Spec me a rig for a spare Nvidia 570. 24/7 usage.

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Hi all

I've ended up with a spare MSI Nvidia 570 and I'm thinking of building a cheap PC around it for the living room. It would be used for gaming, movies, music and web browsing. Doesn't have to be a power house as it would only be a second PC for relaxed console-style gaming. I would leave it on 24/7 for downloading and possibly running some home security cameras and capture software.

Any suggestions?
Thanks.
 
The thing is the GTX570 is fairy high power-consumption and generate quite a bit of heat, and also you would need a decent 500-600W PSU.

To be honest for your needs, I think you would be better off selling the GTX570 and put the cash toward building a system around the AMD Trinity A10-5800K.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
The thing is the GTX570 is fairy high power-consumption and generate quite a bit of heat, and also you would need a decent 500-600W PSU.

To be honest for your needs, I think you would be better off selling the GTX570 and put the cash toward building a system around the AMD Trinity A10-5800K.
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Agreed. The gtx 570 is way overkill for Lounge gaming. Trinity is your best bet.
 
Ill swap you my 2GB 560ti, its cooler, quieter, cheaper to run and will still easily handle Lounge Gaming.

I currently use it for most games on High. Its has enough power to play Borderlands 2 twice, one on each monitor @1920x1080 for multiplayer via LocalHost Lan for me and my Girlfriend on Medium/High settings with 40+ FPS on each game.

Its the ASUS DCU II 560ti TOP 2GB Edition.
 
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You guys do realise that power consumption isn't really a huge factor as the idle draw of most modern cards is next to nothing (Assuming you have the power saving features enabled).

That considered I'd still have to agree with the others here, sell off the GPU and opt for something based around the Trinity A10.
 
BuToNz said:
You guys do realise that power consumption isn't really a huge factor as the idle draw of most modern cards is next to nothing (Assuming you have the power saving features enabled).
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Actually I was thinking more along the line of heat/temp under load; having lot of waste heat and a full size card would mean removing the option to go for compact build like mini-itx.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Actually I was thinking more along the line of heat/temp under load; having lot of waste heat and a full size card would mean removing the option to go for compact build like mini-itx.
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I suppose it depends on the OP's space restraints, budget and overall expectations for the performance.

Completely agree though, seems silly to have a non-primary build with such an overkill card.
 
Thanks for the input guys. Will give some thought to what you've said about the 570.

I suppose my perspective is that I already have the card and can't really be bothered with the hassle of selling it, and that since I have it I may as well use it, even if it is overkill. I can't really see any disadvantages to using it as I have enough space to house a reasonably small proper PC case. Would it matter if I ran the rig 24/7 if the card was idle? It would only ever be under load when gaming.

So spec-wise I think I'd need:

Motherboard
RAM
HDD (500GB would be fine)
Processor (stock cooler would probably be fine)
PSU
Case

To those who have mentioned completely different systems - would you mind speccing up an example?

Thanks
 
 
 
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