I've been reading the forum and asking questions for almost a month now, trying to decide what I wanted for my new system, and I think I've got it all together. I've made a lot of changes since my last build thread, and I have a few new questions to ask, so I decided to make a new one. This system will be used for gaming, schoolwork, ArcGIS, a little bit of photo and music editing/recording, and probably some databases for work/school. I would like to eventually OC at least a little, I've never done it before and I'm not sure how comfortable I'll be doing it, or if I'll even feel the need to since I don't count FPS and I doubt the 3.16GHz CPU will feel slow to me (coming from an old P4). My budget is somewhere in the vicinity of $1200 but I'm willing to go a little over. I head back home on the 19th, so I'll be placing my orders the next few days so I can have it arrive just after I get home.
CPU: Intel E8500-$188.50
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-EP35 DS3L-$77.99
HD: Western Digital Caviar 640 GB- $88.00
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066- $109.99 (Not too sure on this)
GPU: MSI R4850- $162.99(AR)
Case and PSU: Antec P182 w/ Antec Earthwatts 500W combo- $150(AR)
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223Q 22x SATA- $26.99
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7- $31.99
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit- $99
Total: $935.45 (+$43.52 Tax, $18 Shipping) = $997.93
I still need to get a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and maybe speakers. For the monitor, I'll probably get a ~$200 22" LCD from Bestbuy or order this:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/app...pNo=3883448&CatId=2775
or this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824176096
I don't know what keyboard or mouse to get, I'm not really too picky and don't want to spend too much on them. The ones that come standard with HP desktops work well enough for me, I might see if I can find that or something similar. I'd prefer one that still uses wires over having to keep switching batteries. Any suggestions for decent keyboards or mice in the sub $50 category?
I was thinking of adding a second (maybe smaller?) HD and dual booting linux, just to see how I like it. But I might wait a bit on that.
The one other thing I wasn't sure about was if I needed anything else to make it all work. Do all the parts I'm ordering come with all the cables I'll need to connect everything? I'm not sure if OEM products include that stuff.
So how's it look? Am I forgetting anything? Anything I could do better while staying within the same price range? Thanks guys, you've been a huge help.
CPU: Intel E8500-$188.50
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-EP35 DS3L-$77.99
HD: Western Digital Caviar 640 GB- $88.00
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066- $109.99 (Not too sure on this)
GPU: MSI R4850- $162.99(AR)
Case and PSU: Antec P182 w/ Antec Earthwatts 500W combo- $150(AR)
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223Q 22x SATA- $26.99
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7- $31.99
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit- $99
Total: $935.45 (+$43.52 Tax, $18 Shipping) = $997.93
I still need to get a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and maybe speakers. For the monitor, I'll probably get a ~$200 22" LCD from Bestbuy or order this:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/app...pNo=3883448&CatId=2775
or this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824176096
I don't know what keyboard or mouse to get, I'm not really too picky and don't want to spend too much on them. The ones that come standard with HP desktops work well enough for me, I might see if I can find that or something similar. I'd prefer one that still uses wires over having to keep switching batteries. Any suggestions for decent keyboards or mice in the sub $50 category?
I was thinking of adding a second (maybe smaller?) HD and dual booting linux, just to see how I like it. But I might wait a bit on that.
The one other thing I wasn't sure about was if I needed anything else to make it all work. Do all the parts I'm ordering come with all the cables I'll need to connect everything? I'm not sure if OEM products include that stuff.
So how's it look? Am I forgetting anything? Anything I could do better while staying within the same price range? Thanks guys, you've been a huge help.
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