JT_Monster_PC

[JT]

JT_Monster_PC

So im building a PC. I am sure there a tons of you guys on here that know a thing or two about PC hardware.

attached is my parts list check it out and let me know what you think!

everything should be here today or tomorrow ill try to either take vid or pics of build. should be sick! I am having so much fun and havent even started. haha

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MOBO
RAM
Power Supply

 

[dart1963]

my last evga and core i7 fried after just under 3 yrs... warranty repair on the mobo, but still wouldn't post, so I suspect they fried my cpu in the process.... too expensive to guess if mobo is still bad or cpu fried... as it was gen one... with triple channel (now obsolete ), cheaper to build a new one...

When I built it, I had to get it to POST using one stick of RAM, then after it read in the memory parameters, I powered it down and installed the rest, worked like a charm.


That's a fast system, good luck! What was the total parts cost, if you don't mind?

 

[Invader Jim]

That looks great. Reading over your list makes me realize my PC is getting old.

 

[JT]

my last evga and core i7 fried after just under 3 yrs... warranty repair on the mobo, but still wouldn't post, so I suspect they fried my cpu in the process.... too expensive to guess if mobo is still bad or cpu fried... as it was gen one... with triple channel (now obsolete ), cheaper to build a new one...

When I built it, I had to get it to POST using one stick of RAM, then after it read in the memory parameters, I powered it down and installed the rest, worked like a charm.


That's a fast system, good luck! What was the total parts cost, if you don't mind?

Dang really sucks to hear all that considering im too far in to go back! lol

it should be super fast I cant wait im too exicted!

$$$$ wise I am shelling out some cash but only reason I was able to build this beast is that I can pass the cost off to employer / client because of a crazy project we are taking on. anyhow so far im approx $1,400 in but should be set (desktop only)

 

[0150r]

If you are going to spend the cash for the 6xx series card, I would go for a 680. If you don't want to spend that much, the 580 is great.

CPU looks good.

As for ram, DDR 2000+ is what I recommend.

If you don't have a nice monitor already (sub 6ms grey-to-grey response time). Asus has a nice 23.9" IPS display for under $200 that is fantastic. I have two of themand paid less than I would have for a single Samsung.

 

[behindXgrnXeyes]

yay! Parts delivery means building which means PC gaming ! yay!


i dont know why I enjoy making new gamer friends so much...but i do...mw aha ha ha!

 

[JT]

If you are going to spend the cash for the 6xx series card, I would go for a 680. If you don't want to spend that much, the 580 is great.

CPU looks good.

As for ram, DDR 2000+ is what I recommend.

If you don't have a nice monitor already (sub 6ms grey-to-grey response time). Asus has a nice 23.9" IPS display for under $200 that is fantastic. I have two of themand paid less than I would have for a single Samsung.

You are right ig already in the 6XX go big.... ha I was about to exchange mine for the 660TI (overclock edition or the 680 but it was too late had already shipped and well im already overbudget so I had to let it go.

Here are a few pics of my tower dont have my motherboard yest so I cant get too far quiet yet.

Also a great thread to throw out your steam gammer tag

JT_Monster_

 

[dart1963]

Dang really sucks to hear all that considering im too far in to go back! lol

it should be super fast I cant wait im too exicted!

$$$$ wise I am shelling out some cash but only reason I was able to build this beast is that I can pass the cost off to employer / client because of a crazy project we are taking on. anyhow so far im approx $1,400 in but should be set (desktop only)

I did mine on my newegg coupons... I buy a lot of stuff from them thru work and get "deals" all the time... I dropped right around $900 for mine. I also got a killer deal from a local computer store (microcenter) for the core i7-920, normally $300 something, got it for $200, everything else came from newegg. Though recently, I've found they aren't as competitive, I always price check them against amazon, and half the time, amazon meets or beats their prices, just a little tip!

Have fun! Nothing like building it yourself.

 

[JT]

I priced checked everything from newegg against amazon also checked on slick deals .com and I found that neweggs items not only beat amazon 90% of the time but they also had rebates on top of a lower price.

either way price checking will save you tons of $$$$.

Only complaint against newegg so far is that they used ontrac.com to ship some of my items and they are complete morons IMO.

 

[SpawnXX]

Can't go wrong with newegg shipping either. They are great. I've been using them for years for personal and commercial orders.

Not sure of this ontrac business... never EVER had to deal with them.

 

[yfz6r]

660 card will be just fine. In a year or so when they are much cheaper just throw another one in and sli.

 

[JT]

660 card will be just fine. In a year or so when they are much cheaper just throw another one in and sli.

very good point

 

[tzrox]

Sweet! I built mine in early 2009 with the first i7. Overclocked to 3.6ghz and it still outperforms a lot of them today. I use it for animation, 3d, video work and gaming. It also has a GTX 260 which was overclocked since day one as well, and I have yet to play a game it can't handle, albeit no longer at overkill-max settings. I told myself I'd replace it as soon as I need to, but haven't needed to yet, so your 660 will be just fine .

