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| Thread ID: 106668 | 2010-01-18 04:12:00 | First Rig Ever. is this right? | Urban.Pacman (15572) | Press F1 |
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| 849698 | 2010-01-18 09:11:00 | For $926 inc GST delivered you can get the following from computer lounge (best store in nz IMO): AMD Athlon II X2 245 Processor 2.9GHz CPU ASUS M4A77TD AM3 DDR3 Mobo SuperTalent Performance Series 2x2GB DDR3 RAM Raidmax Hurricane Case 500W PSU Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5750 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E Video Card LG GH22NS50 22x OEM Black SATA DVD Writer Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB HDD Or add $180 to upgrade to 3.2GHz Phenom II quad core. But, 2 points as have been mentioned, GPU is more important than CPU for gaming, and if you're going to nuzzle $300 for a CPU you may as well go for Intel Core i5 (mobo will be slightly more expensive as well though). Other option would be to add $100 for a 5770. |
pablo d (15490) | ||
| 849699 | 2010-01-18 09:14:00 | Raidmax Hurricane + PSU 500w Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 The case is fine. The PSU is to be avoided. Buy the case withoit the PSU (you can) and replace it with a Corsair PSU. Change the card to ASUS or Gigabyte. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 849700 | 2010-01-18 11:45:00 | Yeah Raidmax PSU are bad. Get something else like Enermax\Corsair\Antec | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 849701 | 2010-01-18 17:28:00 | Next step up would be the 500w Modular Silverstone for $109, otherwise it will do the job IMO, as long as you don't push its limits. | pablo d (15490) | ||
| 849702 | 2010-01-18 21:45:00 | There's a difference between a PSU being good quality and a PSU that "does the job" Usually ones that just "do the job" do it for anywhere from 1 week to 2 years and then either blow up and take your system with it on the way out or if you're lucky they just slowly die and eventually stop working. A friend of mine had a 2 week old Raidmax which filled the room with smoke. It was actually still going at the time but it's not the kind of thing you want happening. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 849703 | 2010-01-18 21:54:00 | I know, I'd never put a cheap piece of crap like in my system, but I'm lucky enough to be able to afford better. Any cheaper brand of PSU has a risk of failure, so what are you supposed to do if you can't afford an extra $100+ for a decent PSU...not buy a PC? And anecdotal evidence aside, do you actually have any failure rate data for Raidmax PSUs? I'm sure a small enthusiast company like computer lounge wouldn't sell them if they were bouncing back all the time. |
pablo d (15490) | ||
| 849704 | 2010-01-18 23:10:00 | Well personally I either get a cheap something else like video card or RAM and upgrade that later when I get more money. Or just delay my build. No I don't have any failure data on Raidmax PSUs, to be honest I think the one that cooked itself was from a bad batch here at the time. I think there was a thread on here about them... They're probably average, not incredibly bad like some. I guess the big fan helps. I still wouldn't trust one though. Even if the silicon and design are good, the capacitors probably wouldn't last over a couple of years anyway. If they don't overheat and vent they usually dry out instead. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 849705 | 2010-01-18 23:13:00 | It's also easy enough to swap the PSU out with something better a few months down the track, and ditch the old one to some poor schmuck on trademe :D | pablo d (15490) | ||
| 849706 | 2010-01-19 01:23:00 | True, though I would rather have everything powered off something decent from day one. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 849707 | 2010-01-19 01:49:00 | Usually ones that just "do the job" do it for anywhere from 1 week to 2 years and then either blow up and take your system with it on the way out or if you're lucky they just slowly die and eventually stop working. . This months Atmoic MPC mag has an excellent review of various PSUs. The 2 worst failed within 4 minutes. |
pctek (84) | ||
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