New build - long time since I did this.

blaznee · Sep 17, 2008

Hey, I use my pc specifically for gaming and surfing - not much else.. This is what I've come up with.. Overclocking will be minimal if at all..

CPU: E8500 (not a lot of games can use 4 cores - and speed is king)
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 (Feel like trying out an Intel chipset with DDR3 support - good cheap motherboard)
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600mhz Memory.. I'm thinking OCZ, Corsair or Kingston. Whatever is in stock and payable. All three are on the motherboard compatibility list..
Graphics: 4870X2 card (Cheapest in stock, and it beats the GTX280 in most test. And I like the 2GB of memory for my 1900*1200 res)
HDD: Samsung or Seagate 1TB drives

PSU: Well, here's my question actually.. I have a Fortron Epsilon 600w PSU today, but I'm not sure it can run my new system with that X2 graphics card.. I have about 4 HDD's more to put into the system, and a dvd burner as well..

GameSinewPCs · Sep 17, 2008

Technically yes your PSU will be able to handle the 4870X2, but how old is it? Generally as they age, PSUs tend to be less reliable and less powerful. So yes your system should run fine, but it is always prudent to upgrade your Power-supply when purchasing a new system. Also, you should consider cable connections as I believe most 4870X2's have an 8 pin and a 6 pin connector, and your fortron only has 2x6pins.

blaznee · Sep 20, 2008

Alright, I did some digging, and it seems MOST agree that a single rail PSU is the way to go.. There seems to be quite the discussion about it, but in the end it does seem like there's some credibility to it..

So now.. Single rail PSU's rated at 750-900w? What to buy?

Main focus is silence, but I'm not skipping on quality so that's equally important..

I've picked a case that supports longer than standard PSU's...

My ideas so far:

Corsair TX750
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750
OCZ EliteXtream 800w
Silverstone Decathlon 750/800w

I really don't care about modularity at all.. If it has it, fine, if not fine..

King Wookie · Sep 20, 2008

The general concencus seems to be the Corsairs are the ones to go for.

Otherwise I have heard good things about the Silverstone, but none of those would be bad options.

blaznee · Sep 20, 2008

Well, the Corsair is the cheapest and most availiable option on my list.. Guess I'll have to give it a whirl then..

Jmatt110 · Sep 20, 2008

Go for the Corsair TX750W, awesome PSU and very quiet, mine rocks

And for HDD's, go with Samsung F1 drives, extremely fast, cheap and silent, can't beat that

lpfreak · Sep 20, 2008

do you really need the 1TB? maybe cut to 750gb because its proportionately cheaper?

blaznee · Sep 24, 2008

Just trolling my old thread here.. Sorry

I'm getting my doubts about my PSU choice again.. It seems like people on forums say that a 750w quality psu is enough to run pretty much anything today, but when I check out reviews of the 4870x2 they often specifically mention getting an above 800w quality PSU..

Now, I'm quite sure I'd be able to run it on a 750w unit, but how much stress would I be putting on it? As acoustics are important to me, I don't want a unit that has to run its fan at maximum at all times..

Any ideas or comments? Someone perhaps with an idea for a ~900w single rail psu?

[EDIT] Just checked the Corsair out.. It's at 40db at a 600w load which I believe is what I'll pull on my system at load.. The 1000w unit is a little below 30db at the same load.. That's a massive difference!.. :-S..

Hayder_Master · Sep 24, 2008

well come to tpu
perfect system but there is some tips
1- got e8600 but for me i see chose quad you can reach high clock speed in overclock
2- for ram's chose Corsair
3- take some good psu like Corsair but with 800w-1000w

BarbaricSoul · Sep 24, 2008

that 750 watt corsair will handle a 4870x2 without breaking a sweat. unless your planning on adding another x2 in the future, you'll be fine if you ask me.

blaznee · Oct 1, 2008

Alright.. I'm done.. This is what I ended up with:

Intel E8500 boxed
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6
4GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600mhz
1TB Samsung F1 HDD
HIS Radeon 4870x2 2GB
Corsair HX1000W PSU (slightly overkill, but I'm getting a good price on it)
Xigmatec S1284 Achilles cooler
Coolermaster CM690 case + add. fans (only midi case I could find that fit the GPU - not even the Antec P182 did)

mrw1986 · Oct 1, 2008

Where are you getting the HX1000 from? I've been wanting one and the cheapest I could find it for was about $220 shipped, maybe a little less.

Cruvenium · Oct 1, 2008

I think the Xigmatek HDT S1238 would be hell better.

lemonadesoda · Oct 1, 2008

Speed is not king, except in single threaded benchmarks like superpi.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=994542&postcount=36

lemonadesoda · Oct 1, 2008

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=994542&postcount=36

blaznee · Oct 1, 2008

mrw1986 said:
Where are you getting the HX1000 from? I've been wanting one and the cheapest I could find it for was about $220 shipped, maybe a little less.

A local Danish store.. Sorry

Also, regarding 2/4/8 cores.. TODAY an E cpu makes more sense than a Q because for a gamer as it's faster clockwise (and pr. dollar).. In the future I will get a Q cpu, no doubt about that.

