Anyone PC Savy in hurr?.. - Lets Beef

**V3numb** · #1 05-28-2013, 03:36 PM

Peep text BUILD not the Screen shots (its the current build In mind)

i may be coming into a few $$ to build me a new PC.. but would like some input.. i mainly'd be using it for GFX but also for music/videos.. and occasionally some gaming(unsure yet), i'd ;like some help in putting together a nice set-up for everyday use

any suggestions would be great.. but this is what my boy put together a while back

(Click picture>magnify glass at bottom right corner>another magnify at bottom right corner...........)

heres my new recipe tho -

Tower - NZXT Guardian Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Case 921RB-BL

Power supply - Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500w Power Supply (RS500-PCARD3-US

SSD - Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 128 SATA_6_0_gb Solid State Drive MZ-7PD128BW

CPU - Intel Core i5-3570 Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570

MOBO - ASRock LGA1155/Intel B75/DDR3/Quad CrossFireX/SATA3&USB3.0/A&V&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard B75 PRO3-M

GFX card - EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB GDDR3, DVI, Mini-HDMI, Graphics Card (02G-P3-2617-KR)

OS- Windows 7 Premium

RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - Corsair

---------------------------

Side pieces

Extra fan -Cooler Master 80mm Dual Ball Bearing Case Fan Black - (SAF-B82-E1

- Monoprice HDMI Mini Connector Male to HDMI Connector Female Adapter

- Belkin Anti-Static Wrist Band with Adjustable Grounding

TOTAL -$740.56
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**V3numb** · 05-28-2013, 03:36 PM

Peep text BUILD not the Screen shots (its the current build In mind)

i may be coming into a few $$ to build me a new PC.. but would like some input.. i mainly'd be using it for GFX but also for music/videos.. and occasionally some gaming(unsure yet), i'd ;like some help in putting together a nice set-up for everyday use

any suggestions would be great.. but this is what my boy put together a while back

(Click picture>magnify glass at bottom right corner>another magnify at bottom right corner...........)

heres my new recipe tho -

Tower - NZXT Guardian Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Case 921RB-BL

Power supply - Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500w Power Supply (RS500-PCARD3-US

SSD - Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 128 SATA_6_0_gb Solid State Drive MZ-7PD128BW

CPU - Intel Core i5-3570 Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570

MOBO - ASRock LGA1155/Intel B75/DDR3/Quad CrossFireX/SATA3&USB3.0/A&V&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard B75 PRO3-M

GFX card - EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB GDDR3, DVI, Mini-HDMI, Graphics Card (02G-P3-2617-KR)

OS- Windows 7 Premium

RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - Corsair

---------------------------

Side pieces

Extra fan -Cooler Master 80mm Dual Ball Bearing Case Fan Black - (SAF-B82-E1

- Monoprice HDMI Mini Connector Male to HDMI Connector Female Adapter

- Belkin Anti-Static Wrist Band with Adjustable Grounding

TOTAL -$740.56
__________________

**Student** · #2 05-28-2013, 04:45 PM

Apple > PC

**Student** · 05-28-2013, 04:45 PM

Apple > PC

**Denton** · #3 05-28-2013, 04:55 PM

That's all very good hardware. However, I wouldn't get a refurbished GFX Card. That can go seriously bad. If you want it for simply making GFX and music then like Student said Apple is the way to go. But you said for some gaming so stick with a PC because Apple is too expensive plus you got to get a bunch of programs to run PC Games. I like what I see on that list though. If you have the extra cash just buy a new GFX Card so it has a factory warranty. Hope my input was helpful

**Denton** · 05-28-2013, 04:55 PM

That's all very good hardware. However, I wouldn't get a refurbished GFX Card. That can go seriously bad. If you want it for simply making GFX and music then like Student said Apple is the way to go. But you said for some gaming so stick with a PC because Apple is too expensive plus you got to get a bunch of programs to run PC Games. I like what I see on that list though. If you have the extra cash just buy a new GFX Card so it has a factory warranty. Hope my input was helpful

**Student** · #4 05-28-2013, 04:58 PM

Apple > Alienware > Compaq & Toshiba > Everything Else.

Fuck Windows 8 BTW, WAY Too Many Bugs.

**Student** · 05-28-2013, 04:58 PM

Apple > Alienware > Compaq & Toshiba > Everything Else.

Fuck Windows 8 BTW, WAY Too Many Bugs.

