NewEgg has one of it's 24 hour sales--only time I've seen (on their website) you pay $1 for 1GB in an SSD.
Uh wat?
If you've been paying attention to the thread for the past week or so I've posted a bunch of .50 to .75 a gig SSDs.
I haven't, then. I've seen them on Amazon.com, which sometimes beats NewEgg's prices on particular hardware.
EDIT: Amazon.com's doing it right now, actually. Huh. Prices finally starting to catch up. A Crucial 500GB SSD for $400 is much better than I expected. Though having a Sata-II motherboard might limit the benefit.
So i just got a new job as a multi-media coordinator for a small business organization in a town near where I live. They are wanting me to get into some video editing along with normal graphic design stuff that I am used to.
I'm pretty excited, only problem is my station PC is a P4 Dell running Windows XP.
After explaining why their expectations exceed the capabilities of hardware they asked me to put together a proposal for a new PC for my station. I put together a modest build with a Barebones kit and some extras for around $800.
They came back and informed me they wanted me to spend more money on my station, because this business organization has recently had an influx of cash and they want to get good use out of before the cash flow mellows out eventually.
Long & Short
Need a new PC build for my office. Primary use: Adobe Master Collection, Video/Graphics/Web. Budget ~ $1,200.
Last time I built a computer was around this time last year, haven't looked at any components since then so I'm out of the loop.
proyebatGARY WAS HEREASH IS A LOSERRegistered Userregular
Hey @MagicPrime, this might be in the ballpark price-wise, just a tad over.
You probably would benefit from a Core-i7 proc, but not sure if 16GB is needed. You can easily choose 8GB if 16GB is too much. Does your office have spare Windows licences? That would save $140 out of the budget.
If your office has spare HDDs and power supplies, all the better.
I'm considering a video card upgrade, probably the last one I'll do before replacing the whole system.
Current system relevant specs.
Q6600 @ 3ghz
8gb ddr2
GT280
motherboard is not sli compatible.
Only run 1920x1080 and probably will never run higher.
Would a gtx 560ti be a good upgrade? According to toms hardware chart its a few steps above the gtx280, my gt isn't even on the list.
Also are there any with similar performance that are known for really good stock cooling? I spend $50 putting an aftermarket cooler on my 280 just so it wouldn't hit 100c under load which would heat the whole case up.
edit:also my current card has a cable from the motherboard to the video card so i can carry sound through my dvi->hdmi cable. Is this still needed on newer card?
What I'm left wondering is if the improvement from WD Caviar Black is worthwhile if your motherboard is limited to SATA-II.
Yes it will be. You're not going to notice the difference between sata ii and sata iii unless you're conducting storage benchmark testing as there aren't a whole lot of operations you'll do frequently that require 300 MB/s of sequential read or write.
I'm considering a video card upgrade, probably the last one I'll do before replacing the whole system.
Current system relevant specs.
Q6600 @ 3ghz
8gb ddr2
GT280
motherboard is not sli compatible.
Only run 1920x1080 and probably will never run higher.
Would a gtx 560ti be a good upgrade? According to toms hardware chart its a few steps above the gtx280, my gt isn't even on the list.
Also are there any with similar performance that are known for really good stock cooling? I spend $50 putting an aftermarket cooler on my 280 just so it wouldn't hit 100c under load which would heat the whole case up.
edit:also my current card has a cable from the motherboard to the video card so i can carry sound through my dvi->hdmi cable. Is this still needed on newer card?
edit2: id like to stay under $300
Anyone have input on this?
1) How long do you plan on keeping the system around before upgrading? 1 year? 3 years?
2) Whats your PSU wattage?
3) No you won't need a carryover cable for sound with newer cards.
I went out of the country for 9 days and have been trying to catch up on the thread all week but have failed. Anything good happen in the last two weeks? Besides that the 7970 grew some balls.
What I'm left wondering is if the improvement from WD Caviar Black is worthwhile if your motherboard is limited to SATA-II.
