HelpNeed help picking out new PC parts.
Need help picking out new PC parts.
Hello people of MPGH, first off I know I can find the answers I need on google but I like having a direct responce to my particular needs, also I fucking love MPGH it is the shit and I respect it more then I respect my GF..
anyways back to buisiness.
SO i built a new PC rig consisting of
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth p67
Processor: Intel 2600k I7 1155LGA socket
Ram: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
I also purchased a NZXT Phantom Full tower and a V6GT Coolermaster CPU cooling fan
older parts which I need help replacing
GPU: Asus GeForce 450 ENGTS 1GB GDDR5
HDD1: 1.5 GB/s 200GB Sata
HDD2: 3.0 GB/s 1T Sata (used as a slave as it can not be used as a main)
and a 600W power supply
For a new GPU I was thinking of grabbing a 580 but people are telling me I should get a 590 cause it's like "2 580's in 1 card"
and for a new primary HDD I was either going to wait for the price of SSD drives to go down or purchase a 120GB and use it to run windows and necessary programs (AKA: games) and then use my 1TB for the rest of my crap.
any thoughts of what parts I should add on and is my power supply good enough or will that need to be replaced to?
anyways back to buisiness.
SO i built a new PC rig consisting of
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth p67
Processor: Intel 2600k I7 1155LGA socket
Ram: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
I also purchased a NZXT Phantom Full tower and a V6GT Coolermaster CPU cooling fan
older parts which I need help replacing
GPU: Asus GeForce 450 ENGTS 1GB GDDR5
HDD1: 1.5 GB/s 200GB Sata
HDD2: 3.0 GB/s 1T Sata (used as a slave as it can not be used as a main)
and a 600W power supply
For a new GPU I was thinking of grabbing a 580 but people are telling me I should get a 590 cause it's like "2 580's in 1 card"
and for a new primary HDD I was either going to wait for the price of SSD drives to go down or purchase a 120GB and use it to run windows and necessary programs (AKA: games) and then use my 1TB for the rest of my crap.
any thoughts of what parts I should add on and is my power supply good enough or will that need to be replaced to?
Two 580s in one card my ass.
If you want two 580s in one card I suggest you get a 900w PSU with at least 62amps for the ASUS ROG MARS II
Shit costs 1k.
Plus minimum PSU wattage for a single 580 is 650w and it requires 42 amps.
By the way, don't ever get Sabertooth P67, there is a start up problem.
Get some Z68 chipset motherboard.
It's even cheaper.
Your build is so much like mine.
Sabertooth P67.
i7 2600k
I had a cooler master V6 GT, now I use a liquid cooler.
If you want two 580s in one card I suggest you get a 900w PSU with at least 62amps for the ASUS ROG MARS II
Shit costs 1k.
Plus minimum PSU wattage for a single 580 is 650w and it requires 42 amps.
By the way, don't ever get Sabertooth P67, there is a start up problem.
Get some Z68 chipset motherboard.
It's even cheaper.
Your build is so much like mine.
Sabertooth P67.
i7 2600k
I had a cooler master V6 GT, now I use a liquid cooler.
Originally Posted by Stevenom
Two 580s in one card my ass.
If you want two 580s in one card I suggest you get a 900w PSU with at least 62amps for the ASUS ROG MARS II
Shit costs 1k.
Plus minimum PSU wattage for a single 580 is 650w and it requires 42 amps.
If you want two 580s in one card I suggest you get a 900w PSU with at least 62amps for the ASUS ROG MARS II
Shit costs 1k.
Plus minimum PSU wattage for a single 580 is 650w and it requires 42 amps.
Originally Posted by Stevenom
By the way, don't ever get Sabertooth P67, there is a start up problem.
Get some Z68 chipset motherboard.
It's even cheaper.
Get some Z68 chipset motherboard.
It's even cheaper.
The most important question right now might be your budget, I have no clue what to suggest till i know how much you have to work with
I know this sounds kinda silly, but why do you want that insane hardware? I don't know many games or anything that uses all the hardware. I can run Skyrim and BF3 on max everything and around 90 FPS. And i don't have anything amazing... I've spend 1.5k on my stuff and all prices are at least 30% higher here in Denmark... usually 50. It's much smarter just buying from Newegg and getting it shipped to DK.
You can only really use dual GPU if you have two screens.
You can only really use dual GPU if you have two screens.
Originally Posted by Alen:5762002
Originally Posted by Stevenom
Two 580s in one card my ass.
If you want two 580s in one card I suggest you get a 900w PSU with at least 62amps for the ASUS ROG MARS II
Shit costs 1k.
Plus minimum PSU wattage for a single 580 is 650w and it requires 42 amps.
