SOT: My 1st PC build

JohnnyRoy wrote on 5/7/2012, 5:03 PM

You need to make your wish list public in order for others to be able to see it.

~jr

Randy Brown wrote on 5/7/2012, 5:21 PM

It is marked public Johnny but maybe this will work
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo206/GRB53/newpc2.jpg
Since I posted that I decided to go with the following HDD instead of the SSD listed
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533
Thanks Johnny,
Randy

ushere wrote on 5/7/2012, 5:53 PM

power supply looks a bit under...

just 1 hd?

Randy Brown wrote on 5/7/2012, 6:00 PM

power supply looks a bit under...
What would you suggest my friend?

just 1 hd?
No sir I have plenty of HDDs
Thanks very much,
Randy

Hulk wrote on 5/7/2012, 7:06 PM

Why the S spec low voltage CPU?

That hard drive is about 10 times slower in real world usage. Get the M4 for boot and applications and the old school mechanical for editing.

ushere wrote on 5/7/2012, 7:16 PM

i'm not an expert, but with vid card drawing power along with hd's, etc., at least a 750w from a reputable manufacturer. i'm sure others here know better.

john_dennis wrote on 5/7/2012, 8:10 PM

I bought this power supply for my next build but it will be socket 2011 at a higher Total Design Power.

I was looking at the SeaSonic 650 Gold when this one came on sale recently and it was just too good to pass up. My six-year old SeaSonic 430 is working fine but I won't start a new build with an old power supply. I am likely to add a power hungry video card and possibly an 8-core processor in the future.

Though these are good power supplies, they could be budget-busters.

dlion wrote on 5/8/2012, 8:57 AM

i'd go wit 850 for the power supply. and the crucial m4 128 ssd for boot drive.

Randy Brown wrote on 5/8/2012, 12:26 PM

Thanks very much guys, I've bumped up the power supply and going with a Corsair 180 GB with sata 3 SSD...just ordered through Newegg and stayed under my $1000 budget (with the mail in rebates).
Thanks again,
Randy

Former user wrote on 5/8/2012, 1:28 PM

How about an operating system?

Randy Brown wrote on 5/8/2012, 1:32 PM

I already have Win7 64 Pro but thanks for asking...I've been racking my brain thinking I've forgotten something...hopefully not : )
Thanks,
Randy

DataMeister wrote on 5/8/2012, 9:05 PM

Maybe a flash memory reader like this...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820223103

Randy Brown wrote on 5/8/2012, 9:32 PM

Thanks but I wanted an external and got this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820283009

MikeA wrote on 5/10/2012, 12:01 PM

I like that external card reader. I need to grab one. What are you doing for a case for the PC?

EDIT: Never mind, I see it now. I missed it to begin with...

riredale wrote on 5/12/2012, 5:56 PM

Man, I don't know why some folks are installing monster power supplies.

Buy what you want, but I believe you will be shocked to put a power meter on your system one day and note that even while rendering you are drawing only 300w.

JohnnyRoy wrote on 5/13/2012, 9:19 AM

Randy, Sorry I never got back to this post (it was a busy week) but I wonder why you didn't buy a graphics card for GPU acceleration. I assume you already have one.

I was also going to ask why you didn't go with a Hex-Core? This is what I'm thinking of using for my next build.

~jr

john_dennis wrote on 5/13/2012, 2:12 PM

The big question: Socket 1155 with 22 nm cores or Socket 2011 with more 32 nm cores?

If you're making money and your customers will pay for every cpu cycle you can buy, then the i7 3930 makes a lot of sense. In my case, I do video just to waste money and time. It's a delicate balance. If I waste too much money then I don't get to waste as much time.

Here are two different systems with very similar throughput but different power profiles and different potential future upgrade paths.

Socket 1155

Socket 2011

I have decided the $300 difference between the 3820 and the 3930 makes little sense for me. (More cores in the 3930 means a slight core clock hit). I'm leaning toward the LGA 2011 quad core with the a six or more core upgade when Ivy Bridge comes to that socket. I like the power profile of the 1155 Ivy Bridge (3770K) but video on die seems like a waste considering that I'm likely to have a more powerful nvidea card anyway. I chose this particular ASUS board because it has a PCI slot so I can keep my current sound card. Otherwise, it meets my requirements.

If you're over-clocking, none of this means anything anyway. It's a lottery.