Yes it will be. You're not going to notice the difference between sata ii and sata iii unless you're conducting storage benchmark testing as there aren't a whole lot of operations you'll do frequently that require 300 MB/s of sequential read or write.
I knew my stubborn refusal to upgrade my motherboard would come back to haunt me, but yeah, that seems to be the indications I'm getting off Amazon.com Reviews (the few that mention Sata II). Pulled the trigger about an hour ago, should get it tomorrow (hurray for Amazon Prime!) along with an adapter tray.
Saw this at the top of LogicBuy (and with a newegg discount code AJUNE15, wonder if that's 15% off any item or what? I'll have to check my e-mail, as I don't remember getting this promo mailed to me..) http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/antec-400w-power-supply/39715.aspx
@proyebat How much do you like that asus board? i've been circling a new MoBo/Processor to throw in my deal buying setup (have 2 8 gig sticks of 2400 ram, and a 750w Hive powersupply waiting, + case).. I'd definitely recommend not being like me because I've been sitting on these for about 2 months now (Knew I was gonna upgrade to Ivy Bridge, as I have a barely relevent AMD 975 Black Edition, with a $30 MoBo ECS MoBo.) Has anyone seen a great price on the Ivybridge 3770(is that it?) have the unlocked ivy bridge processors been released/announced? Overclocking with that low wattage seems like it might be too good, and definitely time to get some water cooling. I'm also gonna try and put together a decent HTPC eventually, but not sure how hardcore I'll be about it, especially since I'm thinking a NAS drive or two might just be better, and more efficient (I'm still paying for directtv), speaking of, does anyone know of a cheap(ish) and quick way to extend your DVR from directtv to PC?
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Whoever said to keep my shopping list open was right. The SSD I had on there went up to $150 for a bit. Just refreshed and it was back down to $125. And the video card I'm looking at went from $225 to $199!
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$55 ain't too bad.. I think the 360gb might be the better deal, esp if NcIX is a non-tax site.. SSDs still in free fall, wonder how ong before storage prices shore up. I'd also strongly discourage paying north of $120 for any platter/spinning drive that isn't more than 2TB. That's what I use as my personal threshhold.. I just got a 1.5 TB WD about 3 months ago before this recent price drop at about $105 + tax, I'd say with where prices are now, that should be more like $80 (approx). Are the next generation of SSDs gonna just have more redundant ram wiring, or just better controllers? I can't imagine how cheap we're gonna see these get, especially near the fourth quarter. I've been putting off buying a new monitor until then because I heard stories of a discount x4k coming onto the market, I need to dig up that article and link it since there're probably a few people here who could tell me the validity.
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Madpandasuburbs west of chicagoRegistered Userregular
I'm considering a video card upgrade, probably the last one I'll do before replacing the whole system.
Current system relevant specs.
Q6600 @ 3ghz
8gb ddr2
GT280
motherboard is not sli compatible.
Only run 1920x1080 and probably will never run higher.
Would a gtx 560ti be a good upgrade? According to toms hardware chart its a few steps above the gtx280, my gt isn't even on the list.
Also are there any with similar performance that are known for really good stock cooling? I spend $50 putting an aftermarket cooler on my 280 just so it wouldn't hit 100c under load which would heat the whole case up.
edit:also my current card has a cable from the motherboard to the video card so i can carry sound through my dvi->hdmi cable. Is this still needed on newer card?
edit2: id like to stay under $300
Anyone have input on this?
1) How long do you plan on keeping the system around before upgrading? 1 year? 3 years?
2) Whats your PSU wattage?
3) No you won't need a carryover cable for sound with newer cards.
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So, with this Nvidia 670, does it matter if I use DVI or HDMI to hook it into my monitor?
Those little plugs were for the fan control. The downside is now I can't control them with any sort of motherboard based fan controller. But, even cranking it to full, the system is pretty quiet.
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Either connection will work fine.
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I'm considering a video card upgrade, probably the last one I'll do before replacing the whole system.
Current system relevant specs.
Q6600 @ 3ghz
8gb ddr2
GT280
motherboard is not sli compatible.
