Building a new system soon
The case
NZXT Switch 810
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146088
CPU
Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0388577
RAM
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354611
Vengeance Series 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9
going to add more later
Motherboard
Need advice on this one
i've always gotten gigabyte drives but microcenter seems to stock a lot more asus models lately so any suggestions would be appreciated
saw this one P8Z77-V PRO LGA 1155 Z77
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0386887
keeping from old computer
graphics card xfx radeon 6850
harddrives
power supply ocz fatality 750w
thoughts and suggestions are welcome
also going to get an SSD at the end of the year
the only thing i'm not going to buy from my local microcenter is the case as i didnt see any i liked there but most everything else i plan on getting locally
thanks
NZXT Switch 810
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146088
CPU
Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0388577
RAM
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354611
Vengeance Series 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9
going to add more later
Motherboard
Need advice on this one
i've always gotten gigabyte drives but microcenter seems to stock a lot more asus models lately so any suggestions would be appreciated
saw this one P8Z77-V PRO LGA 1155 Z77
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0386887
keeping from old computer
graphics card xfx radeon 6850
harddrives
power supply ocz fatality 750w
thoughts and suggestions are welcome
also going to get an SSD at the end of the year
the only thing i'm not going to buy from my local microcenter is the case as i didnt see any i liked there but most everything else i plan on getting locally
thanks
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Comments
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0388576
It yielded +10%.
@sweave:
I think you've made really great choices that are perfect for your budget.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=287
recall that the i7 is clocked slightly higher and has more l3 cache
Cinebench is good for benchmarking if you will be rendering or dealing heavily with fancy motion video. Thus, for gaming the i5 4 core is quite close to the i7 4 core. A 6 core i7 will blast the work out faster, 1.5 times the cores. The i7-3960 is a 6 core CPU.
So, if sweave wants largely to game, the i5-3570 will work fine (games are mostly not designed to use hyperthreading fully). If, otoh, he wants a multipurpose box and gaming is not his major goal, I would have to say a i7-3770K would be his sweetest spot(overclockable, runs $30.00 more than the i7-3770 at Microcenter) and the fallback would be a i7-3770 (not overclockable). Microcenter has both.
thanks for the replies.
i'm gonna start grabbing everything by the end of may.
apart from that i mainly work in photoshop and illustrator
i'm planning on starting zbrush and some 3d work soon as well but again this is ultimately going to end up in artwork i finish off in photoshop
i think the i5 will be fine
i keep thinking about it but i probably i never get around to it
It is so popular at about $310.00 now at Newegg that they have 1342 5-egg average reviews on it and keep selling out of them (they are out of stock now). So, given what you want to do, here is a way to get possible practical overclockablity for now or later and a high stock base speed to start with if you want both for the same price as the i7-3770 non-overclocked CPU.
I think the whole 3rd gen i7 series is somewhat premium priced now.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354587
microcenter just got a bunch of GA-Z77X-UD3H LGA 1155 Z77 boards in yesterday so i think i'm going to go with gigabyte over the asus.
also comes with a sweet bundle deal if i buy it with cpu at the same time.
they've also gotten the case that i listed up there soooo that seems pretty much a done deal too.
only thing i forgot about is a cpu cooler since my current one wont fit on the new socket i believe.
my current cooler is a tuniq tower 120 but i got this one 5 years ago for my socket 775 board.
if anyone wants to recommend anything in the cooler department to me that they have in stock at microcenter feel free. i'm looking to spend around $50 at most for the cooler.
here is one i found so far http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0345783
well things now look pretty much set for me.
just have to find time this week to buy stuff
got a z77x-ud5h instead of the ud3.
they just put them on the bundle sale today.
for the case i got a corsair 500r instead of the nzxt switch.
i saw the switch and frankly it wont fit under my desk T___T
considered getting a larger desk.
but i'm happy. just wish they had the white one instead of the black but no worries
going to put everything together on thursday. will post pics.
next step is to get a fan controller and i'm all set.