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"I need a new PC!" 2010 Edition

I've been browsing a bit. Might get this.

Asus - Socket 1156 - ATX Intel P55 (P7P55D-E PRO) - DDR3 / PCI-E / SATA
Intel Core i5 750 2,66GHz / 8MB / Socket 1156 (Boxed)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 1GB

What do you think? How powerful PSU do I need. Is 500W enough or should I go for 600-700?
 
Midas said:
I've been browsing a bit. Might get this.

Asus - Socket 1156 - ATX Intel P55 (P7P55D-E PRO) - DDR3 / PCI-E / SATA
Intel Core i5 750 2,66GHz / 8MB / Socket 1156 (Boxed)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 1GB

What do you think? How powerful PSU do I need. Is 500W enough or should I go for 600-700?
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500W is more than enough. Only get more if you plan to CF/SLI.
 
No_Style said:
Solid State Drives as the OS drive.

I've been toying with this idea for awhile now, but I'm only willing to spend less than $150 CAD (taxes & shipping fees in). There are plenty of options out there for around that price including the following:

I'm finding it very difficult to find the ideal SSD since reviewers rarely review an entire family. Unlike traditional hard drives, varying sizes appear to have dramatic speed differences. So my question is: should I bother with any of the above or wait it out some more? I'm leaning towards the OCZ Vertex 2 Sandforce 40GB, but even then I may wait for a MIR offer of some kind

Keep in mind that I'm currently using a WD Raptor 36 GB as an OS drive, so I can live with the limited space.
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I picked up the Kingston 64 GB SSD and I'm finding it top notch. It's really a nice drive.
 
Mr_Brit said:
500W is more than enough. Only get more if you plan to CF/SLI.
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OK. Thanks.

One other thing. What about WiFi with a computer like this? There's no WiFi on the motherboard so I need to get something. What's the best solution for that?
 
Midas said:
OK. Thanks.

One other thing. What about WiFi with a computer like this? There's no WiFi on the motherboard so I need to get something. What's the best solution for that?
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Wireless N PCI card.

Edit: With the PSU make sure you get a reliable make like Corsair, do not be tempted to buy a cheap PSU as you'll definitely regret it.
 
Mr_Brit said:
Wireless N PCI card.

Edit: With the PSU make sure you get a reliable make like Corsair, do not be tempted to buy a cheap PSU as you'll definitely regret it.
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I think I used ThermalTake about ten years ago. Love that one, you could control the fan so it was almost completely silent. :)

Corsair VX 550W PSU
Corsair TX 650W PSU - This being cheaper. Don't know enough to say why though.
 
Javaman said:
Bad bearing in a fan or a loose screw allowing something to rattle. Open your case and lightly touch your fans to see if the sound changes to rule them out.
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I did this and vacuumed the case entirely, but that did nothing to make the fans chill out. Also, the computer's been in both 70*F and 40*F rooms lately, and it didn't make a difference how hot the room it's in was.

Anyone else know why a computer's fans would get progressively louder over time?
 
John said:
I did this and vacuumed the case entirely, but that did nothing to make the fans chill out. Also, the computer's been in both 70*F and 40*F rooms lately, and it didn't make a difference how hot the room it's in was.

Anyone else know why a computer's fans would get progressively louder over time?
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Dust does. But I would think you'd notice it was a problem and just clean them.

Had an exotic fan on my old computer CPU (that I think some site got paid to give an amazing review... cause it wasn't very good) and every time the pitch went into annoying territory, I knew it was time to disassemble the stupid thing and clear the tiny fins out.
 
Midas said:
I get better price on Asus parts so it's OK. If the motherboard I've been looking at is good enough.

Is it worth the money to get a modular PSU? Seems nice but the modular Corsair's are way more expensive than the regular.
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Really depends on the case you're using. If you have a lot of room for wires, I don't see much of a use considering you could just tuck them away.
 
Dr.Acula said:
Eff-yeah! My GTX 460 came in. Gonna build my new PC tonight, here's hoping it go's alright! :D
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Go slow, read your mobo manual, triple check your wires and connections 3 times, check them again, then again, take a break and check them again.
Find all your cords and see if they plug in somewhere.

Take pics.
 
Hazaro said:
Go slow, read your mobo manual, triple check your wires and connections 3 times, check them again, then again, take a break and check them again.
Find all your cords and see if they plug in somewhere.

Take pics.
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It's how I put together my first PC. Memories :lol :lol :lol :lol

Not that many memories though.. My current PC was my first self-built


Oh and here's my revised shopping cart. Ignore the cases (unless you have input). Still deciding which to get. I do like the Cooler master I have now, but the way my PC is positioned I want something with mid or lower front hook ups, and the high up ones mine has now are annoying.

osalmu.png
 
1-D_FTW said:
Dust does. But I would think you'd notice it was a problem and just clean them.