Only run 1920x1080 and probably will never run higher.
Would a gtx 560ti be a good upgrade? According to toms hardware chart its a few steps above the gtx280, my gt isn't even on the list.
Also are there any with similar performance that are known for really good stock cooling? I spend $50 putting an aftermarket cooler on my 280 just so it wouldn't hit 100c under load which would heat the whole case up.
edit:also my current card has a cable from the motherboard to the video card so i can carry sound through my dvi->hdmi cable. Is this still needed on newer card?
edit2: id like to stay under $300
Anyone have input on this?
1) How long do you plan on keeping the system around before upgrading? 1 year? 3 years?
2) Whats your PSU wattage?
3) No you won't need a carryover cable for sound with newer cards.
I'm considering a video card upgrade, probably the last one I'll do before replacing the whole system.
Current system relevant specs.
Q6600 @ 3ghz
8gb ddr2
GT280
motherboard is not sli compatible.
Only run 1920x1080 and probably will never run higher.
Would a gtx 560ti be a good upgrade? According to toms hardware chart its a few steps above the gtx280, my gt isn't even on the list.
Also are there any with similar performance that are known for really good stock cooling? I spend $50 putting an aftermarket cooler on my 280 just so it wouldn't hit 100c under load which would heat the whole case up.
edit:also my current card has a cable from the motherboard to the video card so i can carry sound through my dvi->hdmi cable. Is this still needed on newer card?
edit2: id like to stay under $300
Anyone have input on this?
1) How long do you plan on keeping the system around before upgrading? 1 year? 3 years?
2) Whats your PSU wattage?
3) No you won't need a carryover cable for sound with newer cards.
Hey @MagicPrime, this might be in the ballpark price-wise, just a tad over.
You probably would benefit from a Core-i7 proc, but not sure if 16GB is needed. You can easily choose 8GB if 16GB is too much. Does your office have spare Windows licences? That would save $140 out of the budget.
If your office has spare HDDs and power supplies, all the better.
He'll probably need more than 1TB of storage if he's doing pro video work (you can't just delete the projects when you're done). He could definitely get away with a cheaper video card - pretty much anything with OpenCL support will provide the same speedup in CS6 just by being present - the better cards won't provide any appreciable gain.
Hey @MagicPrime, this might be in the ballpark price-wise, just a tad over.
You probably would benefit from a Core-i7 proc, but not sure if 16GB is needed. You can easily choose 8GB if 16GB is too much. Does your office have spare Windows licences? That would save $140 out of the budget.
If your office has spare HDDs and power supplies, all the better.
He'll probably need more than 1TB of storage if he's doing pro video work (you can't just delete the projects when you're done). He could definitely get away with a cheaper video card - pretty much anything with OpenCL support will provide the same speedup in CS6 just by being present - the better cards won't provide any appreciable gain.
Yeah, I am looking at 2TB internal, and I am going to try to get a 12TB NASD to use for my projects, as well as network drives for my work-mates and primary backups for the payroll.
I'm considering a video card upgrade, probably the last one I'll do before replacing the whole system.
Current system relevant specs.
Q6600 @ 3ghz
8gb ddr2
GT280
motherboard is not sli compatible.
Only run 1920x1080 and probably will never run higher.
Would a gtx 560ti be a good upgrade? According to toms hardware chart its a few steps above the gtx280, my gt isn't even on the list.
Also are there any with similar performance that are known for really good stock cooling? I spend $50 putting an aftermarket cooler on my 280 just so it wouldn't hit 100c under load which would heat the whole case up.
edit:also my current card has a cable from the motherboard to the video card so i can carry sound through my dvi->hdmi cable. Is this still needed on newer card?
edit2: id like to stay under $300
Anyone have input on this?
1) How long do you plan on keeping the system around before upgrading? 1 year? 3 years?
2) Whats your PSU wattage?
3) No you won't need a carryover cable for sound with newer cards.
Do you plan on carrying any parts over to the new computer?
Just the video card. The old one will become a virtualization machine/file server.
