Slayer of Stupid Threads
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor Review - PCSTATS.comOriginally Posted by 50LTRv8
This is the processor I have suggested in the build.
Look at the stats. It beats out everything within its price range and is slightly lagging behind the Intel i7 which is in the 300 dollar + range and the i5 which is $75 - 100 more.
Bang for buck they are fantastic. Sure not the best. But for a 150-160 dollar processor, you cannot complain.
Hama, I believe the build I suggested is great for you price range. It will stomp anything you want to do, and comes within your price range. 4 gig of ram will be great with a better video card than the stardard build. My only concern would be the PSU, If you wanted to upgrade in the future (depending on what comes with the case) it would need to be upgraded.
Blanned
Its about application not cost of parts, you wouldnt buy a super computer to do basic calculations that could be performed by a pocket calculator.....
Whilst buying the latest greatest is a good way of future proofing, the best thing is to buy an item that is good but cheap allowing for greater financial flexibility when new technology comes out. Because technology is being updated at such a quick rate "buy the best buy once" doesnt really work as by the time you purchase the latest greatest graphics card a newer more powerful unit is released outdating yours......
Look at it this way, a good car becomes a classic, a good computer becomes a paperweight.....
Banned
I have a 3 year old computer now. Cost me around $4,000 ($1000 just for the graphics card) at the time but runs EVERY game I have (and I have a lot, as well as most popular new releases - gotta love Steam) at 1920x1200 with full graphics without lag. So while I see the validity to your argument, I'm an advocate of spending once and waiting a decent period of time rather than having the hassle of continually upgrading individual components.
Banned
That same $4000 computer would probably cost $500 to build now.
4 years is a millennia in the technology world.
What are the specs of that machine?
Because you can't just say it runs all the games you have and expect us to go "oh okay it must be good". Not having a dig, but you know what I mean?
Banned
doubt it... But I could be wrong and I cbf looking into it! lol
This is from a post back in October 2008 and checking back through my online order history I built it in August/September 2008 so I was wrong when I said 3 years. But it's older than 2 years now.
Original post in this thread: Post your setup! (with 40 posts per page, it's the top post on page 3 - i.e. post #81).
Case: Silverstone TJ09
PSU: Coolmaster Real Power Pro ESA 1000W (this PSU died March this year. I replaced it with a 1000W Silverstone ST1000-P Strider Plus Power Supply)
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus II Striker
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Core Q9550 2.83Ghz 12MB Cache (running at 3.2Ghz)
RAM: 4Gb DDR2 PC8500 Dominator (added another 4Gb about a year ago)
HDD: 1 x 300Gb Western Digital SATA II Velociraptor 10000rpm
HDD: 2 x 1Tb SATA II 7200rpm Seagate (added a third about a year ago)
Graphics: ASUS EAH4870X2 HTDI 2Gb ATI Radeon
Audio: ASUS SupremeFX X-Fi
Optical: ASUS DRW SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe
Cooling: Thermalright IFX-14 (CPU), 6 x Scythe S-FLEX 120mm 1200rpm 49CFM fans (case)
Monitoring: Lian-Li TR-5B 5.25 Bay Fan Speed Controller + Thermometer
Monitor: 2 x Dell 2407WFP 24 inch LCDs
Keyboard: Logitech G510
Mouse: Logitech G700
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Typical P Plater
Look for something that will last you at least the next 2 years. so you are gonna spend over 1k.
Depending on what you will be using it for.. keep its specs within reason and allow for upgrades.
So start off with a decent mobo, that way you can upgrade the rest without hassle. i suggest the LGA1336 socket. Currently intel is leading the market in CPUs, and they arent gonna stop anytime soon. AMD has slackened off a bit and focused on their ATI branch.. and it has paid off big time.'
Get a nice decent PSU aswell, 700W is fine anything more is kinda overkill if you aint gonna go with multiple GFX cards.
for an OS drive id get a Seagate Momentus XT, its only a 2.5" drive.. but it performs well, it essentially has a 4gb cache. and yes it works my load times are alot quicker that a standard drive and against a velociraptor it still wins.
DDR3 ram either dual or triple channel is fine. something above 1600Mhz is decent.
GFX i suggest ATI of somesort. Nvidia's cards arent performing like they used to, they have put too much effort into 3D in my opinion.
What You Looking At
any real reason why you when the 1000w psu? i know u got 2 x 4870 ther nothing flash now and could of easily went with a 600w psu. but without a doubt thats a nice system, cant wait for the 6990 ATI to come out end of this year tho....oh and love that case to death!!
Slayer of Stupid Threads
Meh PSU's are a part you may as well future proof.
Banned
I wanted a PSU that could handle ANYTHING I threw at it... They're cheap as chips anyway so why not get one with huge capacity but only draws what it needs when it needs it?
What You Looking At
true that, indeed you did that with a silverstone, top choice my friend...
VIP Member
Well I'm ordering the AMD package that Gren suggested.
AMD Quad Core 965 3.4Ghz
$490
+$110 (Win 7)
+$185 (23" LG HD Monitor)
+$60 (4GB Ram)
+$17 (Wireless Network Card)
- $30 (Inbuilt Speaker)
$832
What You Looking At
nice, gdluck m8, so you putting it together yourself?
Slayer of Stupid Threads
Nah what he is ordering is one of the "packages" that MSY does and they chuck it together for you.
Hama are you also going to upgrade the video card? Theyve got 2 options there that are pretty reasonable, either for 5570 for 60 or the 5670 for 80.
VIP Member
Yep, going for the 5570
Posting Permissions
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks
Reply With Quote
CHECK OUT MY RIDE HERE VX CALAIS 5.7L
CHECK OUT MY NEW RIDE: ..::VZ SS::. .::6.2L CONVERSION 310RWKW::..