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virtualTune
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My friend wants a PC after working with macbooks for the last couple years (finally). He asked me to configure it and only gave me a few rules: 

 

- as cheap as possible

- has to have an i7

- has to be able to play Sims 3 and future Generations

- needs 32Gb of RAM

 

He will be using it to edit videos and work in photoshop, alongside a little bit of gaming. 

 

Here is what I came up with:

 

Intel Core i7-3770

Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650Ti BOOST 2GB

Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 32GB CL10 Kit

Seagate Barracuda® 3TB

Samsung SSD 840 Series 250GB

Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 

Corsair TX 650W PSU

ASUS DRW-24B5ST

Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl Vifter

 

Any thoughts? He won't overclock btw. 

 

-vT

 

 

5.1GHz 4770k

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Intel i7-4770K @ 4.7GHz | Corsair H105 w/ SP120 | Asus Gene VI | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP | 2x GTX 780Ti| Corsair 750D | OCZ Agility 3 | Samsung 840/850 | Sandisk SSD | 3TB WD RED | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | Corsair RM850 | ASUS PB278Q | SyncMaster 2370HD | SyncMaster P2450
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-switch to a CL9 kit of ram

-either go with a K series processor or back down to a H77,B75,or Q77 chipset.no point in going with an overclocking enabled platform,and then leave out an overclocking enabled processor.

Linus Sebastian said:

The stand is indeed made of metal but I wouldn't drive my car over a bridge made of it.

 

https://youtu.be/X5YXWqhL9ik?t=552

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What's the budget? Does he really need 32gigs of ram? Has your friend even tried using up 16gigs of ram?

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yes i have talked to him about 16 gigs, but he is really stuck on 32. Maybe it is because I use 32, idk. What H77 board would you recommend then, mvitkun? Also I have no knowledge of any reasonably priced CL9 RAM. Remember we are trying to keep it cheap ;)

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Don't buy from komplett, silly! they overprice their stuff.

 

i7-3770

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-P8H77-V-Motherboard-Support-CrossfireX/dp/B007KZQEGW P8H77-V

 

3 TB Barracuda

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/G-Skill-Ripjaws-Channel-Memory-F3-1866C10Q-32GXL/dp/B007BGWJ1O/ 32 GB Memory

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Series-250GB-Solid-State/dp/B009LI7C9Y/ 250 GB 840

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-NVIDIA-GTX660-PCI-E-Graphics/dp/B0099AOAUI

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fractal-Design-Define-R4-Case/dp/B008NFWNFO/

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004O0P9TO TX650V2

 

Total's about 9,500 NOK

Stuff I have I like: Moto G - Superlux HD681 Evo - Monoprice 9927

90% of what I say is sarcasm.

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Well I live in Germany, I don't know what they have in Norway (wehre he lives). Thanks, I ll check if they deliver to norway :D

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ok so small update: 

Asus P8H77-V 

EVGA GTX 660 TI SC 3Gb (he wants a beast GPU for under 260 pounds)

accounted about 15 pounds for Shipping

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ok so small update: 

Asus P8H77-V 

EVGA GTX 660 TI SC 3Gb (he wants a beast GPU for under 260 pounds)

accounted about 15 pounds for Shipping

7950 > 660 Ti 

at least for gaming.

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ok so small update: 

Asus P8H77-V 

EVGA GTX 660 TI SC 3Gb (he wants a beast GPU for under 260 pounds)

accounted about 15 pounds for Shipping

Most stuff on amazon thankfully have free delivery to entire europe : P - Only thing i would buy from komplett is 900D and such 

Haven't had problems so far, i live in DK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Graphics-Express-Display-Technology/dp/B00BBKO65S

Yay for 20% Off, great deal, performance breaks even with the card you suggested

Stuff I have I like: Moto G - Superlux HD681 Evo - Monoprice 9927

90% of what I say is sarcasm.

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well the nvidia has cuda cores which Adobe uses, so idk about the 7950. 

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well the nvidia has cuda cores which Adobe uses, so idk about the 7950. 

Adobe will be going from Cuda to OpenGL (which the AMD cards uses) acceleration, which means the AMD card just gor alot more interresting for things other than gaming I think.

 

Though I dont know when Adobe will be switching (I actually dont know if they are swithing or they are going to be supporting both cuda and OpenGL..?), maybe it will be in CS7, idk.

(Comming soon)

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thewre wont be CS7 :( just cloud

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I don't see any options on OpenGL in my CS6 Suite

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