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  1. 07-17-2012, 04:42 PM #1
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    Default Help building a computer.

    Well my hard drive went and I need to make a new computer.

    I have no experience but I want to give it a shot; ive done SOME research and picked out some parts.

    I just want to double check that they'll all go good together and some suggestions if there are any better parts for the same price range.

    Graphic Card-
    http://www.amd.com/us/products/deskt...verview.aspx#2

    Mother Board-
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...058&CatId=7381

    Processor-
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...773&CatId=7377

    Case-
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=C283-1187

    Ram-
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...9&Sku=C13-5720

    Fan/Heat Sink-
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...46364&CatId=99

    DvD Drive-
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...L49-8006%20OEM

    Hard Drive-
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=S350-1038

    With all this what else would I need/ what would you recommend.


    Btw I'm taking the Graphics card and power supply (650 Wat) from my old computer.
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  2. 07-17-2012, 06:05 PM #2
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    I'm a bit lazy atm (spent 1h30 switching every part to another case), but get an i5 2500k, an asus p8z77v-lx and a 1tb wd 7200rpm 3.5" hdd (should go for about 120usd).


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    The Radeon HD 5770 benchmarks extremely low. It's a little bit more but http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161396 this one passes a benchmark with nearly three times the score. Other than that the rest looks good enough.
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  4. 07-18-2012, 11:29 AM #4
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    Well the Radeon Hd 5770 would be pulled from my old computer and upgraded later. I just want to know if anything on that list isnt compatible with each other and if there are upgrades for each part around the same price.
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    Ah. Well everything there will work together just fine.
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    Not acting like a disbelieve you or anything lol; but could other people other confirm?


    Would be a drag to buy all the parts and find out one of them doesn't work.
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    Skepticism is understandable.
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    It will work perfectly together. However a 300USD motherboard and an i7 is thrown away money in 90% of the cases.

    Gaming doesn't need multithreading, thus rendering an i7 pointless. An i5 will do a better job at gaming.
    300USD motherboard sort of speaks for itself. The motherboard I mentioned in my previous post will do its job as good as a 300USD one.
    You're better off with a 3.5" 7200RPM motherboard. It's not for a laptop thus there's no need for a small and slow HDD.


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    Quote Originally Posted by SnOwBunZz View Post
    It will work perfectly together. However a 300USD motherboard and an i7 is thrown away money in 90% of the cases.

    Gaming doesn't need multithreading, thus rendering an i7 pointless. An i5 will do a better job at gaming.
    300USD motherboard sort of speaks for itself. The motherboard I mentioned in my previous post will do its job as good as a 300USD one.
    You're better off with a 3.5" 7200RPM motherboard. It's not for a laptop thus there's no need for a small and slow HDD.
    This ^

    Personally, what I would probably go with (not saying you should or that I'm right or anything, just saying this is the setup I myself would go with)

    cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115073

    mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131821 (really good cooling system)

    memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231445

    HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152185

    That is no less powerful of a cpu and minor improvements in other places, and you save over $200 that you could spend on a video card like the one I mentioned; or just have $200 extra that you didn't spend.

    I know you didn't want my input anymore.. but I couldn't help it..

    (also if you aren't in the US, Puerta Rico, Canada or China then Newegg doesn't ship to you, but if you are in one of those countries I would highly recommend it. Otherwise just use the links as reference for the parts.)
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  10. 07-18-2012, 10:58 PM #10
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    I'm in US so no Newegg.

    But I took in both of your input and switched to this.

    Cpu: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...161&CatId=6988

    Mobo: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...300&CatId=6976

    HDD: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...44346&csid=_61

    While keeping everything else the same. How do you think that would work. Also I never said anything about not wanting you're input I just wanted second opinions.
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