SRL Archive - NOTA

Build My Fried a Computer

YoHoJo

2010-08-15 14:55:25

Hey guys long time no see.

My friend wants to build a computer soon.
~$800 budget

He want to be able to run Starcraft2 on it's highest settings would be a guideline I guess you can go by.

( http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=26242&locale=en_US )

500g hard drive or larger if budget allows for it.

Please put links to parts, name/specs of parts and prices in thread please.

Thanks
oJoHoY

Shuttleu

2010-08-15 14:57:32

give us a budget and i shall start building :)

~shut

Capricorn

2010-08-15 15:51:53

Is he American? Canadian? Australian or in some European country?

Shuttleu

2010-08-15 15:57:26

well you can take this as an example
a couple of years ago
i payed £100 for a AMD Athlon 2.3 GHz Dual core
with motherboard
and 2GB RAM

and £25 for a Nvidia GeForce 9600

that is more than the recomended and that cost £125
that was about 2 years ago so you can get more for the same price, i got my graphics card from ebay and i got my motherboard bundle off novatech

~shut

3Garrett3

2010-08-15 20:28:05

From: Capricorn
Is he American? Canadian? Australian or in some European country?

Yoho is american, assuming the RL friend would be. I've been wrong before though.

YoHoJo

2010-08-15 22:43:55

Friend is American in the USA white boy.
Updated first post a bit.

Capricorn

2010-08-16 02:22:16

YoHoJo

2010-08-16 02:35:08

Yea he has a computer already, but I think he'd like all new stuff, but he could definitely use the older optical drive (Does that mean CD/DVD Drive? How do you not use that anymore wtf?)

Thanks for the post, just how I wanted it!

noidea

2010-08-16 02:45:16

From: Capricorn
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115222&cm_re=i3_530-_-19-115-222-_-Product
Mobo:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128420
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125333&cm_re=gtx_460_1gb-_-14-125-333-_-Product
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227478
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
HS&F: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103064

Just under 700$, didn't include a case or optical drive because I think your friend has both already, if not I would get this case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137. Personally I don't use optical drives anymore, but they are 20$ max anyway.

Wouldnt that cpu bottleneck the fermi?

Heavenguard

2010-08-16 04:06:40

From: noidea
Wouldnt that cpu bottleneck the fermi?

bottleneck

A lessening of throughput. It often refers to networks that are overloaded, which is caused by the inability of the hardware and transmission lines to support the traffic. It can also refer to a mismatch inside the computer where slower-speed peripheral buses and devices prevent the CPU from being used to its fullest capacity.

Fermi

A unit of length equal to one femtometer (10-15 meter).
/ A Nuclear Scientist T.T

0.0

noidea

2010-08-16 04:31:15

From: Heavenguard
0.0

The fermi is the graphics card Capricorn linked to.
If you get a get a great gpu, you're going to need a cpu that can handle it.

i luffs yeww

2010-08-16 04:45:36

>Fried

Capricorn

2010-08-16 04:46:06

From: noidea
The fermi is the graphics card Capricorn linked to.
If you get a get a great gpu, you're going to need a cpu that can handle it.

The i3 530 is a champ.

Both the 460 and i3 530 overclock good. CPU bottlenecks are not really much of a problem. Whats bottlenecking most new hardware is bandwidth constraints.

noidea

2010-08-16 04:47:48

From: Capricorn
The i3 530 is a champ.

Both the 460 and i3 530 overclock good. CPU bottlenecks are not really much of a problem. Whats bottlenecking most new hardware is bandwidth constraints.

ic, thanks for the info.

Capricorn

2010-08-16 05:04:25

From: noidea
ic, thanks for the info.

Heres a good article where someone took a 5870 and ran it with

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz
Intel Core i7-920, 2.67 GHz

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd5870-cpu-scaling_2.html#sect0

YoHoJo

2010-08-22 03:44:48

More builds? :D

Dervish

2010-08-22 09:25:25

From: YoHoJo
More builds? :D

Note that those builds are without any OS, and I suppose your friend wants Windows so add 150$ to those build prices.

Also, typo in the title.

Capricorn

2010-08-22 10:46:43

From: Dr D. Dervish
Note that those builds are without any OS, and I suppose your friend wants Windows so add 150$ to those build prices.

Also, typo in the title.

Buying windows, surely you jest?

Dervish

2010-08-22 10:54:23

From: Capricorn
Buying windows, surely you jest?

Didn't copy that.

Dynamite

2010-08-22 12:03:40

From: Dr D. Dervish
Didn't copy that.

Buying windows? Surely you are joking?

Is what he means.

i luffs yeww

2010-08-22 14:39:20

As in there's no reason to pay $150 for an OS that sucks. Or $150 for any OS at all..

sirlaughsalot

2010-08-23 09:40:05

Dervish

2010-08-29 12:26:57

Well I'm not joking, I suppose he would want Windows since he can't build it himself apparently and asks YoHoJo to ask us.

Capricorn

2010-08-29 18:12:21

From: sirlaughsalot
I recently made this build.

Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147144
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153113
Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443
CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851
GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127494
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220436
HD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136513
Dvd Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151176

Good luck! Be sure to shop around for coupon codes and such, not necessarily for these specific parts (The MSI video card can be replaced by some other company).

The i3 530 and GTX 460 would be better at gaming.

From: Dr D. Dervish
Well I'm not joking, I suppose he would want Windows since he can't build it himself apparently and asks YoHoJo to ask us.

I just pirated my Windows 7. I don't even bother activating it.

To bad your friend is buying a new computer now, ATI is doing a refresh on the 5000 series in a month and a half. Rumor is up to 33% improvement. Rumor though, of course ;).

YoHoJo

2010-08-30 18:19:03

Thanks a lot of these are serving as good outlines.
Any more suggestions/critiques on previously posted ones?

From: Capricorn

To bad your friend is buying a new computer now, ATI is doing a refresh on the 5000 series in a month and a half. Rumor is up to 33% improvement. Rumor though, of course ;).

He's just getting ideas/money ready right now, he isn't going to buld it RIGHT AWAY. He could probably wait a month and a half for one of those if needed.

i luffs yeww

2010-08-30 18:41:58

From: Capricorn
To bad your friend is buying a new computer now, ATI is doing a refresh on the 5000 series in a month and a half. Rumor is up to 33% improvement. Rumor though, of course ;).

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/19547

/. summary.

Capricorn

2010-08-30 20:05:17

From: i luffs yeww
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/19547

/. summary.

Llano and Ontario are completely unrelated to what I am talking about.