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

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: dsd17
I love my 20" Intel iMac : ) It plays WoW wonderfully!

WoW isn't really a benchmark for gaming.. i could build a $600 computer that would play wow just fine.

 

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: dsd17
I love my 20" Intel iMac : ) It plays WoW wonderfully!

WoW isn't really a benchmark for gaming.. i could build a $600 computer that would play wow just fine.

However... it's a great benchmark for the 5 million who play it almost exclusively. (inflated number, I know, but you catch my drift).

For example, Oblivion is an even poorer benchmark for gaming because it's too high end, thus causing you to overspend for what you really need it for.

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: 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.

And Your Solution ??

 

[crimson117]

Here's one solution:

It seems that memory timings do make a little bit of difference, but not as much as we were expecting, in all honesty. We think that a lot of this is down to the fact that Intel's Israeli design team managed to architect an incredibly efficient way of reducing memory accesses. Both cores can share the same L2 cache meaning that the two cores can share one copy of the data and it also eliminates the need for cache coherency traffic to be passed through the memory controller, reducing traffic going across the front side bus.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

P180 is a little expensive and not that great. Hard to install, but its a decent case in the end. I opted for the P160 because it was cheaper and easier to install. Sure it looks a little cheaper, but its no cheap quality. Antec rocks.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Mr Fox

Originally posted by: 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.

And Your Solution ??

To what problem?

 

[Smartazz]

How about an X1900XT, 7900GTO and an intel E6300. Are you planning to overclock?

 

[FuxyMuxy]

Originally posted by: Mr Fox



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

i will most likely not be OCing...
im liking this build...maybe when november rolls around i will have even more money...


also, wats the biggest/best monitor for under $400?

 

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: FuxyMuxy
also, wats the biggest/best monitor for under $400?

Acer AL2216Wbd 22" 5ms 1680x1050 is recommended by anandtech and is $342 shipped from newegg.

 

[rikai]

Originally posted by: FuxyMuxy
also, wats the biggest/best monitor for under $400?

I reccomend the Samsung 204B 20.1" 5ms 1600x1200. Its only $350 ($290 after the MIR, meanig you can get the nice 3 year warantee for pretty much nothing, if you like warantees.) You can hear what other newegg buyers have to say.

I've got one myself. I rather like using the pivot feature, especially when browsing web pages.

 

[FuxyMuxy]

anyone else wanna recomend me other parts/builds?

i guess ill go along the lines of e6600, P5WD, 7900GTO, 2GB...

 

[fire400]

newegg.com

foxconn SLI mobo: 75 USD
939 Athlon FX: 130 USD with coupon code: AMDROCKS
RAM: 200 USD for 2 gigs of low latency RAM running on DDR400

case: 50-110 USD
PSU: 130 USD
(Corsair HX520w ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply)

connect3D X1950 XTX: 420 USD

HD: 95 USD
(Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive)

1200 so far, spend the rest on software and an LCD monitor along with keyboard, mouse and speakers

I'd upgrade to an X-fi and get a nice LCD monitor.
don't forget DVD-RW drives