Actually Chieftec is the second best PSU brand in my region and it is high quality I'm sure of that.Also it's not an OEM.
I also don't see your point about Windows and HItachi, while I do agree about the rest.
Windows Ultimate doesn't have any extra fetures worth the extra 100$. Also Hitachi is not know for reliability (a.k.a. The deskstar is the deathstar)
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Windows Ultimate doesn't have any extra fetures worth the extra 100$. Also Hitachi is not know for reliability (a.k.a. The deskstar is the deathstar)
Yea I know but it makes no difference since I didn't pay for the OS. I heard bad things about Hitachi too but personal experience beats that (got an old desktop with a 7 year old Hitachi hdd that works perfectly and the one I am using right now is 3,5 years old).
9/10
Not sure of the graphics card manufacturer and do you really need a Z77 board?
Intel Core i3 550 @ 3.2GHz
Corsair A70 CPU cooler (overkill I know)
8GB DDR3 Corsiar XMS3 RAM
ASRock H55DE3
Sapphire Radeon HD 6850
1TB Hitiachi Deathstar (this is going as soon as I can afford it)
Corsair CX600 V2 (Not the best, not the worst)
Coolermaster Storm Scout (Hoping to either swap this for a Bitfenix Shinobi or 500r)
My cable management isn't great, not many options on this build and my 24pin is really stiff.
This was built when I wasn't exactly well informed on computer parts, that's the reason for the outdated CPU and Hitachi HDD. It still was a massive performance increase over my Core 2 Duo based Celeron laptop.
9/10
Not sure of the graphics card manufacturer and do you really need a Z77 board?
Intel Core i3 550 @ 3.2GHz
Corsair A70 CPU cooler (overkill I know)
8GB DDR3 Corsiar XMS3 RAM
ASRock H55DE3
Sapphire Radeon HD 6850
1TB Hitiachi Deathstar (this is going as soon as I can afford it)
Corsair CX600 V2 (Not the best, not the worst)
Coolermaster Storm Scout (Hoping to either swap this for a Bitfenix Shinobi or 500r)
This was built when I wasn't exactly well informed on computer parts, that's the reason for the outdated CPU and Hitachi HDD. It still was a massive performance increase over my Core 2 Duo based Celeron laptop.
I like what you did there
Anyway, I'd say 7.5/10 for its time.
Brace for impact...
Core 2 Duo e7200
Sapphire Radeon HD 6770
3GB DDR2-800
2x Maxtor Diamondmaxx 80GB PATA HDD
1x Seagate 180GB SATA2 HDD
ASUS P5B-VM-SE motherboard
The trained eye will notice that the 2 Diamondmaxx's and the 6770 were not part of the original build. Perhaps even the fact that I've slapped in another 1GB of RAM at a later point.
If it can go to 4.7 on H100 that's pretty good. People should stop bashing Ivy, yeah, Intel screwed up with the heating, but it runs 10%-20% faster and with a good cooler I see no reason why not.
Um not true, The i5 3570k runs only 4% faster than the i5 2550k/2500k, and runs 10-20% hotter.
No worth it to me
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Desktop (not yet built): i7 2600k/3770k, Gtx 680 DCII/Twin Frozr III, 16gb ram, 2TB Seagate hard drive, 500R/650D. psu that I haven't decided on yet
i5 2500k
ASUS p8z68 -v
Corsair AX 650W
GTX 680 (twinfrozr if it's out before the price of the 2500k skyrockets)
Corsair Obsidian 650D
Noctua NH-D14 (or Hyper212EVO?)
120Gb SSD (not sure which one)
500Gb HDD (not sure which one)
Some DVD burner
ASUS VS248 monitor
Upper one: 6.5/10
I think with all the money you spent on upgrades you could have built a rig with i3 2100 and 7750 or 560.
I think with all the money you spent on upgrades you could have built a rig with i3 2100 and 7750 or 560.
110 euros don't make a rig
The 6770 instantly gave it much, much better performance in games. It's a good card for the money. Also, 2GB of RAM is simply not enough for many games.
Those two 80GB HDD's were old ones I still had lying around.
ASrock Z68 Extreme gen4?
Can someone advise me on that?
Why not Asrock z68 extreme 3 gen 3?
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Desktop (not yet built): i7 2600k/3770k, Gtx 680 DCII/Twin Frozr III, 16gb ram, 2TB Seagate hard drive, 500R/650D. psu that I haven't decided on yet
Windows Ultimate doesn't have any extra fetures worth the extra 100$. Also Hitachi is not know for reliability (a.k.a. The deskstar is the deathstar)
Fairly solid processor would be better overclocked.
Ram perfect
Monitors ewww 16x9
Windows not a lot to say its windows.
8.5/10
My Computer info
Windows 8 / Ubuntu 12.04
AMD Athlon2 x3 3.4ghz
AMD 6950 stream processors unlocked and overclocked above 6970 clockspeeds
Ram 8GB DDR3 1333mhz
1.5TB of hardrive space
PSU: Rosewill 750 watt modular PSU.
Monitor proview 1440x900
Case Rosewill defender
I expect to have my CPU critiqued but it does not hold me back in most of the games I play.
I don't like the look of the case either but I bought it because it was cheap and had thumb screws not because it looked nice.
