2000$ budget rig

n-ster · May 1, 2009

Hey Shadow, does HAF 932 have super good airflow? and does it stay quiet?

ShadowFold · May 1, 2009

Sadly it is quiet. Good for you, bad for me. And yes, HAF stands for High Airflow Case.

Studabaker · May 1, 2009

If you're going to get him on a RAID array with Seagate drives, better get four drives and make it 0+1. Sorry, but Seagates fail.

DrPepper · May 1, 2009

Studabaker said:
If you're going to get him on a RAID array with Seagate drives, better get four drives and make it 0+1. Sorry, but Seagates fail.

All drives fail. Its just chance that some fail before others. Just get raid 0 and two in jbod with an image of the OS in case the raid array needs rebuilt.

n-ster · May 1, 2009

this can help
Now where do you find 230mm fans???

btw do you have good TIM to put?

Seagates don't fail more than WD or samsung... Indeed I am soooo sorry I forgot to mention this.... RAID 0 makes it that if one of the drives from the array fails, you lose all your data...

ShadowFold · May 1, 2009

It's out of stock, and what would it do exactly? The haf already has all the fan slots filled.

n-ster · May 1, 2009

not for him... for you

more noise

WarEagleAU · May 1, 2009

I couldnt see your wish list you posted n-ster. Ya'll have to realize that unless we have your account, we cannot see it. You should do what D did. And D, why did you get 4 2gb vapor x 4870s? At most he would need 2 or get a hd4870x2 and be done with it.

BrooksyX · May 1, 2009

phanbuey · May 1, 2009

For $2k I would get this...

3x SSD RAID 0 (SUPERFAST w/ less failure chance)
1x WD 640GB storage drive
Bluray drive
dual 4870's 1gb
Silverstone FT-01 all black aluminum tower...

This rig will 'feel' faster than any core i7 setup with normal HDD's... things will just pop, games will take no time to load, and there will be almost no lag... you can put the pagefile and such on the 640 GB storage drive.

zithe · May 1, 2009

ShadowFold said:
I just got an order from a customer who wants an amazing gaming PC. He's giving me a 2000$ budget. Been talking to him.. Says that a 300gb hard drive would be enough, so velociraptor was my first thought. He wants an amazing HD monitor to watch HD stuff on so I picked that LG screen, looks really good spec wise. Here is what I got lined up so far.

~~http://img.techpowerup.org/090430/Untitled473.jpg~~

Check later in the thread for newer list..

Already chose a monitor, huh? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009155&Tpk=g24

WarEagleAU · May 1, 2009

For 10 bucks more he could get the hitachi 1tb instead of that 640gb WD. I like the LG monitor, 23-24" someone had on here for 199.99 I think. Its full HD and will work. Im liking most everything you have Shadow, and am glad you went for the 945. Id probably change the board to the DKA790GX if you are on the GX trip or go with the MSI D70 FX board if you are not.

WarEagleAU · May 1, 2009

I must admit, that Orange Acer made me spooge in my pants! HAHA, if I painted my HAF all the way blue (like a navy blue) and got the orange ACER, Id have me an AUBURN TIGERS (WAR EAGLE! HAHA) setup.

n-ster · May 1, 2009

2 vertex SSDs in RAID 0 is faster than 3 of any other cheap SSD like that... 2 vertex 30gb = 280$

phanbuey · May 1, 2009

n-ster said:
2 vertex SSDs in RAID 0 is faster than 3 of any other cheap SSD like that... 2 vertex 30gb = 280$

yes... except then you have 60GB instead of 192.. and 2 vertex SSD's at 60GB = $400

Isnt the vertex SSD just two cheap SSD's with an internal raid controller?

WarEagleAU · May 1, 2009

While faster, that is a waste of money for him. If he could, Shadow should keep the raptor (or get one from here rather, the 300gb one if someone is selling) and add the 1.0tb Hitachi for 80 bucks. That would be a steal.

n-ster · May 1, 2009

2 7200.12 RAID 0 is still my vote...

n-ster · May 1, 2009

You get 200$ + 70$MIRs as payment... i7 Rig incredible... I tell you... i7 is mature... more so that i7 945 or 955 even

i7 is also for newbs !

ShadowFold · May 1, 2009

I appreciate you trying to help but I am not going to get an X58 motherboard. It's as simple as that.

n-ster · May 1, 2009

get the 2ms version of the monitor... 10$ more only AND 10$ more of MIRs

at the end same price!

P.S: I can't understand your logical though Shadow... I just can't

BrooksyX · May 1, 2009

ShadowFold said:
I appreciate you trying to help but I am not going to get an X58 motherboard. It's as simple as that.

why? The only reason I see you not going i7 is fanboyism. i7 is such a better value for the money right now. If your going to spend $450 or so on a new cpu and motherboard is crazy to not go i7!

ShadowFold · May 1, 2009

n-ster said:
get the 2ms version of the monitor... 10$ more only AND 10$ more of MIRs at the end same price!

P.S: I can't understand your logical though Shadow... I just can't

Do you even have an i7 rig? How do you know it's "OMG WTF FASTTTT". My dad has an i7 rig, it's not THAT fast. It pulls nearly twice the power and heat than a Phenom II while performing nearly the same at high resolution gaming. It's not worth it for a gamer. I agree, it's great for benchmarkers and stuff like that. But this guy doesn't do anything but play stalker and watch movies.

