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New gaming machine
Not really too sure on specs etc as I'm not really that geeky compared to some on this site but basicaly I'm looking for a high end gaming machine. Fairly much to run Everquest Next Landmark and do some Black Ops gaming on the side. If there isn't enough information I can edit it in. So, what do you think about this:
Gigabyte 1000w power supply
Motherboard: GA-X79-UD3 4 x DDR3 6 x PCI-E 1 x PCI 8 xSATA
Processor: Intel i7-4820k quad core, 3.70 GHz
Graphics card: nVidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB
RAM 16 gig 16000Mhz DDR3
gr-tek wants to charge me $2500 which is a bit too hefty of a price tag as I know there are cheaper options out there. I'm currently in Australia for shop information and would appreciate any input reguarding specs and prices as I'm not really tat comfortable paying $2500 to a site I haven't really heard about before.
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$2500 WTF??? This can be built within $1000 and you don't need a 1000W to power a single GTX760. That's way overkill.
Use this to get prices in USD, dunno about your local prices
http://pcpartpicker.com/
And this for power consumption calculation
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
The budget being in Australian dollars effectively reduces it quite a bit. It's not just exchange rate or even taxes; a relatively remote country with a smaller population has fewer options and less competition to drive down prices.
Are you capable of assembling parts if someone picks them for you? That can save you quite a bit of money.
I am from India and even here it would not cost anywhere near $2500 to build it. I can get it done around $1250-1500 easily.
I'll have to get someone to put it together for me. I knocked some price off it by reducing the power supply to 700w and the graphics card to a NVIDIA GTX 660 but from the computer alliance shop there is no way I can get what I want for under $2000 unless I can put it together myself. 1 $US = 0.95 $AU right now according to my mobile phone.
The input has been appreciated and I certanly hope I'm not over paying which is the only concern I have right now.
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These are priced extremely well considering the pricing of stuff in Aus. I liked this system spec for its price
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=26782&zenid=cbed2726f7f7747b70589c56f0b8ae0c
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You win this thread.
Those are much better hardware configurations than most places would offer in a prebuilt, with a high quality power supply and an SSD included, among other things. Depending on what the original poster is looking to spend, any of these would do nicely:
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=26784&zenid=cbed2726f7f7747b70589c56f0b8ae0c
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=26783&zenid=cbed2726f7f7747b70589c56f0b8ae0c
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=26706&zenid=cbed2726f7f7747b70589c56f0b8ae0c
These links are quite helpful. I would love to get an SSD but perhaps something in the future to think about as my external 500mb SSD which came free with my old computer can't really store much on it.
Went into Alliance and they told me pretty much the same thing that it would be cheaper to build it myself. Ended up talking and getting the price down almost $500 of the asking price.
Processor: Intel Core i7 - 482k 3.7Ghz
Ram: 16 gig DDR3 16000mhs
Graphics card: Nvidia GTX 720 2Gig 2x DVI / HDMI
Hard drive: 2TB standard
Power Supply: 700w
Price: $1547
They told me it had a crap load of fans and was quiet. Thanks heaps for the help the sites made me have a think and kind of know what to ask for next time. Am happy with it considering what I could have paid.
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Why didn't you just buy from the links above man? Seriously, why?
You spent $1500 to buy a PC with GT 720? GT 720 is in Intel Graphics Accelerator Levels.
And you never go to a person who was already trying to rip you off. He just twisted his words and ripped you again.
You asked for advice. You got advice. You ignored the advice and bought something random.
You're doing it wrong.
You still don't know what you bought, even after you bought it. You only list five parts, and several others--some of which matter a lot--go unmentioned. Three of the parts you list don't exist. The other two are vague enough that they could easily be cheap junk of the sort that you definitely don't want.
Never buy a computer until you know exactly what parts it contains. If you have the complete parts list, post it here and let's see it.
If you've placed the order and can still cancel it, you probably should. If you've already got the computer, you may do well to return it.
My configuration:
Processor: AMD FX Unlocked (8core) 3.7GHz, turbo 4.3Ghz
Ram: 16 gig DDR3 16000mhs
Graphics card: Nvidia GTX 660 1Gig 2x DVI / micro HDMI
Hard drive: 2x1TB standard
Power Supply: 700w
Price: $1000
Yep thanks the advice has been a good guide and I mentioned I wasn't as geeky as some here as I'm a designer by trade.
Complete part list:
CPUNIT-I74829K - Intel S2011 Core i7 4820K 3.70Ghz 2 X Quad Core CPU
ACCFANINT-S2011HF - Intel S2011 Heatsink and fan
MOTMSI-X79MA-GD45 - MSI 2S011 MicroATX X79MA-GD45 Motherboard
RAMCRU-4Gx1DDR3 - DDR3 4GB 16000mHZ ram module
HDDSEA-ST2000DM001 - 2TB Seagate 72000rpm SATA 6Gb/s HDD
VIDGIG-N660OC-2GD Gigabyte 2G GTX660 PCle Video Card
REM-NOMONITOR1
CASTJE-VP600M1N2N - Thermaltake ATX Urban S41 Case Black
POWTHE-SP-TTW0356 - 700 Watt Thermaltake LitePower Power Supply
DVDWASU-DRW-24D3S - Asus 24x DRW-24D3ST DVD Writer OEM
REM-SND - Integrated Sound card
REM-NIC - Intergrated Network Card
+ speakers, keyboard (microsoft)
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That is incorrect. The top bin of DDR3 memory that manufacturers sell is 2133 MHz. Some companies that assemble memory modules will test chips and clock some higher than that, but never anywhere near 16000 MHz. I hope that you mean you got 16 GB of system memory in total, with four modules of 4 GB each, and rated at 1600 MHz.
The power supply will probably be all right, but on your budget, I'd have gotten something much nicer. It's quality that I'm concerned about, not wattage. I'd also question spending that much money without getting an SSD. And you definitely put too much of your budget into getting an Ivy Bridge-E system at the expense of other, more important things.
But the computer should be all right for you. This isn't one of the situations that warrant strong "that's a piece of junk" warnings.
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Not just terrible but Christ man why didnt you buy one of those Quiz linked ?!? Better in every way pretty much. Ah well, not bad enough to return / refund but before you drop $1500 + just post what your buying before actually doing it.
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