Suggestions on Building a PC

[Davidh373]

If you do ever decide you want more RAM, it wouldn't be a bad thing. 8GB of RAM is more than I've ever had in any of my systems though. It's not like you NEED more ram for editing, it's something you may want. If you know what I mean.

 

[muskie32]

Yes, I know what you mean :sneaky:

 

[Davidh373]

lol, exactly! Are you ready for a finalized list?

 

[muskie32]

Yes.
I think i have everything together now.

Cpu/Ssd Combo
Mobo/OS combo
Ram
PSU/HDD combo
dvd/cd Burner (2x)
Video Card
Case


A list of the components are:

Case-AZZA Solano 1000R Black / Red Japanese SECC Steel/Metal mesh in front ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Video card-ASUS ENGTS450 DirectCU TOP/DI/1GD5 GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
CPU-AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT55TFBGRBOX
SSD- OCZ Agility 2 OCZSSD2-2AGTE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Mobo- GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
OS- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
RAM- G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
HDD- SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
PSU- CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 ...
Optical Drive- ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM


How does this Look?

 

[mfenn]

Looks pretty good to me. The 430CX would be a better-matched PSU, but with that combo and the MIR, the 650TX should come out to be about the same price.

 

[muskie32]

OK,
And what about the case, It looks cool, The red paint on the inside is nice.

But there are some mixed reviews... >Link<

 

[mfenn]

OK,
And what about the case, It looks cool, The red paint on the inside is nice.

But there are some mixed reviews... >Link<

The reviews look fine for what it is, a fairly cheap flashy "gamer" case.

 

[muskie32]

ok

 

[Davidh373]

I agree. I'm not sure about the case (never heard of AZZA) but I think everything should be dandy. You found a ton of great combos too!

EDIT: Honestly I would probably stick with the Antec 300 case. It's known to be a sturdy, well cooled case and it's less expensive WITHOUT worrying about getting your MIR.

If you want a good windowed case, get the Antec 600

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...129079&cm_re=antec_600-_-11-129-079-_-Product

 

[muskie32]

Ok,
Yup there where quite a few combos

 

[muskie32]

What win7 os is better?

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Or

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

What is the difference between the two?

 

[Davidh373]

Home Premium only Uses 16GB Ram, and doesn't have compatibility mode.

the amount of RAM supported by the different versions is shown here.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(VS.85).aspx

To me it seems kind of silly to need more than 16GB for games before that whole computer is FAR gone, but it's up to you.

 

[muskie32]

Ok, Thanks!

 

[Davidh373]

Check out the memory limit for Win Server 2008

2TB

 

[muskie32]

I know... I dont even think i can comprehend what that can be used for D:

What would it be used for by the way

 

[mfenn]

I know... I dont even think i can comprehend what that can be used for D:

What would it be used for by the way

Scientific applications spring to mind. We have a machine at work that has 512GB of RAM and a certain professor keeps asking for more.

 

[muskie32]

Ahh.. ok

I was thinking of like everyday use...

But still 2TB!?

 

[Davidh373]

I guess lol! That would be SUPER EXPENSIVO!

 

[muskie32]

That would be $40,000.00 For 2Tb of this ram

 

[Davidh373]

But servers use this ram....


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-689-_-Product


$630 for 8GB. Using 8GB sticks is probably the only way to get near 2TB

 

[muskie32]

True, with the other ram it would take 250 slots

 

[Davidh373]

Yeah, so it would be $142,000 for 2TB of that ram

 

[muskie32]

And what mobo has 125 slots?

 

[Davidh373]

I'm pretty sure you need to have a custom setup with multiple mobos. So it would be like 10 computers running 1 os. So You would probably get multiple dual Xeon boards and it would probably cost well over 500k.

 

[muskie32]

But anyways,

Is this a reliable PSU