**Denton** · #5 05-28-2013, 05:03 PM

I love toshiba haha. I've only see windows 8 on tablets. I think Windows 7 is their best OS. Alienware is just a brand you buy a different brand with all the same guts an alien has for half the price

**Denton** · 05-28-2013, 05:03 PM

I love toshiba haha. I've only see windows 8 on tablets. I think Windows 7 is their best OS. Alienware is just a brand you buy a different brand with all the same guts an alien has for half the price

**V3numb** · #6 05-28-2013, 05:06 PM

Windows 8 is mainly for touchscreen..

i wasnt gonna get the refurbished GFx card anyways ahah, but it's what he threw in there,PC>Mac.. it really just comes down to what kinda person you are.. ad with PC i can further customize it later down the road

Stu half-knows what he's talking bout most the time.. lol

**V3numb** · 05-28-2013, 05:06 PM

Windows 8 is mainly for touchscreen..

i wasnt gonna get the refurbished GFx card anyways ahah, but it's what he threw in there,PC>Mac.. it really just comes down to what kinda person you are.. ad with PC i can further customize it later down the road

Stu half-knows what he's talking bout most the time.. lol

**V3numb** · #7 05-30-2013, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XplicitKontent

I love toshiba haha. I've only see windows 8 on tablets. I think Windows 7 is their best OS. Alienware is just a brand you buy a different brand with all the same guts an alien has for half the price

updated the 1st post with the New Set-up in mind..

also (BELOW) this is directed at your Alienware comment.. plus the Windows 8 OS thing he mentioned too..

Quote:

Originally Posted by V3numb

Windows 8 is mainly for touchscreen..

Stu half-knows what he's talking bout most the time.. lol

---------- Post added at 12:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:40 AM ----------

oh i swapped the 400Watt power supply for a 550 one the same price.. and changed the case to a

Xion Performance Meshed mATX USB 3.0 Tower Case XON-560_BK Black/Blue

**V3numb** · 05-30-2013, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XplicitKontent

I love toshiba haha. I've only see windows 8 on tablets. I think Windows 7 is their best OS. Alienware is just a brand you buy a different brand with all the same guts an alien has for half the price

updated the 1st post with the New Set-up in mind..

also (BELOW) this is directed at your Alienware comment.. plus the Windows 8 OS thing he mentioned too..

Quote:

Originally Posted by V3numb

Windows 8 is mainly for touchscreen..

Stu half-knows what he's talking bout most the time.. lol

---------- Post added at 12:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:40 AM ----------

oh i swapped the 400Watt power supply for a 550 one the same price.. and changed the case to a

Xion Performance Meshed mATX USB 3.0 Tower Case XON-560_BK Black/Blue

**Louie Dawgs** · #8 05-30-2013, 10:14 PM

Okay, a few points.

I wouldn't go with a MicroATX board, they are cramped and very small. Really, I wouldn't recommend it, especially if you're putting it with a big tower. Another thing to consider is it might not fit exactly right with the case.

MicroATX, IMO is something that you'd use on a pretty weak PC, not one that you'd want for gaming or power use. You will fry your components in that tiny ass space, and furthermore you have little to no expansion room. I always recommend going for the full ATX motherboard.

Also, I don't see why you are buying an enthusiast class processor and a solid state drive when you're going to put an extremely low class GPU in.

Heres the thing, you don't need an SSD or a high class processor to do 99% of tasks, you want those for two reasons, either you are going to run a lot of intensive programs, (such as video decoding or something like that) or you are going to run games. I don't think you're doing the first, but if your gpu is going to really prevent you from doing the second.

**Louie Dawgs** · 05-30-2013, 10:14 PM

Okay, a few points.

I wouldn't go with a MicroATX board, they are cramped and very small. Really, I wouldn't recommend it, especially if you're putting it with a big tower. Another thing to consider is it might not fit exactly right with the case.

MicroATX, IMO is something that you'd use on a pretty weak PC, not one that you'd want for gaming or power use. You will fry your components in that tiny ass space, and furthermore you have little to no expansion room. I always recommend going for the full ATX motherboard.

Also, I don't see why you are buying an enthusiast class processor and a solid state drive when you're going to put an extremely low class GPU in.

Heres the thing, you don't need an SSD or a high class processor to do 99% of tasks, you want those for two reasons, either you are going to run a lot of intensive programs, (such as video decoding or something like that) or you are going to run games. I don't think you're doing the first, but if your gpu is going to really prevent you from doing the second.

