BestConfigs - High-End Intel Gaming PC

[jjb8675309]

yes I am, his legacy will be nothing but diminished, and thanks, The Indians on the other hand are slumping like they normally do, oh well the plight of a Cleveland sports fan, in the end I am glad that he took his talents to souf beach where he continues to not score in the 4th quarter and is a bitchass

 

[cyborg34572]

This is my Current Build. With tax its overall $2040 (Not including peripherals)
Yes sad canadian prices =[.

Processor - Intel Core i7-2600K Quad-Core Socket LGA1155, 3.40Ghz, 8MB L3 Cache, 32nm

VideoCard - Asus ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5 nVidia GeForce GTX 580 Chipset (782Mhz) 1GB (4008Mhz) GDDR5 Dual Dual-Link DVI-I/HDMI/Display Port PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Memory - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1866MHz (PC3-14900) 8GB (2x4GB) Dual Channel Kit

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 Socket 1155 Intel P67 Chipset CrossfireX/2-Way SLI Dual-Channel DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066Mhz 2x PCI-Express 2.0 GigaLAN 7.1-CH HD Audio 4x SATA 6.0Gb/s 2x SATA 6.0Gb/s 4x SATA 3.0Gb/s 14x USB 2.0, 5x USB 3.0 IEEE 1394a ATX

Cooling - Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H70 High-performance CPU Cooler for Intel Socket 1366/1156/775 & AMD Socket AM3/AM2+/AM2

Case - Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower ATX

Replacement Fans for Case - 6x CoolerMaster SickleFlow RedLED 2000rpm / 1x CoolerMaster SickleFlow BlueLED 2000rpm

HDD - Western Digital Caviar Black 1000GB (1TB) SATA3 7200RPM 64MB Cache

ROM - ASUS DRW-24B1ST Black SATA 24X DVD-Writer 24xDVD+R/-R 24xDVD+/-R DL 8xDVD+RW/6xDVD-RW 48xCD-R OEM

Power Supply - Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 High Performance 850W Power Supply

Monitor - Samsung 2494SW Full HD 1080p, 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor- Black, 1920x1080, 5ms, 50000:1(DCR), VGA,DVI-D

Extra peripherals.
Razer Lycosa keyboard
Razer Deathadder Black Edition mouse
Razer Mamba mouse
Logitech G5 Mouse
Logitech mx518 Mouse
R.A.T 7 Mouse
Razer Piranha/ Razer Megalodon/ Steelseries Syberia V2 Headsets
Razer Goliathus Mousepad
Razer Destructor Mousepad
Steelseries Qck+ Mousepad
Fatal1ty X-Fi Soundcard
(I have alot more older ones but i just listed my favorites here)

 

[aminebouhafs]

The only ones "I" know who actually just "talk" about sports are women and very old people.

Anyway here's my "to be" new build,

Based on my taste, high end, energy efficient and bang for the buck at the same time!

Parts:

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Boxed
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws-X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
VGA: GIGABYTE GV-R695OC-1GD
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB (on SATAIII-600)
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 (on SATAIII-600)
MMC: akasa AK-ALL01-BK
Audio: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD
MB: ASRock Z68 Extreme7
BR: Samsung SH-B123L (on SATAII-300)
BR-RW: Plextor PX-LB950SA (on SATAII-300)
Case: Enermax Hoplite ECA3220 (plus two extra 120mm and two extra 140mm vents)
PSU: FSP Group Aurum 700

Peripherals:

Display: Dell Professional P2411H
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G400
Mousepad: Razer Pro|Pad
Speakers: Logitech Z-5500
USB-Flash: Kingston 64GB USB 3.0 DataTraveler Ultimate G2
Network: Linksys E4200 (including 10m CAT-7a cable)

Software:

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 (English) (without serial-key thus free product)

 

[striker410]

The only ones "I" know who actually just "talk" about sports are women and very old people.

Lol, fail.

 

[bavman]

The only ones "I" know who actually just "talk" about sports are women and very old people.

Anyway here's my "to be" new build,

Based on my taste, high end, energy efficient and bang for the buck at the same time!

Parts:

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Boxed
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws-X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
VGA: GIGABYTE GV-R695OC-1GD
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB (on SATAIII-600)
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 (on SATAIII-600)
MMC: akasa AK-ALL01-BK
Audio: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD
MB: ASRock Z68 Extreme7
BR: Samsung SH-B123L (on SATAII-300)
BR-RW: Plextor PX-LB950SA (on SATAII-300)
Case: Enermax Hoplite ECA3220 (plus two extra 120mm and two extra 140mm vents)
PSU: FSP Group Aurum 700

Peripherals:

Display: Dell Professional P2411H
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G400
Mousepad: Razer Pro|Pad
Speakers: Logitech Z-5500
USB-Flash: Kingston 64GB USB 3.0 DataTraveler Ultimate G2
Network: Linksys E4200 (including 10m CAT-7a cable)

Software:

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 (English) (without serial-key thus free product)

I have a question here...when you say "without serial-key thus free product" for win7 are you implying that you dont need to pay for it...that you can somehow acquire it online for free? If its the case that you can get software for free online then why do you need a bluray drive...let alone 2 of them.

