$1,500 to spend...need gaming computer

[FuxyMuxy]

i need a new rig for $1,500 or less... i have until November 5th to decide so if someone could give me a rough idea of wat i should be expecting to get with 1,500 it would be nice..im gonna be waiting till november 5th but i want to just get a parts list and change it as i go on..
thanks

o yeah...

i dont need monitor...
ill handle all the mice and keyboard kinda things..and if theres any money left over, i guess speakers would be good..

 

[dsd17]

I love my 20" Intel iMac : ) It plays WoW wonderfully!

 

[FuxyMuxy]

eh.i hate macs. i dont even know why but they just piss me off..i need a custom built PC though..

o yeah...

is WoW worth it? im not even sure i like mmomrpg or w.e. but i have Guild Wars and i get addicted sometimes...but im not sure if ill like WoW. is the $15 a month worth it?

 

[Hal0]

with display ?

 

[pkme2]

IMO, My recommendation is to wait until after Dec 25th. The RAM prices now are ridiculous. Buying 2GB of High End Memory costs about $350. One has to buy less expensive RAM, and I wonder if you want to settle for less. Less quality, less computer.

The RAM manufacturers are really sticking it to the buying public since the C2D buying frenzy is on.

If you're rich and have all the money in the world, there's no way to dissuade you. I can just see those corporate people shaking hands like the oil guys when gas prices was out of sight.

See gas prices dropping, maybe that could happen to RAM.

It's up to you.

 

[ORGANDONOR]

there is no way i am paying for 2Gb ram what i payed for my ds3 AND 6300.. i will be waiting however long it tales for prices to drop again

 

[ProSlayer]

Are computer sales generally better before or after Christmas? What about Black Friday?

 

[ORGANDONOR]

Originally posted by: ProSlayer
Are computer sales generally better before or after Christmas? What about Black Friday?

i would guess after

 

[FuxyMuxy]

well the thing is...my parents are going to get me a monitor for my bday (november 5th) and on thanksgiving my sister's friend is coming back from college and he is the one who is gonna build it for me..so i was hoping to have everything bought on the 5th or so..cuz ive been waiting a long time and i really wanna get a new one soon...

im not gonna be overclocking so i dunno if i need the top of the line Ram or not..

i just put a build together and it only totaled 1,350...
e6600
DS3
2GB DDR2 675 (*???)
CoolerMaster case
Antec PSU
CD drive thing
eVga 7900GTO
Seagate 7200.10 320 GB HD...

anything i should upgrade?

 

[benplaut]

what's your mobo?

 

[benplaut]

here's a nice system.... take off the monitor and it's about $1500. Made by a friend of mine, he really likes it
http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wis...cWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=3624528

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: benplaut
here's a nice system.... take off the monitor and it's about $1500. Made by a friend of mine, he really likes it
http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wis...cWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=3624528

$1500 for a s939 system?

 

[rikai]

Yeah... That'd be my computer he linked. I built earlier this year, before the AM2 platform was mature, and before the M2N hot the market. I'm kicking myself in the rear now... Thinking of seeing how much i can get from these and upgrading.

It is a nice setup though, and you can easily switch over to the new stuff.
Just switch out the A8N32-SLI for the M2N32-SLI Deluxe or if you REALLY feel like splurging, the M2N32-WS Pro.
The s939 cpu for the AM2 Equivelant.
And the DDR memory for the DDR2 version.

You actually end up paying 29 bucks less if you take advantage of that mail in rebate for that memory, and get a more modern computer.


By the way... the Samsung 204B is an absolutely amazing monitor for that price point.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: FuxyMuxy
well the thing is...my parents are going to get me a monitor for my bday (november 5th) and on thanksgiving my sister's friend is coming back from college and he is the one who is gonna build it for me..so i was hoping to have everything bought on the 5th or so..cuz ive been waiting a long time and i really wanna get a new one soon...

im not gonna be overclocking so i dunno if i need the top of the line Ram or not..

i just put a build together and it only totaled 1,350...
e6600
DS3
2GB DDR2 675 (*???)
CoolerMaster case
Antec PSU
CD drive thing
eVga 7900GTO
Seagate 7200.10 320 GB HD...

anything i should upgrade?

we'll start at the basics. never get an Antec PSU. enermax/seasonic/fortron are good brands. the memory you most likely say was DDR2 667 rather then 675. perhaps get a sound card and some speakers as well? a x-fi and some x-530's to make it good?

