| Windows 7: Building a new computer in the future |
08 Mar 2013
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
Building a new computer in the future | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212 OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU AMD Athlon II x4 635 Quad-Core Motherboard AMD 880G Memory 4GB DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5670 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 740B Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Acer Mouse Acer PSU Crosair CX500 Builders Series (500 Watts) Case Acer Cooling Stock Fan Hard Drives 1TB Seagate Internal Hard Drive x1
500GB Iomega Desktop External Hard Drive x1
3TB Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive x1
250GB Western Digital Internal Hard Drive x1 Internet Speed 100 Mbps Antivirus Windows Defender |
08 Mar 2013
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#2 | | Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1 Kentucky |
How far in the future is this going to happen? I ask because Intel's Haswell platform should be out in a few months, and it may be the way to go.
As far as the other components go: the CoolerMaster case is a good one I believe....lots of airflow and lots of room. May be a little overkill though.
Corsair Vengeance RAM is what I use and have never had a bad stick from them.
As for the SSD, many here have the M4 and say it is a really good drive......you may want to look at the prices of the premium drives as they are coming down some. Samsung 840 Pro, OCZ Vector, Plextor M5 Pro, and Corsair Neutron GTX are all great drives that are probably the fastest out there.
The cooler you have listed is an awesome bang-for-the-buck cooler. I have recommended them plenty of times, however, if you plan on doing major overclocking, you may want something with a little more performance.
For the power supply, I usually recommend a full modular Corsair, or SeaSonic. The Corsair AX series is probably as nice as it gets, along with the SeaSonic X Gold series.......both are made by SeaSonic.
Those are just my general recommendations, but the list you have will definitely make a really nice gaming rig! I would definitely wait and see what Intel's Haswell platform has to offer, and it should be out very soon. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1 CPU Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.5GHz Motherboard Asus Sabertooth Z77 Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4) @1866MHz Graphics Card Intel HD4000 Sound Card Onboard Audio Monitor(s) Displays Dell S2309W Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Max Nighthawk X8 Mechanical keyboard Mouse Logitech MX 500 Wired PSU Seasonic X750 80+ Gold Full Modular Case Antec Eleven Hundred Super Mid Tower Cooling Intel Liquid Cooler Hard Drives Samsung 830 128GB SSD - OS
2 x 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 HDD - Storage Internet Speed 50Mbps DL / 10Mbps UL Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser Chrome/Firefox Other Info Klipsch ProMedia 2.1's
Asus RT-N66R Wireless Router |
08 Mar 2013
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
I am thinking of building around this year, because my Acer Am3400, is going to break down anytime, since after I upgraded the graphics with a Nvida GTX 650 ti factory overclock, frame rates in game is still around the 70 fps for some games, even though I overclocked it to 1000 mhz core clock with 5400 mhz memory clock. I think its the cpu fault, or the ram. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212 OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU AMD Athlon II x4 635 Quad-Core Motherboard AMD 880G Memory 4GB DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5670 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 740B Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Acer Mouse Acer PSU Crosair CX500 Builders Series (500 Watts) Case Acer Cooling Stock Fan Hard Drives 1TB Seagate Internal Hard Drive x1
500GB Iomega Desktop External Hard Drive x1
3TB Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive x1
250GB Western Digital Internal Hard Drive x1 Internet Speed 100 Mbps Antivirus Windows Defender |
09 Mar 2013
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#4 | | Windows 7 Pro-x64 South Texas |
I agree--Wait until June when the Haswell is due out. Ivy Bridge was just a die shrink of the Sandy Bridge with lack-luster boost in performance of around 3%. Haswell will be a new microarchitecture that is supposed to have a pretty substantial boost in performance. Word on the street has it at around 30% over the Ivy Bridge. This could be the biggest bump in overall performance in years. And it's expected to support Thunderbolt, the 10GB/s IO port. Even if you don't want to ride on the knife edge of technology, there will more than likely be a price adjustment to the Ivy Bridge series. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Built 2/11/2011 OS Windows 7 Pro-x64 CPU i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo Motherboard Intel DH67BL-B3 Memory 8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333 Graphics Card Integrated Intel HD 2000 Sound Card Integrated Intel 10.1 HD, RealTek ALC892 Monitor(s) Displays Asus LCD VH222H, Haier HL24XSL2a Screen Resolution 1920x1080, 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech EX100 Wireless Mouse Logitech EX100 Wireless PSU Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold Modular Case Rosewill Defender Cooling Stock CPU, Four 120mm case fans, PCH fan added Hard Drives Crucial C300-128Gb,