Also why would you put your hitachi drive on a sata3 port?

 

[aminebouhafs]

I have a question here...when you say "without serial-key thus free product" for win7 are you implying that you dont need to pay for it...that you can somehow acquire it online for free? If its the case that you can get software for free online then why do you need a bluray drive...let alone 2 of them.

Also why would you put your hitachi drive on a sata3 port?

Check out the Microsoft's page, you should find the download of Windows 7 Professional and another one (I forgot wich one) somewhere over there. But you still need a serial key.
But the thing I'll be doing is ring Microsoft to send me a copy (wich is an original) of Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit cause I allready bought it and I'm registered over there under my ID and serial key but, the disc got all damaged so it has got non-readable sectors and such. It's possible over here in Holland, at least.

Why I need a BR-drive, you ask? Well for back-up, why else?!

Why I would connect my HDD to SATA3? Okay, where would "you" connect it?

 

[bavman]

Check out the Microsoft's page, you should find the download of Windows 7 Professional and another one (I forgot wich one) somewhere over there. But you still need a serial key.
But the thing I'll be doing is ring Microsoft to send me a copy (wich is an original) of Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit cause I allready bought it and I'm registered over there under my ID and serial key but, the disc got all damaged so it has got non-readable sectors and such. It's possible over here in Holland, at least.

Why I need a BR-drive, you ask? Well for back-up, why else?!

Why I would connect my HDD to SATA3? Okay, where would "you" connect it?

I just dont know why you need 2 haha.
I understand the br reader for reading bluray disks...but why a burner? Are you seriously gonna use it for backup? cause for the same price the burner is you can get 6tb worth of drivers which is much safer to back up on.

I would connect my hdd to a sata2 port, because hdd cant even fully saturate sata2 all the way, so sata3 is a waste, id save it for an ssd. Plus all the mobo's ive seen (which might be a limited few) dont allow raid on sata3 ports (only ide and ahci) which you might want to utilize in the future, or now.

Anyways cool build

 

[aminebouhafs]

I just dont know why you need 2 haha.
I understand the br reader for reading bluray disks...but why a burner? Are you seriously gonna use it for backup? cause for the same price the burner is you can get 6tb worth of drivers which is much safer to back up on.

I would connect my hdd to a sata2 port, because hdd cant even fully saturate sata2 all the way, so sata3 is a waste, id save it for an ssd. Plus all the mobo's ive seen (which might be a limited few) dont allow raid on sata3 ports (only ide and ahci) which you might want to utilize in the future, or now.

Anyways cool build

Well, the Samsung is actually a DVD-RW but it's the fastest BR-reader atm that I know being sold over here in Holland.
Why I need two?
The answer is rather simple actually, remember when people first began to say "I just don't know why you need two CD-opticals (one reader and one writer)" and later on "I just don't know why you need two DVD-opticals (one reader and one writer)". The BR is gonna be the new standard. The CD is going to be pre-historic (if is isn't allready) and the DVD will be next. Ya can count on that.
So the answer really is, "To stay ahead of the game!" THAT's why!

From here on I'll give the TB about five years, give or take, that you'll look at it like now you're looking at the GB.
We've all experienced that. So let the experience be your teacher. Learn from your "mistakes".

HDD can't even fully saturate SATAII all the way? Are ya sure? Got any real-world TH- or AT-benchies to back that up? It's not that I don't believe you but hardware reacts in a slightly different way for EVERYONE!

 

[aminebouhafs]

Based on my taste, high end, energy efficiency and bang for the buck at the same time!

Parts:

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Boxed
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws-X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
VGA: PowerColor HD 6950 1GB GDDR5
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB (on SATAIII-600)
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 (two in RAID 0 on SATAIII-600)
MMC: akasa AK-ALL01-BK
Audio: Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium HD
MB: ASRock Z68 Extreme7
BR: Samsung SH-B123L (on SATAII-300)
BR-RW: Plextor PX-LB950SA (on SATAII-300)
Case: Enermax Hoplite ECA3220 (plus two extra 120mm and two extra 140mm vents)
PSU: FSP Group Aurum 700

Peripherals:

Display: Dell Professional P2411H
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G400
Mousepad: Razer Pro|Pad
Speakers: Logitech Z-5500
USB-Flash: Kingston 64GB USB 3.0 DataTraveler Ultimate G2
Network: Linksys E4200 (including 10m CAT-7a cable)

Software:

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 (English) (without serial-key thus free product)

 

[mjmjpfaff]

ya blu ray is going to be the standard. so get it when it is and also only 25$ . aminebouhafs you think women just talk about sports? you've been around some very masculine women lately then.

