getting ready to pull the trigger on my first build. - Page 3

thebluebumblebee · May 5, 2009, 05:00 PM

Sell the EW 500w? Could probably get $50 for it!

n-ster · May 5, 2009, 05:01 PM

Send back the Corsair!

thebluebumblebee · May 5, 2009, 05:02 PM

Corsair has a better warranty, and is known to be quieter.

JrRacinFan · May 5, 2009, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thebluebumblebee

Sell the EW 500w? Could probably get $50 for it!

Good thinking

You would definitely get an easy $50 for it.

CJCerny · May 5, 2009, 05:03 PM

Even though you are not going to use this machine for gaming at all, I would still consider getting a motherboard that has better integrated graphics than the G31 mobo you've selected. The GPU isn't just for gaming any more--more and more software is looking for it and using it if it finds it. You can get a very nice 780G microATX motherboard and AMD processor for around $130 total which gives you a much better ratio of CPU to GPU power. Right now, your build is totally lopsided in favor of the CPU, which really boxes you into a business desktop type use of your proposed new build.

n-ster · May 5, 2009, 05:07 PM

I forgot about the MIR... yea, sell the EW

thebluebumblebee · May 5, 2009, 05:13 PM

If I remember right, the only advantage the EW has over the VX450 is that it has 2 PCI-E connectors. But that does not appear to be an issue here.
I feel that the Earthwatts and the VX series are almost the same quality, with only a slight edge to the Corsair. The Earthwatts' are one of the best deals going today.

n-ster · May 5, 2009, 06:17 PM

Yea cause they aren't popular

thebluebumblebee · May 5, 2009, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n-ster

Yea cause they aren't popular

I'm assuming you mean the Earthwatts? The Egg lists 51 PSU's as "best sellers" These range from cheap low end units to dim-the-house-lights-when-you-turn-your-computer-on units. Three of the 51 are Earthwatts!

n-ster · May 5, 2009, 06:52 PM

Corsairs are by FAR more popular NOW... Antec's name as suffered lately no?

thebluebumblebee · May 5, 2009, 08:05 PM

The Corsair's come at a premium price, exception being their 400 watt unit. Without a rebate, they are out of my price range. That's why I pulled the trigger on a 550VX for $65-67 after MIR. But if I needed a PSU today, and could not find a rebated Corsair, I'd buy an Earthwatts without hesitation.

Hayder_Master · May 6, 2009, 05:10 PM

welcome to TPU
my friend im use this G31 , im try high overclock with it and i see this mobo not have good range in overclock using Pentium D 3.0Ghz , better think about cheap p35 it will be great chose

thebluebumblebee · May 11, 2009, 03:01 PM

If you want the WD Black for its speed and warranty, today it is the same price as the Blue at The Egg. Just remember that it is louder than the Blue.

tony5 · May 11, 2009, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thebluebumblebee

If you want the WD Black for its speed and warranty, today it is the same price as the Blue at The Egg. Just remember that it is louder than the Blue.

thanks thebluebumblebee! good deal there, i'll be putting in an order for one this afternoon. been so busy with school ive had to put things on ice the last few days.

UPDATE: jumped on a deal at frys, got the CoolMaster centurion 590 for $29.99 http://shop3.frys.com/product/553425...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG , although that earthwatts deal seemed pretty good too. i now have my board, i went ahead and got the ga-ep45-ud3p http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128358 $114 A/R.

summary: things ive got out of the way! getting close...

cpu: Q8200 $97
board: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P $114 A/F
case: Coolmaster centurion 590 $29.99
psu: Corsair 450W CMPSU-450VX $39.99 A/R
hdd: WD 640gb caviar Black (ordered it this afternoon) $69.99
ram: pending
vid card: pending
cooler: pending still looking for an alternative to s1283, which will run $32 a/r + $12 aft/shp retention bracket + $9 for artic silver 5 = so about $53

thebluebumblebee · May 12, 2009, 04:00 AM

How about this 9800GT for $77.75 after discounts and rebates? It would be more card than you need, BUT, it would be ready to help with programs like Photoshop CS4 which can use the GFX card to speed up the process. Then you could also help with Folding as a thank you!