Unless you plan on SLI/Crossfiring the card right out of the gate with the new machine I'm torn.
The majority of me is saying to grab a cheap but functional card like a new/used 6850 and keep it with the machine and turn it into a HTPC/Server/Whatever when your done. That or a cheaper 7770 if your not doing uber gaming, and just not carry anything over.
A year in graphics card prices means some big drops usually in price so either you go big and grab a card with the intent to SLI/CF it on the new build or just putt putt around with a lower card that will stick with the system.
The real question is how much gaming or GPU intensive tasks are you going to be doing?
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Madpandasuburbs west of chicagoRegistered Userregular
I do a lot of gaming right now.
Most of the time I can run everything full bore at 1920x1080 but I've started running into things that I need to turn down settings a bit on (diablo 3, stalker call of pripyat with a big mod pack, fallout NV, batman:AA).
I have a few older cards (8800 and the current gt280) that could go in the system when it becomes a fileserver so i'm not too worried about that.
I hadn't planned on going SLI on the new system, 1920x1080 is the highest res I will ever run and I don't want to deal with the added power/heat requirements.
Hey @MagicPrime, this might be in the ballpark price-wise, just a tad over.
You probably would benefit from a Core-i7 proc, but not sure if 16GB is needed. You can easily choose 8GB if 16GB is too much. Does your office have spare Windows licences? That would save $140 out of the budget.
If your office has spare HDDs and power supplies, all the better.
He'll probably need more than 1TB of storage if he's doing pro video work (you can't just delete the projects when you're done). He could definitely get away with a cheaper video card - pretty much anything with OpenCL support will provide the same speedup in CS6 just by being present - the better cards won't provide any appreciable gain.
I'd say drop the cooler. You're not going to be OCing your work rig, and there won't be a need to do it anyway. The stock cooler will be more than enough in that case.
If you're interested in 10gbps transfer rates, and x4000 resolution monitors, it's thunderbolt or bust is what I'm getting.. Also, prices on the cables will be down by Christmas according to Intel.
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proyebatGARY WAS HEREASH IS A LOSERRegistered Userregular
@MadCaddy, I don't own that board, just recommending a cheap Z77 for MagicPrime.
I wouldn't buy one because of a small details. It only has a heatsink on half the MOSFETs for the CPU buck converter. Also I'm not sure about how overclock-friendly the BIOS is. Also what keeps me attached to my MB (ASUS P8P76-M Pro) is a serial port and parallel port that I use to program various microcontrollers.
Most of the time I can run everything full bore at 1920x1080 but I've started running into things that I need to turn down settings a bit on (diablo 3, stalker call of pripyat with a big mod pack, fallout NV, batman:AA).
I have a few older cards (8800 and the current gt280) that could go in the system when it becomes a fileserver so i'm not too worried about that.
I hadn't planned on going SLI on the new system, 1920x1080 is the highest res I will ever run and I don't want to deal with the added power/heat requirements.
I don't know what to tell you on this, my gut says either scrape by with a low cost card now and then go craycray with the new build, but logically speaking if you want to carry the card over the reasonable thing is to plan on SLI/CF'ing it when you do upgrade just for performance bang for your buck.
If it were me doing it I'd get a 6850 to keep with the system when you retire it, it would be a $120ish investment but its a very solid card for the money and is quite a good card for the buck. When it came time for upgrading I'd be looking at 570s or 670s and hoping that the 570 dropped enough to the $175 price tag and 670s were hitting the $300 mark.
The 560ti is no doubt a great card and it would easily power this system and the next one, but its really a tricky call on how you want to play it.
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AlectharAlan ShoreWe're not territorial about that sort of thing, are we?Registered Userregular
If you're interested in 10gbps transfer rates, and x4000 resolution monitors, it's thunderbolt or bust is what I'm getting.. Also, prices on the cables will be down by Christmas according to Intel.
