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[OS-Wiz]

Current system

 

[drum]

Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)

2.80 gigahertz AMD Phenom II X6 1055T


Corsair Hydro Series H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Quiet Cooling System

Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4N68T-M-LE-V2 Rev X.0x

HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW GGC-H20L SCSI CdRom Device
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDRH20N SCSI CdRom Device

8gig ddr3 Memory

Hitachi HDP725025GLA SCSI Disk Device (250.06 GB)

WDC WD10 EARS-00MVWB0 SCSI Disk Device (1000.20 GB)

Seagate Desktop USB Device [Hard drive] (500.11 GB)

Seagate Desktop USB Device [Hard drive] (2000.40 GB)

ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series

Acer T231H [Monitor] (23 inch)

 

[piyusha]

Hi!

I am planning a new build. I have worked out the following config, but confused on the Cabinet, Power supply and Mother board?

Casing : Antec 300 Gaming Cabinet / NZXT Gamma
SMPS (PSU) : Antec EarthWatts Platinum Series 450W / Antec VP Series 450W (VP450P) / Antec TP-550 Watt /
Seasonic S12II 430 Watts
Processor : Intel Core i5 3570K Processor
Mother Board : Intel® Desktop Board DZ77SL-50K / Intel® Desktop Board DZ77SL-55K / Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H /
ASUS P8H77-V Motherboard
RAM : G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) (F3-12800CL9S-4GBXL)
HDD : 1 x 320 GB Seagate (SATA) + 1 x 1 TB WD (SATA) {Exsiting}
Graphics Card : XFX ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 GB {Existing}
Monitor : Panasonic 24 inches LED Full HD {Existing}
Sound Card : Creative Audigy {Existing}
Speaker : F & D F6000 5.1 Channel {Existing}

Although Antec and Intel are my personal favourites. If i stick to them Which one is better, especially in case of PSU and Cabinet? I am open to suggestions. Plan to upgrade the sound and graphics card later due to budget constraints.
PLZ help. Since budget is an issue, i am giving the approx prces below for the items in question:

POWER SUPPLY UNITS:
Antec EarthWatts Platinum Series 450W 5900.00
Antec VP Series 450W Power Supply (VP450P) 3000.00
Antec TP-550 Watt Continuous Power Supply 5000.00
Seasonic S12II 430 Watts PSU 3500.00

MOTHER BOARDS:
Intel® Desktop Board DZ77SL-50K 8500.00
Intel® Desktop Board DZ77SL-55K 12500.00
Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H 9900.00
ASUS P8H77-V Motherboard 15500.00

CABINETS:
Antec 300 Gaming Cabinet 3500.00
NZXT Gamma 2600.00

I have gone thru reviews and all of them seem good, for the price point. But still wanna go for the best VFM. I had almost decided on The Intel® Desktop Board DZ77SL-50K mobo, but some freinds suggested these other options. Same goes for Casing I was almost decided on Antec 300 Gaming Cabinet.
I wanna use the the PC for gaming and editing home made videos and photos shot using my DSLR and also for watching HD movies. Games like NFS-MW, Call of duty, etc... I live in Gurgaon (Delhi NCR), India. All the above mentioned prices are in indian Rupees.
I am open to suggestions for other brands as well, if they make a strong case.

 

[1337G33k]

i really like those motherboards, very nice

 

[piyusha]

I am planning to go for Intel® Desktop Board DZ77SL-50K.

 

[sniperviper21]

Lets see here...
Suppose iv had a few upgrades since i last posted.

Gigabyte MA790GP-UD4H(traded mobos with cuz, IDK how to OC on this one lol)
Phenom II X4 940 Quad, 3Ghz : /
OCZ Gold 1066 DDR2 4GB
Noctua NH-D14 HSF
Antec 1000W CP-1000 PSU
Crucial M4 SSD 64GB
LITEON DVD/RW drive. (Did have a LITEON Bluray drive, but.... useless)


(Crossfired)
Gigabyte 5870 1GB OC 900/1230 =/= Soon to be cooled by a Zalman VF3000A
HIS 5870 1GB OC 900/1230 =/= Cooled by a Zalman VF3000A. 53c Max Load Temp

Antec 1200 Case with two blue CFLs in the top with a switch on the front bezel.
Rear 2 Antec fans replaced with Coolor Master Excalibur fans.
Front bottom fan replaced by a higher end Antec fan with a 2nd Coolor Master fan in a
Pull - Pull configuration to bring more cool air to GPUs.

Side fan is a Aerocool 3000 turbine 80+CFMs to remove heat from GPUs.

And a Scythe Kaze Q12 Fan controller holding all the fans at bay.





Id really like a newer CPU/Mobo/RAM but i got more important things to save for at the moment. lol


Pics later.

Updated, it is now...


EVGAZ68 SLI/Crossfire
Core I72600K @ 4Ghz
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB 9-9-9-24
Noctua NH-D14 HSF
Antec 1000W CP-1000 PSU
Crucial M4 SSD 64GB
LITEON DVD/RW drive.

(Crossfired)
Gigabyte 5870 1GB
HIS 5870 1GB

Antec 1200 Case
And a Scythe Kaze Q12 Fan controller holding all the fans at bay.

 

[rio1]

Updated:
Have now 16GB Ram. See sig.

 

[xtremeroofing1]

HaHahhaha...rotf

I was just checking out some of the rigs..and wow!
My question is has anyone ever heard of the Dell XPS M1730?

Well thats all I have..A 2007 M1730 BUT it is working..just installed the new X7900 extreme processor and that let me jump the ram up to 8 GB so got some of them too...hell wile I had her all tore down I also installed a wwan card for on the go computing.
With that said I can over clock it to 3.40 GHz and it seems to be stable, the best part is I can unplug it and take it with me and she has pretty blue lights!..lol

Then again @ 2.86 lbs. Im not carrying it too far this thing will give ya a bad back if you know what I mean.

Ok back under the porch with me!
P.S. is 57c a good temp for the cpu ?

 

[xtremeroofing1]

P.S. pictures

https://picasaweb.google.com/Xstremeroofing1/XpsM1730?authuser=0&feat=directlink

 

[ChromeXu]

Alienware Aurora R3 LOL