Hi everyone!
I was looking for some help on building my latest machine, I will be using it primarily for Gaming, but also for some dvd burning and media encoding and have a budget of 1,000-1,300, I will be buying all parts from USA, and am a huge fan of Intel and nVidea. I will keep my current 19in Monitor (Dell) and later upgrade to 22-24in (Acer/samsung looking promising) IF i could get a system with at least a 22 In for my price range maybe slightly higher id be happy as well. I would like to OC a bit, nothing too extreme but a push never hurt
. I plan on building and ordering in the next week, A few things i have looked at thus far
Case
COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC Has Option with Power Supply at Newegg
PowerSupply
This is where i need the most help, I can go with one with my case from new egg making it cost about $90 more, but if i can find a good MODULAR 650- ^ Power Supply, Id like that more
MotherBoard
Also where i need help, While im not set on DDR3 it would be nice, also looking at possibly having dual Graphics cards later on but not till much later, (This MOBO is without sli/dual cards)
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-UD3LR LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX
Processor
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
Is pretty much what im sticking with unless someone can find something that better fits, From what i have heard, good OC ability / all around solid performance
Graphics Card
Been so long since i was nVidea, (current card was ati for cost... poor performance will not reuse) EVGA 512-P3-N879-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card is a card that has caught my attention but i am not set on that either
Ram
mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 4 gigs is pretty much what ill need for ram, if i could get more cost effective, i would, ddr3 isnt needed but a plus
Hard Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Ill Need at least 500gigs of storage with a desired amount of 1TB (250 games/programs 750 files)
This drive caught my attention as its cheaper than 2 drives with greater space but would like 2 drives for security
Addons
Keyboard
RAZER Lycosa need new keyboard, Must have media buttons (Play pause next last ect) prefer wired interface doesn't matter much
Mouse
Logitech MX518 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel is the mouse Ive used for years, I need to replace it now but i got about 4 years out of my last one and really like the set up
PC Game Controllers
I emulate alot of older NES/SNES/SEGA (Would like to do more PS and ^ too)
so a decent Game controller would be nice but also not needed
CD/DVD Burner
LITE-ON Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD Burner with LightScribe Has everything i want with good price, (Dual layer burnable /light scribe SATA Interface)
Could anyone offer any assistance at all?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
I was looking for some help on building my latest machine, I will be using it primarily for Gaming, but also for some dvd burning and media encoding and have a budget of 1,000-1,300, I will be buying all parts from USA, and am a huge fan of Intel and nVidea. I will keep my current 19in Monitor (Dell) and later upgrade to 22-24in (Acer/samsung looking promising) IF i could get a system with at least a 22 In for my price range maybe slightly higher id be happy as well. I would like to OC a bit, nothing too extreme but a push never hurt
. I plan on building and ordering in the next week, A few things i have looked at thus farCase
COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC Has Option with Power Supply at Newegg
PowerSupply
This is where i need the most help, I can go with one with my case from new egg making it cost about $90 more, but if i can find a good MODULAR 650- ^ Power Supply, Id like that more
MotherBoard
Also where i need help, While im not set on DDR3 it would be nice, also looking at possibly having dual Graphics cards later on but not till much later, (This MOBO is without sli/dual cards)
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-UD3LR LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX
Processor
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
Is pretty much what im sticking with unless someone can find something that better fits, From what i have heard, good OC ability / all around solid performance
Graphics Card
Been so long since i was nVidea, (current card was ati for cost... poor performance will not reuse) EVGA 512-P3-N879-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card is a card that has caught my attention but i am not set on that either
Ram
mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 4 gigs is pretty much what ill need for ram, if i could get more cost effective, i would, ddr3 isnt needed but a plus
Hard Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Ill Need at least 500gigs of storage with a desired amount of 1TB (250 games/programs 750 files)
This drive caught my attention as its cheaper than 2 drives with greater space but would like 2 drives for security
Addons
Keyboard
RAZER Lycosa need new keyboard, Must have media buttons (Play pause next last ect) prefer wired interface doesn't matter much
Mouse
Logitech MX518 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel is the mouse Ive used for years, I need to replace it now but i got about 4 years out of my last one and really like the set up
PC Game Controllers
I emulate alot of older NES/SNES/SEGA (Would like to do more PS and ^ too)
so a decent Game controller would be nice but also not needed
CD/DVD Burner
LITE-ON Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD Burner with LightScribe Has everything i want with good price, (Dual layer burnable /light scribe SATA Interface)
Could anyone offer any assistance at all?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
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