Western Digital WD5002AALX - 500Gb,
Western Digital WD7501AALS - 750Gb Internet Speed 2.5/1.5 Mbs Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Other Info Antec Veris Premier-Multimedia IR Station,
Cyber Accoustics-3602 Speakers,
AFT XM-5U Card Reader,
Hauppauge TV-HVR-2250,
Sony LX300 USB Turntable |
09 Mar 2013
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#5 | | Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit At home. |

Quote: Originally Posted by carwiz I agree--Wait until June when the Haswell is due out. Ivy Bridge was just a die shrink of the Sandy Bridge with lack-luster boost in performance of around 3%. Haswell will be a new microarchitecture that is supposed to have a pretty substantial boost in performance. Word on the street has it at around 30% over the Ivy Bridge. This could be the biggest bump in overall performance in years. And it's expected to support Thunderbolt, the 10GB/s IO port. Even if you don't want to ride on the knife edge of technology, there will more than likely be a price adjustment to the Ivy Bridge series. Ivy Bridge also supports PCIe 3.0 and onboard graphics, which Sandy Bridge doesn't. Some Ivy Bridge boards also support Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt isn't all that practical right now since what peripherals that support it right now are scarce and seriously expensive. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit CPU Intel i7-3930K Motherboard ASUS P9X79 WS Memory Kingston HyperX Genesis 32GB Kit (8x4GB Modules) 1600MHz DDR Graphics Card MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR Sound Card On board Realtek HD Monitor(s) Displays HP w2207h Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech M525 (two in use) PSU Corsair HX750w Case Antec Two Hundred v2 Cooling Cooler Master GeminII S524 120mm (fan replaced with a 140mm) Hard Drives Samsun 128GB 840 Pro
Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 2TB
Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 2TB Internet Speed fair to middlin' Antivirus AVAST!, MBAM, SAS, Spybot S&D (all but MBAM free) Browser IE9 Other Info LSI 9211-8i SATA III controller card (eight more SATA III ports), 2.5" & 3.5" Hot Swap Bays, HooToo HT-CR001 PCI-E to USB 3.0 Internal Combo - 3 Ports USB 3.0 Hub + 6 Slot Card Reader, and LG Model CH12LS28 BD-ROM Combo Optical Drive. Also, ScanSnap S1500 ADF duplexing scanner, Canon 9000F flat bed scanner, Logitech 5.1 speaker system, Samsung CLP 415nw laser color printer, |
09 Mar 2013
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#6 | | Windows 7 Pro-x64 South Texas |
You're right about PCIe 3.0 but Sandy Bridge very much supports onboard graphics. I'm running it at this very moment. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Built 2/11/2011 OS Windows 7 Pro-x64 CPU i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo Motherboard Intel DH67BL-B3 Memory 8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333 Graphics Card Integrated Intel HD 2000 Sound Card Integrated Intel 10.1 HD, RealTek ALC892 Monitor(s) Displays Asus LCD VH222H, Haier HL24XSL2a Screen Resolution 1920x1080, 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech EX100 Wireless Mouse Logitech EX100 Wireless PSU Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold Modular Case Rosewill Defender Cooling Stock CPU, Four 120mm case fans, PCH fan added Hard Drives Crucial C300-128Gb,
Western Digital WD5002AALX - 500Gb,
Western Digital WD7501AALS - 750Gb Internet Speed 2.5/1.5 Mbs Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Other Info Antec Veris Premier-Multimedia IR Station,
Cyber Accoustics-3602 Speakers,
AFT XM-5U Card Reader,
Hauppauge TV-HVR-2250,
Sony LX300 USB Turntable |
09 Mar 2013
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#7 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
When I searched up which Intel Processor is good for gaming, some people recommended the Sandy Bridge, I don't know if that post was old, or if the Sandy Bridge is the newest processor. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212 OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU AMD Athlon II x4 635 Quad-Core Motherboard AMD 880G Memory 4GB DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5670 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 740B Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Acer Mouse Acer PSU Crosair CX500 Builders Series (500 Watts) Case Acer Cooling Stock Fan Hard Drives 1TB Seagate Internal Hard Drive x1
500GB Iomega Desktop External Hard Drive x1
3TB Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive x1
250GB Western Digital Internal Hard Drive x1 Internet Speed 100 Mbps Antivirus Windows Defender |
09 Mar 2013
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |

Quote: Originally Posted by kbrady1979 How far in the future is this going to happen? I ask because Intel's Haswell platform should be out in a few months, and it may be the way to go.