The new i7s are pure monsters, so that thing should last you for a long time to come. If i dive back into freelance again, ill upgrade to the 6 core version of what you have .

 

[yfz6r]

I build mine in 2007. It's ancient. Best I could afford to get me through college. Radeon 4850 gpu, phenom 2 940 (quad core 3gHz), and 4gb ddr2800.

I had a beastly 950w psu that crapped out right after the 2 yr warranty expired... Now have a 450w

Once I graduate in may and work a few months I may treat myself to a computer overhaul

 

[buckwild]

If your going to run an OS SSD then I would go with an OCZ Vertex 4.

You get a larger and faster drive for less money and great stability.

I currently am running my desktop, laptop, netbook, server, workstation, and NAS OS drives on a mix of Intel 500 and OCZ's older 3 build, and the OCZ is a clearly faster drive, and they cost about half the $ per gig.

 

[0150r]

You run a NAS with SSD's? Why not get WD Caviar Red drives? They have elements from WD's RE4 enterprise quality NAS drives and are inexpensive. They are the only consumer drives I'd trust in a RAID system. I'm running my NAS (without RAID though) with WD Caviar Black drives and they are awesome too.


As for the CPU: if you are gaming, you'll run into GPU bottlenecks way before running out of CPU.

 

[Deathdiesel]

JT_Monster_PC

So im building a PC. I am sure there a tons of you guys on here that know a thing or two about PC hardware.

attached is my parts list check it out and let me know what you think!

everything should be here today or tomorrow ill try to either take vid or pics of build. should be sick! I am having so much fun and havent even started. haha

My complaints are the HDD, Mobo brand, power supply brand, and possibly series of SSD.

HDD id reccomend a WD Caviar Black, they are one of the most proven and reliably fast HDDs around, with a good warranty.

Mobo brand I wouldnt touch anything not made by ASUS or Intel. Just from what ive heard around, they usually make good quality stuff.

Power supply go with Corsair, same wattage should be fine.

Series wise of SSD(just missed a great sale on black friday) id highly reccomend the new 330 series, great speed, price, and reliability. For the same price of the 120gig 520, you can get a 180 330 which is actually faster completely and has more room.
Newegg.com - Intel 330 Series Maple Crest SSDSC2CT180A3K5 2.5" 180GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
20$ more, but more room and faster.
OCZ is good, its more for speed, intel has more reliability, but isnt quite as fast, hard to say if its noticable at all.

Everything else is fine imo. And id agree with tzrox, new i7s are ridiculous, far faster than most needs.

 

[MichaelInVenice]

Not sure of this ontrac business... never EVER had to deal with them.

They don't exist in your part of the country, only service CA, AZ, NV, OR, WA, UT & CO. Outside California they only deliver to "major metro areas." This keeps them much cheaper than the alternatives so long as the shipping address is in their delivery area. Much of the stuff Newegg ships is fulfilled through Amazon, and Amazon uses Ontrac very heavily wherever they can. (This is true of a lot of sites. Amazon is a monster in contract fulfillment.) OnTrac is private and doesn't disclose details but I've heard Amazon and Amazon-fulfilled items are at least 75% of their business.

I find they're better than FedEx and worse than UPS in my area. My immediate neighborhood probably has very high levels of Amazon shoppers, so the local OnTrac delivery guy has gotten to know the place pretty well, just like the guy with the local UPS route. Our local FedEx guys seem to change weekly and are mostly morons. (Doesn't help that FedEx has three completely separate businesses with separate trucks, separate drivers, separate dispatch and separate business models.)

 

[mrollings53]

I have to agree with what people are saying about your mobo and SSD.

I've had 3 EVGA mobos die on me in the first year I built my PC. I switched to Asus and won't look back. As far as todays models are concerned I wouldn't get anything but Asus or Intel when using an Intel processor. Or, Asus when using AMD.

Your SSD will limit you on its capacity. I have a 300GB Velociraptor, and with just a couple CAD programs and 8 games installed; I have 110GB filled. I would either upgrade a couple months from now to one with more space, or buy another of the one you have and run a raid array. I would set it up as a spanned raid in Windows, then have backups on the storage drive. I would avoid a raid 0 (striped) array, because if you lose a drive you lose the whole array.

 

[buckwild]

You run a NAS with SSD's? Why not get WD Caviar Red drives? They have elements from WD's RE4 enterprise quality NAS drives and are inexpensive. They are the only consumer drives I'd trust in a RAID system. I'm running my NAS (without RAID though) with WD Caviar Black drives and they are awesome too.


As for the CPU: if you are gaming, you'll run into GPU bottlenecks way before running out of CPU.

As I said, I run the OS Drive on a SSD, I run the main raid on 12 WB Black 2TB Drives for the NAS Im talking about.

I always try to keep my data and OS drives isolated for disaster recovery.

Also for sure agree with your bottleneck statement, the headroom for gaming on any i7 wont even be close to capping out before your GPU.

Even in my crossfire, I cap my GPU long before my i7