 

[mjmjpfaff]

also aminebouhafs there is no need to post the peripherals and os it said that at the original post. because you aren't spending all of your money on that you could post a good gaming build.

 

[jjb8675309]

The only ones "I" know who actually just "talk" about sports are women and very old people.

bahaha, well that would make sense coming from a 12 year old that takes pics of his weak ass body. In my experience, women do not talk about sports; what the hell are you talking about,? You have terrible advice and comments find a new forum to spew on, fricken Brit!

 

[jjb8675309]

Based on my taste, high end, energy efficiency and bang for the buck at the same time!

Your taste for crap?

 

[aminebouhafs]

I just dont know why you need 2 haha.
I understand the br reader for reading bluray disks...but why a burner? Are you seriously gonna use it for backup? cause for the same price the burner is you can get 6tb worth of drivers which is much safer to back up on.

I would connect my hdd to a sata2 port, because hdd cant even fully saturate sata2 all the way, so sata3 is a waste, id save it for an ssd. Plus all the mobo's ive seen (which might be a limited few) dont allow raid on sata3 ports (only ide and ahci) which you might want to utilize in the future, or now.

Anyways cool build

Still waiting for the ASRock Z68 Extreme7 being sold in Holland, it has got SATAIII- and SATAII-ports enough, ten SATA-ports if I'm right but I dunno yet how many there are that have the "III"-specification though.

 

[mjmjpfaff]

6 sata III and 4 sata II probably

 

[jjb8675309]

Still waiting for the ASRock Z68 Extreme7 being sold in Holland, it has got SATAIII- and SATAII-ports enough, ten SATA-ports if I'm right but I dunno yet how many there are that have the "III"-specification though.

why would you need that more than 1-2 Harddrives and 1 optical drive for a gaming rig?

 

[aminebouhafs]

6 sata III and 4 sata II probably

That's great! So there's enough room for three (one SSD and two HDD) SATAIII-drives while only using half of the SATAIII-ports.

 

[aminebouhafs]

why would you need that more than 1-2 Harddrives and 1 optical drive for a gaming rig?

Because I'll be doing more on my rig exept for gaming but, it's primary goal still is FRAGGING!!!

 

[jjb8675309]

Have fun and good luck convincing your mommy and daddy to buy you an expensive gaming rig :lol:

 

[striker410]

HDD can't even fully saturate SATAII all the way? Are ya sure? Got any real-world TH- or AT-benchies to back that up? It's not that I don't believe you but hardware reacts in a slightly different way for EVERYONE!

Cough cough Not to ruin you day broski, but here's some benchmarks... And keep in mind this is the maximum recorded read speeds, so best case scenario.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/3.5-hard-drive-charts-2008/Maximum-Read-Transfer-Rate,666.html Sata II has a limit of 300MB/s. As you can see, we are nowhere near breaking that without getting into SSD's.

 

[aminebouhafs]

Have fun and good luck convincing your mommy and daddy to buy you an expensive gaming rig :lol:

Thanx! And oh! Think I'll manage convincing!

 

[aminebouhafs]

Cough cough Not to ruin you day broski, but here's some benchmarks... And keep in mind this is the maximum recorded read speeds, so best case scenario.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/3.5-hard-drive-charts-2008/Maximum-Read-Transfer-Rate,666.html Sata II has a limit of 300MB/s. As you can see, we are nowhere near breaking that without getting into SSD's.

It's a benchmark what's pretty out-dated but, it made me come up with two of the "Seagate Constellation ES.2 ST33000651NS, 3TB". They've got the exact specifications as the Barracuda XT's but they're alot saver, data integrity is garanteed.

 

[striker410]

You think hard drive speeds have doubled in the past 2 years? Lol.

 

[sadams04]

SADAMS04's Intel Gaming Build

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500k - $215

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Z68 20GB SLC SSD - $240

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 1.5v CL7 - $85

Graphics Card: 2 x Galaxy GTX 580 - $420 / $840 ($460 - $40MIR)

Boot Drive: OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III SSD - $210 ($230 - $20MIR)

Storage Disk: SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 2TB - $80

Case: Rosewill FUTURE Gaming ATX Mid Tower Front USB 3.0 - $80

Case Fans: 2 x COOLER MASTER 120mm Blue 69CFM (max) @ 19dBA- $10 / $20

Power Supply: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX950 - $140 ($155 - $15MIR)

Blu-Ray Burner: LG Black 12X - $94

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - $30

CPU Cooler Replacement Fans: 2 x KINGWIN 120mm 40CFM @ 19dBA - $7 / $14

$2048

 

[aminebouhafs]

ya blu ray is going to be the standard. so get it when it is and also only 25$ . aminebouhafs you think women just talk about sports? you've been around some very masculine women lately then.

Think I'll follow-up on your advise considering the BR-RW.
You were right about not needing it now so I'll install two Samsung SH-B123L's on SATAII-300 for being a BluRay-player and DVD-RW at the same time.
Saves me EUR 100.
Thanx!