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Post by megatron on May 15, 2012 8:19:04 GMT -5
I've already got all the parts sorted out, I'm getting all my money for it within the next few months and then ordering them. It's around $1200 in total but the specs are  ing sick  i7, 12GB Ram, 1 or 2 TB Harddrive (Yet to decide), Blu Ray Burner and an ASRock X79 Extreme Motherboard Anyway have any of you guys ever built your own pc's? If you did what were the specs and how much did it cost you in total? I'm extremely happy with what I'm going to be getting for only $1200 |
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Post by k5 on May 15, 2012 9:08:13 GMT -5
i borrowed some money in college to build my own pc, but ended up spending it on video games, beer, and pizza. not sure if i regret that or not.
post pics as you go.
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Post by acura143 on May 15, 2012 9:37:26 GMT -5
What are you planning to do with the comp? I built my computer about 8 years ago and I'm still using it. I just use it to download and as a media server. I think I spent about $700. Back then all the parts were expensive which now you can build a pretty good computer for about $500.
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Post by megatron on May 15, 2012 9:54:25 GMT -5
Basically video editing, Game designing, Flash Animation and maybe a little bit of gaming.
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Post by Valbroski on May 15, 2012 10:03:27 GMT -5
yeah, mine is custom built. It really is the best way to go imo. I spent about 800 bucks on mine.
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Post by Mole on May 15, 2012 10:06:58 GMT -5
What graphics card are you getting?
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Post by Hulkamaniac on May 15, 2012 10:35:35 GMT -5
What graphics card are you getting? This. For what you're doing a graphics card is the most critical part. |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2012 16:23:46 GMT -5
Hmm.. Well, his specs don't really make sense. He doesn't specify anything really. "i7" could be a number of different processors. "12GM ram" again, un-named and no MHz speed. Same for the hard drive, but then he specifies this monster of a motherboard.. when he doesn't even list a graphics card, power supply, or case. Without a graphics card, he wont be doing much of anything with his system. Same with the power supply and case, nothing to power it and nowhere to put it. These aren't little details either. The case can decide how well the system will be cooled. The power supply needs to meet the requirements of the specs( in this case, 650w+). The graphics card is just as important as the CPU. I mean, what he has listed is good, but he kinda sounds like hes got hardly a clue what hes doing. On top of that, the price of PC parts are always changing, because something new is always coming out. To plan months in advance is, more or less, a waste of time. If he wants my opinion, go with Corsair RAM, a quality power supply, any Nvidia card to run with his i7 processor, and don't skimp on the case. Keeping your system cool is a top priority.
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Post by Valbroski on May 15, 2012 16:38:06 GMT -5
are you ordering the parts off of new egg?
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2012 16:53:12 GMT -5
i borrowed some money in college to build my own pc, but ended up spending it on video games, beer, and pizza. not sure if i regret that or not. post pics as you go. I think you made the right investment. |
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Post by megatron on May 15, 2012 23:07:12 GMT -5
Hmm.. Well, his specs don't really make sense. He doesn't specify anything really. "i7" could be a number of different processors. "12GM ram" again, un-named and no MHz speed. Same for the hard drive, but then he specifies this monster of a motherboard.. when he doesn't even list a graphics card, power supply, or case. Without a graphics card, he wont be doing much of anything with his system. Same with the power supply and case, nothing to power it and nowhere to put it. These aren't little details either. The case can decide how well the system will be cooled. The power supply needs to meet the requirements of the specs( in this case, 650w+). The graphics card is just as important as the CPU. I mean, what he has listed is good, but he kinda sounds like hes got hardly a clue what hes doing. On top of that, the price of PC parts are always changing, because something new is always coming out. To plan months in advance is, more or less, a waste of time. If he wants my opinion, go with Corsair RAM, a quality power supply, any Nvidia card to run with his i7 processor, and don't skimp on the case. Keeping your system cool is a top priority. I think I'd have a better clue then you  Sorry for not wanting to drag this thread out with link after link but if you insist. Case: NZXT Guardian 921RB Red LED - $85 Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme3 Motherboard - $225 CPU: Intel Core i7 3820 - $299 Power Supply: ]Gigabyte 720W Superb Power Supply - $95 Dvd Drive: LG CH12LS28 12X BD-R Blu-ray DVD Combo Drive - $55 Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003 - $99 RAM: Corsair CMX12GX3M3A2000C9 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 - $135 Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon HD7770 DirectCU 1GB - $165 |
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Post by megatron on May 15, 2012 23:08:12 GMT -5