System Name	Blaznee's pc
Processor	i7-4770k
Motherboard	Asus Maximus VII Ranger
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S
Memory	16GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX980 Superclocked
Storage	Samsung 840Pro 500GB, WD Black 1TB Sata6GB, WD Green 2TB Sata
Display(s)	Acer Predator 34" G-Sync
Case	Corsair Graphite 600D White edition
Audio Device(s)	FiiO E18 Kunlun DAC
Power Supply	NZXT Hale90 850w
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Blaznee's pc
Processor	i7-4770k
Motherboard	Asus Maximus VII Ranger
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S
Memory	16GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX980 Superclocked
Storage	Samsung 840Pro 500GB, WD Black 1TB Sata6GB, WD Green 2TB Sata
Display(s)	Acer Predator 34" G-Sync
Case	Corsair Graphite 600D White edition
Audio Device(s)	FiiO E18 Kunlun DAC
Power Supply	NZXT Hale90 850w
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Blackbox
Processor	Intel i5 750 @ stock for now
Motherboard	EVGA P55 LE
Cooling	Corsair H50 with 2 x Zalman ZM-F3 push/pull
Memory	2 x 2g team extreem DDR3 2000
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 460 Top
Storage	Seagate 500.12, Seagate 320.11
Display(s)	BenQ FP222W - 22 inches
Case	CM 590 with 5x various fans (Thermalright/Noctua)
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair HX620
Software	XP home SP3

System Name	Blaznee's pc
Processor	i7-4770k
Motherboard	Asus Maximus VII Ranger
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S
Memory	16GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX980 Superclocked
Storage	Samsung 840Pro 500GB, WD Black 1TB Sata6GB, WD Green 2TB Sata
Display(s)	Acer Predator 34" G-Sync
Case	Corsair Graphite 600D White edition
Audio Device(s)	FiiO E18 Kunlun DAC
Power Supply	NZXT Hale90 850w
Software	Windows 10

Processor	Intel 2600k @ 4.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
Cooling	EK Supreme
Memory	16gb Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	2x 6990 Quadfire
Storage	OCZ Vertex 2 120gb, 2 storage drives.
Display(s)	Eyefinity - 3x Dell U3011
Case	CaseLabs TH10
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200W + AX850W
Software	Windows 7 x64

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Motherboard	Gigabyte EP35-DS3
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-S983
Memory	Geil DDR667 2x1024MB
Video Card(s)	nVidia GeForce Gigabyte Turboforce 8800GT 512MB
Storage	Western Digital SATA II 320gb
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 730BF
Case	Antec Plusview II
Audio Device(s)	Intel ICH9
Power Supply	Antec NeoHE 550w
Software	Windows XP PROFESSIONAL SP3

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Motherboard	Asus Rampage IV extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	4x4G kingston hyperx beast 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	2X EVGA GTX680
Storage	2X Crusial M4 256g raid0, 1TbWD g, 2x500 WD B
Display(s)	Samsung 27' 1080P LED 3D monitior 2ms
Case	CoolerMaster Chosmos II
Audio Device(s)	Creative sound blaster X-FI Titanum champion,Creative speakers 7.1 T7900
Power Supply	Corsair 1200i, Logitch G500 Mouse, headset Corsair vengeance 1500
Software	Win7 64bit Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	3d mark 2011: testing

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Cooling	Deep Cool Assassin III
Memory	2*16gig Corsair LPX DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080 FE
Storage	500gb Samsung 980 Pro M2 SSD, 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD, 2TB Seagate Hybrid SSHD
Display(s)	Dell - S3222DGM 32" 2k Curved/ASUS VP28UQG 28" 4K (ran at 2k), Sanyo 75" 4k TV
Case	SilverStone Fortress FT04
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion II speakers, Corsair - HS70 PRO headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x (2021)
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech Orion Spectrum G910
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/spy/34962882

Processor	Intel i7-5930k
Motherboard	ASRock Taichi X99
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Memory	4x8GB HyperX FURY DDR4-2666 15-17-17-15
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G
Storage	1x Plextor PX-512M6S SSD, 1x WD 750gb HDD, 2x Hitachi 2TB HDD, 1x Seagate 4TB HDD
Display(s)	2x Dell P2314H
Case	Fractal Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX860i
Mouse	ROCCAT Kone Pure Color White
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB - Cherry MX Brown
Software	Windows 10 Professional x64

System Name	Cruvenium's "Seymour Cray"
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz @ 3.8GHz
Motherboard	ASUSTEK Maximus II Formula
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT S1238 CPU Cooler
Memory	OCZ PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 1066MHz 4GB Kit
Video Card(s)	HIS HD4870X2 2GB
Storage	Seagate SATA-II 640GB 7200RPM 32MB HD X2 (RAID 0)
Display(s)	Samsung 22" 2253BW
Case	Antec Twelve Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX-II 7.1
Power Supply	OCZ S75CF Silencer 750W Quad Crossfire PSU
Software	Windows Vista Ultimate x64

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Processor	Q6600 // 2x Xeon 5472
Memory	2GB DDR // 8GB FB-DIMM
Video Card(s)	HD3850-AGP // FireGL 3400
Display(s)	2 x Samsung 204Ts = 3200x1200
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 2
Software	Windows Server 2003 R2 as a Workstation now migrated to W10 with regrets.