Laptop Screen Dead - Help me Build Desktop

**Veovis** · 12-16-09, 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by vectus

Originally Posted by Veovis

The i7 920 has been available for over 6 months for $200 from Microcenter. I got mine back in April for that price. I can't believe most places are still selling them for $290 now, especially with the i5's doing so well and being so much cheaper.

The i5 is a mainstream chip. It does not compare to an i7 in performance. The 1366 socket is aimed for top performance where as the 1156 socket is for mainstream (cost/performance). The i5 also does not offer multithreading.

Yup, I'm aware of all that, but I read this article and was amazed how well the i5-750 actually performs in the real world. It beats the i7-920 in some cases.

You can also find the i7-920 for pretty cheap on eBay from reputable sellers, and the warranty comes from Intel based on DOM anyway. It's worth looking into if it can save you $100.

**Raptor** · 12-16-09, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by Raush

Thanks Raptor, the main reason I'm looking at the after-market CPU heatsink is because I want to overclock the processor -- alot. I'm hoping to take it up to the 3.8-4.0 range and keep things cool, so that requires a good heatsink and thermal compound. I looked at the arctic silver 5 and just decided on this one from OCZ. Both compounds have great reviews so I don't think it should make a huge difference, people actually say the the stuff from OCZ works better

Fair enough. Lemme know how the OC goes just don't go too crazy off the bat and kill you CPU like my bud did on his first OC. Mind you he was pissing around with a Flamecott P4. I told him if he wanted to OC a CPU back then it should have been one of the mid range AMD 64's that could be pushed quite well.

**laggyNgroovy** · 12-16-09, 11:20 AM

HP Presario V6000 with the jacked up mobo, but I do know another waitress that was having an issue, I still need to see what she has and what her issue wsa.

**Raush** · 12-16-09, 04:55 PM

Exciting news everybody . . . .It's been ordered!

This is the build I went with:

Motherboard - $188.99 ($15 MIR) GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128375

Processor - $199.99 Intel Core i7 920 (from MicroCenter)

Memory - $149.99 ($30 MIR) OCZ 3G1600LV6GK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227365

GPU - $179.99 XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150447

HDD - $55.99 Western Digital 500GB 7200 RMP 16MB Cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136073

Case - $109.99 Antec Nine Hundred Two
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129058

CPU Heatsink - $44.96 Xigmatek Dark Knight
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-029-_-Product

DVD Drive - $26.99 Sony Cheap-o that does the job
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030

Power Supply - $109.99 ($20 MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ir%20TX%20750W

Thermal Paste - $5.99 OCZ Freeze Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...hermal%20Paste

Monitor - $119.99 Asus 1680x1050 resolution 19"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236032

Keyboard - $39.99 Razer Arctosa from Ebay (New, in box)

Operating System - $29.99 Windowss 7 Professional Upgrade

All said and done - A sweet system for ~$1280 before mail in rebates.

I am planning on getting a second video card within the next 6 months to crossfire them as well as overclocking my processor to ~3.8-4.0 gHz. I'll be sure post pictures and benchmarks of it once it gets here and built!

Special thanks to Vectus, SawEmOff, and Raptor for your great suggestions and help in this building process. I can't wait until it gets here! :10 :9 :10