TalesinOur own little well of hateJoin Date: 2002-11-08Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
Go for the Gigabyte. Decent name. Had a HIS card in an older system and it was nothing but problems; required custom drivers from their site instead of allowing the use of the reference ones from ATi.
Going for a better CPU, board, and video card. Replacing the raptor with more storage, just a bit slower. You can pick-up a 120~gb SSD, between $60-90, as an OS/gaming drive later.
I like the 70 series over the 50.
If someone else can do better, please do. Nothings worst than spending good money on a 6 month machine.
Going for a better CPU, board, and video card. Replacing the raptor with more storage, just a bit slower. You can pick-up a 120~gb SSD, between $60-90, as an OS/gaming drive later.
I like the 70 series over the 50.
If someone else can do better, please do. Nothings worst than spending good money on a 6 month machine.
I've never used partpicker (or parts in US currency) so don't know if the prices are correct, but according to the site you can get a i5-2500k for just another $13. I also know you don't need to spend $43 on 8gb RAM, you don't really need more than 4 for gaming, which could be invested into a Cooler Master Hyper <something>, I've used those. They are really good for the price and would enable a decent overclock on 2500k. Then you can always put less into a mobo at the expense of maximum OC preformance and a bit of quality (who needs the military grade component crap?), 4,5ghz should be no problem even with a cheaper one.
Just bought the 7850 2gb ddr5.
I'm actually not unhappy with my HDD choice right now. I'm usually the first person to join a team on map change.
Initial NS2 start-up is usually slower, the second map load is always much faster (10-15s on my old 7200RPM drive) since it's all loaded into memory. Windows 7 does an excellent job at keeping stuff that's important or needs to be instantly available in there.
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Thanks for the links. I like the idea of the 7850 the more I read about it.
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-R785OC-2GD/dp/B007PJTNYS/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp
I know this costs a few bucks more, but for me it's a wash. Newegg charges me sales tax, Amazon does not.
Do you have a recommendation based on brand between the gigabyte and HIS?
I pcpartpicker'd your listed components (minus the wifi card and OS). I'd need a list with each part cost to be more accurate.
You build off partpicker - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CkcW
My recommended build - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ckyg (You can swap the WD HD with a Samsung F3, around the same price.)
Going for a better CPU, board, and video card. Replacing the raptor with more storage, just a bit slower. You can pick-up a 120~gb SSD, between $60-90, as an OS/gaming drive later.
I like the 70 series over the 50.
If someone else can do better, please do. Nothings worst than spending good money on a 6 month machine.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202025
Worth the extra $15.
I've never used partpicker (or parts in US currency) so don't know if the prices are correct, but according to the site you can get a i5-2500k for just another $13. I also know you don't need to spend $43 on 8gb RAM, you don't really need more than 4 for gaming, which could be invested into a Cooler Master Hyper <something>, I've used those. They are really good for the price and would enable a decent overclock on 2500k. Then you can always put less into a mobo at the expense of maximum OC preformance and a bit of quality (who needs the military grade component crap?), 4,5ghz should be no problem even with a cheaper one.
For 50% more than what you paid for that 650, you can get almost 300% more performance from a GTX 660 or a Radeon 7870.
That graph put me over the top!
I'm actually not unhappy with my HDD choice right now. I'm usually the first person to join a team on map change.
I think if texture streaming is on, you'd be first with a 7200 RPM drive.