bachmanmeister
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- May 3, 2015
So recently a friend of mine gave me three dell vostro 420s that had various problems (broken power buttons, faulty PSUs, hdds etc.) and I took it upon myself to repair the machines, keep one for personal use, and sell the other 3. In the process I learned a lot about computer hardware in general and bios functions and such. The machine I kept i quickly upgraded the unit with some craig's gear and ebay auctions (SSD on pci enabled sata3, CPU modded Xenon, budget craig's radeon sapphire hd 5770, 6gb ram, etc.).
It was a lot of fun, and I was astonished by the increase in performance running windows 7 64 bit and I think I caught the bug. So i sold that machine, and decided to start from a better motherboard on the same socket set since it was so cost effective.
-Keep in mind my goal is to have a stable home machine that will run as my entertainment center, school machine, work machine, and moderate gamer. (I enjoy LoL, TF2, WoW, but may purchase the next halo if it comes out etc.)
So here is what I have purchased thus Far:
Sentey mid size full atx case with large side fan and led temp readouts.
Gigabyte GA-EP45-Ud3P Motherboard - I hear its about as good as it gets on this chipset, and it was 60 bucks brand new.
Intel Xeon 5470 3.3ghz Quad
I have a bid on 4x2gb OCZ 1066mhz ram.
I have a sapphire radeon hd5770 around so havent purchased a graphics card yet.
64gb samsung SSD on Sata 3 via PCI sata 3 adaptor w/ windows 7 (I know its small but I can keep my drives clear)
lying around I have an optical drive to get started, but I plan on upgrading to blue ray.
Storage and component questions.
I'm looking for cost effective solutions for a Hard Drive w/ a backup solution. (1TB should be more than enough)
looking for tried and true high quality Sound card and optical drive w/ blue ray that can be had for under 40$ each
PSU-GPU-CPU (OC)-Ram(OC)
I really want to push this processor as far as stable, my goal 4.2+, and I know 4.0 is achievable on a very basic OC setup.
Am I buying the Right RAM? I think i heard 1066 mhz is what you want my board has a data bus speed of 1600 and supports 1366mhz ram but which ram will clock up better.
Cost effective GPUs, should I buy another compatible to crossfire with my current one? Or is their an upgrade under 60$ that would outperform that.
PSU- What are some Great Tried and true PSUs that would allow me to push this machine to it's stable limit. Would probably want 2x pci ex and modular would be dope. There is a 100$ 800w modular gold corsair unit on craig's should I jump on it?
Really look forward to feedback as a first time poster. Can't wait to meet you guys and I will most likely keep this thread updated as I continue my project, I should be putting the build together beginning this up and coming weekend.
It was a lot of fun, and I was astonished by the increase in performance running windows 7 64 bit and I think I caught the bug. So i sold that machine, and decided to start from a better motherboard on the same socket set since it was so cost effective.
-Keep in mind my goal is to have a stable home machine that will run as my entertainment center, school machine, work machine, and moderate gamer. (I enjoy LoL, TF2, WoW, but may purchase the next halo if it comes out etc.)
So here is what I have purchased thus Far:
Sentey mid size full atx case with large side fan and led temp readouts.
Gigabyte GA-EP45-Ud3P Motherboard - I hear its about as good as it gets on this chipset, and it was 60 bucks brand new.
Intel Xeon 5470 3.3ghz Quad
I have a bid on 4x2gb OCZ 1066mhz ram.
I have a sapphire radeon hd5770 around so havent purchased a graphics card yet.
64gb samsung SSD on Sata 3 via PCI sata 3 adaptor w/ windows 7 (I know its small but I can keep my drives clear)
lying around I have an optical drive to get started, but I plan on upgrading to blue ray.
Storage and component questions.
I'm looking for cost effective solutions for a Hard Drive w/ a backup solution. (1TB should be more than enough)
looking for tried and true high quality Sound card and optical drive w/ blue ray that can be had for under 40$ each
PSU-GPU-CPU (OC)-Ram(OC)
I really want to push this processor as far as stable, my goal 4.2+, and I know 4.0 is achievable on a very basic OC setup.
Am I buying the Right RAM? I think i heard 1066 mhz is what you want my board has a data bus speed of 1600 and supports 1366mhz ram but which ram will clock up better.
Cost effective GPUs, should I buy another compatible to crossfire with my current one? Or is their an upgrade under 60$ that would outperform that.
PSU- What are some Great Tried and true PSUs that would allow me to push this machine to it's stable limit. Would probably want 2x pci ex and modular would be dope. There is a 100$ 800w modular gold corsair unit on craig's should I jump on it?
Really look forward to feedback as a first time poster. Can't wait to meet you guys and I will most likely keep this thread updated as I continue my project, I should be putting the build together beginning this up and coming weekend.
