A ssd allows you to load faster in games.

SSD = Solid State Drive. No moving parts and way faster than a regular spinny drive.

Nothing wrong with the WD Green drive if you're using them for storage. I have 2 of them and they're fine. If you only plan on using the single regular drive get a 1TB WD Black instead.

Yeah i was planning on the black

NCIX Gaming Bundle Deal Intel Core i5 3570K Quad Core & ASUS P8Z77-V Lk SLI DDR3 Motherboard - Bundle Deals - 3570K & P8Z77-V LK
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/BDL_3570K_Z77VPRO

Saw these bundle and it looks good
Any thoughts?
Leaning more towards the ncix one

that ncix one isn't bad for price..if you are only doing mild-moderate overclocking it's decent
memory express bundle isn't really a bundle deal..pretty much retail pricing

CASE: MSI Interceptor Series Nighthawk ATX Mid Tower Case 4X5.25 6X3.5INT 2X120MM 200MM USB3.0 *No PS* $50 (NCIX)
RAM: AMD MEMORY Performance Edition 8GB PC3-12800 CL8 DDR3 SDRAM Kit (2 x 4GB) $40 (ME)
CPU & MOBO: NCIX Gaming Bundle Deal Intel Core i5 3570K Quad Core & ASUS P8Z77-V Lk SLI DDR3 Motherboard $350 (NCIX)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Fermi 732MHZ 1280MB GDDR5 2XDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card $250 (ME)
PSU: Coolermaster Extreme Power Plus 700W ATX 12V V2.3 Silent Power Supply 20/24PIN 120MM Fan $70 (NCIX)
HARD DRIVE: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 16MB Cache 7200RPM 3.5IN SATA Internal Hard Drive OEM $68 (ME)
WATER COOLING: Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H80 High Performance CPU Cooler System LGA775 1366 1156 1155 AM2 AM3 $90 (ME/NCIX)
SOUND CARD: ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channel PCI-E Sound Card 24BIT Dolby Digital 116DB SNR W/ Low Profile Bracket $60 (ME)

a bit over my budget, its 1100 after tax qq, should i take out the 570 for a 560?
all the stuff from ME is price matched already

which cooler would be better? the corsair one above, or this? their the same price

http://secure1.ncix.com/products/?sku=60587

going to the ncix warehouse sale tonight and going to see what i can get

so came back and got quite a bit at the sale

CASE: Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 $65
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS P8Z68-V Pro GEN3 $80
GPU: MSI N570GTX Power Edition OC $245
PSU: Corsair enthusiast Series TX650 $60
SOUND CARD: ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channel PCI-E $40
HARD DRIVE: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB $60

still got to pick up a 3570k, thermaltake 2.0 pro water cooling, memory, and an asus dvd drive

Why would you get a water cooling kit if you dont plan on OCing your rig????
The ASUS P8Z68-V Pro GEN3 has onboard sound card, you dont really need to buy a sound card..


what is the benefits of the Cache drive over an SSD drive..
from what I understand, the cache drive (in conjunction with a spiny drive) makes it act as a SSD, but they are reletively the same price, isnt it better to get an SSD?

unless if you have a large capacity drive, like 500gb+.. but what would the read/write speeds be?

right now Im using the WD Raptor 300gb drive as my main drive, for the same price as an SSD, would the Crucial Adrenaline 50gb be better to get over an acutal SSD drive?

i do plan to oc it, and i got the sound card because it was 60% off and i really like music so why not.

and there were no ssd's at the sale, but going to look out for one in the near future because right now i'm only using the drive for storage

a bit of a newb queston here... but if you have a water cooled system does that mean your system won't make any fan noises at all? any other benefits to watercooling?

I started testing cache drives vs Intel's Smart Response. The cache drives are faster, so I recommend them over using a small SSD and Intel's software.

BTW going back to a mechanical HDD for the first time in a while, you realize how fucking SLOW they are... my god! Every little thing takes longer, as it chugs away noisily. Seriously, HDDs are a relic of the past

just got back and ended up getting air cooling instead of water
will update with pics when im done

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5IN SATA3 6Gbps SandForce SF-2281 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD - OCZ Technology - VTX3-25SAT3-120G


Just want to double check! It looks like a sweet deal, but it almost sounds too good to be true... is this good for a SSD?

fffffffff
it doesn't work, somethings wrong, but me and my friends don't know what yet, theres so many possibilities.
going to retry tomorrow

Yes. It reduce noise as you don't have a fan on the block but you still have a fan cooling the radiator. As well you might get a bit of pump noise that's circulating the fluid.

I wouldn't say too good to be true. Prices are coming down and the vertex 4 has already been released. Good price overall though. Just make sure it's got the latest firmware update on the drive if you decide to get it.

doesnt Intels smart response utilizes the SSD cache drives? or does it only used a mechanical drive and makes part of it a cache drive?

Sorry I don't understand what you're asking

so either my psu or my mb is broken, friend took my motherboard and cpu and is going to try with his psu

Shorn, if I were you, I would get at least a 500w psu for that system. The video card pulls about 200 watts alone, leaving you only 200w for the rest of your system. I'm sure the power supply will run your computer, but you'll be straining it all the time. Your 400w psu isn't gonna be running at the optimum efficiency, so you'll actually be paying more for your electricity bill (compared to a 500-550w psu) and the fan on your power supply will be ramped up all the time.

And I'm pretty sure the OP knows that the motherboard has onboard audio. It's just that a sound card offers much much better sound quality than onboard. I'm pretty sure you would notice if you heard a computer with a good sound card, especially with good speakers.

Let me know what you guys think of these two setups:




What do you guys think is a better deal.. everythings' already been price matched roughly on the second option (which is why windows 7 is cheaper etc.). Anything you guys would swap out for better / cheaper parts that still perform well?

Again.. not a hardcore gamer.. just want something that will last a couple years .. D3 , maybe some FPS's etc.

Thanks!

The videocard doesn't always pull 200W. That's only on full load which most of the time it isn't.

not sure if i should trust jesus or not :pokerface:

but even if it is enough i probably will get the 500w then.. i'd prefer it to be more quiet most of the time

wow my motherboard doesn't support ivy bridge.
also i don't know anyone with a sandy bridge cpu so that i can use it and upgrade the BIOS on my mb
gg

If you take it back to NCIX I'm sure they'll be able to flash it for you for free. Kinda odd though. A refurb motherboard would usually come back with the latest BIOS update.

theres hope! :fullofwin:
i'll call them tomorrow and ask