High End Parts List / Basic Rig Building Tips #2

[PureOwnage]

Change that GTX 460. It's the superclocked edition. This is the original 460.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130562

NOTE: It comes with a trial version of Starcraft 2 for a limited time

Maybe some information about Firewire, SATA, and USB 3.0?

Add that nvidia supports 3D (however additional parts are required.)

 

[codemonkey]

>Change that GTX 460. It's the superclocked edition. This is the original 460.

Considering this is the high end list I think superclocked is a very good thing.

SC2 trial deal won't be around much longer.

>Maybe some information about Firewire, SATA, and USB 3.0?

Uneeded imo.

>Add that nvidia supports 3D (however additional parts are required.)

Will do.

 

[Samuraid]

Just a couple tweaks.

"SATA III" is not a serial ATA specification. The correct name for it is "SATA 6Gbps"

32-bit systems can support more than 4GB of RAM through Physical Address Extension (PAE). However, individual processes on 32-bit systems will always by limited to 2GB of address space (windows) or 4GB of address space (linux), or 4GB (windows) if they are large-address-aware.
Also, most home versions of windows do not support more than 4GB of RAM in 32-bit mode even if PAE is enabled.

The Intel X25-M/V G2 SSDs (linked in the first post) all support TRIM, as of late October 2009, with a revised firmware posted a few months later.

 

[codemonkey]

Just a couple tweaks.

"SATA III" is not a serial ATA specification. The correct name for it is "SATA 6Gbps"

32-bit systems can support more than 4GB of RAM through Physical Address Extension (PAE). However, individual processes on 32-bit systems will always by limited to 2GB of address space (windows) or 4GB of address space (linux), or 4GB (windows) if they are large-address-aware.
Also, most home versions of windows do not support more than 4GB of RAM in 32-bit mode even if PAE is enabled.

The Intel X25-M/V G2 SSDs (linked in the first post) all support TRIM, as of late October 2009, with a revised firmware posted a few months later.

Thanks for the info. Updated accordingly. :thup:

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Also removed the socket 771 since it is only for Intel Xeon (server processors).

 

[PureOwnage]

Ok thanks. I would recommend putting both links (the non-superclocked edition barely fit my budget so it's good for budget builders) for both graphics card versions. Plus you could just overclock to get the superclocked edition's speed. It's 20$ cheaper. More like 20$ non wasted money with overclocking.

BTW, the trial promo lasts until 12/31

Free Starcraft2 trial coupon w/ purchase, ends 12/31

 

[codemonkey]

Ok thanks. I would recommend putting both links (the non-superclocked edition barely fit my budget so it's good for budget builders) for both graphics card versions. Plus you could just overclock to get the superclocked edition's speed. It's 20$ cheaper. More like 20$ non wasted money with overclocking.

BTW, the trial promo lasts until 12/31

I added it. The problem is if you overclock it you lose the warranty.

 

[Exfiltrate]

950 is the most popular option for builds now...

Removed Intel Core i7 Extreme 965, also changed the discontinued Phenom II X4 810 to the 925. Also changed the Core i7 950 to 960.

I would keep the i7 950 in there, right now it is the most popular option for high performance builds. (since it is about $300)

 

[codemonkey]

I would keep the i7 950 in there, right now it is the most popular option for high performance builds. (since it is about $300)

Due to price drops that's fair enough, I've also added the 875K because it's unlocked.

And I also added the Phenom II X4 970.

 

[codemonkey]

Added the AMD Radeon HD 6850 and the AMD Radeon HD 6870.

 

[codemonkey]

Removed the Core i7-930, it no longer exists. Also the GTX 580 should be coming out soon.

 

[tooltiperror]

Fedora should be removed from list. srsly. it's a joke.

And add ArchLinux.

 

[ReVolver]

Fedora should be removed from list. srsly. it's a joke.

And add ArchLinux.

ArchLinux is more for people who have too much time on their hands, Fedora and friends are premade linux distributions for those who don't have time.

 

[tooltiperror]

Hardly. A few [ljass]pacman -s[/ljass] calls and one GNOME later, and you've got a much better version of Ubuntu. Fedora and Ubuntu are hardly linux.

 

[codemonkey]

I've added Arch as I like it personally too, but Fedora is still a major distribution that should be considered.

 

[Romek]

The new Intel Core i7-2600K and i5-2500K are amazing. Especially the former, which seems to top the i7-980X Extreme Edition in performance, at about a third of the price.

 

[Slapshot136]

Especially the former, which seems to top the i7-980X Extreme Edition in performance, at about a third of the price.

where does it do that?

but yea, it's time to add the newest intel CPU's to the list

 

[Romek]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/1

 

[Slapshot136]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/1

I wouldn't really say it "beats it" as those tests are media-heavy/biased which really just plays on the integrated graphics, but w/e they are very close results, and not close in price

 

[PureOwnage]

Needs an update.
Add the new nVIDIA GTX 560 Ti. It costs 250$ and is the new GTX 460 on the market.