Question About Build (reusing XPS 630 case)

[Andres Canelson]

Hi Guys..!!

I have been looking to build a new computer for a week now...and after a lot of help from others and great advise I came up with this build.

I am going to reuse my XPS 630 case for this because it looks really nice and I have grown to love that case after 5 years.
My Budget is $700


CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($284.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($106.25 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 2GB Video Card ($139.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($44.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $686.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

I have a SATA RAID 0 Hard Drive and Optical Drive that I will use and the old computer had a 750w dell Power supply but I was advised not to use it because it was 5 years old.

If anybody did this before or has any insight on how I should proceed please feel free to speak your mind..

Thanks in Advance

 

[tkananen]

No need for an I7 for a desktop. Tune down to either an I5 or if you would like to take the AMD route switch to 8350. The new generation of Intel processors are coming out if you can wait. I would suggest a better graphic card as well as power supply. If you don't want to overclock, then the cpu is unnecessary

 

[False_Dmitry_II]

Just because the PSU is old? That isn't a real reason. I'd agree if it's a crappy one, but I think you should get something more pumpy than that so you can leave it alone later on. If it's a good PSU it won't take your stuff out if it eventually dies. Heck, the one time one died on me, it literally smelled like burning and had smoke billowing out - it wasn't a good one and it still didn't kill anything else. At the time I used to say that I also now had a free smoke maker, and offered it to people, because you could jumper the pins and make it keep going. The other potential problem is that it could be crazy proprietary, in which case its quality is entirely irrelevant.

I'd also say to wait for haswell, it's just this summer. I was waiting for that, but after some random stuff happened I'm now waiting for steamroller and will go for whichever makes more sense considering I now have a crosshair V.

I generally prefer gigabyte for mobo's but that's generally personal preference.

I'd also go with a 7870, because the increase in price is worth it vs the increase in performance. Newegg is also giving games with them right now.

I'd also suggest that you sell the PSU/mobo/cpu/ram and whatever else you aren't reusing on ebay, to help stretch the budget. There's probably some people still on p4's that are looking for stuff like whatever it is.

 

[Andres Canelson]

Thanks for your recommendations guys.
The bad thing is that I actually can't wait till the "Haswell" comes out. 🙁 I was looking forward to get my hands in one of those.

I am actually in a hurry because I needed my PC to finish some work (Video Editing) that I have to finish, It's not that I don't use it for gaming but I need power and performance....but the $700 bucks is all the cash I could get in such a short amount of time.

Ok, so if the I get a list of everything that I think can be reuse from my old PC I have:

- Power Supply
Model Number H750E-01
Type Power Supply Connectors
1x 24-pin ATX Power Connector
1x 8-pin ATX Power Connector
6x SATA Power Connectors
3x Molex Power Connectors
2x PCI Power Connectors
1x Floppy

Power Connector Input 100-240V~ / 10A
Max Output 750W

- Hard Drive
SATA 2 RAID 1 with Dual 500 GB hard drives
Also a 1TB external Hard Drive

- Optical Drive
DVD±RW - Serial ATA

- Case
Dell 630 ATX design

 

[False_Dmitry_II]

That moves it from being an optional, leisurely upgrade to being imperative. Given your situation and such, I definitely think that PSU should be reused as long as it isn't proprietary. I didn't find anything in the quick search I did, with the limited time I have right now. If you feel the need you can always upgrade/update it later. I personally make it a requirement that such replacements must be better in some way otherwise there is no point.

That sort of workload can be very cpu intensive too, I don't know how good that stuff is at offloading to the gpu these days, but even so I wouldn't move from your original choice of cpu. Unless your workload is so threaded that the top amd cpu could best it.

If you can save on the psu it still lets you go up to a better gpu. What happened to the stuff that was in there?

 

[Andres Canelson]

That moves it from being an optional, leisurely upgrade to being imperative. Given your situation and such, I definitely think that PSU should be reused as long as it isn't proprietary. I didn't find anything in the quick search I did, with the limited time I have right now. If you feel the need you can always upgrade/update it later. I personally make it a requirement that such replacements must be better in some way otherwise there is no point.

