what is the recommendation ?

iinm, it should the msi b75ma-p45 rm224

cable ur price abit outdated?

Friend,
But XEON e3-1230 slower than i7-3770

if u worry the 100mhz slower has a huge difference, u can opt for e3 1240 v2 another rm150, rm849

that is what i'm trying to say. if the rm150 worth the 100mhz, go for it 

ok so

i5 3570 = 624
h77ma-g43 = 319
4GBx2 = 128
WD Blue 1TB = 234
Seasonic s Bronze 600W = 299
Bitfenix Alpha Merc = 115

Do I need 3rd party cooler?

Hi sifus, i need another rig suggestion for a friend. Mainly for 3d rendering, autocad and photoshop. Her budget is around 2.4. Nothing reuse from old rig, all completely bew but can omit the speakers. Thanks ☺

someone reply me please?? Post before no one replied lol.. with this
Core i3 3220 RM389
MSI H61M-P31-RM149
Kingston 1333 ram 4GB RM64
Sapphire HD7750-RM329
FSP Hexa 500W PSU RM149
WD Caviar Blue 500GB HDD RM140
Lite-On 22x DVDRW RM59
Gigabyte GZ-X Casing-RM59
Acer V193H monitor-RM239

questions:
1) this rig can support gaming graphics at what level?? Especially games like sims 3 and civilization, will it achieve high level graphics or just medium??since you're using 19" monitor,u should be able to play most of the game at ease in high details(not max)

2) the guy who suggested to me.. he gave the processor and graphics card.. but what gb/ghz is that?? i mean the intel i3, how many ghz, and the graphic card how many ghz is that?? lol sorry still newit is 3.3GHz for the CPU..you can easily google on that

3) and seeing i have tight budget of 1.5k-1.6k, can i swap the i3 with something cheaper like amd PHENOM II X2 555 AM3 3.20ghz L2 7MB(whats L2?) RM299.. or A4 3400 dual cores FM1 2.70ghz L2 1MB RM209/A6 3500 triple cores FM1 2.10 L2 3MB RM249 ?? Can someone also explain whats better for gaming the i3 the guy suggested or what i see which is cheaper.. because i also want to buy good speakers and keyboard and mouse..
you can opt to AMD but you can't get better with AMD..even a cheap RM170 Pentium G630 can easily beat phenom II x2
Thanks !!

EDIT: Also I have 1 TB external hard drive. Can external hard drive used as internal?? Like putting it into the motherboard all, as I said I want extra cash to buy other stuff lol

hello sifus..
my friend asks about desktop system
including monitor...
budget >> RM2000

usage: light gaming (maybe angry birds) & some adobe photoshop
can anyone help me suggesting bang per bucks hardware?
thank u very much..

guys, how do i determine whether a mobo support ivy bridge or not? i only know how to check for the processor socket (sorry for the noobness)

You can't simply compared them because they have completely different architectures.
Read more about AMD Bulldozer here:-
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5057/the-bul...g-even-deeper/9
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/10058...ead-performance

The key difference here is how much work each CPU can get done per clock cycle. Intel's Sandy Bridge CPUs are much more efficient at that than any of AMD's processors, which are more competitive with the old Core 2 series as far as instructions completed per clock cycle goes. The result is when running at the same clockspeed, the Intel CPU will be about 20% faster than its AMD counterpart.

[Budget] max 2.5k

[Purpose] Game Games Gaming Gamed

[Hardware that will be reuse from old rig] None, first rig!

[Monitor resolution] Full HD ! Must!  +  Blu-ray drive

[Game or software that use frequently] Game GAmes !!

[Personal Preference Brand] Any

Any recommendation? sorry limited budget but high demand 

bros, i wanna make a new rig. need your kind opinion on d item i planning to get. budget around 2k.
1. Elite 420 casing or equivalent
2. i5 3570k
3. asus p8z77-v pro
4. kingston 1866 8gb
5. cooler gx 650w
6. any decent dvd-rom

GPU n HDD i planning to reuse.

GPU is HD6870 and HDD WD 1tb x 2

purpose: gaming 

and i am open for suggestion. thanks in advance.

Recommendation for 2k gaming rig with monitor

u are right about the hdmi, how ever ts gonna plug the output from gc i'm sticking with h77 series coz of the features, extra sata, lucid virtu
how about

intel core i7 3770 rm907
msi h77ma-g43 rm285
kingston 1333 8gb x2 rm270
intel 330 120gb rm310
wd blue 1tb rm229
???
fsp hexa 500w rm149 (viewnet)
thermaltake commander ms-i snow rm179

monitor u want 1080p or 2560x1440? price different is huge, under 1k for 1080p and near to 2k for 1440p.

mech kb can pick rosewill price around rm3xx

gpu i leave it blank, see which monitor and kb u pick first

[Budget] 2.5-3k

[Purpose] 3d max rendering only

[Hardware that will be reuse from old rig] yes

[Monitor resolution] no need

[Game or software that use frequently] 3d max 2010 ,autocad photoshop illus

[Personal Preference Brand] no

IZZIT THE G.CARD ENOUF FOR RENDERING?

I had 10K to spend. but wanna split to 2 for workstation and laptop. 5K each what spec of workstation and laptop i can get?

I'm doing architecture task like autoCAD and 3D max.