Hi all,
It's been a few years since I did any looking around with hardware, but a relative was asking me advice on a "very fast" system for ballpark figure of $1000. They want a system that they can game with that should last them for a few years even.
So with that I poked around here and read as much as I could for about a week, then started playing around at Newegg. Here's kind of what I threw together.
They don't want to overclock at all, won't really be adding any hard drives or optical drives, etc.. pretty much just use as is without adding stuff.
If anyone can please comb over this list and find any blaring risks, incompatibilities or just general recommendations, I would be most thankful!
$309.00 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
$128.99 - ASUS P5B Socket T (LGA 775)
$208.99 - CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200)
$259.99 (and $20 MIR to $239.99) - BFG GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 Video Card
$94.99 - Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$32.99 - SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner w/ LightScribe - IDE
$39.99 - SPARKLE ATX-400PA ATX12V Ver2.01 400Watts Power Supply
$39.99 - COOLER MASTER RC-330-KKN1-GP Case
$5.99 - ARCTIC COOLING AF12025 120mm Case Fan
$26.99 - Microsoft Black USB + PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard+Mouse
Total is $1,147.91 + s/h
($1,127.91 if you include MIR)
It's been a few years since I did any looking around with hardware, but a relative was asking me advice on a "very fast" system for ballpark figure of $1000. They want a system that they can game with that should last them for a few years even.
So with that I poked around here and read as much as I could for about a week, then started playing around at Newegg. Here's kind of what I threw together.
They don't want to overclock at all, won't really be adding any hard drives or optical drives, etc.. pretty much just use as is without adding stuff.
If anyone can please comb over this list and find any blaring risks, incompatibilities or just general recommendations, I would be most thankful!
$309.00 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
$128.99 - ASUS P5B Socket T (LGA 775)
$208.99 - CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200)
$259.99 (and $20 MIR to $239.99) - BFG GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 Video Card
$94.99 - Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$32.99 - SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner w/ LightScribe - IDE
$39.99 - SPARKLE ATX-400PA ATX12V Ver2.01 400Watts Power Supply
$39.99 - COOLER MASTER RC-330-KKN1-GP Case
$5.99 - ARCTIC COOLING AF12025 120mm Case Fan
$26.99 - Microsoft Black USB + PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard+Mouse
Total is $1,147.91 + s/h
($1,127.91 if you include MIR)
