What am I doing wrong?
http://amzn.com/w/IIC7MZL19S4O
This ought to work for all of my latest gaming desires? MW3, Skyrim, etc.,
Help me trim the fat.
Also, newegg is fine for linking, but I've got a bunch of amazon gift cards and they still don't charge sales tax in CA, so that will be my place of purchase.
This ought to work for all of my latest gaming desires? MW3, Skyrim, etc.,
Help me trim the fat.
Also, newegg is fine for linking, but I've got a bunch of amazon gift cards and they still don't charge sales tax in CA, so that will be my place of purchase.
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Fix't link. http://amzn.com/w/IIC7MZL19S4O
Do I need this level of equipment? Does the vertex 3 provide such a benefit above a cheaper drive? Is my video card overkill? Etc. Beyond that, I want to be able to put this in a small mini-ITX case that is wife friendly.
1) Your motherboard is ATX, not mITX.
2) The case you've picked is a large-ish mid tower?
3) If you wait 5 days, the Radeon 7850 will be on the market. It's shorter, uses 40% less power, and is about 30% faster than any version of the GTX 560 Ti. It'll also be $20 cheaper than the GPU you've picked. (SHILL ALERT: I work for AMD Radeon)
tl;dr version: I'm just not sure what direction you're trying to go. You have a full desktop rig, but you claim ITX aspirations.
@Thrax I'm aware of the itx mobo and case. Those will be shrunk, but i wanted input on the chipset/mfg of the mobo.
And I appreciate the heads up on the video card...
Thoughts on the SSD?
SSD is great, too, but you can probably save a few bucks by dropping back to a Vertex 2 for similar performance. Your call.
The only way you are going to reduce the price is getting smaller parts. Most of what you have is about what I'd expect for a semi-future proof build, but you could go with a smaller SSD (60GB knocks $70 off) and a caviar green HDD to shave another $20
EDIT: plus what Thrax said about video card and chipset. Responses don't seem to be flowing in for me while page is open.
I second the opinion of dropping to a smaller, slightly older SSD (I have a Vertex 2 and it is not slow or "average" in any way) as a boot drive/game drive and a decent sized standard HDD for storage. You should be able to get both for just about the same cost (+/- 10%) as the single, larger Vertex 3.
I also recently purchased the HSF unit that @Tushon linked to and I have been very impressed with it on my i7 system; highly recommend it as the best bang for the buck. That being said, going to a smaller case as you seem to want to do, you might need to look around for a lower profile HSF, just, for the love of whatever Holy Being you believe in, do not use the stock Intel HSF.
I know you want to use the Amazon gift cards, but you might be able to save a bit more money by buying some of the components from Newegg.
I used it in my HTPC with the Gigabyte H55N and a Core i3, and I love it.
Great advice guys....exactly the scope I was looking for.
If it is this Tom's Hardware one, then you may attribute part of it to stability problems (which may indicate a buyer beware for the first round)
Go look at other sites. The 7850 screams at 19x10 and 19x12:
PCPer: http://pcper.com/image/view/11310?return=node/53741
PCPer Battlefield 3: http://pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-HD-7870-2GB-and-HD-7850-2GB-Pitcairn-Review/Battlefield-3-Radeon-0
PCPer Skyrim: http://pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-HD-7870-2GB-and-HD-7850-2GB-Pitcairn-Review/Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyr-0
And so on.
Techreport, PCPer, Anandtech, etc. All reputable sites that prove my claim.
But I did decide to wait on the 7850...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125419