Recent content by Aegrus

I understand I won't be able to use the computer until I have a hard drive. I'm just going to wait for a 1 Tb drive to hopefully drop in price. (They're overpriced now due to flooding and buying on speculation in the stock market.)

Huh. Yeah, I think it's a better investment to go with the Asrock Z68 Extreme3, for a price difference of only about $30. So, my rig would now come in (including monitor, OS, antivirus, mouse, etc,) at a fair $1059.00, excluding the HD, which I will wait to buy until they drop in price...

Nah, It was a tough choice, but the contrast ratio on the 24'' monitor is only 20,000:1. The ratio on the 21.5 inch monitor is 12,000,000:1, and got considerable praise in the comments section. Combine that with the price difference, and I choose the 21.5 inch. (Very narrowly, as 25% more...

Is this motherboard compatible and capable of overclocking? It was suggested by another user, and It's within my price range. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687

I have altered my build a bit based on advice here and in other posts. My power supply is now an Antec NEO Eco 620c 620w continuous power ATX 12v v2.3. My case is now the cheaper Cooler Master Haf-912, which will also allow me to overclock more safely. I have cut Norton, and decided on...

Thanks, this has been a ton of help. I will indeed go with The antec power supply, the cooler master (for overclocking), and microsoft security essentials. However, I think i'm sticking with the 21.5 inch monitor. Since It'll take a while to save up money and buy all of this, I'll wait on...

I choose Norton because I find it pretty easy to use, and I haven't had any bad experiences with it. The ecogreen F2 Hard Drive I chose because I was trying to cut costs, and it was the cheapest 1 tb drive that I could find. The Corsair 650 watt I thought was low grade beacause of it's cheap...

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Good build. However, I actually have a full build. (complete, to the best of my knowledge.) I was more just curious about the CPU. (I took the i5 2500k suggestion.) My build is listed under the General Hardware category, in case anyone wants to critique it.

I'm new to pc gaming, and I've been doing research to build my first desktop pc, which will hopefully be powerful enough to max Skyrim. Note, I want to max Skyrim without or with very little antialiasing. The following is a list of all the parts I plan to buy. I have yet to actually purchase...

I have a gpu already. It's a Radeon HD 6950 2 gb, and I think I'm going with the i5 2500k for a cpu.

Thanks, everyone. And I'll into the i5 2500k. 6870 and 6850. . . aren't those graphics cards? Also, I can't use parts from my old rig because I have no old rig. :awe: This will be my first attempt to build a gaming pc. Up until now, I've been happy with a ps3 console and a older laptop, but a...

My budget for a Cpu is listed above, at $150. I am, however, very flexible on that. For the entire Pc, it's $1200. For an OS, I'm thinking Windows 7 premium.

I'm building a pc to max Skyrim, though with little or no Antialiasing. I intend to buy a Radeon HD 6950 2gb. If it is not bottlenecked by other parts and it has an adequate power supply, will it be able to run Skyrim maxed? Could it run Skyrim maxed if it were overclocked? If it could...

My question is pretty simple: is there a reason to buy a high quality motherboard for a pc intended strictly for gaming? If I try to max a game such as Crysis, Skyrim, or anything else high-spec on a terrible motherboard, what are the consequences? An example of a terrible mobo is the Asus...