Displayport 1.2 can already carry 4K, and I don't know of any display devices capable of that resolution that aren't ruinously expensive/made up of multiple monitors (Eyefinity can essentially make a 4K screen out of a 2x2 grid of 1080p monitors). I also don't need 10 gigabit network speeds at home, and if I did, I'd just get CAT6. Regardless, Thunderbolt isn't actually its own display or networking standard, it just sends regular old Displayport and ethernet (and sometimes power, and USB, etc.) signals all together on a single high-bandwidth cable. That's great, but it doesn't really make me want to pay a premium on a motherboard for it, and invest in cables and a Thunderbolt hub, just so I don't have to plug as many cables into the back of my desktop.
I'd love a Thunderbolt capable ultrabook and display, though.
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edited June 2012
A recommendation:
Do not install XBMC on anything. Ever. At first it's all fun and games, you have a few MKVs and you name them correctly and suddenly there's art and a fancy interface to go with those bootleg episodes of Hart of Dixie you won't admit you have. But we all know.
Soon, though, you're spending your time ripping DVDs. You're more familiar with the ImgBurn and Handbrake interfaces than with the faces of your children. Which you don't have, because you certainly can't have sex and download clearart for your shows at the same time.
Cut to weeks later. You're slovenly, unshaven, a mess. All you can think about is whether or not you can find the perfect season posters for Cougar Town. You've thought about spending money to get access to DVD cover art databases to be sure you can. You've begun to find Busy Philipps entirely irresistible. Actually that's completely normal. Anyway, you're about to decide to really put those GIMP tutorials to use and make your own. How hard can it be? And now that you think about it, maybe you could learn to code, does Netflix have an API, their plugin for XBMC could be way better...
Do not install XBMC on anything. Ever. At first it's all fun and games, you have a few MKVs and you name them correctly and suddenly there's art and a fancy interface to go with those bootleg episodes of Hart of Dixie you won't admit you have. But we all know.
Soon, though, you're spending your time ripping DVDs. You're more familiar with the ImgBurn and Handbrake interfaces than with the faces of your children. Which you don't have, because you certainly can't have sex and download clearart for your shows at the same time.
Cut to weeks later. You're slovenly, unshaven, a mess. All you can think about is whether or not you can find the perfect season posters for Cougar Town. You've thought about spending money to get access to DVD cover art databases to be sure you can. You've begun to find Busy Philipps entirely irresistible. Actually that's completely normal. Anyway, you're about to decide to really put those GIMP tutorials to use and make your own. How hard can it be? And now that you think about it, maybe you could learn to code, does Netflix have an API, their plugin for XBMC could be way better...
So is anyone following the influx of laptops based on the Clevo W110ER?
Seems like Clevo has been whoring out its design for a 11", Ivybridge / Kepler (GT 650M 2GB) minimonster gaming laptop. Haven't quite seen the benchmarks that I'd like to see yet (this thing tends to get reviewed by people like Engadget, who don't give me the numbers I want) -- but from the looks of it, it is possible to get a tiny little laptop that plays modern games about as well as my HTPC does for about $1000. All of these seem to be based off the W110ER:
The Maingear seems interesting, in that it's one of the cheapest options, plus it doesn't have a bunch of gaming laptop BS plastered all over it like the Origin does, for example. The only bummer about the Maingear is that you can't get a Killer-N WiFi chip in it, which isn't a dealbreaker but that seems like a common option elsewhere.
Also, regardless of manufacturer the consensus seems to be that the keyboard and trackpad are too small -- but we're talking about here is a gaming laptop that isn't the size of a truck and doesn't cost ten trillion dollars. That's pretty fucking exciting, and very much makes me want to continue my debt spiral.
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Uh wat?
If you've been paying attention to the thread for the past week or so I've posted a bunch of .50 to .75 a gig SSDs.
I haven't, then. I've seen them on Amazon.com, which sometimes beats NewEgg's prices on particular hardware.
EDIT: Amazon.com's doing it right now, actually. Huh. Prices finally starting to catch up. A Crucial 500GB SSD for $400 is much better than I expected. Though having a Sata-II motherboard might limit the benefit.
this is insane
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So insane. I remember paying almost $700 or my 256gb SSD not much more than a year and a half ago.
