Finishing an i5 build, what is left?

johnspack · Mar 4, 2013

Got my client a 3570k cpu, a z77 mobo, 16mbs ram, 1 tb wd black hd, a 14x bluray burner, a gtx660ti video card, a 850w hx corsair psu, a fractal design r4 case, a 24" hd monitor for under 1600can with our 12% tax, and a lot of shipping charges. I know you can get stuff cheaper in the states, please don't reiterate that. We can't up here, period. I'm just trying to figure out what else would help him out the most for the least amount of cost. And no, ssds don't do that. He will have to live with this system for a long time. What will he need?
And currently he plays Diablo2 on a pentium D, and is happy with that.

johnspack · Mar 4, 2013

Oh, and I already know I have to buy usb keyboards ect now for this... no dam ps2 ports. He wasn't expecting that. I'm wondering what else....

BarbaricSoul · Mar 4, 2013

After-market heatsink? Even if your client doesn't OC the system, it should help with making the system quiet. Also, you don't really need a 850 watt PSU for a single GPU system. You could save some money going with a good 500-600 watt PSU. Along with the new KB, a new USB mouse(Logitech G500 is my recommenedation). Second hard drive and set up raid so he'll have close to SSD speeds(not sure why you think a SSD would not fit in the build)?

LDNL · Mar 4, 2013

Try to cut some courners and get a 120gb ssd in there for OS and other programs. Thats a must have and quite a improvement over a normal HDD.

tokyoduong · Mar 4, 2013

johnspack said:
Got my client a 3570k cpu, a z77 mobo, 16mbs ram, 1 tb wd black hd, a 14x bluray burner, a gtx660ti video card, a 850w hx corsair psu, a fractal design r4 case, a 24" hd monitor for under 1600can with our 12% tax, and a lot of shipping charges. I know you can get stuff cheaper in the states, please don't reiterate that. We can't up here, period. I'm just trying to figure out what else would help him out the most for the least amount of cost. And no, ssds don't do that. He will have to live with this system for a long time. What will he need?
And currently he plays Diablo2 on a pentium D, and is happy with that.

I used to like the WD black drives but due to their popularity, they are a bit overpriced now. I like the drives but not the prices.
CPU cooler? we all know the stock cooler is laughable ivy bridge can run hot. Add the fractal case to that and you got a temp problem. With a case like that, I would suggest a closed loop water cooling set up to dump the heat outside the case.
You don't need 850W PSU. You don't even need 650. 500W is alll you need even if you do some OC.
Use amazon and get the trial 1 month amazon prime. It's free 2-day shipping on anything that comes out of amazon warehouses.

This thread just sounds awfully familiar to another thread. Is this a repost?
Do you build systems regularly? There's too many flaws in this set up.

Jack1n · Mar 4, 2013

get a 120gb SSD,ditch the 1TB caviar black and put in a 2TB green instead.(and see if you can bump the gpu to a 670)

Cotton_Cup · Mar 5, 2013

how about getting some on those 650-750 psu range. silver rated...

8gb ram....120gb ssd and a 1tb wdc black....

System Name	System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage	System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s)	2x 24" 1080 displays
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Manjaro, Windows 10, Kubuntu 23.10
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

System Name	System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage	System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s)	2x 24" 1080 displays
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Manjaro, Windows 10, Kubuntu 23.10
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

System Name	Barb's Domain
Processor	i9 10850k 5.1GHz all cores
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI
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

System Name	Desktop
Processor	i5 3570k
Motherboard	Asrock Z77
Cooling	Corsair H60
Memory	G Skill 8gb 1600 mhz X 2
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon 7850 X 2
Storage	1 TB Velociraptor, 240GB 840 Samsung
Display(s)	27" Samsung LED X 2
Case	Thermaltake V9
Power Supply	Seasonic 620 W, CX600M on stand by
Software	Win 8.1 64
Benchmark Scores	Benches are silly

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	B550 Aorus PRO V2
Cooling	Corsair H115i RGB Platinum
Memory	Gskill Trident Z Neo 3600 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3070 Trio X
Storage	WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME/Supertalent Teranova 2x1TB
Display(s)	Acer XV340CK
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard	Logitech G513 Tactile
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Finishing an i5 build, what is left?

johnspack

Here For Good!

johnspack

Here For Good!

BarbaricSoul

LDNL

tokyoduong

Jack1n

Cotton_Cup

System Name	Poor Man's Build
Processor	Intel i7 3960X 4.9Ghz Sandy Bridge E
Motherboard	MSi X79A-GD65 8D
Cooling	XSPC 240mm and 360MM (External) Rad
Memory	64Gb Corsair Dominator Platinum
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX770 SC ACX SLI (non water cooled yet)
Storage	Intel 520 240GB SSD x2 /x2 WD Caviar Black 3TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache
Display(s)	ASUS 27" 2560X1440 x3
Case	Corsair 900D (upgraded from my lvl 10 gt and 600T)
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i 80PLUS Platinum
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate (FPP)