[Asrathiel]

Originally Posted by Drgoose

it's more that I just hate seeing appliances left on when not in use. People should atleast put them in sleep mode, but off is still better (that goes for monitors too). When I leave work, I go around and turn everyone's towers and monitors off. Lazy so-and-sos.

Unplug your phone charger when you're not using it then afaik it's still using power

[[TA]LoSt]

You can get ideas from HERE too.

My only recommendation would be prioritizing a better graphics card over the SSD, especially since it's only 60GB and you're going to have a beast processor/RAM anyway. Still, your setup is fine either way. ^_^

[rizE]

If your spending that much money may as well get a soundcard, onboard is balls

[Asrathiel]

Originally Posted by rizE

Why do you need 16GB RAM ?

Originally Posted by Drgoose

The 16 GB of ram is work related

there you go! ^_^

[rizE]

yeah i skimmed across the bottom part until i read it again

[mGGDrGooSe]

Re: the Radeon vs Nvidia debate, all I can say is that I have had both and never had a problem with either (actually, post XP I've never had a hardware problem fullstop. I still have old 10GB HDD and 8x CD drives that work fine). I've put the Radeon there atm because it's the best value for money in current stock. But if I'm waiting for the new Kepler cards to come out, then I'll likely get a 570 assuming they come down in price.

[nirvAnA]

In before sheepy

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TCPLemminks:

Tell him to post in my thread

[Gibber]

I see some answers here saying that you should wait to upgrade because such and such is around the corner blah blah blah. I know that sounds pretty logical, it actually isn't.

The reason I say this is because in nearly every instance I could say that exact above every time someone comes my way with a new computer build I could say you should wait.

Well you shouldn't, because in my experience there isn't a right or a wrong time to buy with computers because the simple fact of the matter is that its out of date before it even gets the retailer. So just buy what you want when you want it, because I'm sure as hell that the system you listed will do everything that you demand of it. Everything.

[mGGDrGooSe]

Originally Posted by Gibber

I see some answers here saying that you should wait to upgrade because such and such is around the corner blah blah blah. I know that sounds pretty logical, it actually isn't.

The reason I say this is because in nearly every instance I could say that exact above. Every time someone comes my way with a new computer build I could say you should wait.

Well you shouldn't, because In my experience there isn't a right or a wrong time to buy with computers because the simple fact of the matter is that its out of date before it even gets the retailer. So just buy what you want when you want it, because I'm sure as hell that the system you listed will do everything that you demand of it. Everything.

Agreed 100%. When Ivy brdige comes out, the Sandy bridge systems wont go down by more than maybe $50 for CPU and probably not much if anything for Mboard. However, I'm hoping that when the Keplar cards come the 560 Ti will come down to $200 (Ideally I'd like the 570 to come down to around $250 but i dont think will happen for a few months). This is why I generally only upgrade when the computer stops doing what I need it to do. In this case it's another's computer that has stopped doing it and I want an upgrade so I can pass this computer on. Basically there is a 50/50 chance of me getting something tomorrow, otherwise I'll wait for the 560/570s to come down in price.

[NOM]

Don't really need a sound card. I have a similar board and it has a built in hd sound card in it. Sounds amazing. most other built in sound cards are poo though.

[Asrathiel]

So we going computer shopping tomorrow or not??

[mGGDrGooSe]

Parts have been purchased. Build is in progress. CPU coolers are the most fiddly damn thing ever.

[TCPLemminks]

GL Mate^^
Didn't Nvidia release a driver update that killed their graphics cards a while back?

Also are Western Digitals that bad? Cause I have this one in my current build

[Hydroid]

Originally Posted by TCPLemminks

Didn't Nvidia release a driver update that killed their graphics cards a while back?

Yep, they did. Although it was an isolated set of cases with a specific model of cards (can't remember which one) but it caused the fan to stop working and the card would burn itself out. I don't remember it killing too many cards, but it definitely happened.

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by TCPLemminks

GL Mate^^
Didn't Nvidia release a driver update that killed their graphics cards a while back?

Also are Western Digitals that bad? Cause I have this one in my current build

No. all manufacturers of all products will have bad items. I've just been unlucky with western digital in the past, and my preference will be for other brands. Im just pointing out that it's silly to take a personal anecdote for reliability and beat it into every internet random.

[Asrathiel]

Originally Posted by Drgoose

CPU coolers are the most fiddly damn thing ever.

And motherboard screws?










Sorry

[Antel0pe]

lol, nvidia makes high end graphics card, but AMD's graphics card have the better bang for buck. (at least in the hd6XXX and the HD5XXX)
AMD doesn't aim to be the best performance card IMO, they aim to be the best Value:Performance card.

[IcedTea]

I think getting a sound card is a good choice. If you have a 5.1 system, it'll sound much better with the correct sound card to support it.