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Offline iDante

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Building a new computer
« on: August 05, 2009, 06:47:09 pm »
So The Beast died a while ago, and now I need to build a new computer. I've been redoing the roof of my house to pay for it, so far I've got about $800 dollars worth of credits to put into a new computer.

I'm going to build a desktop for meself, as that's how I was acquainted with The Beast.

Here's the pieces I'm looking at atm:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131296
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134636 x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136144
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.215740

1. Can anyone tell me if they are compatible? I've made sure all the numbers look good next to each other but I haven't put together a computer since The Beast so I'm a little rusty.
2. Does it seem like good deals?

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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2009, 07:51:01 pm »
My suggestion list;

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P ($110)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128387

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz ($180)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471

Harddrive:
Seagate 1.5 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache ($120)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337
or
Seagate 1 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache ($90)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433

RAM: Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 Mhz ($55)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104073

Video Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 ($150)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102825


Total: $615
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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2009, 08:23:08 pm »
My suggestion list;

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P ($110)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128387

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz ($180)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471

Harddrive:
Seagate 1.5 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache ($120)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337
or
Seagate 1 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache ($90)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433

RAM: Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 Mhz ($55)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104073

Video Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 ($150)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102825


Total: $615

I would second that choice for that processor. It's unbelievably fast. Much faster then the intel you were lookin at.
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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2009, 08:48:49 pm »
I need to learn how to build a computer. That computer would cost many times $600 from like... Dell.
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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2009, 09:16:51 pm »
Is it really needed to have 1.5TB of space in your hard drive? I'd go fine with ~300 GB.

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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2009, 09:56:33 pm »
Is it really needed to have 1.5TB of space in your hard drive? I'd go fine with ~300 GB.
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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2009, 10:46:03 pm »
Seriously?  What do you put on there?

I have 2x 250 GB, and the second drive is nearly untouched. 200+ gigs free.
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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2009, 11:04:29 pm »
Seriously?  What do you put on there?

I have 2x 250 GB, and the second drive is nearly untouched. 200+ gigs free.

Media and games start to add up quick.

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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2009, 12:09:14 am »
Guess I'm behind the times >_>
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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2009, 12:55:15 am »
1 TB should be enough, as for the RAM, you should have a 64-bit OS.

And get a proper power supply if you dont have yet.

Im still stuck at 120 GB  >_>
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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2009, 04:54:35 am »
Do you guys know that "Delete" option is here for a reason?

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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2009, 05:07:22 pm »
Do you guys know that "Delete" option is here for a reason?
What does that mean?

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz ($180)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471
That CPU looks awesome. I'll probably end up getting it. I've got a week or so to pick out pieces so I'm going slowly.

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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2009, 05:14:07 pm »
I would add a case and PSU as well if I were you :D

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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2009, 05:16:46 pm »
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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2009, 05:22:42 pm »
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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #15 on: August 06, 2009, 06:46:15 pm »
Is it really needed to have 1.5TB of space in your hard drive? I'd go fine with ~300 GB.
Right now I'm using 1277.95 GB of my 2079.40 GB. A shit load of ripped dvd's, music, personal backups, and much much more. I absolutely hate deleting stuff except where it's absolutely necessary.

@ iDante: depending on how much important stuff you're planning on storing, I'd recommend against getting a single huge ass 2TB drive and instead getting several smaller drives and setting them up in a RAID5 array (requires at least 3 identical drives). This way, if one of them should die you won't lose anything. (With raid5 you only lose data if two die). Whereas a single huge ass drive may only live a year and you'll be fucked when it dies since everything you have is gone.

My system right now has 4 750GB WD SATA drives (this and its earlier models) setup in linux softraid using the ext4 filesystem, which affords me the aforementioned extremely reliable and fast ~2.1TB.
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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2009, 06:56:50 pm »
I'd prefer Intel's E8500 over the Phenom you got there. (Because Tom's Hardware says so)

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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2009, 07:22:33 pm »
@jrgp: I must have very good luck with hard drives, I have a 20 gb hard drive that is now almost 10 years old, still working fine (ribbon cables w00t). Same with my 5-year-old 60gb hard drive.
Will take into account though.

I'd prefer Intel's E8500 over the Phenom you got there. (Because Tom's Hardware says so)
I'm not exactly looking into gaming hardware, as the most intensive game I ever play is runescape on high-res (commence, flaming).

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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2009, 07:25:07 pm »
If so, what do you do with a cpu which costs almost 200 dollars?

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Re: Building a new computer
« Reply #19 on: August 06, 2009, 07:37:40 pm »
If so, what do you do with a cpu which costs almost 200 dollars?
Hopefully not take 10,000 years to compile stuff.
Be able to run xchat, media player (still deciding between amarok and rhythmbox), eclipse, and firefox at the same time without horrible laggyzorz.