n-ster · May 12, 2009, 07:26 PM

Get the s1283V, it has a bracket included

for RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227298

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...yCjCVqHCjCdwwp

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10008035

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Processor:	AMD Athlon 64 X2-4400+/i7-2600K
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra-939/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling:	OCZ Vendetta/H80
Memory:	2GB DDR-400/8GB Corsair DDR3 1600
Video Card:	RADEON 9800 PRO AGP/2x GB GTX 560 Ti
Hard Disk:	Seagate 160GB IDE/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB
Optical Drive:	LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1L/Pioneer DVR-219LBK
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung SyncMaster B1940/Asus 24' LED
Case:	Ever Case E4252WSF-F/Antec P280 It's huge!
Sound Card:	SB Audigy 2 ZS/on board
PSU:	Corsair VX550/SeaSonic S12II 620
Software:	XP MCE SP3/Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit
Benchmarks:	Are you kidding?/3DMark11 basic P8681

May 5, 2009, 05:01 PM	#52
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,304 (5.22/day) Thanks: 1,205 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	Send back the Corsair! __________________ My Heatware

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Optical Drive:	Lite-On 24x DVD burner
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Case:	Lian-Li K62 + steelseries Sensei RAW or WoW Catalyst
Sound Card:	iBasso D10 + ATH-AD870 or Shure 750DJ
PSU:	Corsair HX850 + TT Meka G1 or Corsair K60 Mech Kbs
Software:	Windows 7 Professional X64

System Name:	Current/NEW!
Processor:	AMD Athlon 64 X2-4400+/i7-2600K
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra-939/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling:	OCZ Vendetta/H80
Memory:	2GB DDR-400/8GB Corsair DDR3 1600
Video Card:	RADEON 9800 PRO AGP/2x GB GTX 560 Ti
Hard Disk:	Seagate 160GB IDE/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB
Optical Drive:	LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1L/Pioneer DVR-219LBK
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung SyncMaster B1940/Asus 24' LED
Case:	Ever Case E4252WSF-F/Antec P280 It's huge!
Sound Card:	SB Audigy 2 ZS/on board
PSU:	Corsair VX550/SeaSonic S12II 620
Software:	XP MCE SP3/Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit
Benchmarks:	Are you kidding?/3DMark11 basic P8681

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Processor:	i7 2600k : i3 2120 : Celeron G440 : P4 2.6Ghz Nwood
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Cooling:	CM 212+ w/ scythe jyuni : Stock : Stock :Stock
Memory:	2x4GB Ripjawx 1866 cl9 : 2x2GB Corsair 1600 cl9 : 2x2GB Ridgebacks 1066 cl5 : 768MB PC3200
Video Card:	Palit GTX560Ti 2Gb : XFX HD5770 : Integrated : Integrated
Hard Disk:	2x 750GB Raid 0 + Maxtor 500GB : WD Black 1TB+Corsair Nova 2 64GB : Toshiba 750GB : Leftover ATA133
Optical Drive:	Lite-On DVD-RW : Samsung DVD-RW : None : None
CRT/LCD Model:	AOC 21" : AOC 20" : Philips 42" HDTV : Headless
Case:	Rocketfish : CM HAF 912 : Bgears Cube Style case : Dell
Sound Card:	X-Fi Xtremegamer : Onboard : Onboard : Onboard
PSU:	Tt 750W Modular : Antec 500W Earthwatts : Corsair CX430 : Dell's OEM

May 5, 2009, 05:00 PM	#51
thebluebumblebee Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 2,138 (1.20/day) Thanks: 1,556 Thanked 879 Times in 626 Posts System Specs	Sell the EW 500w? Could probably get $50 for it!

May 5, 2009, 05:02 PM	#53
thebluebumblebee Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 2,138 (1.20/day) Thanks: 1,556 Thanked 879 Times in 626 Posts System Specs	Corsair has a better warranty, and is known to be quieter.

