My first post was well my first post on Anandtech. I read the pc buliders reccomendations and will provide all the info in this post.
1.)My pc will be used at college for gaming, music and of course some class work.
2. My budget is $2500.00. My dad will pay $1600.00(what he paid for my sisters laptop back in the day) and I currently have $900.00 saved up. Im sure he would lend me an additional $200.00 if need be.
3. I will be living in Gunnison Colorado(w00t) and buying the parts from newegg. I plan on buying the parts in St. Paul Minnesota and having General Nanosystems assemble it and intall all software on it.
4. I do have a brand preference and seeing as how price is only a part of the equation I like intel and nvidia alot. There more expensive but also slightly better than amd/ati.
5. No current parts will be used
6. I have one other thread that i posted but it was sloppy as hell.
7. I wish to overclock a q9450 from 2.66 gb to around 3.00 gb.
8. I will be buying the parts in the next couple of days so time is of the essence.
Without further delay Here are my parts. I chose the motherboard and ddr3 memory as to future proof my computer. I plan to buy a second 9800gx2 when I have the money. Hopefully it will be a great platform than will run future games really well.
Cpu-Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9450 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115042
Motherboard-ASUS Striker II Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131274
Memory-OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P16004GK - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820227297
Video card-XFX PVT98UZHF9 GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150284
Hard drives
1 Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136205 for os system
and
1 Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136205 for games music and schoolwork.
Power Suppy- ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ900 900W ATX12V / EPS12V Patent Piperock Modular Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817814013
cd/dvd drive- LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-05 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827106073
Comptuer Case- SILVERSTONE SST-TJ07-BW Black 4.0mm ~ 8.0mm uni-body aluminum outer frame, 2.0mm aluminum body ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811163067
Os- Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16832116215
Mouse-http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16826153022
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16826153022
Keyboard-RAZER Lycosa RZ03-00180100 Black USB Standard Gaming Keyboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16823114004
case light- LOGISYS Computer CLK4GN 10cm Cold Cathode Light - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16800888029
Some things are for show lights mouse keyboard ect...
I am really excited to build a good gaming pc for once. I have been using a dell for like 5 years with an upgraded video card and memory.
If anyone sees anythign that they could improove( such as a cheaper counterpart than will run equally as well please tell me. I know that ddr2 is very similar to ddr3 but I think that in the future the best ddr3 with greatly outperform ddr2 hence I want a motherboard that takes ddr3.
I would like a cpu cooler that works on my motherboard.
My build is at 2700.00 but i get a paycheck saturday so its no prob at all.
Looking forward to all comments thanks for your time- Joe
1.)My pc will be used at college for gaming, music and of course some class work.
2. My budget is $2500.00. My dad will pay $1600.00(what he paid for my sisters laptop back in the day) and I currently have $900.00 saved up. Im sure he would lend me an additional $200.00 if need be.
3. I will be living in Gunnison Colorado(w00t) and buying the parts from newegg. I plan on buying the parts in St. Paul Minnesota and having General Nanosystems assemble it and intall all software on it.
4. I do have a brand preference and seeing as how price is only a part of the equation I like intel and nvidia alot. There more expensive but also slightly better than amd/ati.
5. No current parts will be used
6. I have one other thread that i posted but it was sloppy as hell.
7. I wish to overclock a q9450 from 2.66 gb to around 3.00 gb.
8. I will be buying the parts in the next couple of days so time is of the essence.
Without further delay Here are my parts. I chose the motherboard and ddr3 memory as to future proof my computer. I plan to buy a second 9800gx2 when I have the money. Hopefully it will be a great platform than will run future games really well.
Cpu-Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9450 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115042
Motherboard-ASUS Striker II Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131274
Memory-OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P16004GK - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820227297
Video card-XFX PVT98UZHF9 GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150284
Hard drives
1 Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136205 for os system
and
1 Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136205 for games music and schoolwork.
Power Suppy- ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ900 900W ATX12V / EPS12V Patent Piperock Modular Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817814013
cd/dvd drive- LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-05 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827106073
Comptuer Case- SILVERSTONE SST-TJ07-BW Black 4.0mm ~ 8.0mm uni-body aluminum outer frame, 2.0mm aluminum body ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811163067
Os- Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16832116215
Mouse-http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16826153022
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16826153022
Keyboard-RAZER Lycosa RZ03-00180100 Black USB Standard Gaming Keyboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16823114004
case light- LOGISYS Computer CLK4GN 10cm Cold Cathode Light - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16800888029
Some things are for show lights mouse keyboard ect...
I am really excited to build a good gaming pc for once. I have been using a dell for like 5 years with an upgraded video card and memory.
If anyone sees anythign that they could improove( such as a cheaper counterpart than will run equally as well please tell me. I know that ddr2 is very similar to ddr3 but I think that in the future the best ddr3 with greatly outperform ddr2 hence I want a motherboard that takes ddr3.
I would like a cpu cooler that works on my motherboard.
My build is at 2700.00 but i get a paycheck saturday so its no prob at all.
Looking forward to all comments thanks for your time- Joe
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