Build For Friend - ~$1300 Budget

mooch37 · Jul 5, 2011

Ok so a buddy of mine is wanting to build a new rig and $1300 is about his budget maybe with a little more. I figure he probably doesn't need to go with an SSD and Raptor will do just fine. Plus, he can save that money and buy a better card. So what do you guys think? Suggestions?

CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Tu...

CD/DVD Drive - ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X...

Cooler - XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283
XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU C...

HDD - HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723015BLA642 (0F12114) 1.5TB
HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723015BLA642 (0F12114) ...

Grahpics - EVGA 012-P3-1571-AR GeForce GTX 570
EVGA 012-P3-1571-AR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-P...

Memory - G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DD...

Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6G...

PSU - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2....

OS - Windows 7 Professional
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

Total Costs - $1,357.90

bogmali · Jul 5, 2011

Ditch the Raptor and replace it with a 1TB or 1.5TB drive which will knock the price down unless he really needs a 10K RPM drive.

mooch37 · Jul 5, 2011

Done. Replaced it with a Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM

Price is now $1,259.91. He doesn't need any more than 500Gb.

xenocide · Jul 5, 2011

I'd reccomend a 570 with a better cooler. Also, a Case?

Zyon · Jul 5, 2011

Windows 7 Home Premium is usually enough unless he needs the professional version for work.

NC37 · Jul 5, 2011

Thought Home Premium had some issues with it? I know I was recommended to Professional minimum and I only use that or better in builds.

mooch37 · Jul 5, 2011

xenocide said:
I'd reccomend a 570 with a better cooler. Also, a Case?

Thanks for pointing that out. Completely forgot to put a case in there. That'll be more on his part on what he wants.

NC37 said:
Thought Home Premium had some issues with it? I know I was recommended to Professional minimum and I only use that or better in builds.

That's mainly why I opted for Professional, because I heard that too.

BarbaricSoul · Jul 5, 2011

if your friend is only gonna use one gfx card, you could save about $30 and go with the tx650

JrRacinFan · Jul 5, 2011

Here's a nice combo that wouldn't necessarily save cash just keep you from having to run 4 dimms.
Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, L...

Although do some combo shopping, you may not save cash but may end up with a few better parts.

Oh and here's another really good board but no combos associated with it unfortunately
BIOSTAR TP67B+ LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3...

EDIT

Check out microcenter, last I've known they have 2500k's for $180+tax.

Crap Daddy · Jul 5, 2011

No issues with Home premium, professional has more features like the xp mode.

lilhasselhoffer · Jul 5, 2011

NC37 said:
Thought Home Premium had some issues with it? I know I was recommended to Professional minimum and I only use that or better in builds.

The two substantial differences between Premium and Pro are in software support and memory usage.

Microsoft viewed home users as "not needing" support for a robust windows xp mode. This is a problem if you've got older programs, but isn't a huge issue for most users.

Artificial RAM caps suck. Microsoft decided to reintroduce them in 7, with Professional having none (you won't reach 192 GB of RAM in this generation) and Premium being 16 GB. If you've got a SB board with 4 slots, you can populate all 4 with 4 GB dimms without a problem. If you're a crazy power user, the 16 GB will be a real limiter for the new 2011 socket (whenever it actually comes out...).

All the other differences only influence niche users. If you know enough to desire file system encryption, you wouldn't be asking about the differences (not to mention the better, free programs out there...). Desktops don't generally move around a lot (location aware printing isn't a priority), and the other features are for power users or techs fixing your computer.

To summarize my long winded self; Home Premium will save you a bit of money, and should be fine for the average user. The rest of the build looks good, and the only personal advice I could give is to get a 1 TB HDD, not because of the space but because they are the pricing sweet spot right now (best dollar/GB pricing, and where most of the mature and reliable hardware is).

theeldest · Jul 5, 2011

If you're getting a board that supports Intel's Smart Response SSD Caching you should use it.

OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTX40G 2.5" 40GB SATA II MLC...

Not a bad price at $105.

kurosagi01 · Jul 5, 2011

1293.9 if you minus the mail-rebates from full price of 1358. Can probably pick a better SSD though.

