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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => Technology Section => Topic started by: Blunt on February 25, 2010, 01:23:08 AM

Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: Blunt on February 25, 2010, 01:23:08 AM
I desperately need to upgrade; this PC was built by Norm in 2005 and it has been a great rig, and pretty much future proof. there's only been a problem with recent games, and bbc2, arma2 and avp have convinced me to make the leap.
Rather than get confuddled by a welter of opinions, I asked Kreg.
his recommendation was:




It all arrived today:woot2:
I'm building it in the morning, so wish me luck.

I've managed to sneak it by the mrs so far:norty:
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: kregoron on February 25, 2010, 08:26:34 AM
happy to help :)

just poke me if you need some advice putting it all together
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: TeaLeaf on February 25, 2010, 08:27:13 AM
Looks sweet, good luck with the build!
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: Tutonic on February 25, 2010, 09:15:18 AM
Blunt if you can afford it, you should go for 3 memory sticks instead of 2.

The reason being DDR3 runs faster when it's in a triple data rate configuration :)
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: kregoron on February 25, 2010, 09:28:23 AM
Quote from: Tutonic;304644Blunt if you can afford it, you should go for 3 memory sticks instead of 2.

The reason being DDR3 runs faster when it's in a triple data rate configuration :)

The i5 is based on Lynnfield chips which is dual channel only..
Blunt was under a budget, so a i7 bloomfield based chip was out of the question, without severely cutting back on something else..

i had a i7 965 before i got robbed, and now im playing around on the missus pc when im home which is pretty similar to blunts, and honestly the lower memory transfer speeds isnt something you notice that much, on the contrary the dual channel solution gives you better latency on the memory is most cases..
for his budget hes got a brilliant rig, it could have been done a few bucks cheaper, but its good quality bits
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: A Twig on February 25, 2010, 09:36:26 AM
how much if you dont mind me asking?
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: Zootoxin on February 25, 2010, 09:36:31 AM
Quote from: Blunt;304638I desperately need to upgrade; this PC was built by Norm in 2005 and it has been a great rig, and pretty much future proof. there's only been a problem with recent games, and bbc2, arma2 and avp have convinced me to make the leap.
Rather than get confuddled by a welter of opinions, I asked Kreg.
his recommendation was:

  • Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156)

  • Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 microATX Motherboard

  • Patrtiot G Series Sector 5 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1333ELK)
  • Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)

  • Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5850 "Dirt2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
It all arrived today:woot2:
I'm building it in the morning, so wish me luck.

I've managed to sneak it by the mrs so far:norty:

May I enquire as to what the cost was?
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: delanvital on February 25, 2010, 09:38:00 AM
Quote from: A Twig;304647how much if you dont mind me asking?

Quote from: Zootoxin;304648May I enquire as to what the cost was?

I second, uhm.. third that :)
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: kregoron on February 25, 2010, 09:44:31 AM
ill let blunt decide if the budget should be made public, but as most can see, the graphics card took atleast 1/3 of the total cost :P

But damn its a sweet card
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: delankster on February 25, 2010, 10:02:06 AM
i've got the i5 750 2.66 running @ 4ghz with 4gb of dual channel memory in a
gigabite GA-P55M-UD3A and more than happy with the performance m8 :thumbsup2:
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: Toxteth on February 25, 2010, 11:24:33 AM
Time to scrounge all the half decent bits out of the old rig and into mine :D

Should keep me going until summer atleast!
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: Toxteth on February 25, 2010, 11:26:26 AM
Quote from: Blunt;304638I've managed to sneak it by the mrs so far:norty:

'What's that?'

'Oh just a few bits and bobs to make my PC a little faster, that's all!'

:devil:
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: kregoron on February 25, 2010, 11:33:18 AM
hehe i told blunt to request the retailer to send the bits in a box labeled sporting goods :P
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: no peanuts on February 25, 2010, 12:56:56 PM
Nice purchase Blunty....

Don't blow yourself up putting it together :narnar:
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: Toxteth on February 25, 2010, 04:42:48 PM
Quote from: no peanuts;304662Nice purchase Blunty....

Don't blow yourself up putting it together :narnar:

Sound adivice.
Title: Cheers Kreg
Post by: Blunt on February 25, 2010, 05:18:56 PM
Thanks for the good wishes:D
Everything went well, and apart from not plugging in a cable, it was pretty smooth.
Again many thanks to Kreg who has been really patient with me; he was on Steam chat to answer all my dumb questions and he got me out of trouble more than once.
just done a quick video stress test in CS and it averaged 219.54fps:D
gonna do a 3Dmark as soonas it downloads.
As for those who wish to know the price...:blush:

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