Had an exotic fan on my old computer CPU (that I think some site got paid to give an amazing review... cause it wasn't very good) and every time the pitch went into annoying territory, I knew it was time to disassemble the stupid thing and clear the tiny fins out.
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Yep, I did that.
 
It seems like DDR3 prices have been increasing since the 1156 stuff started coming out. The 6gb of DDR3 I purchased for 80 bucks a year ago now costs a whooping 150.
 
Grabbing a new motherboard+GPU.

I'm already getting the GTX460. But I've been out of the loop for a while, what was the best 775 motherboard ever made? I don't care about DDR3 support.
 
Bought a new PC.

Windows 7
I7-930 (2.8ghz)
9gb ddr3 -1066
1tb 7200 rpm
Radeon HD 5450

My question is I plan to buy a GTX 460 immediately and might over clock the cpu down the road. Can anyone recommend a power supply? I don’t mind paying a little extra if it’s a reliable brand.
 
Gouty said:
Bought a new PC.

Windows 7
I7-930 (2.8ghz)
9gb ddr3 -1066
1tb 7200 rpm
Radeon HD 5450

My question is I plan to buy a GTX 460 immediately and might over clock the cpu down the road. Can anyone recommend a power supply? I don’t mind paying a little extra if it’s a reliable brand.
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Get an Antec PSU. I picked one up off newegg and it's been top notch so far.

Grab yourself a SSD drive while you're at it.
 
You know, I'm looking over my specs and it says my power is 460 watts and the GTX 460 needs 450. Is that enough or does the gtx need all 450 for itself?
 
Mairu said:
I think I've got my pc parts down. Decided against ibuypower.
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Looks good.
I'd get the 212 ordered from microcenter (should be $28 shipped)
or any of the HS's at the bottom of this image
http://i.imgur.com/A55hA.jpg
Askia47 said:
Is there any AM3 motherboards that have wireless access on them, and if they do, are they any good?
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Some, usually no.
CrushDance said:
Grabbing a new motherboard+GPU.

I'm already getting the GTX460. But I've been out of the loop for a while, what was the best 775 motherboard ever made? I don't care about DDR3 support.
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What an odd question. The ASUS P5B series is fine, but nothing really stands out to me.
Gouty said:
Bought a new PC.

My question is I plan to buy a GTX 460 immediately and might over clock the cpu down the road. Can anyone recommend a power supply? I don’t mind paying a little extra if it’s a reliable brand.
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You can try running the 460 on your power supply first.
What is the model/brand/RU number? (You'll need to open the case and look at the side label)
The 450w is the combined number. You'd probably need 28A on the 12V.

Here's a cheap good PSU that should run your system fine.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008

If you don't feel safe with that and plan on sticking to 1 card you can get the Corsair 550W, or the Antec 750w I linked a few posts above.
 
pcgaf should I continue worrying about this blotchy rainbow shadows banding issue (seen in death to spies, tf2, firearms source, deus ex, halo pc) or should I just live with it cause there's no solution other than getting a brand new gpu? Reinstalled drivers and posted on the amd forums about it, no responses.
 
Hazaro said:
Go slow, read your mobo manual, triple check your wires and connections 3 times, check them again, then again, take a break and check them again.
Find all your cords and see if they plug in somewhere.

Take pics.
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Woo. First power-on it posts! Installing Win7 now -so far so good. I'll take some pics/post full specs tomorrow. See if I can get this succa online before I have to go to bed.
 
Hazaro said:
You can try running the 460 on your power supply first.
What is the model/brand/RU number? (You'll need to open the case and look at the side label)
The 450w is the combined number. You'd probably need 28A on the 12V.

Here's a cheap good PSU that should run your system fine.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008

If you don't feel safe with that and plan on sticking to 1 card you can get the Corsair 550W, or the Antec 750w I linked a few posts above.
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The Corsair 400W is more than enough for a single 460. You'll likely have to throw on a 2 molex -> PCIE Power adapter as I'm pretty sure the 460's are running on 2 6-pins and the 400W has only one. If he doesn't feel 'safe' with a solid 400-450W PSU it's not a problem with having a big enough PSU, it's a problem with educating what real system power consumptions are. The Corsair 550W is enough to power 2 460's, and the only reason for the 750W would be if he was looking at SLI'ing 3 460's
 
CrushDance said:
Grabbing a new motherboard+GPU.

I'm already getting the GTX460. But I've been out of the loop for a while, what was the best 775 motherboard ever made? I don't care about DDR3 support.
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Yeah, weird. But considering I see 775 boards on sale for ~$50 at times, I guess it's not totally stupid. Whatever you do, do not get anything with an nvidia chipset. Garbage garbage garbage.
 
Ok part way through my build but had to stop for the wife's todo list.

