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Technology & Hardware / Building a new Computer
« on: March 26, 2013, 09:22:30 am »
Quote from: Growler;1521720
Your 250gb SSD could well be overkill. 120 is plenty enough for OS + key apps n games. That trimmed could buy you the water cooler.

Well the K series chip is designed to be overclocked, and easily. But you would want an after market cooler to do so.

something like this.




Nah I think this will actually be the perfect size - I tend to flit between games a bit so the more I can have installed the happier I'll be. Pretty much TF2 and Minecraft are the only games I play for extended periods haha

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Technology & Hardware / Building a new Computer
« on: March 26, 2013, 09:02:03 am »
Quote from: Growler;1521720
Your 250gb SSD could well be overkill. 120 is plenty enough for OS + key apps n games. That trimmed could buy you the water cooler.

Well the K series chip is designed to be overclocked, and easily. But you would want an after market cooler to do so.

something like this.




Nah I think this will actually be the perfect size - I tend to flit between games a bit so the more I can have installed the happier I'll be. Pretty much TF2 and Minecraft are the only games I play for extended periods haha

Hmm that Hydro cooling might be the way to go as I'll definitely be looking at overclocking once I have everything sorted.

I used to have a G500 (until I messed up the usb connector) and didn't even think of just replacing it.

It's gonna be good to have a proper gaming setup once again

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Technology & Hardware / Building a new Computer
« on: March 25, 2013, 10:52:47 am »
Am I gonna regret not using a cooler? And cheers, I'll check the mouse out.


Edit: Ah yes I like this mouse too, probably go for this one.

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Technology & Hardware / Building a new Computer
« on: March 25, 2013, 09:49:56 am »
Cheers guys, you have all helped a lot.

My revised set up:

CPU - Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4Ghz Socket 1155 Box. Looking at about $305

Graphics: ASUS GTX660TI-DC2-2GD5 GEFORCE for $479

Mobo: Asus P8Z77-V LK LGA ~ $219

RAM: Corsair XMS3 Vengeance DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz 8gb (2x 4gb) - $73

PSU: CORSAIR 650W HX-650v2 ATX12V v2.31 and EPS 2.92 Power Supply 140mm fan Modular Cables 80Plus GOLD - $200

SSD: Samsung 250GB SSD 840 Series Nand, 512MB Ram - $280
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB $125


Which is looking pretty good! Now if anyone can advise on a decent-but-cheapish mouse I'd be set..

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Technology & Hardware / Building a new Computer
« on: March 22, 2013, 12:18:56 pm »
Yeah, I kinda figured the same thing. I'd look at the SSD for windows + steam/bf3/any other games I finally can get around to playing and then everything else I'd store on the HDD like music/other non-important programs and all that.

Quick question re SSD loading times, loading into a multiplayer game eg bf3, is this gonna help speed up the time it takes? Or is this more for singleplayer/LAN-hosted games off my computer?

Also, looking at the i5, I've seen a lot of reviews around that seem to be praising this CPU and I was curious whether or not it would have any difficulty with loading higher-tier games at the higher video settings. I'm not looking for the highest settings or ultra or anyhting but after playing on a laptop for the last 2+ years I'd love to see games at the quality they should be viewed!

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Technology & Hardware / Building a new Computer
« on: March 22, 2013, 09:19:05 am »
Sweet, good to know. I'll save my money for more important things then (like mouse and SSD)

edit: and I'm assuming that the enterprise drives are aimed more towards servers and that sort of thing

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Technology & Hardware / Building a new Computer
« on: March 22, 2013, 08:34:23 am »
Oh yeah the RAM is dual 2x 4gb and I am definitely looking at an SSD and have found one that I like the sound of (Samsung 250GB SSD 840 Series Nand with read/write of 96k/62k) however it is 256gb which is slightly more than I need really but not as expensive as I would have thought at $275.

With the HDD, is it better to go for enterprose quality or is consumer grade sweet as? And if I do take a cheaper mobo (like the one that Emrico1 linked, am I likely to regret it in the long run compared to the Thunderbolt?

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Technology & Hardware / Building a new Computer
« on: March 18, 2013, 02:33:49 pm »
Quote from: Spigalau;1521060
Unusual choice of HDD 'Seagate Constellation', refer -http://www.playtech.co.nz/afawcs0139235/CATID=235/ID=15034/SID=324860507/productdetails.html $89


Huh. Well, I guess this is why I wrote this up haha.

Why the hell was the Seagate double the price

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Technology & Hardware / Building a new Computer
« on: March 18, 2013, 01:51:58 pm »
I was looking at this one, but I wasn't too sure whether it was worth it or not...
http://www.elive.co.nz/samsung-128gb-830-ssd-drive-AC02802.php

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Technology & Hardware / Building a new Computer
« on: March 18, 2013, 01:27:07 pm »
So I'm looking at building myself a new computer and as I am pretty novice at this, I'm looking to get some feedback on what I've decided to go for.

All input is appreciated!

CPU - Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4Ghz Socket 1155 Box. Looking at about $305

Graphics: ASUS GTX660TI-DC2-2GD5 GEFORCE for $479

Mobo: Asus P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT Intel Z77 ATX Ivy Bridge for $398 approx

RAM: Kingston HyperX x2 4gb at $85.48

PSU: CORSAIR 650W HX-650v2 ATX12V v2.31 and EPS 2.92 Power Supply 140mm fan Modular Cables 80Plus GOLD - $200

HDD: Seagate Constellation 1TB Internal SATA 7200RPM 64MB Buffer for $156

Any recommendations/feedback?

Cheers!

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