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mjv4235
 Post subject: Help/Suggestions (Building new PC)
PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:13 pm 
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Hi all,

My goals for this build is for power and portability for all my gaming needs at high res Ultra setting eye candy graphics :D and for lan parties here and there. I am currently waiting for some unreleased product at the moment (Asus P8z77-i Deluxe, and I7 3770k) but here are the things I picked out so far.

LIAN LI PC-Q08B Black Aluminum Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case $109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811112265

NZXT HALE82 HALE82-750-M 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Power Supply $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817116015

OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive $179.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820227791

G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231519

CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler $64.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835181015

I will be reusing my 500gb hdd, monitor, keyboard and mouse. Will being using my hd5770 until gtx 685/695 gets released.

I'm open to suggestions or any reasons why I should get this or that would be helpful.

THANKS!!!
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LatiosXT
 Post subject: Re: Help/Suggestions (Building new PC)
PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:21 pm 
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Honestly, the 3770K would be overkill. Unless you have money you just want to burn.
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Danthrax66
 Post subject: Re: Help/Suggestions (Building new PC)
PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 9:49 am 
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817182073 This power supply is better and 20% off right now. What graphics card are you looking at and what is your budget?
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mjv4235
 Post subject: Re: Help/Suggestions (Building new PC)
PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:58 pm 
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LatiosXT wrote:
Honestly, the 3770K would be overkill. Unless you have money you just want to burn.



Yeah I know...I guess I have some money to burn :)
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mjv4235
 Post subject: Re: Help/Suggestions (Building new PC)
PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 3:02 pm 
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Danthrax66 wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073 This power supply is better and 20% off right now. What graphics card are you looking at and what is your budget?



The thing is...I'm still waiting for ivy bridge since its around the corner. I'm planning to use my hd 5770 until gtx 685 or should I just get gtx 680?
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Danthrax66
 Post subject: Re: Help/Suggestions (Building new PC)
PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:15 pm 
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mjv4235 wrote:
Danthrax66 wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073 This power supply is better and 20% off right now. What graphics card are you looking at and what is your budget?



The thing is...I'm still waiting for ivy bridge since its around the corner. I'm planning to use my hd 5770 until gtx 685 or should I just get gtx 680?



The 685 or 680v2 or whatever they are going to call it seems like it is going to be a good bit better so if you have the budget for it wait for it, especially since the 680 is OOS everywhere.
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mjv4235
 Post subject: Re: Help/Suggestions (Building new PC)
PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:37 pm 
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Danthrax66 wrote:
mjv4235 wrote:
Danthrax66 wrote:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073 This power supply is better and 20% off right now. What graphics card are you looking at and what is your budget?

The thing is...I'm still waiting for ivy bridge since its around the corner. I'm planning to use my hd 5770 until gtx 685 or should I just get gtx 680?

The 685 or 680v2 or whatever they are going to call it seems like it is going to be a good bit better so if you have the budget for it wait for it, especially since the 680 is OOS everywhere.


You don't think the 685 won't be OOS too when it get released? lol
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