Anyway I have the tuniq x2 thermal paste and the cooler master 212+ heat sink

Tuniq's website says to apply the paste to the cpu, the heat sink asks for thermal paste for where it will make contact with the cpu.

Where should I put the Tuniq? Leaning toward on the heat sink.
 
Shambles said:
The Corsair 400W is more than enough for a single 460. You'll likely have to throw on a 2 molex -> PCIE Power adapter as I'm pretty sure the 460's are running on 2 6-pins and the 400W has only one. If he doesn't feel 'safe' with a solid 400-450W PSU it's not a problem with having a big enough PSU, it's a problem with educating what real system power consumptions are. The Corsair 550W is enough to power 2 460's, and the only reason for the 750W would be if he was looking at SLI'ing 3 460's
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You are pushing it veryclose on an overclocked i7 system + overclock/overvolted 460.
I would personally run one, but I'm saying if he doesn't feel comfortable he can move up some :)
MiniBossman said:
Ok part way through my build but had to stop for the wife's todo list.

Anyway I have the tuniq x2 thermal paste and the cooler master 212+ heat sink
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Small BB sized ball on center of CPU.
 
I finally picked up a monitor for my Dell XPS 7100 and ran the FFXIV benchmark. I scored 4125 on high (1080p) and 4252 on low (720p...lulz). Needless to say I am stoked! Thx again GAF :D
 
Ended up switching a couple of things (memory and PSU to Corsair) and ordered most of it from Amazon w/prime and the rest from newegg. Total came out to $1148.38

Can't wait to build it :D Thanks for all the help Hazaro.
 
I need to ask one more thing.

Someone said "6GB RAM means socket 1336". But 6GB RAM must work with socket 1156 and an i5 as well, right? Just asking here because you might reply quicker. About to send the order to Asus. :)
 
Midas said:
I need to ask one more thing.

Someone said "6GB RAM means socket 1336". But 6GB RAM must work with socket 1156 and an i5 as well, right? Just asking here because you might reply quicker. About to send the order to Asus. :)
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6gb implies triple channel memory (2gbx3) With an i5 you only need 4gb.
 
WEGGLES said:
6gb implies triple channel memory (2gbx3) With an i5 you only need 4gb.
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So there's no use for 6 GB or will it not take advantage of the full speed. Or what will happen? Because I already got 6GB. For really cheap, so it won't matter if I only use 4 though. :lol
 
For those of you who don't want to build their own computers, Dell is offering a 25% Bing Cashback right now. Dell has that pretty high end Studio XPS 7100 with a Phenom X6 1055T and Radeon 5870 and blu-ray player for like 1200 with a 2 year warranty. After tax and 25% Cashback the total will be about 990ish. Probably well worth it for those in the states.
 
Toki767 said:
For those of you who don't want to build their own computers, Dell is offering a 25% Bing Cashback right now. Dell has that pretty high end Studio XPS 7100 with a Phenom X6 1055T and Radeon 5870 and blu-ray player for like 1200 with a 2 year warranty. After tax and 25% Cashback the total will be about 990ish. Probably well worth it for those in the states.
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How do you access that deal?
 
Midas said:
So there's no use for 6 GB or will it not take advantage of the full speed. Or what will happen? Because I already got 6GB. For really cheap, so it won't matter if I only use 4 though. :lol
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6GB usually implies triple channel DDR3 on socket 1366 which implies i7 920/930.
Almost all 1366 boards can run in dual channel with 4GB which is what most should do since it saves $50.
 
Hazaro said:
6GB usually implies triple channel DDR3 on socket 1366 which implies i7 920/930.
Almost all 1366 boards can run in dual channel with 4GB which is what most should do since it saves $50.
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RAM cost is not an issue. Got it dirt cheap. But what happens if I put 6 GB with socket 1156?
 
Hazaro said:
Yup :lol
Alternatively you could sell them and buy a 4GB kit as well.
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Cool. Thanks guys, the help is really appreciated. I'm still leaning towards an i7 930 a little bit. I'm always like this when buying new "gadgets". Can never make up my mind. :lol
 
Midas said:
Cool. Thanks guys, the help is really appreciated. I'm still leaning towards an i7 930 a little bit. I'm always like this when buying new "gadgets". Can never make up my mind. :lol
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imo there's no reason to pick i7. I've said it before, I'll say it again.
If you got in on the MC deal and got a cheap x58 board AND planned to do SLi then you could make an argument. Otherwise it's not really worth it.
 
Hazaro said:
imo there's no reason to pick i7. I've said it before, I'll say it again.
If you got in on the MC deal and got a cheap x58 board AND planned to do SLi then you could make an argument. Otherwise it's not really worth it.
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OK. I'll skip that then. If I don't get a really good deal on an Asus motherboard for the i7. :)
 
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