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Upgrading PC.Few questions
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18. October 2009 @ 11:26 |
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It's more than enough. The PC I've spec'ed only uses about 250W at full load. DDR3 RAM offers no performance benefit to Socket 775 CPUs, and Crucial is a much inferior brand to Corsair. However, thanks for pointing it out, as that's actually a DDR3 board, I didn't notice. The Komplett.ie range of motherboards is absolutely dire, that was about the only board on there that's any good. Unless you can buy from somewhere other than Komplett, you may as well buy that board and some DDR3 (but not Corsair) simply to avoid the other crap they sell.
There are many, many things wrong with the other build.
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18. October 2009 @ 11:45 |
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What do you think of this??
Mobo: MSI P45D3 Plat.,P45,S-775,DDR3,2000FSB 109
Proc: Intel Core? i5 Quad Processor i5-750 185
Ram: Corsair Dominator TWIN2X PC8500 4GB DDR2 96
Graphics: ASUS Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 277
HDD: WD Caviar® Black 750GB, 3,5", SATA 76
DVD drive: Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7200A, 20
Blu ray: Going to wait
Sound card:?
PSU: Corsair HX 650W 115
Case: NZXT Tempest 89
Monitor: LG 22" LCD W2261VP-PF 185
Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 Speakers 2.1 THX 125
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard, 79
Mouse: Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse 27
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18. October 2009 @ 11:52 |
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18. October 2009 @ 11:56 |
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Nope, the Q9550 is better than the X4 955 in pretty much every way, and the i5 750 flattens it. Unfortunately it's not a great time for AMD fans at the moment.
You've now chosen a core i5 CPU with an old Core 2 board and DDR2 RAM.
Correction:
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 109
Proc: Intel Core? i5 Quad Processor i5-750 185
Ram: Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL8 112
Graphics: ASUS Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 277
HDD: WD Caviar® Black 750GB, 3,5", SATA 76
DVD drive: Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7200A, 20
Blu ray: Going to wait
Sound card:?
PSU: Corsair HX 650W 115
Case: NZXT Tempest 89
Monitor: LG 22" LCD W2261VP-PF 185
Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 Speakers 2.1 THX 125
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard, 79
Mouse: Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse 27
The 650W PSU is still overkill, but at least it's a good one this time, and allows for future upgrade potential. If not upgrading the system later on you should still be sticking with the 450W unit.
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18. October 2009 @ 12:03 |
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so do you think i should go with Q9550 or i5 750??I was also looking at Asus Crosshair III Formula AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard.What do ya think??Bit more expensive at 145
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18. October 2009 @ 12:12 |
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Worse than the Gigabyte UD5P you had before, much worse. And besides, an expensive board doesn't make up for the shortcomings of the AMD CPUs. The i5 750 and Gigabyte P55 board is your best choice. Good choice on the HD5850 though, that's a much more powerful card than the HD4890 and ultimately, better value.
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18. October 2009 @ 12:19 |
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Ok thanks heres what im going for
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3,Socket-1156 109
Proc: Intel Core? i5 Quad Processor i5-750 185
Ram: Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL8 112
Graphics: ASUS Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 277
HDD: WD Caviar® Black 750GB, 3,5", SATA 76
DVD drive: Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7200A, 20
Blu ray: Going to wait
Sound card:?
PSU: Corsair HX 650W 115
Case: NZXT Tempest 89
Monitor: LG 22" LCD W2261VP-PF 185
Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 Speakers 2.1 THX 125
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard, 79
Mouse: Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse 27
Price 1399
Im going to use the onboard sound on the mobo.Is it a good build now??
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18. October 2009 @ 13:34 |
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Looks relatively good. I'm not a fan of Asus video cards but Powercolor are worse and Komplett don't have any other brands.
Onboard sound is fine for most purposes, just don't expect the sound quality to match that of a proper sound card.
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18. October 2009 @ 13:45 |
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Ive heard good things about the ASUS.Think i will go with it.Onboard sound should be good enough.I shouldnt have any heat issues.Dont think i need liquid cooling or anything.What do u think??Think i will get windows 7 also
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18. October 2009 @ 17:12 |
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I assume by Asus you mean the Asus graphics card. As far as I can see Asus HD5850s are currently reference designs, so they will be more reliable than Asus' other cards as Asus haven't actually designed them.
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18. October 2009 @ 18:52 |
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Yes i meant the graphics card.i think thats everything.i dont think the CPU comes with a fan.think it will be a Zalman CNPS10X Quiet CPU Cooler for 46.I mite get a fan controller also?
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18. October 2009 @ 19:01 |
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18. October 2009 @ 19:03 |
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The CPU does come with a cooler, it's not great but it's alright. The CNPS10X on the other hand is a terribly designed cooler. You can either go with a Freezer 7 Pro V2 (if you're not overclocking) or buy a Thermalright MUX-120 cooler & bolt-through kit.
The RAM I posted will work with the core i5 - I wouldn't read much into komplett's specs, most of them are wrong.
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18. October 2009 @ 19:21 |
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Ok thanks.Im happy enough with the build now.thanks for your help.will be a while before i have the money.Haveta sell my old pc 1st
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