JrRacinFan · Jul 5, 2011

kurosagi01 said:
1293.9 if you minus the mail-rebates from full price of 1358. Can probably pick a better SSD though.
http://img.techpowerup.org/110705/Untitled.jpg

Awesome build! I'd ditch the SSD get better kit of 2x4GB & a second 1TB drive. I like it!

mooch37 · Jul 5, 2011

Been looking around for full tower cases that aren't too expensive and I've been looking at this:

IN WIN Maelstrom
IN WIN Maelstrom Black SECC(0.8~1.0mm) ATX Full To...

Take that cheesy yellow sticker off and it doesn't look too bad.

Senupe · Jul 5, 2011

Due to the specs you published first, i supposed this is gonna be a gaming PC, so i took some parts and realized you could be really missing stuff, like the SLI capability for that GTX 570, having a SLI board and a weak PSU not worth the buy of such a powerfull card:shadedshu.

I changed a little bit the specs counting on the best GPUs for the money thanks to Tomshardware (here) a nice graphics card for your friend could be AMD Radeon HD 6950, in average is bit better than a GTX 560 Ti and you can crossfire this with a 750Watt power supply beeing a really big deal.

Windows Pro is not really necessary when comes to gaming, and comsumes more space in the hard drive :banghead:

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Ohhh i included a Hyper 212 Plus, so he can overclock this processor and the power supply will handle graphic overclock in crossfire too. :rockout:

Shipping included: $1,215.00

JrRacinFan · Jul 5, 2011

NZXT BETA EVO Classic Series CS-NT-BETA-EVO Black ...

Awesome case for the price.

mooch37 · Jul 6, 2011

Thank you so much for all the input, guys. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the TPU community. I'd just like to relay the information that he's given me and he's sticking to it. He's a bit hardheaded. He's an Nvidia guy and he refuses to buy an ATI card. Not trying to start any flame wars here, just giving you what he would like in this build. He's doesn't want to do SLI. He just wants one powerful card for now.

I've updated the list with the new HDD and I'm gonna have to check with him and see what kind of case he wants. I'm going to be the one building it so would it be safe to get a full size tower as opposed to a mid-sized tower? Also, aside from a case, is there anything at all wrong with what I have on there? I just want to make sure all the parts are compatible with each other.

And will that 750W be enough for a 570?

Thanks

Senupe · Jul 9, 2011

mooch37 said:
He's an Nvidia guy and he refuses to buy an ATI card. He just wants one powerful card for now.

I updated a new option with the GTX 570 he wanted since the begining.

mooch37 said:
I'm going to be the one building it so would it be safe to get a full size tower as opposed to a mid-sized tower?

Due to the size of the GTX 570 wich is ~ 11" with the power cables, i changed the case by a full size one, then you can work without problems

mooch37 said:
Also, aside from a case, is there anything at all wrong with what I have on there? I just want to make sure all the parts are compatible with each other, and will that 750W be enough for a 570?

Every part is compatible, indeed the comunnity is clever and they added an Sata II SSD considering that you can occupy the Sata III ports with HDDs wich are slower and the port can help them. And finally, yes the GTX 570 should work without issues with the 750Watts power supply, but i canged it and added one with better value cause you can SLI with that in the future

MxPhenom 216 · Jul 9, 2011

ditch that reference 570, and get a Twin Frozr III GTX570, Asus DirectCU II 570 or gigabyte. The reference 570s have vrm/power circuitry issues when overclocking.

Senupe · Jul 9, 2011

nvidiaintelftw said:
ditch that reference 570, and get a Twin Frozr III GTX570, Asus DirectCU II 570 or gigabyte. The reference 570s have vrm/power circuitry issues when overclocking.

It's about the price buddy, and then get a second of those for SLI is gonna be harder and more expensive.

Frick · Jul 9, 2011

Remember that with OEM Windows you're limited to that motherboard. New motherboard = new license. You sometimes can get around it though if you call the activation center (or do some hacking I assume) but officially it's tied to the motherboard.

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Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite
Keyboard	Adata XPG Summoner
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Build For Friend - ~$1300 Budget

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