User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 8/13/2011 9:30:08 AM EDT
[#1]
i7 Sandybridge Intel and 16g of appropriate RAM. You'll also want a decent video card so go with the EVGA GTX 590 Classified and a 1000W PSU to power it.
That should get screaming fast internet and multitasking. 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 8/13/2011 9:31:41 AM EDT
[#2]
Quoted: i7 Sandybridge Intel and 16g of appropriate RAM. You'll also want a decent video card so go with the EVGA GTX 590 Classified and a 1000W PSU to power it. That should get screaming fast internet and multitasking. not without a fast boot drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227724 |
|
|
|
Posted: 8/13/2011 9:37:48 AM EDT
[#3]
Quoted:
Quoted:
i7 Sandybridge Intel and 16g of appropriate RAM. You'll also want a decent video card so go with the EVGA GTX 590 Classified and a 1000W PSU to power it. That should get screaming fast internet and multitasking. not without a fast boot drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227724 Yea... I'll take two |
|
|
|
Posted: 8/13/2011 9:44:22 AM EDT
[#4]
Yep, an SSD will make a huge difference but I suggest an affordble SATA 3 instead of a PCI Express.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 8/13/2011 10:37:45 AM EDT
[#5]
Laymans terms guys.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 8/13/2011 10:45:16 AM EDT
[#6]
Built this for another member. This PC will run every REALLY fast and beable to play most games maxed out @ 1080p. If you dont want games you can save $130 and get the other version of the same motherboard with HDMI, and use the video capabilities of the CPU.
The windows 7 mention in this build is the $30 windows offer from Microsoft for students. You can get a member on here or a friend with a .edu email address to get it for you. The only difference between teh two is i5 v i7. The only difference you will see between the two is the i7 will be faster with rendering huge video files. Other then that the difference is negligible until programs start taking advantage of all teh cores. As for SSD, you will notice faster loading times, but you are only going to beable to put your OS and a few programs on it. I would rather have a WD black, or two WD black in RAID Quoted:
Ok This is what I have come up with. CPU -i7 2600k $315 LINK CPU Cooler Zalman 92mm $47 LINK Motherboard ASUS P8P67 PRO Crossfire/ SLI (you can get two GTX 550 eventually) $170 LINK Graphics Card-Galaxy GTX 460 $130 LINK Memory- GSkill 2x4gb DDR3 1600Mhz $60 (you can buy a second set for 16gb or get up to DDR3 2200 LINK Power Supply- OCZ 700Watt ModXStream (ihave this one works nicely) $60 LINK Main Harddrive: Western Digital BLACK 750gb $65 LINK (OPTIONAL) Storage Drive: Western Digital Green 1.5TB $60 LINK DVD Drive- LG DVD+-RW $19 ( OPTION 2 of them) LINK Thermal Compound Artic Silver 5 $12 LINK Card Reader $15 LINK ***** PICK a CASE FROM HERE The $30-50 cases are pretty good quality. TOTAL: $924- $30 rebates...... $894 +$30 windows 7 + case price OR Ok This is what I have come up with. CPU -ii5 2500k $219 LINK CPU Cooler Zalman 92mm $47 LINK Motherboard ASUS P8P67 PRO Crossfire/ SLI (you can get two GTX 550 eventually) $170 LINK Graphics Card-Galaxy GTX 460 $130 LINK Memory- GSkill 2x4gb DDR3 1600Mhz $60 (you can buy a second set for 16gb or get up to DDR3 2200 LINK Power Supply- OCZ 700Watt ModXStream (ihave this one works nicely) $60 LINK Main Harddrive: Western Digital BLACK 750gb $65 LINK (OPTIONAL) Storage Drive: Western Digital Green 1.5TB $60 LINK DVD Drive- LG DVD+-RW $19 ( OPTION 2 of them) LINK Thermal Compound Artic Silver 5 $12 LINK Card Reader $15 LINK ***** PICK a CASE FROM HERE The $30-50 cases are pretty good quality. TOTAL: $829 - $30 rebates...... $799 +$30 windows 7 + case price Again you can drop the cooler and artic silver 5 making it $720 +$30 windows 7 + case price |
|
|
|
Posted: 8/13/2011 11:25:02 AM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
Laymans terms guys. Whatever you end up with make sure the system drive is a Solid State Drive (SSD). |
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
