No no no no no.
What happens is that the parts of the game that are CPU intensive will run slower than whatever the graphics-intensive parts are running at, thus bringing the whole system down. Ditto goes for vice versa and for slow RAM.
No no no no no.
What happens is that the parts of the game that are CPU intensive will run slower than whatever the graphics-intensive parts are running at, thus bringing the whole system down. Ditto goes for vice versa and for slow RAM.
It should fit, but thats going to be quite a hot toaster.
Fair enough, but yes, you would need a decent cooling fan
Sorry I haven't been able to update this in a while guys, I should be able to do it this weekend.
Shuttle SX58H7 Intel X58 Barebone - Retail
$710
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
$230
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D - Retail
$166
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail
$289
EVGA 01G-P3-1281-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
$350
Total: $1745
Thoughts? I'm not buying a computer for at least 3 months (when I start working) but I'm starting to look at what's available. I'm trying to make a Shuttle one because my last computer I could hardly carry.
I'm most iffy about the HDD (because I'm not sure it's necessary) and the GFX card (because I haven't been following the latest releases too well).
Target budget: under $2000.
Originally Posted by TheGhost
Mine aswell get a 1TB HDD because they're about $120 cheaper. They may run at a 7200.1RPM, but you seriously can't notice the difference between the 10000RPM and 7200RPM
Here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...4340&name=32MB
If you decide to pick something from this list instead, don't let it be the 1.5TB Hard Drive. They're unstable from what I've heard.
Oh, also are you sure 500W will be enough? and you may want to worry about the heating of that beast inside a barebones.
other than that. It looks fine and dandy.
Last edited by AAA; May 17th, 2009 at 09:36 PM.
As a former user of a 10k RPM hard drive, yes you can notice the difference.
Where have you heard that 1.5TB hard drives are "unstable"?
And no he will have to get a different power supply, the minimum for the GTX 285 is 550W.
E: And about the cooling. Yes, you probably should get a different case (yes, I know it comes with the motherboard), maybe something that is a little bit bigger. That looks like there is hardly any space, and that the only fans are the ones for the PSU and some other very small fan. I can't exactly imagine the temperature inside of it being reasonable.
Last edited by Xetsuei; May 17th, 2009 at 10:35 PM.
The Velociraptors don't seem all that fast until you have to use a slower drive again.
Ghost you could try out one of the SSDs as well. Intel's may be out of your price range, but OCZ vertex is said to be quite a solid drive that doesn't suffer from random read/write issues.
Make sure the i7 is a D0 stepping, they are more stable and overclock better
There are currently 7 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 7 guests)
Posting Permissions
TheGhost
Bookmarks