(04-04-2014, 03:49 PM)KHg8m3r Wrote: ......buy a 4670K....... lol, had toNo, I'm not planning to overclock it, really. Though, I don't need the extra cores, ever. Is there a Xeon that's equivalent to the 4670? If anything, though, I plan to REDUCE the stock clock a little bit, so that it doesn't get as hot.
If you don't want/need to overclock, I know someone else here recommended one of the Xeon E3v3 series CPUs. Basically an i7-4770 but cheaper (the E3-1245 v3 is directly equal and cheaper, the E3-1275 v3 is 100Mhz higher but more expensive)
An H87 motherboard will be fine, or an H81. If you think you might want to get an overclockable CPU in the future, get a Z87 (See my updated build in my thread for a Z87 Micro-ATX board)
A small wifi USB dongle will do fine, or just get a card (boards with built-in wifi tend to be more expensive)
I would recommend an Asus screen. We use a variety of screens in our robotics labs, and the Asus screens have lasted the longest and have the most compatibility with our test setups (we have some really funky computer contraptions)
What kind of Asus screen do you recommend? I've had tons of them in line to be bought and used, back when I still believed that I could turn my current computer into a Phenom machine. Also, if it makes any difference, my local library has Asus screens which heat up to dangerous points if you turn the brightness too high (which everyone does), so I really want to know which ones you'd recommend.
(04-04-2014, 06:01 PM)Anti-Ultimate Wrote: Why a 760W PSU for something that only uses 200 Watts under full load?
Excess, when it comes to PSUs, is actually better, unlike most things in a computer (but you probably already knew that, didn't you?). To me, the farther I go above the computer's max pull with the PSU, the better. Especially after my bout with cheap, golden PSUs with "550w dual fans". So, I'm not going to buy an Antec Green 320D for a computer that pulls a full 200w. I would, however, use it for an HTPC which pulls 84w at load, and 12w idle.
I've made some changes. I WAS going to change the GPU for a 780, since I do some GPU-heavy things, but I decided not to when I saw how much higher the price went.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3lSZ2
I replaced the HDD for an SSD (note that I don't need the extra speed of the pro series, I just couldn't get the 250 EVO on newegg anymore, according to PC Part Picker), and I placed in the screen which I was going to get for this computer, originally.
in a perfect world we would all be piles of sand with no ability to form coherent bodies of body