**V3numb** · #9 05-30-2013, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Louie Dawgs

Okay, a few points.

I wouldn't go with a MicroATX board, they are cramped and very small. Really, I wouldn't recommend it, especially if you're putting it with a big tower. Another thing to consider is it might not fit exactly right with the case.

MicroATX, IMO is something that you'd use on a pretty weak PC, not one that you'd want for gaming or power use. You will fry your components in that tiny ass space, and furthermore you have little to no expansion room. I always recommend going for the full ATX motherboard.

Also, I don't see why you are buying an enthusiast class processor and a solid state drive when you're going to put an extremely low class GPU in.

Heres the thing, you don't need an SSD or a high class processor to do 99% of tasks, you want those for two reasons, either you are going to run a lot of intensive programs, (such as video decoding or something like that) or you are going to run games. I don't think you're doing the first, but if your gpu is going to really prevent you from doing the second.

1st of all happy to have you actually say what you thin and helping out,cause aint have much help here atm tbh

i was suggested most of the builld via some Korean guy... he builds Gaming PCs on the site for kicks and spends thousands so i figured he knew his ish,the micro isnt that bad tho.. yeah less expansion but if i was really in it to throw more than what i am atm into it i wdnt do much anyways tbh,it would fit into a mid-tower case i did some reseasrch and if anything gives it more room for etx stuff like cleaner wiring,better airflow and then some

im not REALLy gonna be gaming.. just somthing i might possibly do a lil bit,i mainly have this for GFX and such,umma have 3-5 fans blowing in with the current build i just made (ill post in a sec for you opinion cause i dont want a giant paperweright),if i didt wanna really expand tho i'd prolly get a complete new MOBO and then some if not start from scratch on a die PF for godly builds

GPU may be temp cause it's somthing i was planing on swapping out later anwyas.. i like the HDMI atm

lol it's the 1st one.. umma be runing Massive amounts of Photoshop cs6 windows with,loading 10Kfonts,10k Brushes,adobe Illustrator,surfing the net for resources,blasing music.. and maybe torrenting.. i like to m multitask.. i may beture into video ish and making some tracks as well to upload on LB,the SSD is perfect for when i mess with my PS files and load things up cause my current one takes forever just loading text and its TERRIBLE,Writing/reading is superb as well from what the specs say and umma be Installing a lot of programs from my current desktop,i grab a llot of resources for GFX online as well so it helps me a lot

heres my new recipe tho -

Tower - NZXT Guardian Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Case 921RB-BL

Power supply - Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500w Power Supply (RS500-PCARD3-US

SSD - Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 128 SATA_6_0_gb Solid State Drive MZ-7PD128BW

CPU - Intel Core i5-3570 Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570

MOBO - ASRock LGA1155/Intel B75/DDR3/Quad CrossFireX/SATA3&USB3.0/A&V&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard B75 PRO3-M

GFX card - EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB GDDR3, DVI, Mini-HDMI, Graphics Card (02G-P3-2617-KR)

OS- Windows 7 Premium

RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - Corsair

---------------------------

Side pieces

Extra fan -Cooler Master 80mm Dual Ball Bearing Case Fan Black - (SAF-B82-E1

- Monoprice HDMI Mini Connector Male to HDMI Connector Female Adapter

- Belkin Anti-Static Wrist Band with Adjustable Grounding

TOTAL -$740.56

**V3numb** · 05-30-2013, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Louie Dawgs

Okay, a few points.

I wouldn't go with a MicroATX board, they are cramped and very small. Really, I wouldn't recommend it, especially if you're putting it with a big tower. Another thing to consider is it might not fit exactly right with the case.

MicroATX, IMO is something that you'd use on a pretty weak PC, not one that you'd want for gaming or power use. You will fry your components in that tiny ass space, and furthermore you have little to no expansion room. I always recommend going for the full ATX motherboard.

Also, I don't see why you are buying an enthusiast class processor and a solid state drive when you're going to put an extremely low class GPU in.

Heres the thing, you don't need an SSD or a high class processor to do 99% of tasks, you want those for two reasons, either you are going to run a lot of intensive programs, (such as video decoding or something like that) or you are going to run games. I don't think you're doing the first, but if your gpu is going to really prevent you from doing the second.