I'm pretty excited, only problem is my station PC is a P4 Dell running Windows XP.
After explaining why their expectations exceed the capabilities of hardware they asked me to put together a proposal for a new PC for my station. I put together a modest build with a Barebones kit and some extras for around $800.
They came back and informed me they wanted me to spend more money on my station, because this business organization has recently had an influx of cash and they want to get good use out of before the cash flow mellows out eventually.
Long & Short
Need a new PC build for my office. Primary use: Adobe Master Collection, Video/Graphics/Web. Budget ~ $1,200.
Last time I built a computer was around this time last year, haven't looked at any components since then so I'm out of the loop.
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You probably would benefit from a Core-i7 proc, but not sure if 16GB is needed. You can easily choose 8GB if 16GB is too much. Does your office have spare Windows licences? That would save $140 out of the budget.
If your office has spare HDDs and power supplies, all the better.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($92.99 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($256.97 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($48.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 600W ATX12V Power Supply ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS224-06 DVD/CD Writer ($27.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit) ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1242.87
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
What I'm left wondering is if the improvement from WD Caviar Black is worthwhile if your motherboard is limited to SATA-II.
Anyone have input on this?
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Yes it will be. You're not going to notice the difference between sata ii and sata iii unless you're conducting storage benchmark testing as there aren't a whole lot of operations you'll do frequently that require 300 MB/s of sequential read or write.
1) How long do you plan on keeping the system around before upgrading? 1 year? 3 years?
2) Whats your PSU wattage?
3) No you won't need a carryover cable for sound with newer cards.
I knew my stubborn refusal to upgrade my motherboard would come back to haunt me, but yeah, that seems to be the indications I'm getting off Amazon.com Reviews (the few that mention Sata II). Pulled the trigger about an hour ago, should get it tomorrow (hurray for Amazon Prime!) along with an adapter tray.
@proyebat How much do you like that asus board? i've been circling a new MoBo/Processor to throw in my deal buying setup (have 2 8 gig sticks of 2400 ram, and a 750w Hive powersupply waiting, + case).. I'd definitely recommend not being like me because I've been sitting on these for about 2 months now (Knew I was gonna upgrade to Ivy Bridge, as I have a barely relevent AMD 975 Black Edition, with a $30 MoBo ECS MoBo.) Has anyone seen a great price on the Ivybridge 3770(is that it?) have the unlocked ivy bridge processors been released/announced? Overclocking with that low wattage seems like it might be too good, and definitely time to get some water cooling. I'm also gonna try and put together a decent HTPC eventually, but not sure how hardcore I'll be about it, especially since I'm thinking a NAS drive or two might just be better, and more efficient (I'm still paying for directtv), speaking of, does anyone know of a cheap(ish) and quick way to extend your DVR from directtv to PC?
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Any suggestions would be awesome.
What I have currently (pulled from newegg)
Brand
CyberpowerPC
Model
Gamer Xtreme 1030
Type
Gaming
Processor
Intel Core i5 750(2.66GHz)
Processor Main Features
64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Memory
4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333
Hard Drive
500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM HDD
Optical Drive 1
24X DVD±R/±RW Dual Layer Drive
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT 1GB PCI Express Video Card
Audio
Sound card - Integrated
Ethernet
Gigabit LAN
Power Supply
700W
Keyboard
Xtreme Gear USB Keyboard
Mouse
Xtreme Gear USB Mouse
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Special Features
Raidmax Hurricane Gaming Case
Motherboard
Chipset
Intel P55
CPU
CPU Type
Intel Core i5
Installed Qty
1
CPU Speed
750(2.66GHz)
L3 Cache Per CPU
8MB
CPU Socket Type
LGA 1156
CPU Main Features
64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Graphics
GPU/VPU Type
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Graphics Interface
PCI Express 2.0 x16
Memory
Memory Capacity
4GB DDR3
Memory Speed
DDR3 1333
Form Factor
DIMM 240-pin
Memory Spec
2GB x 2
Memory Slot (Total)
4
Memory Slot (Available)
2
Maximum Memory Supported
16GB
Hard Drive
HDD Capacity
500GB
HDD Interface
SATA II
HDD RPM
7200rpm
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type
DVD±RW
Optical Drive Spec
24X DVD±R/±RW Dual Layer Drive
Audio
Audio Chipset
Integrated
Communications
LAN Chipset
Integrated
LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps
Front Panel Ports
Front USB
2
Front Audio Ports
2
Back Panel Ports
PS/2
1
Video Ports
1 VGA, 1 DVI, 1 HDMI
Rear USB
10
Rear IEEE 1394
1
eSATA
1
RJ45
1 port
Rear Audio Ports
6 ports
S/P DIF
1 x Optical S/PDIF Out
1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out
Expansion
PCI Slots (Available/Total)
2 x PCI Express x16
2 x PCI
I have added two sticks of 4g DDR3. But otherwise it's the same as when I bought it.
