A 670 BuildPost Date: 2012-05-19 |
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Astrotechnics 
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 Topic: A 670 BuildPosted: 19 May 2012 at 6:44pm |
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2500 Expectations: Run games at high settings on a 1920x1080 Usage: Gaming and rendering on Vegas 10 Special Needs: A nvidia 670 P.S. I'm not upgrading to sli for a while, but I'll need a decent PSU for dual sli in the far future Edited by Astrotechnics - 19 May 2012 at 6:45pm |
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Asangard
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Posted: 19 May 2012 at 9:44pm |
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Hi Astrotechnics
Here is a system that should meet your needs. Ticket# 690296 Price $2527 See notes below. Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 3820 3.6GHz (Turbo Mode up to 3.8GHz) (Quad Core) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 (Intel X79 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 520 Series) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital/Seagate/Hitachi/Samsung (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB (Includes PhysX) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler (240mm Radiator) (Extreme-Performance Edition) H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: - No Thanks Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks LaserMark: - No Thanks Boost Processor: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Game: - No Thanks Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 10-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty The X79 platform with it's quad channel memory is built for video rendering. So I put in the i7 3820 quad core CPU. The next step up is the 6 core i7 3930 but that is $300 more. The HAF X case is the best case for air cooling. Even though this build has the H100 liquid cooler for the CPU (recommended by DS for X79 systems) all other components will be air cooled. The Corsair 1050HX PSU will handle future SLI and has a 7 yr warranty. I put in the 120GB Intel 520 SSD for drive 1. It's a better drive than the Corsair SSDs and has a 5 yr warranty. For your data drive I used a 1TB HDD. If you don't care about the speed from the SSD and just used the 1TD HDD the cost would drop to $2287. If you then changed the CPU to the i7 3930 your cost would be $2587. Just some options to think about. The graphics card is the GTX 670 per your request. Once again I forgot to add the free T-Shirt. I hope this helps and lets us know what you think.
Edited by Asangard - 19 May 2012 at 9:51pm |
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Astrotechnics
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Posted: 20 May 2012 at 4:49am |
Thank you asangard for the build, I'll be purchasing this mid-summer. So far away ;/ ++ I saw that it's only stage 1 OC why is that? Edited by Astrotechnics - 20 May 2012 at 4:57am |
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kaldoot
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Posted: 20 May 2012 at 5:42am |
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Because 3820 is not an unlocked processor, those have a 'k' after them.
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Asangard
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Posted: 20 May 2012 at 7:48am |
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What kaldoot said is true. If you did drop the SSD and just used the 1TB HDD and changed the CPU to the i7 3930 (which is a K chip) you could go with stage 2 OC. That will add another $20 to the price so your cost would be $2607.
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FrankW
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Posted: 20 May 2012 at 7:53am |
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Hi Astrotechnics,
That is a good build put up by Asangard. The 3820 is only partially locked and DS has been doing a stage 1 OC. If you want a stage two you will have to move up to the 3830K. I would call DS and verify that they are still doing a stage 1 OC on the 3820. One other thing to consider with this build is Win-7 version. With the Home version the software limits the system to 16Gb of memory. With your rendering I don't know if you will ever need more than 16Gb but with this build that is your limit. If you think you might need more than 16Gb then you need to get the Win-7 Pro version. Additional cost: $32. Frank |
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Asangard
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Posted: 20 May 2012 at 8:12am |
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Just to build upon what Frank said. It is cheaper to get Win-7 Pro from the start. You could stay with the Home version and if you find you need more memory down the road you can get what is called Windows Anytime Upgrade. Prices vary but I have seen it as low as $50.
Maybe Alex can chime in an let us know if DS offers Windows Anytime Upgrade for their customers and if so what the cost would be. |
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Astrotechnics
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Posted: 20 May 2012 at 10:35am |
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I might as well use the 3930k :p
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Posted: 20 May 2012 at 5:51pm |
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The Windows Anytime Upgrade service can actually be done on any Windows 7 computer from what I know. Here's a guide from Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/videos/upgrade-to-another-edition-of-windows-7-by-using-windows-anytime-upgrade
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tybalt
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Posted: 22 May 2012 at 10:31am |
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I just bought a ds with 670. I did a lot of research and this was my build 691251 it's a little over 2500 but it's worth it. Was a touch under 3k with tax :-/ btw make sure u get the intel 120g intel 520 series SSd card. U got to click expert... Just found this out today and trying to see if it's not to late to upgrade to it for a extra 30. Intel makes a hella good ssd
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