1st of all happy to have you actually say what you thin and helping out,cause aint have much help here atm tbh

i was suggested most of the builld via some Korean guy... he builds Gaming PCs on the site for kicks and spends thousands so i figured he knew his ish,the micro isnt that bad tho.. yeah less expansion but if i was really in it to throw more than what i am atm into it i wdnt do much anyways tbh,it would fit into a mid-tower case i did some reseasrch and if anything gives it more room for etx stuff like cleaner wiring,better airflow and then some

im not REALLy gonna be gaming.. just somthing i might possibly do a lil bit,i mainly have this for GFX and such,umma have 3-5 fans blowing in with the current build i just made (ill post in a sec for you opinion cause i dont want a giant paperweright),if i didt wanna really expand tho i'd prolly get a complete new MOBO and then some if not start from scratch on a die PF for godly builds

GPU may be temp cause it's somthing i was planing on swapping out later anwyas.. i like the HDMI atm

lol it's the 1st one.. umma be runing Massive amounts of Photoshop cs6 windows with,loading 10Kfonts,10k Brushes,adobe Illustrator,surfing the net for resources,blasing music.. and maybe torrenting.. i like to m multitask.. i may beture into video ish and making some tracks as well to upload on LB,the SSD is perfect for when i mess with my PS files and load things up cause my current one takes forever just loading text and its TERRIBLE,Writing/reading is superb as well from what the specs say and umma be Installing a lot of programs from my current desktop,i grab a llot of resources for GFX online as well so it helps me a lot

heres my new recipe tho -

Tower - NZXT Guardian Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Case 921RB-BL

Power supply - Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500w Power Supply (RS500-PCARD3-US

SSD - Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 128 SATA_6_0_gb Solid State Drive MZ-7PD128BW

CPU - Intel Core i5-3570 Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570

MOBO - ASRock LGA1155/Intel B75/DDR3/Quad CrossFireX/SATA3&USB3.0/A&V&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard B75 PRO3-M

GFX card - EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB GDDR3, DVI, Mini-HDMI, Graphics Card (02G-P3-2617-KR)

OS- Windows 7 Premium

RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - Corsair

---------------------------

Side pieces

Extra fan -Cooler Master 80mm Dual Ball Bearing Case Fan Black - (SAF-B82-E1

- Monoprice HDMI Mini Connector Male to HDMI Connector Female Adapter

- Belkin Anti-Static Wrist Band with Adjustable Grounding

TOTAL -$740.56

**Louie Dawgs** · #10 05-30-2013, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V3numb

1st of all happy to have you actually say what you thin and helping out,cause aint have much help here atm tbh

i was suggested most of the builld via some Korean guy... he builds Gaming PCs on the site for kicks and spends thousands so i figured he knew his ish,the micro isnt that bad tho.. yeah less expansion but if i was really in it to throw more than what i am atm into it i wdnt do much anyways tbh,it would fit into a mid-tower case i did some reseasrch and if anything gives it more room for etx stuff like cleaner wiring,better airflow and then some

im not REALLy gonna be gaming.. just somthing i might possibly do a lil bit,i mainly have this for GFX and such,umma have 3-5 fans blowing in with the current build i just made (ill post in a sec for you opinion cause i dont want a giant paperweright),if i didt wanna really expand tho i'd prolly get a complete new MOBO and then some if not start from scratch on a die PF for godly builds

GPU may be temp cause it's somthing i was planing on swapping out later anwyas.. i like the HDMI atm

lol it's the 1st one.. umma be runing Massive amounts of Photoshop cs6 windows with,loading 10Kfonts,10k Brushes,adobe Illustrator,surfing the net for resources,blasing music.. and maybe torrenting.. i like to m multitask.. i may beture into video ish and making some tracks as well to upload on LB,the SSD is perfect for when i mess with my PS files and load things up cause my current one takes forever just loading text and its TERRIBLE,Writing/reading is superb as well from what the specs say and umma be Installing a lot of programs from my current desktop,i grab a llot of resources for GFX online as well so it helps me a lot

heres my new recipe tho -

Tower - NZXT Guardian Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Case 921RB-BL

Power supply - Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500w Power Supply (RS500-PCARD3-US

SSD - Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 128 SATA_6_0_gb Solid State Drive MZ-7PD128BW

CPU - Intel Core i5-3570 Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570

