The New Rig

**Lady Death-Trekie** · 03-24-13, 05:07 PM

@ dmasteR, Intel Core i5-3450S Ivy Bridge 2.8GHz (3.5GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 65W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637I53450S

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Newegg.com - ASUS Z77-A LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard < @ Allane, gonna stick that in for the B75.

Rosewill CAPSTONE Series CAPSTONE-750 750W Continuous @ 50°C, 80 PLUS GOLD Certified, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active - PFC Power Supply - Retail - Newegg.com < Using this instead of the 850w

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I'm going to be doing some 3D Modeling in addition to my heavy gaming on this PC, thats why I want 16 GB.

**Guyver** · 03-24-13, 05:20 PM

YAY

**Lady Death-Trekie** · 03-24-13, 05:23 PM

Yes, hello Guyver. I will return this Fall, to crush you into oblivion. Fear not.

**dmasteR** · 03-24-13, 05:33 PM

Intel Core i5-3570K, MSI Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition, NZXT Phantom (White) - System Build - PCPartPicker

Throw in: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 997050 - Newegg.com for RAM. Around ~1200 total.

Better, more reliable SSD.
Better CPU that allows overclocking.

Sandforced base drives are notorious with issues. Unless you get a Intel 520 series based off SandForce. Intel tweaked that drive for over a year before they released it to actually get it right.

**Lady Death-Trekie** · 03-24-13, 05:35 PM

I am definitely going to take a look at this thanks dmasteR.

**Allane** · 03-24-13, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by dmasteR

Sandforced base drives are notorious with issues. Unless you get a Intel 520 series based off SandForce. Intel tweaked that drive for over a year before they released it to actually get it right.

I've been using a Patriot Wildfire using SF-2200, not even SF-2281, for the last year and it's really quite stable. Sandforce has had quite a bit of time to mature since its early days and is actually reliable now. Of course, most Sandforce reliability comes from the firmware rather than the controller itself. I haven't been hands on with any SF-2281 drives, but I don't think they're as bad as people make them out to be.

**dmasteR** · 03-24-13, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Allane

I've been using a Patriot Wildfire using SF-2200, not even SF-2281, for the last year and it's really quite stable. Sandforce has had quite a bit of time to mature since its early days and is actually reliable now. Of course, most Sandforce reliability comes from the firmware rather than the controller itself. I haven't been hands on with any SF-2281 drives, but I don't think they're as bad as people make them out to be.

I'd have to disagree, I run a computer shop here in town and I've had to do more RMA's with SF-2281 drives than any other drives or even any other computer component. I ended up not selling the product at all as it cost us too much time to deal with RMA's.

Crucial M4/Samsung 830/840's/Intel/Plextor are pretty much my go to drives.

Personally running a Intel 520 series in my main machine and a 840 on my test bench.

**HeavyG** · 03-25-13, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by dmasteR

You don't need a 850watt power supply, especially since you won't even pull 500watts from that machine (~450w max load).

Actual power consumption at full load on that system is probably less than 300w. Probably more like 250-260w. That is an efficient card, and the CPU should only be about 77w.