Building a new rig for school/gaming: Rate it!

Post by Giantsquirrel (455 posts) See mini bio

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So I'm putting together some "build lists" on Newegg.com and checking prices and specs constantly for a new gaming computer (and also for college :). Just wanted some feedback from the pros to see if I've got any incompatibilities in my future setup or just to critique it!

Here's the one I'm thinking of ordering:

CoolerMaster Cosmos S (Black Aluminum)

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (x2)

EVGA GTX 295 (If I can find one)

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatality Sound Card

Corsair 750W PSU

Corsair Dominator 6GB

ASUS P6T Deluxe LGA 1366 Mobo

Core i7 920

LG Black 6x BD-ROM 16x DVD-ROM

Should round out to be about $2000

I already have a monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers, my only question is whether or not the 750W PSU will handle the GTX 295 or if I'll need to step it up. Thanks everybody.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Keyser_Soze (1,171 posts) See mini bio

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No ATi, not rate worthy. ATi for life.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by BigBoss1911 (1,172 posts) See mini bio

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Man you got money to spend eh?Looks good.

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Post by dcpc10 (2,245 posts) See mini bio

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@Keyser_Soze said:

" No ATi, not rate worthy. ATi for life. "

I was huge fan of ATi, until I found out they didn't give a shit about their consumers.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Giantsquirrel (455 posts) See mini bio

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@dcpc10 said:

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@Keyser_Soze said:
" No ATi, not rate worthy. ATi for life. "
I was huge fan of ATi, until I found out they didn't give a shit about their consumers. "

Same. Sorry, I'm gonna go for Nvidia on the high end. I do have an ATI card in my laptop and it works great at the low-mid range.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by dozerking (17 posts) See mini bio

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very nice, I don't thnk I'd change a thing, besides maybe the GPU. There's a pretty hefty price tag for the performance. Still, if you have the cash to burn, do it

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Agnogenic (1,054 posts) See mini bio

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I am jealous of that setup. :)

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Giantsquirrel (455 posts) See mini bio

1236 ACH / 22350 P

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@dozerking said:

" very nice, I don't thnk I'd change a thing, besides maybe the GPU. There's a pretty hefty price tag for the performance. Still, if you have the cash to burn, do it "

I've got a Samsung T260HD that runs 1900x1200 and I want this machine to be my primary rig for 3-4 years, so I'm going for bleeding edge tech (and the Crysis benchmarks for that spec are very appealing).

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by VACkillers (375 posts) See mini bio

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is that 750 PSU going to be enough to run that graphics card with the rest of your rig? seems a bit too small to run a dual graphics card setup...

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Subject2Change (1,180 posts) See mini bio

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Go for the 850w corsair most likely.

Dunno why you are going 2 1TB drives. Go 500gig OS drive with 2 x 1 TB storages in a raid or a single 2 TB Western Digital. Everything else looks good, would go EVGA mobo over Asus however.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by goodwood (169 posts) See mini bio

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you might want to get a good headset for sound if you are going to be in a dorm.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Reuben (332 posts) See mini bio

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@Keyser_Soze said:

" No ATi, not rate worthy. ATi for life. "

ATi make great cards but they really suck on the driver side of things. Every PC I've had with an ATi chip has somewhere down the line lost all of it's main features because of poorly updated drivers.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Giantsquirrel (455 posts) See mini bio

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@VACkillers said:

" is that 750 PSU going to be enough to run that graphics card with the rest of your rig? seems a bit too small to run a dual graphics card setup... "

Specs on a BFG Tech 295 say it requires, at minimum, a 680W PSU, so I'm still a little uncertain. After moving out of the dorms next year I want to keep my electrical bills down as much as possible so I'm not sure which direction to go.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Maru (177 posts) See mini bio

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I would stay away from Creative sound cards. I've heard their drivers are horrible, causing many crashes.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by VACkillers (375 posts) See mini bio

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yea i can definitely understand about the electric costs absolutely... but just to be safe then sorry with all the other good stuff your putting into this machine, i would go with an 800 WATT just to be safe.. and its still reasonable.... only 50 watts more but that can make all the difference in the stability of the machine as a whole...as you have to power a quad core cpu a big harddrive and quite a lot of high performance ram aswell... im sure you'll do your research anyway... check out some tech forums see what some more qualified experts suggest... im using 750 in mine right now with a GTX 260 216 core BFG, and i definitely wouldn't have gone to a lower psu as the system just about runs perfect under full load.

good luck man

Edit : nothing wrong with creative soundcards.... i've never experienced issues with them...

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Post by Giantsquirrel (455 posts) See mini bio

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@Maru said:

" I would stay away from Creative sound cards. I've heard their drivers are horrible, causing many crashes. "

I thought that was Realtek...

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by AmericanPegasus (229 posts) See mini bio

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It doesn't matter how many watts your PSU has, it'll only draw the amount it needs. A 1000W PSU powering a 350W will only take 350 Watts, so it doesn't really matter how much watts you get, your powerbill will be the same. What's more important is power efficency.

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Post by Giantsquirrel (455 posts) See mini bio

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@AmericanPegasus said:

" It doesn't matter how many watts your PSU has, it'll only draw the amount it needs. A 1000W PSU powering a 350W will only take 350 Watts, so it doesn't really matter how much watts you get, your powerbill will be the same. What's more important is power efficency. "

Ok, so recommend me a suitable PSU. Please :)

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by AmericanPegasus (229 posts) See mini bio

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Well assuming money isn't an issue, Corsair power supplies are such high quality they might be made by god himself so I'd keep your current one.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Player1 (1,898 posts) See mini bio

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I realize that in the computer world, you get what you pay for....but I feel like you could get some lesser known brands and save ALOT of money. But still, you can't go wrong with quality.

Also, for 200 dollars, you could get a WAY cooler case. :P not that that matters, but still.

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Post by Giantsquirrel (455 posts) See mini bio

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Okay, I've gotten everything mostly sorted out, except the sound card. I might want to go with a cheaper alternative, since my PC won't be my default music player. Could anyone find me a solid sound card in the $50-$75 range?

Thanks.

Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago

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