MOBO - ASRock LGA1155/Intel B75/DDR3/Quad CrossFireX/SATA3&USB3.0/A&V&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard B75 PRO3-M

GFX card - EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB GDDR3, DVI, Mini-HDMI, Graphics Card (02G-P3-2617-KR)

OS- Windows 7 Premium

RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - Corsair

---------------------------

Side pieces

Extra fan -Cooler Master 80mm Dual Ball Bearing Case Fan Black - (SAF-B82-E1

- Monoprice HDMI Mini Connector Male to HDMI Connector Female Adapter

- Belkin Anti-Static Wrist Band with Adjustable Grounding

TOTAL -$740.56

First off, you still need a regular hard drive, the SSD is mainly just for stuff like games or programs you want to run really fast.

Secondly, if you do go with the mini board, which I'm not a fan of make sure your case fits it, as a full ATX may not be designed to fit a mini board.

Third, the 610 is not going to really run gaming at all, at least not satisfactorily. If you're looking for a cheap GPU, look at the Radeon 7750, it should be under 100 most places, and will destroy that 610.

I would still look hard at getting a full ATX board, and consider Windows 8 as well. I understand windows 8 is less built for the PC, but it's newer architecture and will thus have a longer shelf life than Windows 7.

**Louie Dawgs** · 05-30-2013, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V3numb

1st of all happy to have you actually say what you thin and helping out,cause aint have much help here atm tbh

i was suggested most of the builld via some Korean guy... he builds Gaming PCs on the site for kicks and spends thousands so i figured he knew his ish,the micro isnt that bad tho.. yeah less expansion but if i was really in it to throw more than what i am atm into it i wdnt do much anyways tbh,it would fit into a mid-tower case i did some reseasrch and if anything gives it more room for etx stuff like cleaner wiring,better airflow and then some

im not REALLy gonna be gaming.. just somthing i might possibly do a lil bit,i mainly have this for GFX and such,umma have 3-5 fans blowing in with the current build i just made (ill post in a sec for you opinion cause i dont want a giant paperweright),if i didt wanna really expand tho i'd prolly get a complete new MOBO and then some if not start from scratch on a die PF for godly builds

GPU may be temp cause it's somthing i was planing on swapping out later anwyas.. i like the HDMI atm

lol it's the 1st one.. umma be runing Massive amounts of Photoshop cs6 windows with,loading 10Kfonts,10k Brushes,adobe Illustrator,surfing the net for resources,blasing music.. and maybe torrenting.. i like to m multitask.. i may beture into video ish and making some tracks as well to upload on LB,the SSD is perfect for when i mess with my PS files and load things up cause my current one takes forever just loading text and its TERRIBLE,Writing/reading is superb as well from what the specs say and umma be Installing a lot of programs from my current desktop,i grab a llot of resources for GFX online as well so it helps me a lot

heres my new recipe tho -

Tower - NZXT Guardian Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Case 921RB-BL

Power supply - Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500w Power Supply (RS500-PCARD3-US

SSD - Samsung Electronics 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 128 SATA_6_0_gb Solid State Drive MZ-7PD128BW

CPU - Intel Core i5-3570 Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 6 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570

MOBO - ASRock LGA1155/Intel B75/DDR3/Quad CrossFireX/SATA3&USB3.0/A&V&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard B75 PRO3-M

GFX card - EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB GDDR3, DVI, Mini-HDMI, Graphics Card (02G-P3-2617-KR)

OS- Windows 7 Premium

RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 - Corsair

---------------------------

Side pieces

Extra fan -Cooler Master 80mm Dual Ball Bearing Case Fan Black - (SAF-B82-E1

- Monoprice HDMI Mini Connector Male to HDMI Connector Female Adapter

- Belkin Anti-Static Wrist Band with Adjustable Grounding

TOTAL -$740.56

First off, you still need a regular hard drive, the SSD is mainly just for stuff like games or programs you want to run really fast.

Secondly, if you do go with the mini board, which I'm not a fan of make sure your case fits it, as a full ATX may not be designed to fit a mini board.

Third, the 610 is not going to really run gaming at all, at least not satisfactorily. If you're looking for a cheap GPU, look at the Radeon 7750, it should be under 100 most places, and will destroy that 610.

I would still look hard at getting a full ATX board, and consider Windows 8 as well. I understand windows 8 is less built for the PC, but it's newer architecture and will thus have a longer shelf life than Windows 7.

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