are you ordering the parts off of new egg? Nope, Newegg doesn't ship to Australia so instead I'm ordering them from pccasegear.com They're probably the best place to buy computer parts in Australia. |
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Post by megatron on May 15, 2012 23:21:37 GMT -5
You sound like a cocky douche named Chad who wears short light blue shorts, ralph lauren polos, and has some slick back blonde hair. You aren't smarter than anyone, shouldn't you be rescueing a caculator from a tree and teaching me grammar lessons? I can't even spell rescuing *Ralph *Lauren *Rescuing *Calculator. Had some spelling errors buddy. Ralph and Lauren are capitals at the beginning of their name because it's a name. All names have capitals at the beginning of them. Rescuing and Calculator you spelt wrong. There's your grammar lesson for today good sir. And yes, I do feel I am smarter then alot of people in certain areas. Put me in maths and I'm the dumbest there. Put me with a computer and I probably know more then everyone on this board....And I've got the skill set to be able to back it up. I can do basic GUI's in VB Net, I'm around basic to medium skilled in C++, I'm not to good with flash because I've only made it once or twice, Very easy to pick up in my opinion form what I have done with it. I know basic HTML and a few more harder things with it. I know how to do SQL Injection, XSS and how to find out as much information about people as possible online. For example all of WF's servers are the following. 173.192.57.227 173.192.57.228 173.192.57.229 173.192.57.226 They're not a big deal. You can't do anything with them unless you find an open port and exploit it. I don't particularly want to do any of the stuff so I wouldn't even try. A DOS or DDoS attack is all something that could happen with the IP's but that won't accomplish crap except for taking the website down a few days.... I've got the skill set and trust me when I say I know alot more then you and probably most people on this board when it comes to computers. EDIT: Sorry about the triple post guys, FullMetalJacket deleted his post and tried to make me seem crazy  |
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Post by OYDK? on May 16, 2012 3:17:06 GMT -5
The irony of you correcting his grammar.
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Post by SodaGuy on May 16, 2012 3:54:37 GMT -5
Dang, that's pretty beasty. I'm in the process of building one right now, but don't have the budget that you do so I went with AMD 955 Black Edition, 8GB of ram, and a 6770. It'll game what I game (iRacing), so works for me.
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Post by megatron on May 16, 2012 5:47:51 GMT -5
Dang, that's pretty beasty. I'm in the process of building one right now, but don't have the budget that you do so I went with AMD 955 Black Edition, 8GB of ram, and a 6770. It'll game what I game (iRacing), so works for me. Nice! I've only got this money because of tax's  We're getting $800 per student in school and my mum know's that I've been wanting to do this for a while so she said she'd give me most of it but I'd have to get the rest myself which won't be to hard  |
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Post by Mole on May 16, 2012 5:52:48 GMT -5
If video editing is going to be a big thing for you, you may want to consider going with an Nvidia card as Adobe supports Nvidia better than they do ATI/AMD, which will impact all of your rendering (both previews in Premiere/After Effects as well as final output render). Otherwise, the computer looks pretty great. I'd personally have an SSD boot drive, but I've also been spoiled by SSDs and I also get they're not very cost-efficient.
Enjoy!
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Post by megatron on May 16, 2012 6:05:23 GMT -5
If video editing is going to be a big thing for you, you may want to consider going with an Nvidia card as Adobe supports Nvidia better than they do ATI/AMD, which will impact all of your rendering (both previews in Premiere/After Effects as well as final output render). Otherwise, the computer looks pretty great. I'd personally have an SSD boot drive, but I've also been spoiled by SSDs and I also get they're not very cost-efficient. Enjoy! I would buy an SSD but in my opinion they are not worth what you pay for them, You pay an extra $50 or more and you get 700gb less then what you would pay for $50 less. I know they are alot faster but I don't mind waiting a little bit if I get more for less. Also I'll go look into graphics cards a little more, Try and find the best deal. It's not a definite yet, The rest is but that's not. |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2012 8:51:13 GMT -5
Cool ! Post the Pics when you finished it !
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Post by J12 on May 16, 2012 9:06:25 GMT -5
Sounds like a pretty powerful machine. I had a custom built PC at one point. We had it built for Christmas from a local computer store. They ripped us off to an unbelievable degree and left the insides a complete mess, so after a year and a half I had to have it pretty much gutted and rebuilt.
In the end, it only lasted about four years, and cost way more than it should.
When you're building yourself, though, you have total cost control and don't have to worry about labor, so that's undoubtedly a plus.
I've always been interested in building my own machine, but nowadays I'm more of Mac/laptop kind of guy.
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