May 5, 2009, 05:03 PM	#55
CJCerny Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 756 (0.46/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 213 Times in 178 Posts	Even though you are not going to use this machine for gaming at all, I would still consider getting a motherboard that has better integrated graphics than the G31 mobo you've selected. The GPU isn't just for gaming any more--more and more software is looking for it and using it if it finds it. You can get a very nice 780G microATX motherboard and AMD processor for around $130 total which gives you a much better ratio of CPU to GPU power. Right now, your build is totally lopsided in favor of the CPU, which really boxes you into a business desktop type use of your proposed new build.

Processor:	Intel 3570k
Motherboard:	AsRock Pro4M
Memory:	8gb
Video Card:	Zotac Nvidia 650Ti
Hard Disk:	60gb OCZ Agility 3
Optical Drive:	DVD Burner

May 5, 2009, 05:07 PM	#56
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,304 (5.22/day) Thanks: 1,205 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	I forgot about the MIR... yea, sell the EW __________________ My Heatware

May 5, 2009, 05:13 PM	#57
thebluebumblebee Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 2,138 (1.20/day) Thanks: 1,556 Thanked 879 Times in 626 Posts System Specs	If I remember right, the only advantage the EW has over the VX450 is that it has 2 PCI-E connectors. But that does not appear to be an issue here. I feel that the Earthwatts and the VX series are almost the same quality, with only a slight edge to the Corsair. The Earthwatts' are one of the best deals going today.

May 5, 2009, 06:17 PM	#58
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,304 (5.22/day) Thanks: 1,205 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	Yea cause they aren't popular __________________ My Heatware

May 5, 2009, 06:52 PM	#60
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,304 (5.22/day) Thanks: 1,205 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	Corsairs are by FAR more popular NOW... Antec's name as suffered lately no? __________________ My Heatware

May 5, 2009, 08:05 PM	#61
thebluebumblebee Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 2,138 (1.20/day) Thanks: 1,556 Thanked 879 Times in 626 Posts System Specs	The Corsair's come at a premium price, exception being their 400 watt unit. Without a rebate, they are out of my price range. That's why I pulled the trigger on a 550VX for $65-67 after MIR. But if I needed a PSU today, and could not find a rebated Corsair, I'd buy an Earthwatts without hesitation.

May 6, 2009, 05:10 PM	#62
Hayder_Master Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: IRAQ-Baghdad Posts: 4,859 (2.62/day) Thanks: 388 Thanked 639 Times in 444 Posts System Specs	welcome to TPU my friend im use this G31 , im try high overclock with it and i see this mobo not have good range in overclock using Pentium D 3.0Ghz , better think about cheap p35 it will be great chose __________________ Easiest way to overclock the graphic card guide Easiest way to overclock your graphic card , my other overclocking threads , Core i7-1156 Overclocking and Feedback Thread , C2Q overclocking and feedback thread , C2QX overclocking and feedback thread ,C2D overclocking and feedback thread ,AMDX2 overclocking and feedback thread

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Hard Disk:	1xRivoDrive 3 240g Pci-E, 1TbWD g, 2x500 WD B
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PSU:	Corsair 1000W HX, Logitch G500 Mouse, headset Corsair vengeance 1500
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May 11, 2009, 03:01 PM	#63
thebluebumblebee Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 2,138 (1.20/day) Thanks: 1,556 Thanked 879 Times in 626 Posts System Specs	If you want the WD Black for its speed and warranty, today it is the same price as the Blue at The Egg. Just remember that it is louder than the Blue.

May 12, 2009, 04:00 AM	#65
thebluebumblebee Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 2,138 (1.20/day) Thanks: 1,556 Thanked 879 Times in 626 Posts System Specs	How about this 9800GT for $77.75 after discounts and rebates? It would be more card than you need, BUT, it would be ready to help with programs like Photoshop CS4 which can use the GFX card to speed up the process. Then you could also help with Folding as a thank you!

May 12, 2009, 07:26 PM	#66
n-ster Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,304 (5.22/day) Thanks: 1,205 Thanked 1,420 Times in 1,153 Posts System Specs	Get the s1283V, it has a bracket included for RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227298 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...yCjCVqHCjCdwwp http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10008035 __________________ My Heatware Last edited by n-ster; May 12, 2009 at 07:41 PM.

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