EDIT I should probably add that this is mainly for gaming. So anything that will boost that is what I'm looking for.
$55 ain't too bad.. I think the 360gb might be the better deal, esp if NcIX is a non-tax site.. SSDs still in free fall, wonder how ong before storage prices shore up. I'd also strongly discourage paying north of $120 for any platter/spinning drive that isn't more than 2TB. That's what I use as my personal threshhold.. I just got a 1.5 TB WD about 3 months ago before this recent price drop at about $105 + tax, I'd say with where prices are now, that should be more like $80 (approx). Are the next generation of SSDs gonna just have more redundant ram wiring, or just better controllers? I can't imagine how cheap we're gonna see these get, especially near the fourth quarter. I've been putting off buying a new monitor until then because I heard stories of a discount x4k coming onto the market, I need to dig up that article and link it since there're probably a few people here who could tell me the validity.
1) 6-12 months, i would ideally carry over the video card to the new system.
2) 620w specs are http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002
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Those little plugs were for the fan control. The downside is now I can't control them with any sort of motherboard based fan controller. But, even cranking it to full, the system is pretty quiet.
Do you plan on carrying any parts over to the new computer?
Just the video card. The old one will become a virtualization machine/file server.
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He'll probably need more than 1TB of storage if he's doing pro video work (you can't just delete the projects when you're done). He could definitely get away with a cheaper video card - pretty much anything with OpenCL support will provide the same speedup in CS6 just by being present - the better cards won't provide any appreciable gain.
Yeah, I am looking at 2TB internal, and I am going to try to get a 12TB NASD to use for my projects, as well as network drives for my work-mates and primary backups for the payroll.
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Unless you plan on SLI/Crossfiring the card right out of the gate with the new machine I'm torn.
The majority of me is saying to grab a cheap but functional card like a new/used 6850 and keep it with the machine and turn it into a HTPC/Server/Whatever when your done. That or a cheaper 7770 if your not doing uber gaming, and just not carry anything over.
A year in graphics card prices means some big drops usually in price so either you go big and grab a card with the intent to SLI/CF it on the new build or just putt putt around with a lower card that will stick with the system.
The real question is how much gaming or GPU intensive tasks are you going to be doing?
Most of the time I can run everything full bore at 1920x1080 but I've started running into things that I need to turn down settings a bit on (diablo 3, stalker call of pripyat with a big mod pack, fallout NV, batman:AA).
I have a few older cards (8800 and the current gt280) that could go in the system when it becomes a fileserver so i'm not too worried about that.
I hadn't planned on going SLI on the new system, 1920x1080 is the highest res I will ever run and I don't want to deal with the added power/heat requirements.
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I'd say drop the cooler. You're not going to be OCing your work rig, and there won't be a need to do it anyway. The stock cooler will be more than enough in that case.
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If you're interested in 10gbps transfer rates, and x4000 resolution monitors, it's thunderbolt or bust is what I'm getting.. Also, prices on the cables will be down by Christmas according to Intel.
I wouldn't buy one because of a small details. It only has a heatsink on half the MOSFETs for the CPU buck converter. Also I'm not sure about how overclock-friendly the BIOS is. Also what keeps me attached to my MB (ASUS P8P76-M Pro) is a serial port and parallel port that I use to program various microcontrollers.
