[tech] Catfish update Revision 2 with new monitor

Pradyumn Vij pradyumn.vij at gmail.com
Mon Aug 25 00:15:45 WST 2014


Running these parts and prices past anyone who cares for Committee to
approve on a new desktop for the clubroom.

$1000 limit will be hard to keep with cost of monitor
Build recommendation

*MSY and Dell prices, competition is almost $300 - 400 more expensive*

*New Monitor as recommended by [BOB]*
Dell - UltraSharp U2412M 24 Monitor with LED          $449

*CPU*
Intel 4460 Core i5-4460 3.2GHz 6MB LGA1150    $201

*Motherboard*
Asus H97M-E  $115


*Graphics Card *(only need 2gb as not high resolution display)
Ranked according to fan efficiency.
1. EVGA GTX760 2gb SC ACX      $299
2. Asus GeForce GTX760 OC 2gb  $295
3. Gainward GTX760 2gb               $267 (stock nVidia design)
Card at best price point -
Asus GeForce GTX770 OC 2gb $386

The cost of the above components - $1064

If the following parts are ok won't need them -

*RAM* (maybe, need to run memtest on current RAM)
Kingston Hyper X Fury 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HX313C10FK2/8 $95
G.Skill 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1600MHz - F3-1600C9D-8GAO $98

*Power Supply (need to check rating on current one)*
Corsair CS550M $115
Corsair CS650M $135 (option if using a 770)

*SSD *
Samsung 840 Evo 250gb     $155


Best Case Scenario -
Components required + monitor = $1064
Components required + monitor + SSD = $1219

Dead RAM -
Components required + monitor + RAM = $1162
Components required + monitor + RAM + SSD = $1317

New PSU required -
Components required + monitor + PSU = $1179
Components required + monitor + PSU + SSD = $1374

Worst case scenario -
Components required + monitor + RAM + PSU = $1277
Components required + monitor + RAM + Power supply + SSD = $1432

I personally don't feel that dropping from the nVidia 760 any lower would
make no sense in the mid to long term.
On the contrary paying $90 extra and upgrading to a 770 would be the best
price point for performance however this would likely require a 550W+
powersupply, if the current one is stuffed or underpowered for the build
(under 550W) then my recommendation would be to with a 650W power supply
and a 770 card  however for the cost of ~$110 extra ($20 extra for the 650W
over the 550W and $90 to go up a card).

The need for an SSD is not here nor there and can be upgraded to later if
required, it's just become a standard for build that I do now and the
Samsung EVO range are quite affordable.

I will check the power supply and RAM when I have time this week, may need
to run memtest overnight.


Regards
[VIJ]
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20140825/654c19a5/attachment.htm 


More information about the tech mailing list