 

[akshayt]

E6400 allendale

Gigabyte 965 S3 or Asus P5B Vanilla
get allendale + 965, no point in 965 + conroe, and 975 + conroe is out of budget

2 X 1GB DDR2 667/800 Value RAM

512 Radeon X1900XT

Antec NeoHE 500 or better PSU

 

[hennethannun]

hmm, I'm not sure 795x+conroe is entirely out of budget.

E6600 = $330
975X mobo = $250
2x1GB DDR2 800+ = $300
hard drives = $100
7900 GT = $250
Optical = $30
PSU = $100
Case = $100

total = $1460

what else does he need? and i was EXTRA generous with the memory. he could get 2GB of DDR2 800 for much less than $300.
DDR prices are obscene at the moment, but DDR2 prices are just very high...

 

[deadseasquirrel]

What kind of monitor will you be getting? What resolution do you plan on playing games at?

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: FuxyMuxy
well the thing is...my parents are going to get me a monitor for my bday (november 5th) and on thanksgiving my sister's friend is coming back from college and he is the one who is gonna build it for me..so i was hoping to have everything bought on the 5th or so..cuz ive been waiting a long time and i really wanna get a new one soon...

im not gonna be overclocking so i dunno if i need the top of the line Ram or not..

i just put a build together and it only totaled 1,350...
e6600
DS3
2GB DDR2 675 (*???)
CoolerMaster case
Antec PSU
CD drive thing
eVga 7900GTO
Seagate 7200.10 320 GB HD...

anything i should upgrade?

Take A look at This :


1 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail 315.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003

1 ASUS P5WD2-E Premium Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard 6.13 230.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131589

1 XFX PVT71JYHE9 Geforce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP ExTreme Edition Video Card 6.13 320.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150189

1 Kingston HyperX KHX6000D2K2/2G 2GB Kit DDR2-750 PC2-6000 Memory 219.00

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85016-58

2 Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YS 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive 11.28 130.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136062

1 COOLER MASTER RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 13.32 40.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119115

1 Thermaltake Toughpower W0128RU ATX12V/ EPS12V 650W Power Supply 8.48 150.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153040

1 SAMSUNG Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5.64 31.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827151121


Shipping
50.98

Sub -Total
1404.00

TOTAL

1454.98

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: Mr Fox

Originally posted by: FuxyMuxy
well the thing is...my parents are going to get me a monitor for my bday (november 5th) and on thanksgiving my sister's friend is coming back from college and he is the one who is gonna build it for me..so i was hoping to have everything bought on the 5th or so..cuz ive been waiting a long time and i really wanna get a new one soon...

im not gonna be overclocking so i dunno if i need the top of the line Ram or not..

i just put a build together and it only totaled 1,350...
e6600
DS3
2GB DDR2 675 (*???)
CoolerMaster case
Antec PSU
CD drive thing
eVga 7900GTO
Seagate 7200.10 320 GB HD...

anything i should upgrade?

Take A look at This :


1 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail 315.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003

1 ASUS P5WD2-E Premium Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard 6.13 230.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131589

1 XFX PVT71JYHE9 Geforce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP ExTreme Edition Video Card 6.13 320.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150189

1 Kingston HyperX KHX6000D2K2/2G 2GB Kit DDR2-750 PC2-6000 Memory 219.00

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85016-58

2 Western Digital Caviar RE WD1600YS 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive 11.28 130.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136062

1 COOLER MASTER RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 13.32 40.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119115

1 Thermaltake Toughpower W0128RU ATX12V/ EPS12V 650W Power Supply 8.48 150.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153040

1 SAMSUNG Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5.64 31.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827151121


Shipping
50.98

Sub -Total
1404.00

TOTAL

1454.98

This looks good, but if he's not wanting to O/C then the motherboard is serious overkill. You can save $100-150 by using a much cheaper non-O/C board like perhaps the new Foxconn board for around $100.

I would also put a cheaper GPU in for now, and use the money saved to get a DX-10 card in a couple of months once prices stabilize. I guarntee if you pay 300+ for a 7950 now you will be kicking yourself in a couple of months when they are selling for $125

 

[Mr Fox]

This looks good, but if he's not wanting to O/C then the motherboard is serious overkill. You can save $100-150 by using a much cheaper non-O/C board like perhaps the new Foxconn board for around $100.

I would also put a cheaper GPU in for now, and use the money saved to get a DX-10 card in a couple of months once prices stabilize. I guarntee if you pay 300+ for a 7950 now you will be kicking yourself in a couple of months when they are selling for $125

You Get what you pay for, and that board has ability to grow.... It also is dead Stable...
ASUS's 8 phase Power Conditioning really sets Their Boards apart. Also the non Electrolytic Capacitors are Worth Paying for.... Also the Board has Dual PCI-E x16 Slots... that Allows Multi GPU again well worth the $$......

