Thread: Possible new build

You should run 6gb of DDR3 in there. Maybe 3 way SLi.

No doubt with that kind of money you should be going i7, in that price range AMD can't compete.

You should also not be salvaging the crappy hard drive and RAM from your old computer (imagine putting the transmission from a ford taurus in a lambo, yuck). Plus with a budget like that you can easily afford very nice stuff (WD caviar black, 6 GB DDR3).

1000W is most likely overkill for a system with one hard drive and a single graphics card (you have a 4870 1GB correct?), something around 750W is more sensible, so yeah the one in your deal is good.

I cannot stress enough that if you are going to be spending a large amount of money on a computer then you do your research. Nothing makes me cry more than watching someone pay the big bucks for something that is utter garbage.

Originally Posted by PBS_SRB

No doubt with that kind of money you should be going i7, in that price range AMD can't compete.

You should also not be salvaging the crappy hard drive and RAM from your old computer (imagine putting the transmission from a ford taurus in a lambo, yuck). Plus with a budget like that you can easily afford very nice stuff (WD caviar black, 6 GB DDR3).

1000W is most likely overkill for a system with one hard drive and a single graphics card (you have a 4870 1GB correct?), something around 750W is more sensible, so yeah the one in your deal is good.

I cannot stress enough that if you are going to be spending a large amount of money on a computer then you do your research. Nothing makes me cry more than watching someone pay the big bucks for something that is utter garbage.

That's why I posted here for advice

I really need my current HDD, what about just buying another, bigger one and adding it in?

Anyways, can someone tell me the difference between i7 and whatever else is out there?

Dude, you could build a nuclear power plant for 2K right about now. Some good deals out there. I would like drool to spend 2000 on computer parts right about now.

I'm applying for PC technician at Staples tomorrow...should be a fairly simple job.

Originally Posted by bust331

Originally Posted by PBS_SRB

No doubt with that kind of money you should be going i7, in that price range AMD can't compete.

You should also not be salvaging the crappy hard drive and RAM from your old computer (imagine putting the transmission from a ford taurus in a lambo, yuck). Plus with a budget like that you can easily afford very nice stuff (WD caviar black, 6 GB DDR3).

1000W is most likely overkill for a system with one hard drive and a single graphics card (you have a 4870 1GB correct?), something around 750W is more sensible, so yeah the one in your deal is good.

I cannot stress enough that if you are going to be spending a large amount of money on a computer then you do your research. Nothing makes me cry more than watching someone pay the big bucks for something that is utter garbage.

That's why I posted here for advice

I really need my current HDD, what about just buying another, bigger one and adding it in?

Anyways, can someone tell me the difference between i7 and whatever else is out there?

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

done.

Thats the difference. The rule is, if you can afford it...buy it. I'm not sure off how the technology works, but having an i7 is like having an 8 core processor.

As for your hard drive, yes you can most certainly do that. Although you would want put your operating system on your new shiny hard drive, and just use your old one for storage.

Well I need the old one to play games? Can I do that? Or do I have to move everything I have on to the new one?

Building a new computer and putting an old hard drive in with an OS and everything already installed is never really recommended. You basically want to be starting with a nice clean empty HD and loading everything on it.

Originally Posted by PBS_SRB

Building a new computer and putting an old hard drive in with an OS and everything already installed is never really recommended. You basically want to be starting with a nice clean empty HD and loading everything on it.

with my lazy ass...that will take weeks

You will not be able o put your old disk with an OS on and have it work properly. It will either fail altogether or have huge amounts of bugs.

A new mobo is a whole new computer with all new drivers and other goodies. You must reinstall your OS for mobo changes; period.

Just get a new disk. Put it in your new build. Install your OS. Pop in your old disk along with your new one. Copy all the stuff you want from your old disk onto your new disk in a new organized fashion. Format old disk and use it to store....images.


Also: If you are forking at mad dough, and not a fanboy of a particular processor; get the i7 solution.


In the Synthetic Benchmark world the i7's rock the house.











Many games also benefit from the i7 over the X4 955.






With Far Cry II and Stalker, the i7 does slow somewhat compared to the X4 955.





And the i7's rock in terms of most productivity: rendering, compression and A/V encoding..