Yea I know but it makes no difference since I didn't pay for the OS. I heard bad things about Hitachi too but personal experience beats that (got an old desktop with a 7 year old Hitachi hdd that works perfectly and the one I am using right now is 3,5 years old).
CPU: INTEL CORE I5 2500K 3.30GHZ 6MB @ 4.7GHz 1.405v (Shitty chip Q_Q)
CPU Cooler: NOCTUA NH-D14
GPU: ASUS GEFORCE GTX 560 TI DCII TOP 1GB
RAM: CORSAIR 8GB DDR3 VENGEANCE LP
SSD: CORSAIR PERFORMANCE PRO SERIES 2.5" 128GB
HDD: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1TB 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
PSU: SEASONIC X-760 760W MODULAR GOLD CERTIFIED PSU
CASE: CORSAIR MIDITOWER CARBIDE 500R ATX BLACK
OS: W7 HOME PREMIUM
DISPLAY: DELL U2312HM ULTRASHARP 23"
Excuse the caps-lock, was just a direct copy of the spreadsheet I was emailed.
10/10, nice build
i5-4690K @4.6GHz ~ ASRock Z97X Fatal1ty Killer ~ EKWB Supremacy MX ~ Watercooled SLI STRIX 970s
Project RedShift
6/10, expensive motherboard, locked processor and overkill RAM
i5-4690K @4.6GHz ~ ASRock Z97X Fatal1ty Killer ~ EKWB Supremacy MX ~ Watercooled SLI STRIX 970s
Project RedShift
why the saberrtooth though mate? with a 2400 a H67 would have been much cheaper
i5-4690K @4.6GHz ~ ASRock Z97X Fatal1ty Killer ~ EKWB Supremacy MX ~ Watercooled SLI STRIX 970s
Project RedShift
fair enough then the heatsink on the mobo is epic looking i will admit, would have been nice if it had watercooling nozzles built in however
i5-4690K @4.6GHz ~ ASRock Z97X Fatal1ty Killer ~ EKWB Supremacy MX ~ Watercooled SLI STRIX 970s
Project RedShift
i already have a case and mouse.
change to a Twin Frozr 7850 for $10 more, 212 evo outperforms the Zalman, rest looks ok, would go for the Asus V238H monitor though, but thats just me
i5-4690K @4.6GHz ~ ASRock Z97X Fatal1ty Killer ~ EKWB Supremacy MX ~ Watercooled SLI STRIX 970s
Project RedShift
Not sure of the graphics card manufacturer and do you really need a Z77 board?
Intel Core i3 550 @ 3.2GHz
Corsair A70 CPU cooler (overkill I know)
8GB DDR3 Corsiar XMS3 RAM
ASRock H55DE3
Sapphire Radeon HD 6850
1TB Hitiachi Deathstar (this is going as soon as I can afford it)
Corsair CX600 V2 (Not the best, not the worst)
Coolermaster Storm Scout (Hoping to either swap this for a Bitfenix Shinobi or 500r)
My cable management isn't great, not many options on this build and my 24pin is really stiff.
This was built when I wasn't exactly well informed on computer parts, that's the reason for the outdated CPU and Hitachi HDD. It still was a massive performance increase over my Core 2 Duo based Celeron laptop.
mine is intel core 2 duo, integrated 128mb video card and 1GB RAM. i'm not really lucky
I like what you did there
Anyway, I'd say 7.5/10 for its time.
Brace for impact...
Core 2 Duo e7200
Sapphire Radeon HD 6770
3GB DDR2-800
2x Maxtor Diamondmaxx 80GB PATA HDD
1x Seagate 180GB SATA2 HDD
ASUS P5B-VM-SE motherboard
The trained eye will notice that the 2 Diamondmaxx's and the 6770 were not part of the original build. Perhaps even the fact that I've slapped in another 1GB of RAM at a later point.
Um no psu?
Um not true, The i5 3570k runs only 4% faster than the i5 2550k/2500k, and runs 10-20% hotter.
No worth it to me
Desktop (not yet built): i7 2600k/3770k, Gtx 680 DCII/Twin Frozr III, 16gb ram, 2TB Seagate hard drive, 500R/650D. psu that I haven't decided on yet
i5 2500k
ASUS p8z68 -v
Corsair AX 650W
GTX 680 (twinfrozr if it's out before the price of the 2500k skyrockets)
Corsair Obsidian 650D
Noctua NH-D14 (or Hyper212EVO?)
120Gb SSD (not sure which one)
500Gb HDD (not sure which one)
Some DVD burner
ASUS VS248 monitor
Upper one: 6.5/10
I think with all the money you spent on upgrades you could have built a rig with i3 2100 and 7750 or 560.
updated http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7DBX
110 euros don't make a rig
The 6770 instantly gave it much, much better performance in games. It's a good card for the money. Also, 2GB of RAM is simply not enough for many games.
Those two 80GB HDD's were old ones I still had lying around.
ASrock Z68 Extreme gen4?
Can someone advise me on that?
Why not Asrock z68 extreme 3 gen 3?
Desktop (not yet built): i7 2600k/3770k, Gtx 680 DCII/Twin Frozr III, 16gb ram, 2TB Seagate hard drive, 500R/650D. psu that I haven't decided on yet