As Far as That Card is concerned or any current one for that matter.... Native DX 10 Games will become available just about the time that this system will be showing it's age.... 2-3 years.... There will also be a software development Layer that will come with DX9 updates.. that will allow functionality.... DX 10 Compliant Hardware only helps you with DX10 Compliant Software.....

And If he does Not Like The Card ... He can Always Spec something else... but eVGA XFX and BFG Tech are the only Nvidia Partners that have a True Lifetime Warranty. PowerColor Is The One that is an ATI vendor...

 

[Aisengard]

If you're not going to overclock, you should not even think about getting "high quality/bandwidth" RAM. It really does not make much of a difference.

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: Aisengard
If you're not going to overclock, you should not even think about getting "high quality/bandwidth" RAM. It really does not make much of a difference.

That Ram is the Best Bang fer the Buck Elpida chips and Can run 800 Effective easily. @ 1.9v @ 4-4-4-12 he wants to game with it.... timings mean something here ....

For the Same Money you will find 5-5-5-15 and they won't be Elpida Chips.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Case: Antec P180B $114.99
Power Supply: Seasonic S12 500W $119.99

Motherboard: Gigabyte P965-DS3 $144.99
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 $220
RAM: Crucial 2GB DDR2 667 (3-3-3-12) $229.99

Video: Sapphire Radeon X1900XT 256MB or EVGA Geforce 7900GTO $259.99 vs $253.99

(I will leave this ambiguous to ward off any flame-wars here. I would take the ATi.)
Audio: On-Board is fine to most people's ears. You decide.

Hard Drive: Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATA 3.0Gbps $94.99
Optical Drive: Samsung DVD+-RW Lightscribe Drive $32.99 (If you prefer NEC/Lite-On, go with that. I'm not particularly anal about Optical Drives)

$1211.93-$1217.93 before shipping on Newegg (Depending on GPU)

$100 more gets you an Intel C2D E6600 that you may/may not miss.
Case: Feel free to go for a cheaper/cooler-looking case
Power Supply: A lot of people here recommend Enhance PSUs (available at ewiz.com) which can save you about $30. 500W is plenty of power, don't worry. Unless you plan on dropping in another CPU/GPU in the coming months, don't worry about 500W not being enough.
CPU Heatsink: If you are not OCing, stock is fine.
Keyboard & Mouse: Choose whatever catches your eye.

Rebuttal in Advance: I recommend the Gigabyte even though OP says he doesn't want to OC. Well, it IS a great board with great support. And with the potential power at his fingertips, all he will need is an hour to read a proper article on OCing - he might want to give it a shot some day. Set RAM Divider to 1:1, dial in a 333 FSB and lo, you have an E6700 (minus 2MB L2 cache), with your RAM still at rated spec at 3-3-3-12 timings. And you will probably do it without playing with voltages (except setting RAM to 2.2V).

And people, ^^^ is how you link to products at Newegg!

 

[crimson117]

Nice setup

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
$1211.93-$1217.93 before shipping on Newegg (Depending on GPU)

$100 more gets you an Intel C2D E6600 that you may/may not miss.

If you're not going to OC, just bite the bullet and get the E6600.

Case: Feel free to go for a cheaper/cooler-looking case

Nah, just stick with the Antec P180. Cheaper flashy cases get real old real quick. The P180 is so classy and quiet and solid, I love mine

CPU Heatsink: If you are not OCing, stock is fine.

Just get a good heatsink for $30-$40. It's such a pain in the rear to switch to a new heat sink if you do feel like OC'ing in the future... you have to remove the old heatsink, clean the processor, unplug everything, remove your motherboard, apply new thermal grease, blah blah blah. You'll spend hours undoing and redoing work, you may as well just get it up front and take the risk that you might not have needed it.

Also, I'm a big fan of TV capture cards. It adds a whole new dimension to your computer I'd go for this bundle for $130 (or get Windows XP Media Center Edition and buy the card alone).

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Mr Fox

Originally posted by: Aisengard
If you're not going to overclock, you should not even think about getting "high quality/bandwidth" RAM. It really does not make much of a difference.

That Ram is the Best Bang fer the Buck Elpida chips and Can run 800 Effective easily. @ 1.9v @ 4-4-4-12 he wants to game with it.... timings mean something here ....

No, they don't.