As far as the other components go: the CoolerMaster case is a good one I believe....lots of airflow and lots of room. May be a little overkill though.
Corsair Vengeance RAM is what I use and have never had a bad stick from them.
As for the SSD, many here have the M4 and say it is a really good drive......you may want to look at the prices of the premium drives as they are coming down some. Samsung 840 Pro, OCZ Vector, Plextor M5 Pro, and Corsair Neutron GTX are all great drives that are probably the fastest out there.
The cooler you have listed is an awesome bang-for-the-buck cooler. I have recommended them plenty of times, however, if you plan on doing major overclocking, you may want something with a little more performance.
For the power supply, I usually recommend a full modular Corsair, or SeaSonic. The Corsair AX series is probably as nice as it gets, along with the SeaSonic X Gold series.......both are made by SeaSonic.
Those are just my general recommendations, but the list you have will definitely make a really nice gaming rig! I would definitely wait and see what Intel's Haswell platform has to offer, and it should be out very soon. Also would you be able to give me the links on Newegg for the SSD and power supply? | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212 OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU AMD Athlon II x4 635 Quad-Core Motherboard AMD 880G Memory 4GB DDR3 Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5670 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 740B Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Acer Mouse Acer PSU Crosair CX500 Builders Series (500 Watts) Case Acer Cooling Stock Fan Hard Drives 1TB Seagate Internal Hard Drive x1
500GB Iomega Desktop External Hard Drive x1
3TB Toshiba Desktop External Hard Drive x1
250GB Western Digital Internal Hard Drive x1 Internet Speed 100 Mbps Antivirus Windows Defender |
09 Mar 2013
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#9 | | Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit At home. |

Quote: Originally Posted by carwiz You're right about PCIe 3.0 but Sandy Bridge very much supports onboard graphics. I'm running it at this very moment.  You're correct. I was thinking of the Sandy Bridge-E. That one does not support onboard graphics. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit CPU Intel i7-3930K Motherboard ASUS P9X79 WS Memory Kingston HyperX Genesis 32GB Kit (8x4GB Modules) 1600MHz DDR Graphics Card MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR Sound Card On board Realtek HD Monitor(s) Displays HP w2207h Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech M525 (two in use) PSU Corsair HX750w Case Antec Two Hundred v2 Cooling Cooler Master GeminII S524 120mm (fan replaced with a 140mm) Hard Drives Samsun 128GB 840 Pro
Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 2TB
Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 2TB Internet Speed fair to middlin' Antivirus AVAST!, MBAM, SAS, Spybot S&D (all but MBAM free) Browser IE9 Other Info LSI 9211-8i SATA III controller card (eight more SATA III ports), 2.5" & 3.5" Hot Swap Bays, HooToo HT-CR001 PCI-E to USB 3.0 Internal Combo - 3 Ports USB 3.0 Hub + 6 Slot Card Reader, and LG Model CH12LS28 BD-ROM Combo Optical Drive. Also, ScanSnap S1500 ADF duplexing scanner, Canon 9000F flat bed scanner, Logitech 5.1 speaker system, Samsung CLP 415nw laser color printer, |
09 Mar 2013
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#10 | | Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1 Kentucky |
Here are the links to Newegg you requested. SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB OCZ Vector 256GB Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
Those are all 240/256GB models, but they all offer a 120/128GB solution. PSU: Corsair AX750 Gold SeaSonic X750 Gold
Those are both 750watt models, but they come in 650watt and higher. You'll just have to wait until you have a definite parts list before you can pick a PSU that matches your system.
Also, since you are in Canada, all of these parts are probably available at NCIX as well as Newegg.......so shop around! | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1 CPU Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.5GHz Motherboard Asus Sabertooth Z77 Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4) @1866MHz Graphics Card Intel HD4000 Sound Card Onboard Audio Monitor(s) Displays Dell S2309W Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Max Nighthawk X8 Mechanical keyboard Mouse Logitech MX 500 Wired PSU Seasonic X750 80+ Gold Full Modular Case Antec Eleven Hundred Super Mid Tower Cooling Intel Liquid Cooler Hard Drives Samsung 830 128GB SSD - OS
2 x 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 HDD - Storage Internet Speed 50Mbps DL / 10Mbps UL Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser Chrome/Firefox Other Info Klipsch ProMedia 2.1's
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