[elky] Re: Building a PC
- From: "ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:40:03 -0500
Cool. They are real easy to build and pretty much plug and play. The
only issue I have is sometimes the motherboards have a hard time finding
the hard drive at first for the OS install. ECS are the worst and Shuttle
does it too. After initial load it's fine.
What have you overclocked the processor to? They are great
processors but in stock form they aren't anything special. Very easily
overclockable too. You should be able to get near 4ghz with just a Zalman
cooler watercooling shouldn't be necessary. The limiting factor is what
your memory can take.
Robert Adams
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...and DONE! Typing from the new machine. Starting it after assembly
(the blinding flast test) I expected issues but was pleasantly
surprised when it booted up and did everything it was supposed to
(especially when I hooked up a mouse & keyboard ;)
The specs:
Antec P183 ATX case
Asus P6X58D Deluxe motherboard
I7-920 CPU 2.67 GHz
6GB Corsair Dominator RAM
XFX 4890 video card
Samsung 750GB drive (pulled from old PC)
Corsair HX650 modular power supply
Samsung CD/DVD Sata drive
Windows 7 64 bit
Widows Office Ultimate
I had to buy an OEM CD/DVD drive since my spare was IDE & the
motherboard doesn't have an IDE port. The motherboard has a pair each
of SATA 6.0 and USB 3.0 ports, so I paid more for future proofing.
Installing the CPU was scary - I was worried about bent pins but it's
a very simple procedure.
What makes the power supply "modular" is you plug in the cables you
need versus them being prewired. The cables all have multiple
connectors, which made them a pain to flatten down in the cable
management compartment behind the motherboard. A few zip ties helped
there. I used Easus partition manager to make a copy of my data from
the 750GB drive to a 160GB drive I put into my old PC. I was
immediately reminded how slow older drives are... the 160GB is SATA,
but it's slow.
I shopped aggressively... used 20% Bing cashback, rebates, any
discounts I could find, I even bought the RAM used on eBay - it works
great but if I ever have a problem I know Corsair has a great warranty
(that's why I bought a Corsair power supply as well).
Building my first PC was nerve racking when I thought about the $
involved... but I have a great sense of accomplishment now that it's
working.
--
Chris Lindh
http://www.PartsForSpeed.com
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Operating System you say? Slickdeals to the rescue! I was ready to
> fork over $130 for Window 7 Pro OEM version... but through Slickdeals
> I discovered students can get a full version (not upgrade) Windows 7
> Pro DVD for $30 AND Windows Office 2007 Ultimate for $60. My sister
> in law is a student... so it's on like Donkey Kong.
>
> The details:
> http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1562761
>
http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx
> --
> Chris Lindh
> http://www.PartsForSpeed.com
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Robert Adams <ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>>
>>> The i7 P55 (860, 750) only have 2 channels for ram, the X58 (920, 975,
>>> etc) use 3. The interesting part is using current benchmarks the two
>>> are very close so I'm not sure which I want... it'll probably come
>>> down to the best deal.
>>
>>
>> Yeah. Go with the cheaper for what you want. IMO For me I
>> need the most processing I can get but can skimp some on the video card
>> because of the software.
>>
>> I remember building a dual processor 486. Nice board
>> with the sockets just barely far enough apart to put heatsinks on them.
>>
>>
>>> It's crazy how much competition there is in the computing world...
>>> just when Intel gets ahead AMD slashes prices to compete on price...
>>> a lot has changed since I considered building a system last ('05)...
>>> but some parts never change: new CPU designs force you to decide
>>> whether you want a good price today or an upgrade path in the future.
>>
>>
>>
>> AMD has always been a good bit cheaper than Intel. Intel was
fines
>> billions for anti competitive practices in the EU a while back. Prob is
we
>> don't have a similar protection for consumers here....
>>
>>
>> My thoughts are to buy a fairly fast processor and mobo but make
>> sure you get a good deal on it. That will suffice for most people. Now
later
>> on you can just swap mobo and processor. Same for heavy users but you
need
>> to get a better processor. Don't count on ever replacing the processor
on a
>> mobo.
>>
>>
>> The other issue is the version of windows you get. I usually
get
>> the system builder version which is $100. It's only good on that
>> mobo/processor basically. No support from MS but who cares... The retail
>> versions allow you a certain number of installs. Dunnow how many though.
The
>> retail versions usually run $250 and up though. I figure by the time
this
>> computer gets replaced a new OS will be out and so far that has held true
>> since windows 3.1. I have a couple copies and a copy of dos 6 too....
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert Adams
>>
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