Computer specs.

shyguyfilms

shyguyfilms

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I know this topic has been beaten to death, but I wanted to get the communities advice before I went ahead and started purchasing components for a new desktop.
Basic specs are as follows:

Asus sabertooth x58 LGA 1366 X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX motherboard
Intel core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz processor
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 SDRAM
Zotac AMP! ZT-50402-10L GeForce GTX550 Ti 1GB Video Card
Western Digital Cavair Blue 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s HDD for OS (dual booting Win. 7 and Ubuntu)
Western Digital Cavair Black 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s HDD for file storage/etc.
ATX Mid-tower case
XCLIO STABLEPOWER 500W ATX power supply.

I'm planning on loading the Adobe CS5 suite (photoshop, after effects, premier, etc) onto this machine as well as run Blender 3D for CG work I'll be messing around with in the future.

I've put desktops together before, I've just never gone through and done the whole 'sourcing parts' before, so I'm not 100% how this aspect of the process goes, let alone how this will all work together.
 
That board supports triple-channel RAM, so you should go with that. You'll get sticks in threes instead of pairs. Go for 12 GB.
 
yup, go with the 12 gb ram. The i7 960 is great, I have one and love it.
Also, get a bigger disk for your os'es. like 320 or so.
 
i would take a look at the i7 2600k.
supported graphics cards for gpu acceleration, adobe lists the gtx 285, 470, 570, and 580. not sure if that is important to you or not.
 
Awesome! Thanks guys!

I've updated the processor to the i7 2600, the HD for OS's is now a 320GB (same price as the 80GB HD?), and changed the graphics card to a GIGABYTE Super Overclock Series GV-N470SO-13I GeForce GTX 470 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16.

The only major price difference was the graphics card, which added about $100 to the total cost.

Thanks again everyone.
 
shyguyfilms said:
Awesome! Thanks guys!

I've updated the processor to the i7 2600, the HD for OS's is now a 320GB (same price as the 80GB HD?), and changed the graphics card to a GIGABYTE Super Overclock Series GV-N470SO-13I GeForce GTX 470 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16.

The only major price difference was the graphics card, which added about $100 to the total cost.

Thanks again everyone.
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i should note the 2600 and 2600k are both lga 1155. the 960 you were looking at initially is lga 1366. you'll want to make sure your motherboard is compatible.
 
I wonder how much difference there is in the real world performance of the i5 2400-2500 vs. the i7 2600? I've seen the charts... and for a from scratch DIY build, I'm sure the price difference is well worth it at typically i5 2400 = $190, i5 2600 = $210, and i7 2600 = $300... but let's say in the case of something like a bare-bones system that comes with windows 7 64bit, but not much else?

Slightly OT but there is/was a dell deal running on the Vostro 460... and they charge a $190 premium to go from i5 2400 to i7. I've been struggling with an old system that can't handle anything I throw at it... and I'm trying to figure out a minimalist solution (on the cheap) to upgrade.

With dell's recent promos you can get a 460 w/ i5 2400, 500gb SATA, 4gb ram (which you can supplement or replace since ram is so cheap right now)... and a 23" IPS 1080p monitor... for about $500... which is like getting the "starter box" with windows 7 64 bit... for only $300... with room to upgrade from there later.

Is this a bad idea? I'm talking cheap here... not best... but capable option (with eventual upgrades)?
 
Don't get that, make sure to get the newer Core i7 2600K and a mobo with p67 or z68 chipset. You want to use the newest Sandy Bridge processors, they are a big jump for Intel. Do some research on www.anandtech.com
 
Look into a 128gb SSD as the boot drive and 2x Hitachi 5600rpm 3tb drives for storage - run them mirrored in windows - you'll have 2.7tb redundant storage internally. 5600rpm might seem slower, but I attain similar read/write speeds due to their density as the 1tb WD black they replaced in my machine.

ditto on 12gb ram.
600w-700w PSU
 
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