- Feb 4, 2008
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I have only upgraded in the past. I want to build something powerful enough to run most games at med-high settings, with the exception of crysis of course.
1. What YOUR PC will be used for
-Gaming, IE - I have a bunch of steam games that I can't even run on my current machine, would be nice to have something that can run source games pretty smoothly at high settings.
-General use, IE - Web surfing, Word processor, multimedia and pretty much the entire adobe suite.
2. What YOUR budget is
-At the moment, I am pretty flush, but that never lasts, I also have college fast approaching. I would like to shoot for about $1000.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from
-United States, I have had good experiences with these sites: Newegg.com, Pricewatch.com, Tigerdirect.com
4. IF YOU have a brand preference
-My current build includes an intel chip, but I am also overbudget by a sizeable amount, I haven't taken sides in the intel/amd debate.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are
-I'm doing this from scratch, I'm gonna give my old computer to my family.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
-yes, although helpful, I feel I need some individual feedback.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
-That is reliant on what I end up buying.
Here is just a quick list of what I have looked at.
I need to shave some serious fat off of that final price, and it doesn't even include everything. As I said before, I have no problem switching over to AMD, switching out the intel chip and mobo for an amd chip and mobo alone could save me alot. I should probably shoot for a cheaper GPU aswell, any suggestions on that front? I have browsed through the reviews for the radeon 2900's and 3870's but the newegg reviews aren't very reliable.
Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
EDIT: List of parts per the request.
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $109.99
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - $89.99
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - $229.99
Memory: mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) with EPP Profile Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996533, X2 - $113.98
GPU: EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - $239.99
PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power RP-550-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 550W Power Supply - $59.99
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $149.99
Monitor: Acer AL2016WBbd Black 20" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - $189.99
Optical Drive: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06 - $35.99
Keyboard: LITE-ON SK-1788/BS 2-Tone PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard - $6.99
Mouse: Logitech SBF-96 Black 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Mouse - $10.25
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2C - $139.99
I would link all of those but it would be easier to just go to the Wishlist.
1. What YOUR PC will be used for
-Gaming, IE - I have a bunch of steam games that I can't even run on my current machine, would be nice to have something that can run source games pretty smoothly at high settings.
-General use, IE - Web surfing, Word processor, multimedia and pretty much the entire adobe suite.
2. What YOUR budget is
-At the moment, I am pretty flush, but that never lasts, I also have college fast approaching. I would like to shoot for about $1000.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from
-United States, I have had good experiences with these sites: Newegg.com, Pricewatch.com, Tigerdirect.com
4. IF YOU have a brand preference
-My current build includes an intel chip, but I am also overbudget by a sizeable amount, I haven't taken sides in the intel/amd debate.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are
-I'm doing this from scratch, I'm gonna give my old computer to my family.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
-yes, although helpful, I feel I need some individual feedback.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
-That is reliant on what I end up buying.
Here is just a quick list of what I have looked at.
I need to shave some serious fat off of that final price, and it doesn't even include everything. As I said before, I have no problem switching over to AMD, switching out the intel chip and mobo for an amd chip and mobo alone could save me alot. I should probably shoot for a cheaper GPU aswell, any suggestions on that front? I have browsed through the reviews for the radeon 2900's and 3870's but the newegg reviews aren't very reliable.
Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
EDIT: List of parts per the request.
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $109.99
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - $89.99
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400 - $229.99
Memory: mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) with EPP Profile Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996533, X2 - $113.98
GPU: EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - $239.99
PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power RP-550-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 550W Power Supply - $59.99
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $149.99
Monitor: Acer AL2016WBbd Black 20" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - $189.99
Optical Drive: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06 - $35.99
Keyboard: LITE-ON SK-1788/BS 2-Tone PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard - $6.99
Mouse: Logitech SBF-96 Black 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical Mouse - $10.25
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2C - $139.99
I would link all of those but it would be easier to just go to the Wishlist.