If you want two 580s in one card I suggest you get a 900w PSU with at least 62amps for the ASUS ROG MARS II
Shit costs 1k.
Plus minimum PSU wattage for a single 580 is 650w and it requires 42 amps.
Originally Posted by Stevenom
By the way, don't ever get Sabertooth P67, there is a start up problem.
Get some Z68 chipset motherboard.
It's even cheaper.
Get some Z68 chipset motherboard.
It's even cheaper.
The most important question right now might be your budget, I have no clue what to suggest till i know how much you have to work with
I suggested a cheaper alternative like a cheaper Z68 maybe like ASUS P8Z68-V LE or something.
Sabertooth P67 costs around 250AUD.
Originally Posted by Stevenom
My point is many Sabertooth P67 users have booting problems.
I suggested a cheaper alternative like a cheaper Z68 maybe like ASUS P8Z68-V LE or something.
Sabertooth P67 costs around 250AUD.
I suggested a cheaper alternative like a cheaper Z68 maybe like ASUS P8Z68-V LE or something.
Sabertooth P67 costs around 250AUD.
Originally Posted by Alen
Well aware, the Sabertooth is, well, fancy as fuck. I don't really recommend anyone but a real enthusiast even bothers with such boards, they're just marginally better for normal users, if not just as good. On a side note: upgrade your BIOS, if you haven't already.
mmz
Originally Posted by Stevenom
BIOS doesn't help with the booting problem.
mmz
mmz
Originally Posted by Alen
PSU with a too large delay when switching power states? That was the reason for most of my woes with x58, dunno if that's still an active issue today
Turn on your thing on power point.
You would have to short out all power.
Switch off PSU.
Wait for Stand By LED to go off. (It appears even though you shut your computer down.
Turn on PSU again then press the power button.
I read on Asus and other computer forums that many sabertooth users have that problem.
Originally Posted by Stevenom
Not really.
Turn on your thing on power point.
You would have to short out all power.
Switch off PSU.
Wait for Stand By LED to go off. (It appears even though you shut your computer down.
Turn on PSU again then press the power button.
I read on Asus and other computer forums that many sabertooth users have that problem.
Turn on your thing on power point.
You would have to short out all power.
Switch off PSU.
Wait for Stand By LED to go off. (It appears even though you shut your computer down.
Turn on PSU again then press the power button.
I read on Asus and other computer forums that many sabertooth users have that problem.
Originally Posted by Alen
Sounds like an issue with ACPI, I would personally try switching the PSU (at least temporarily) to see if that solves it. I'm assuming of course that you're 100% sure no BIOS patch or anything like that was released to fix these issues.
He uses this BIOS version and he has no problems with it.
I think it's 3rd or 4th BIOS.
But if it solves my booting problems I'm happy.
And I used to have Antec High Current Gamer 900w.
You should of waited. Cheaper 2011 cpus should release soon. Thats what im waiting for. Then gonna buy myself a Gigabyte UD5 2011. I dont play any huge games. 560TI will do me just fine. 8GB ram. 1tb hdd and a 120ish gb ssd for win7. Not gonna spend a lot on a case. It just sits there.
I actually wouldnt prefer any asus mobo. You have to oc pretty much any decent ram. Most Gigabyte can handle 2133Mhz without oc.
And if you want a cheap ssd, try ebay.
I actually wouldnt prefer any asus mobo. You have to oc pretty much any decent ram. Most Gigabyte can handle 2133Mhz without oc.
And if you want a cheap ssd, try ebay.
Originally Posted by Elegant Elephant
You should of waited. Cheaper 2011 cpus should release soon. Thats what im waiting for. Then gonna buy myself a Gigabyte UD5 2011. I dont play any huge games. 560TI will do me just fine. 8GB ram. 1tb hdd and a 120ish gb ssd for win7. Not gonna spend a lot on a case. It just sits there.
I actually wouldnt prefer any asus mobo. You have to oc pretty much any decent ram. Most Gigabyte can handle 2133Mhz without oc.
And if you want a cheap ssd, try ebay.
I actually wouldnt prefer any asus mobo. You have to oc pretty much any decent ram. Most Gigabyte can handle 2133Mhz without oc.
And if you want a cheap ssd, try ebay.
Originally Posted by Alen
By the time the 2011 cpus fall to a reasonable price the 500 series will be a waste of money. Also no point in getting ram that's better than 1600MHz CL8, you won't notice any difference.
Originally Posted by Elegant Elephant
I noticed a difference. I went from 4GB 1600 CL8 to 4GB 1866 CL9 and software performs much faster. And compared to the $600-$1250 prices of 2011 cpus now, I don't mind at all paying $200-$300 for the newer ones. That's cheap to me.
