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Groucho48 Posts: 821 Registered: 2003-10-22 03:00:14	Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Need help building a PC
	If it's just for gaming, you can save a few bucks by going with a 2500k instead of a 2600k. You may be able to save a few bucks by going with SATA2 HDs. Current HDs can't get anywhere close to SATA3 throughput. You might want to consider getting a motherboard that will accept the new Ivy Bridge cpus and pci-e 3 gpus, which are due out sometime this year. Make sure your case is big enough to handle the gpu you want. -----signature----- â€œScience is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.â€ â€“ Richard Feynman
poetkiosk Title: Snail Hunter Posts: 297 Registered: 2002-3-17 04:37:03	Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Need help building a PC
	I recommend and Imac. -----signature----- Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. - Kurt Vonnegut http://www.welcometointernet.org/Jesus%20Cat.swf
Sansfear Posts: 757 Registered: 2008-8-31 05:04:52	Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Need help building a PC
	Get a Sata III MB and get a Sata III SSD. You won't regret it. Make sure you support USB 3.0 as well.
Special-Fred Title: Sultan of Spank Posts: 245 Registered: 2003-7-30 16:12:04	Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Need help building a PC
	Groucho48 posted: If it's just for gaming, you can save a few bucks by going with a 2500k instead of a 2600k. You may be able to save a few bucks by going with SATA2 HDs. Current HDs can't get anywhere close to SATA3 throughput. You might want to consider getting a motherboard that will accept the new Ivy Bridge cpus and pci-e 3 gpus, which are due out sometime this year. Make sure your case is big enough to handle the gpu you want. This. You do not need an i7 for gaming. Go with an i5 and it'l work just as well. -----signature----- Outposter steam group http://steamcommunity.com/groups/theoutpost
kedz20xx Title: Entertained Posts: 80 Registered: 2008-5-7 09:09:17	Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Need help building a PC
	eodoll posted: kedz20xx posted: eodoll posted: I suggest waiting a month or so..new stuff is coming out soon. New stuff is always coming out. If Rhint went by that mantra the computer would never get built. The nvidia gtx6xx series is overdue... So it will come out shortly and prices will come down for the 560 and others. Apple for instance usually releases ipads and macs in march to may, so buying one now will make you out of date in one month. This is a good time to wait. And then what? Pay outrageous prices? The 560ti should hold down the fort pretty well. -----signature----- I piss excellence.
Mastara Posts: 1,446 Registered: 2004-12-29 22:52:21	Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Need help building a PC
	Drop the gtx 580 and get to gtx 560s. Be the same price for 2 560s instead of 1 580. -----signature----- Boooooommmm Heeeaaaddddshhhhooooottttt! http://www.carellaross.com/img/truth_its_the_new_hate_speech.jpg Mastatheimposta - 10L2 SB Merlin
kedz20xx Title: Entertained Posts: 80 Registered: 2008-5-7 09:09:17	Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Need help building a PC
	Mastara posted: Drop the gtx 580 and get to gtx 560s. Be the same price for 2 560s instead of 1 580. The unfortunate part is, it seems a lot of games are not SLI ready or compatible. It'd be a waste imo. -----signature----- I piss excellence.
cabbyman Posts: 441 Registered: 2003-1-6 07:48:53	Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Need help building a PC
	SLI gets you another 20-25% performance boost. You don't get twice the graphics bump by using two cards. You're better off getting one powerful card that has the ability to do SLI or Crossfire so in 3 or 4 years when you're ready to upgrade a bit you can buy another of the same card at a much reduced rate (as it's now 4 years old tech) and SLI it then if you so choose. A few additional thoughts: Don't scrimp on the power supply. Buy a slightly less powerful graphics card if you need to save a couple bucks but get a good power supply. Modularity is awesome in power supplies. Stock coolers will be loud. Don't use RAID0 for data drives. Memory is cheap. Buy a lot of it. SSD drives are awesome to boot from but expensive to play from (at least currently). Onboard sound is just fine for 99 44/100% of the people. -----signature----- â€œNo manâ€™s life, liberty, or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.â€ "Life's tough. It's tougher if you're stupid." -- John Wayne â€œIf there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peaceâ€ - Thomas Paine
Kamdar Posts: 147 Registered: 2001-10-7 05:01:29	Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Need help building a PC
	sigh..nvidia fanbois... -----signature----- Does your ass get jealous of the shit that comes out of your mouth? Obama 05 "Congress having to raise the debt ceiling shows the utter failure that is Pres Bush" Obama '11 " Congress NOT raising the debt ceiling shows the utter failure that is the R
tenkly Title: Best looking Outposter. Posts: 1,079 Registered: 2007-3-7 22:50:38	Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Need help building a PC
	poetkiosk posted: I recommend and Imac. And that's why your opinion on the subject is useless. -----signature----- "Sir, when you die, what shall we do? Bury you? Burn you?" "Nay. I shall be mushroomed" "ou're a weird dude, Tenkly. Knife fights with women and you dress your cat up in sweater vests."- ZigmundZag
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