I don't know what to tell you on this, my gut says either scrape by with a low cost card now and then go craycray with the new build, but logically speaking if you want to carry the card over the reasonable thing is to plan on SLI/CF'ing it when you do upgrade just for performance bang for your buck.
If it were me doing it I'd get a 6850 to keep with the system when you retire it, it would be a $120ish investment but its a very solid card for the money and is quite a good card for the buck. When it came time for upgrading I'd be looking at 570s or 670s and hoping that the 570 dropped enough to the $175 price tag and 670s were hitting the $300 mark.
The 560ti is no doubt a great card and it would easily power this system and the next one, but its really a tricky call on how you want to play it.
Displayport 1.2 can already carry 4K, and I don't know of any display devices capable of that resolution that aren't ruinously expensive/made up of multiple monitors (Eyefinity can essentially make a 4K screen out of a 2x2 grid of 1080p monitors). I also don't need 10 gigabit network speeds at home, and if I did, I'd just get CAT6. Regardless, Thunderbolt isn't actually its own display or networking standard, it just sends regular old Displayport and ethernet (and sometimes power, and USB, etc.) signals all together on a single high-bandwidth cable. That's great, but it doesn't really make me want to pay a premium on a motherboard for it, and invest in cables and a Thunderbolt hub, just so I don't have to plug as many cables into the back of my desktop.
I'd love a Thunderbolt capable ultrabook and display, though.
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Do not install XBMC on anything. Ever. At first it's all fun and games, you have a few MKVs and you name them correctly and suddenly there's art and a fancy interface to go with those bootleg episodes of Hart of Dixie you won't admit you have. But we all know.
Soon, though, you're spending your time ripping DVDs. You're more familiar with the ImgBurn and Handbrake interfaces than with the faces of your children. Which you don't have, because you certainly can't have sex and download clearart for your shows at the same time.
Cut to weeks later. You're slovenly, unshaven, a mess. All you can think about is whether or not you can find the perfect season posters for Cougar Town. You've thought about spending money to get access to DVD cover art databases to be sure you can. You've begun to find Busy Philipps entirely irresistible. Actually that's completely normal. Anyway, you're about to decide to really put those GIMP tutorials to use and make your own. How hard can it be? And now that you think about it, maybe you could learn to code, does Netflix have an API, their plugin for XBMC could be way better...
And then you die.
True story.
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Well, it's really fantastic for any PC you use to watch media a lot. My desktop is in my bedroom, so it works for me.
If you needed something to encourage you to whip your Movies/TV collection into shape, though, I'm not sure you could do much better.
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Seems like Clevo has been whoring out its design for a 11", Ivybridge / Kepler (GT 650M 2GB) minimonster gaming laptop. Haven't quite seen the benchmarks that I'd like to see yet (this thing tends to get reviewed by people like Engadget, who don't give me the numbers I want) -- but from the looks of it, it is possible to get a tiny little laptop that plays modern games about as well as my HTPC does for about $1000. All of these seem to be based off the W110ER:
Maingear Pulse
Origin EON 11-S
Eurocom Monster 1.0
Sager NP 6110
Mythlogic Chaos 1212
The Maingear seems interesting, in that it's one of the cheapest options, plus it doesn't have a bunch of gaming laptop BS plastered all over it like the Origin does, for example. The only bummer about the Maingear is that you can't get a Killer-N WiFi chip in it, which isn't a dealbreaker but that seems like a common option elsewhere.
Also, regardless of manufacturer the consensus seems to be that the keyboard and trackpad are too small -- but we're talking about here is a gaming laptop that isn't the size of a truck and doesn't cost ten trillion dollars. That's pretty fucking exciting, and very much makes me want to continue my debt spiral.
EDIT: the Sager actually seems to be an even better deal @ $900: http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_info&model_name=NP6110
I'd love to just play with one of those things for a week. Nearly impossible to justify, but a neat toy.