New build planned. Need general advice

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  1. Posts : 4,517
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    I came up with about 450W.

    But wattage means very little overall.

    The quality of the PSU, amperage on the 12V rail, and efficency are far more important.

    Technically, a 450W Corsair will power this build without issue.
    I think anything (of good quality) 550W-620W should be more than enough, even for additional expansion.
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  2. Posts : 10,200
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       #22

    I have not comparison shopped lately, but I have never gone wrong with an ASUS motherboard. I find their support and documentation to be excellent.
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  3. Posts : 1,326
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       #23

    Hopalong X said:
    If you decide to have some on hand go with Arctic Silver5
    Newegg.com - Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - Thermal Compound / Grease

    I was also looking at the Asus Sabertooth X58 motherboard :
    Newegg.ca - ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

    What do you think guys?
    The mobo you list has the Realtec audio. This is not the one having all the audio problems.
    This one uses Realtek ALC892 should be good alternative to Gagabyte.
    Add the ASUS video card if you want same brand. All good choices.
    Newegg.com - ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/768MD5 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $175
    Newegg.com - ASUS ENGTX460 DIRECTCU/G/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $240
    Newegg.com - ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $245

    I bought the middle of these three. At the time the $245 wasn't available yet.
    The $175 was $225 then.
    Now I'd go with 1st one for pricing or 3rd for performance advantage.

    My two cents.
    Mike
    For the thermal paste, I chose this one already. Thx for confirming. Also thx for the video card links... I changed the .com for .ca though. I chose the 3rd one it was a few bucks cheaper and seem to have nice specs too.
    amandeepmail said:
    Hi!
    I will suggest you to get a small SSD for just windows and main programs. Small SSD will not be that costly and stil give a lot of performance boost. I prefer 64 GB just for Windows and main programs and rest you can upgrade later. Also, you can always use another SATA Hard Disk for your data if 64 GB doesn't fit it.
    (Also applies for Wishmaster) I chose a 80GB HDD because currently on my 140GB partition on my 200GB HDD, I use ~75GB. I like to store files on my main HDD too. I don't want an Intel SSD because they seriously lack speed write wise (70MB/s for Intel compared to 275MB/s for G.Skill). I heard that Sandforce was AMAZING and that was my main reason why I chose a Sandforce base SSD.

    Wishmaster said:
    For the SSD, I would go with something like the 80GB Intel.
    Its about $25 more expensive.

    the 40GB ones are excellent performers as well, although slighhtly slower than the 80GB version. However, only around $100.
    40GB is plenty of room for Win7 and apps for the most part, if you keep all other User DATA/Games etc on other drives.

    The Gskill ones look like they have decent speeds and reviews, but from what im seeing it looks like the Intel may be slightly faster for the OS.

    For the record, I only know what Ive read and benchmarks Ive seen on those Gskill SSDs.

    If you already have Spinners for user DATA that would be a great setup.

    And as mentioned, to save a bit of extra cash, you may want to consider a P55 board (Socket 1156)

    You will only have dual channel DDR3, but overall should still be a solid build.
    I don't think it's worth it for only slightly faster Also, I wanted a triple-channel build since the Core i7 9xx was released. I was simply amazed by the performance it gave. I also want a build that could last me as long as this one (3½-4 years). So, at least if something happens IRL, I'm still getting LGA1377 mobo & cpu.

    madtownidiot said:
    That build will need about peak at about 500 watts at 100% system load (which is when a PSU is most likely to fail) while it's new.. As the components age, it will draw more and more power. 2-3 years down the road you may be looking at closer to 600 watts .. add 50% to that to have room for future expansion, and because a psu that doesn't have to work very hard is going to last longer and produce less heat
    What you say here is making sense. However, I'm not someone that will use my CPU and GPU at 100% a lot of the time.

    Wishmaster said:
    I came up with about 450W.

    But wattage means very little overall.

    The quality of the PSU, amperage on the 12V rail, and efficency are far more important.

    Technically, a 450W Corsair will power this build without issue.
    I think anything (of good quality) 550W-620W should be more than enough, even for additional expansion.
    Thanks for this very helpful post
    I chose this Corsair PSU because of the certification and all those good reviews about it and also because it's modular. I also went on eXtreme Power Supply calculator and, with a 30% capacitor aging setting and 100% load, I end up with 567W. On a new one (no aging capacitor setting), I have a 436W result. So, I think I'm pretty good with this 620W.

    Thanks a lot for all the input guys. It makes me think each time I read your comments!

    Cheers.
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       #24

    Keep in mind, The Intel SSDs are faster at Random Read/Writes although seem slower in Seqential.

    However, random is where it matters most for the OS.


    Either one you choose will be a huge improvement over a standard spinning drive, no doubt.
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  5. Posts : 1,326
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    Thread Starter
       #25

    Thx Wishmaster. Also, I decided not to choose the Sabertooth X58 because how extension slots are laid out. I have a PCI card to add and well, on the Sabertooth, the video card will block it up.
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  6.    #26

    every system reaches 100% load occasionally.. even if you only use it for checking email and watching youtube videos
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  7. Posts : 1,326
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       #27

    madtownidiot said:
    every system reaches 100% load occasionally.. even if you only use it for checking email and watching youtube videos
    Duh, yes, you are right. But I meant 100% for a longer period of time. :P
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  8.    #28

    Lebon14 said:
    madtownidiot said:
    every system reaches 100% load occasionally.. even if you only use it for checking email and watching youtube videos
    Duh, yes, you are right. But I meant 100% for a longer period of time. :P
    I know what you mean.. but it only takes a fraction of a second of insufficient power to cause a BSOD. A lot of people who start getting occasional BSODs a couple years after they build their system don't know that while their PSU may have been adequate when the build was new, over time power consuption increases by as much as 25-30%, even if nothing is added to the system, and never think of the power supply as a cause. That's why you should add at least 50% to whatever you figure the max power consumption should be
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  9. Posts : 1,326
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       #29

    madtownidiot said:
    I know what you mean.. but it only takes a fraction of a second of insufficient power to cause a BSOD. A lot of people who start getting occasional BSODs a couple years after they build their system don't know that while their PSU may have been adequate when the build was new, over time power consuption increases by as much as 25-30%, even if nothing is added to the system, and never think of the power supply as a cause. That's why you should add at least 50% to whatever you figure the max power consumption should be
    Like I said once above, I went to eXtreme Power Supply Calculator and added a 30% aging capacitor and gave me 607W recommanded. And even at 50%, eXtreme Power Calculator gives me the same results : a recommanded 607 Watt.
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  10.    #30

    Do what you think will work then. Sounds like it will be a good machine.. and they're always fun to build
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