Build the best machine for under $1200

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
I agree if he doesnt play a 3d game, and only edits photos, he should have the cheapest dx9 card he can buy. If he one day decides he likes computer games, he can upgrade to a 150-200 dollar card, and sell the old card that he only originally paid 20 bucks for. so it makes sense.

maybe even a dx8 sm2.0 card or something.

Just always throws me off when people have oc'd q6600's/e8400's, 8gb of extreme ram, a badass motherboard, and a 20 dollar VC

Hehe, I know what you mean. I have a good friend that works in the same company I do, he has a custom Sweetwater audio system. It was like $4k, has a Q6700, 4GB of some awesome memory, top of the line Asus mobo, audio options galore, and something like a 8400GS for video.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
I agree if he doesnt play a 3d game, and only edits photos, he should have the cheapest dx9 card he can buy. If he one day decides he likes computer games, he can upgrade to a 150-200 dollar card, and sell the old card that he only originally paid 20 bucks for. so it makes sense.

maybe even a dx8 sm2.0 card or something.

Just always throws me off when people have oc'd q6600's/e8400's, 8gb of extreme ram, a badass motherboard, and a 20 dollar VC

You obviously dont DC.

And a server doesnt need a badass videocard. So if you want to think of it in a larger scale, there are more enterprise computers then gaming computers, so computers with a videocard are the ones that are odd ball.

 

[chuckm]

Anyone looking for a power supply in the 500 watt range should check this out;

http://www.buy.com/prod/Corsai...loc/101/205852646.html
Best price I've seen, it'll propbably go back up any day now.

 

[Dadofamunky]

Originally posted by: lopri
That 500W from blew itself up last week. I was extremely lucky that I was able to disconnect that before it damaged other parts. I was furious and I'm looking to seek the damage from Antec. Had that happened while I wasn't around, God knows what'd have happened.. After experiencing the quality control issue of Antec first-hand, I will be very cautious with their PSUs. I've had PSUs that don't sustain OC or not co-op'ing with mobo, etc., but it was my first time ever seeing a PSU start making pop-corn noise and eventually spark.

Get a Seasonic or Corsair units, or even OCZ.

I had two Antec power supplies fry X2 motherboards on my build three years ago. I'll never touch 'em again.

 

[Nathelion]

Antec used to make quality PSUs IIRC... but they've been going downhill.