐 Windows 7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition)
Service: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Rush Service: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS
I want it to be at least less than $1300.
Since I live at California tax will add a $100.
How is my build? I want to find where do I need to save. But there are some exeptions.
*I want a good hard drive that'll run at high RPM and high cache.
*Just a fairly good GPU till I can upgrade to a more high end GPU.
*A good cooler CPU that'll be in a very warm room at some days.
*At what places can I choose a lower product for a sufficient price tag.
*I'm not going to over clock the CPU, it's in a promotion of free upgrade.
I will be playing games on it(With few mods that'll strain some high-end PCs.), video editing and rendering, hearing music, and browsing the internet.
Some games I might play are The Sims 2 %26amp; 3, Dragon Age series, The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion %26amp; V Skyrim, Fallout 3, GTA 4, and more upcoming games.
I will be using Sony Vegas Movie Studio Plantinium HD Suite.
Maybe MMOs and do schoolwork and browse the internet.
I will put more RAM later, maybe.
How much Power Supply do I really need if I upgrade to a new GPU later with this build?
Which Cooling Fan can I choose?
I can accept other builts from others as recommend or suggestions.
I hope anyone can help at improving this built and lowering the price if possible.|||1: need to get a better case make it a full tower or at least a HAF 922
2: if you can spend a bi money i suggest to get a GTX 560 rather than 550ti so you can play BF3
3: if you want you get get an H-60 water cooling kit or if you want air cooled at a V8 ( its big so your gonna need a bigger case
4:eh idk
5:theres no need to over clock your CPU unless your a ahrd core gamer who plays 24/7
6: If you want to play up coming game i highly suggest you get a GTX 560 Ti ( it is even recommended for Battle Field 3 ) an i also use one trust me i play BFBC2 eveything on max at 1080 with FPS exceeding 60
7: lmaoo 850watt is more than enough to put another videocard
8: and what you mean by cooling fan ?? jsut get like 200mm or something idk
__________
if you want to lower price you can always get a barebone and throw some parts in
good luck|||i suggest the gtx 590 evga liquid cooling overclocked classified edition i have it and its so flipping amazing running bf3 at 130fps on ultra|||you can... build it urself :D itll be a lot cheaper|||if you are not going to overclock:
*you dont need a K series cpu, get i7-2600
*you dont need that cooler master v6, stock cooler will be sufficient.
*you dont need z68 motherboard, you will be fine with h67 motherboard.
*you dont need 1600MHz RAM, intel support 1333MHz RAM at max at stock settings.
*you are going to upgrade your gfx card in future, i would suggest you to take card from AMD radeon, so that you can crossfire any future card from same family unlike nvidia where you strictly bound to use same low end gpu. Goodluck!|||building yourself can cost a lot more. but you get the system you want.
the video is about mid high end. you are doing ok on the cpu.
I am no expert at matching video cards to systems, but I know that the gtx580 is the top end card $500-600, and you should make sure your PSU can handle whatever video card you choose (read the video specs first and add about 80W for stability!). If you are on a budget and can't afford to upgrade video now, that's fine.
ram: make sure you can still get the same timing and hopefully kind as well. systems don't like memory mixtures. I would put all the ram in now. otherwise, you may end up replacing all the ram later. the 8GB sticks have not come out yet that I have seen.
the cooling fan in the boxed cpu sets last a long time, and they work pretty well. they are made for the proc. zalman fans are also high quality (but large and usually a little too heavy) and made for overclocking.
the 550Ti requires 400W so you should use a minimum 550W PSU. with hard drives, optical drives and stuff, try the PSU calculator.
by the way, if you are going to college, you are probably not going to have much time for playing games. (at least you shouldn't be) I spend my time experimenting with what I learned. I retained what I learned longer and I learned more than just doing idle rote (and I got more excited about what I learned and found new ways to apply it).
I think you've got plenty of power for your system. I have a relatively new 80 plus certified 550W PSU on a 250W system. sometimes it makes noise due to the low usage I think (old system, much lower power requirements).
No comments:
Post a Comment