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March 22, 2009, 06:45 PM
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 When In Doubt, Ask HWC.  I really do love this place. Anyway, I apologize in advance for anything that I may say that sounds extremely random, but I believe I've had a bit too much caffeine, and I'm one of those people with an incredibly low tolerance for the stuff. I recently had a thread here about a build I was doing for myself once I get back to the states. A couple of my buddies over here saw that, and decided that they would ask me to build them each a computer. Here's what I've got so far. Rig #1 (USD, Price range $1500-$2000): Case: Aerocool Aeroracer Pro $ 90.00 Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 $ 210.00 CPU: Intel Core i7 920 $ 280.00 Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper N 520 $ 50.00 Thermal Paste: InnovationCooling IC "7 carat"diamond, 1.5g $ 7.00 RAM: OCZ OCZ3X1333LV6GK (3x2GB) $ 97.00 Graphics: EVGA GTX 285 SC $ 360.00 Hard Drives: WD Caviar Black, 640GB $ 80.00 Power Supply: CorsairCMPSU-TX 750W $ 110.00 Monitor: Acer X223Wbd 22" 1680x1050 $ 170.00 Keyboard: Logitech UltraX Silver/Black, Wired $ 19.00 Mouse: Logitech G-5 $ 44.00 Speakers: Logitech Z-2300, 2.1 $ 116.00 Approx. total: $1,633 USD This rig is for a person who is extremely unlikely to modify his computer in any way. The reason these two buddies of mine are not building their own computers is that they don't have a clue how. Buddy #1 is married, and I am trying to keep the price as low as possible for this guy, to allow for some budget headroom. Rig #2 is nearly identical, only with the HAF 932 and a V-8 heatsink instead. Buddy #2 is my roommate, though, so I'm continuing to modify his (he has less "high-price" fear, too ). I'm particularly uncomfortable with the M/B choice, and I'm thinking I could downgrade the PSU a bit and still be fine, regardless of EVGA's card asking for at least "a 750W." I can't help but try and give these guys the best I can. I put this together with an "I'm building this for me, what would I want?" kind of mindset. Anything you guys know about that I could improve on? I trust you all, after the help you all threw into my rig's thread. 
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March 22, 2009, 06:48 PM
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M/B is fine, Case is blah, you could probubly go to a 650w id say maybe lower as its only a single card. G5 mice are great for the price but you could also look at those ocz ones their not bad and a little cheaper. EDIT: Enaberif is a ninja 
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March 22, 2009, 07:03 PM
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March 22, 2009, 07:46 PM
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 Such a vehement reaction, charlie! You actually got a good laugh out of me with that.I see no one else likes the idea of a 400mm side fan here, haha. Really, the case doesn't look that bad. 690 it is. I'll show buddy #1 a couple pictures of it tomorrow or something, and see what he thinks. Buddy #2 specifically chose the HAF, so there's no changing that. I'm still intrigued by the Aerocool case, though. Here I was, wanting to experiment with other brands of cases, and you guys shoot me down, haha. Oh well. Which case did you mean to change the heatsink for? I realize there is a huge fanbase for the TRUE here. . . (I know why, too.) 650W it is for buddy #1, then. Rig #1 v.2: Case: CoolerMaster 690 $ 80.00 Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 $ 210.00 CPU: Intel Core i7 920 $ 280.00 Heatsink: Thermalright TRUE $ 75.00 Thermal Paste: InnovationCooling IC "7 carat"diamond, 1.5g $ 7.00 RAM: OCZ OCZ3X1333LV6GK (3x2GB) $ 97.00 Graphics: EVGA GTX 285 SC $ 360.00 Hard Drives: WD Caviar Black, 640GB $ 80.00 Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-TX 650W $ 90.00 Monitor: Acer X223Wbd 22" 1680x1050 $ 170.00 Keyboard: Logitech UltraX Silver/Black, Wired $ 19.00 Mouse: Logitech G-5 $ 44.00 Speakers: Logitech Z-2300, 2.1 $ 116.00 Approx. total: $1,628 USD All changes are bolded. Saves about $5 ( ). I do agree with the case choice, but I don't believe that buddy #1 really needs the TRUE, to say the least... but that doesn't mean he shouldn't have it. He wanted that mouse, so I left it the same.How's it lookin' from your viewpoint?
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Imo, get the OCZ Vendetta 2. I'm the HDT guy since it's better bang for buck than the TRUE. Btw, keep up the work over at Iraq! I wish you all the best of luck!
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