That sort of workload can be very cpu intensive too, I don't know how good that stuff is at offloading to the gpu these days, but even so I wouldn't move from your original choice of cpu. Unless your workload is so threaded that the top amd cpu could best it.

If you can save on the psu it still lets you go up to a better gpu. What happened to the stuff that was in there?

To the stuff that was in My old PC it burn like wood.
2 weeks ago my lovely Video cards and motherboard decided it was time to stop working so I decided it was time for a mayor upgrade...so I came to check with the people that know best... a.k.a "here"
the build that I posted first is actually a build that my brother gave me but since he has been using mac for the last 7 years he told me that he thought that was good and I decided to get a second opinion.

 

[Andres Canelson]

Hi Guys..!!
I have a SATA RAID 0 Hard Drive and Optical Drive that I will use and the old computer had a 750w dell Power supply but I was advised not to use it because it was 5 years old.

If anybody did this before or has any insight on how I should proceed please feel free to speak your mind..

Thanks in Advance

Your HDD:s are SATA drives right? But is DVD SATA drive? New motherboard do support only SATA drves.

Still you can bu y cheaper CPU intel xeon 1230V2 same as the 3770 (only 100MHz slower)
But cheaper. You can put that saved money to GPU.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80637e31230v2
Whith this CPU you can save in MoBo too. and take cheaper B-75 or H-77 MoBo.
Like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gab75md3h
Case newwegg do have today good offer Fractal R4 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4bl
And take SSD you can have SSD for 100-130$ price. (128Gb) and you really have faster working PC.
XFX or corsair is better PSU than corsair. If you thinkin new. 450w is fine. But if plan is go better GPU then maybe better take 550w. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9
XFX 450w: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1450sx2b9
seasonic good 550w http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151119
other really good option for PSU is this:
550w: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-power-supply-fortress550
450w: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-power-supply-fortress450

Your choice to pick what you like best hope you get good parts and have a nice build.

If I am not mistaken the optical drive is also a SATA...
thanks I will have to check on that list to see if anything works for me

 

[False_Dmitry_II]

Well if your current power supply is what killed your old stuff, then it would need replacing for that reason. A power supply with that sort of wattage as was in the original build would be okay for now, but then you'd just have to spend double that for a nicer one as soon as you wanted to run more graphics cards. I'd try and find the best deal on an 80-plus 750 watt psu, to reduce chances of needing to get something else later. Last I saw, microcenter had some good prices on an antec, and I think I saw that one online too.

If you might want to upgrade graphics card from that 7770 soon, then you might want to get a cheap dx10 card from ebay with similar performance for now so it isn't as much wasted money when you go for something better.

 

[Andres Canelson]

Well if your current power supply is what killed your old stuff, then it would need replacing for that reason. A power supply with that sort of wattage as was in the original build would be okay for now, but then you'd just have to spend double that for a nicer one as soon as you wanted to run more graphics cards. I'd try and find the best deal on an 80-plus 750 watt psu, to reduce chances of needing to get something else later. Last I saw, microcenter had some good prices on an antec, and I think I saw that one online too.

If you might want to upgrade graphics card from that 7770 soon, then you might want to get a cheap dx10 card from ebay with similar performance for now so it isn't as much wasted money when you go for something better.

ok then if I am not mistaken I should:
- Get a good PSU so I dont change it later (saving money on the long run)
- I shouldn't downgrade my CPU pick for workload reasons.
- Pick a GPU that I will not have to upgrade in 2 months

 

[False_Dmitry_II]

Well, if you intend to get a better gpu when you have the money, I'd do the first two because those are more likely to stay the same - with some overclocking etc. The gpu I think you should intentionally go for an okay dx10 card on ebay so that you don't spend much right now for pretty good performance that can be replaced later. Like dual 4850's or single something else, just look at the gpu hierarchy chart on this site. Some older cards are going for next to nothing. I know because I was looking at selling a 285 and I'd only get about $60 for it.