And I'm not a fanboy. i7 just doesn't seem logical at all to me.

BrooksyX · May 1, 2009

ShadowFold said:
Do you even have an i7 rig? How do you know it's "OMG WTF FASTTTT". My dad has an i7 rig, it's not THAT fast. It pulls nearly twice the power and heat than a Phenom II while performing nearly the same at high resolution gaming. It's not worth it for a gamer. I agree, it's great for benchmarkers and stuff like that. But this guy doesn't do anything but play stalker and watch movies.

lol well if thats the case then you should be building him a $1000 computer. I can build a computer that can watch HD movies and even blu-ray for $250~$300

n-ster · May 1, 2009

I thought he was not going i7 cuz he thinks it's harder to use or something... kinda like why he didn't want to go RAID 0 b4...

ShadowFold · May 1, 2009

I'm still deciding on the RAID. I'm researching it right now. I'm gonna be the one putting it together.. He's paying me to put it together and make it all ready for him.

BrooksyX said:
lol well if thats the case then you should be building him a $1000 computer. I can build a computer that can watch HD movies and even blu-ray for $250~$300

Might as well go premium everything. He doesn't upgrade at all(he's still gaming on a 4200+ and 7900GT lol)

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Processor	Ryzen 5900x \| Ryzen 1920X
Motherboard	Asus ProArt x570 Creator \| AsRock X399 fatal1ty gaming
Cooling	Silent Loop 2 280mm \| Dark Rock Pro TR4
Memory	128GB (4x32gb) DDR4 3600Mhz \| 128GB (8x16GB) DDR4 2933Mhz
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 \| ASUS Strix GTX 970
Storage	Optane 900p + NVMe \| Optane 900p + 8TB SATA SSDs + 48TB HDDs
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423dw QD-OLED \| HP Omen 32 1440p
Case	be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 rev 2 \| be quiet! Silent Base 800
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x + sleeved cables\| EVGA P2 750W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate (still has buttons on the right side, crucial as I'm a southpaw)
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Elite, Pro Type \| Logitech G915 TKL

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Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
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Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
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Storage	Western Digital 640gb
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Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
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Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

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Cooling	Masscool 8WA741
Memory	2x1GB Corsair XMS2 800 4-4-4-12
Video Card(s)	BFG 9800GTX+OC; GTS250 BIOS
Storage	2x WD 250GB AAKS in RAID0!
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Case	Ultra X-Blaster Clear Side
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Motherboard	Asus P6T
Cooling	Thermaltake Dark Knight
Memory	12GB Patriot Viper's 1866mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	GTX470 1280MB
Storage	OCZ Summit 60GB + Samsung 1TB + Samsung 2TB
Display(s)	Sharp Aquos L32X20E 1920 x 1080
Case	Silverstone Raven RV01
Power Supply	Corsair 650 Watt
Software	Windows 7 x64
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System Name	Homelabs
Processor	Ryzen 5900x \| Ryzen 1920X
Motherboard	Asus ProArt x570 Creator \| AsRock X399 fatal1ty gaming
Cooling	Silent Loop 2 280mm \| Dark Rock Pro TR4
Memory	128GB (4x32gb) DDR4 3600Mhz \| 128GB (8x16GB) DDR4 2933Mhz
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 \| ASUS Strix GTX 970
Storage	Optane 900p + NVMe \| Optane 900p + 8TB SATA SSDs + 48TB HDDs
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423dw QD-OLED \| HP Omen 32 1440p
Case	be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 rev 2 \| be quiet! Silent Base 800
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x + sleeved cables\| EVGA P2 750W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate (still has buttons on the right side, crucial as I'm a southpaw)
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Elite, Pro Type \| Logitech G915 TKL

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Cooling	CoolerMaster 240 RGB Master Cooler (Newegg Eggxpert)
Memory	32 GB Geil EVO Portenza DDR4 3200 MHz
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Display(s)	ASUS MG24UQ Gaming Monitor - 23.6" 4K UHD (3840x2160) , IPS, Adaptive Sync, DisplayWidget
Case	Fractal Define R6 C
Audio Device(s)	Realtek 5.1 Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair RMX 850 Platinum PSU (Newegg Eggxpert)
Mouse	Razer Death Adder
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Mechanical & Corsair K65 Wired, Wireless, Bluetooth)
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight / XIGMATEK Apache
Memory	12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb
Storage	2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space
Display(s)	2x Acer 24" LED / Samsung 50" LED
Case	Xigmatek Asgard II / APEX PC-389-C
Power Supply	Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w
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Cooling	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 w/ Arctic P12 Fans
Memory	48 GB DDR5 7600 MHZ CL36
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 FE
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Case	SLIGER S620
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Mouse	Xlite V2
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Benchmark Scores	They're pretty good, nothing crazy.

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Motherboard	Asus Prime Z590-V ATX
Memory	(48GB total) 16GB (2x8GB) Crucial Ballistix Sport 3000MHZ and G. Skill Ripjaws 32GB 3200MHZ (2x16GB)
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE RTX 3060 12GB
Storage	1TB MSI Spatium M370 NVMe M.2 SSD
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