Build me a ~1500 Gaming Rig

[TheDrD]

Yay!?

 

[MegaVovaN]

All parts, including OS and monitor?

Plz do some research first, ktnx?

 

[math20]

Yeah, do you just need a pc with no os or do you need all the peripherals and vista ultimate?

 

[TheDrD]

Yes to OS
Yes to case

No to Monitor
No to Keyboard
No to Mouse
No to Speakers

Why Vista Ultimate?

 

[aclim]

what kind of monitor do you have and at what res you run it at, that way you can be recommended the proper vidcard

 

[TheDrD]

1024X768 at the moment

I plan on upgrading to a 22" LCD 1680x1050 a little later

 

[krotchy]

Q6600- 530
Gigabyte DS3 - 130
Seagate 400GB 7200.10 - 120
DVD-RW SATA - 40
Lian-Li PC-7B+ - 90
Corsair 620W Power supply - 150
Geforce 8800GTS 320 - 270
2 Gigs DDR2 - 130
1460 dollars + shipping

could easily replace Q6600 with a E6600 and save money, then boost the video card to an 8800GTS-640 or so.

Also if you are doing vista 4 gigs of ram is a good idea, makes things really snappy

for OS, I recommend Vista Home Premium 64 bit. 32 Bit Vista doesn't really add any added reliability, and is less of a long term OS IMO.

If you want to stay with XP, do 32 bit xp, 64 bit has alot of driver issues.

 

[jkresh]

If you don't mind a temporary setup you could get the cheapest core 2 possible (with an 8800gts 640) and then pick up the q6600 after the next pricecut (late summer). Also I would not build any gaming machine until the 14th when the nda's on teh 2900 series are up, as even if the 2900xtx is a poor competitor for the 8800gtx, it should affect prices and the 2900xt looks like a solid competitor for the 8800gtx so it might be an option and at the least should cause some price adjustments.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: TheDrD
Build me a ~1500 Gaming Rig

I charge 10% plus shipping cost.

__ - Yes, I'll send you a PayPal deposit of 50% to get started.
__ - No, I can't pay the extra right now.
__ - Hold, I'll save up some more $$.

 

[Swaye]

hmm i'm going to borrow this thread for a bit...

I'm looking to put together a rig of my own as well,I was wondering if the PSU i choose would be suffiecient to run it.

PSU=Enermax Liberty 500watts
CPU=E6600
GPU=8800GTX
RAM=2*1gb DDR2 Corsair 667
MOBO=Gigabyte DS3
HDD=SATA2 Seagate 320gb
Case=Lian-li PC-07B

Is there any reason not to go with this particular configuration?any change of spec i should consider?

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

regards,
Swaye

p.s Thanks T.S.

 

[aclim]

Originally posted by: Swaye
hmm i'm going to borrow this thread for a bit...

I'm looking to put together a rig of my own as well,I was wondering if the PSU i choose would be suffiecient to run it.

PSU=Enermax Liberty 500watts
CPU=E6600
GPU=8800GTX
RAM=2*1gb DDR2 Corsair 667
MOBO=Gigabyte DS3
HDD=SATA2 Seagate 320gb
Case=Lian-li PC-07B

Is there any reason not to go with this particular configuration?any change of spec i should consider?

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

regards,
Swaye

p.s Thanks T.S.

Yea that PSU would be okay, but This would be better for about the same price

 

[imported_flounder]

I wouldn't go for a quad core right now save money and get a nicer gpu

 

[gneGne]

Some people here recommending the regular PC-7B+. Is that case good too?