Hello all,
i've spent last days reading threads here, i must tell you that this site is really cool and helpful. After like 6 years using my pentium 4 i finally collected the money to buy my new desktop, right now i am ready to buy all components but i'm scared about doing something wrong and here i need your help before sending the order.
I'm italian and i decided to buy all parts from Prokoo that is actually the best price site i've found so far for the items i'm gonna buy.
Before showing you the complete item list, i tell you that i will use this desktop for gaming and internet working, his main job will be for sure final fantasy XIV as it comes to my hand, and prolly some other MMORPG. Probably i will run it at a low resolution like 1280x1024, but maybe i will use a bit higher resolution later when i'll get a new monitor, the only thing i will probably buy later...
A nice guy from FFXIV core told me this was the best site to get informations about the building of my desktop. I won't wait more than a week to buy the new machine since my old PC is going to the end of his life. I must add also that i will move that desktop like a laptop (lol) since i bring it from office to home every week, so if you got any tip about another case able to fit same items, maybe a mid/mini tower or anyway a little one, i would really appreciate.
Here comes the list:
CASE : ANTEC NINE HUNDRED (with original fans included) ----------140 $
MOBO : ASUS P6T X58 (1366) ----------- 246 $
CPU : INTEL I7 920 BOX D0 (1366) (will use his fan) --------- 307 $
MEMORY : CORSAIR DDR3 1333 PC10666 6GB XMS3 CL9 classic 3x2 -------- 185 $
HARD DRIVE : WESTERN DIGITAL VELOCIRAPTOR 150 GB WD1500HLFS 16MB --------- 182 $
POWER SUPPLY : CORSAIR CMPSU-400CXEU 400W --------- 72$
VIDEO CARD : ASUS GEFORCE GTX 260 896 MB GDDR3 PCI-E2 --------- 260 $
PRIMARY OPTICAL DRIVE : DVD RW PIONEER DWR-S18L SATA NERO --------- 46 $ (only needed to read and maybe write some music, so cheap)
OPERATING SYSTEM : WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64 BIT ------- 127 $
ANTIVIRUS : KASPERSKY (i have it yet) 0 $
I must tell you that i won't upgrade any component later, and i won't use overclocking. So this is what i will spend and i think i won't buy nothing more in the future due to lack of money to use for it. Total money spent will be 1565 $
Now some questions that popped in my mind ...
1) will the power supply be enough with only 400w ?
2) it is better to buy a 4 GB memory of better quality instead of that one of 6 GB?
3) As video card, would be better to get a GTX260 gainward 1792 mb golden sample (same price if not lower) instead of the Asus i wanted to get ?? i decided for asus since the mobo is asus too -.-
4) If 400w of PSU are not enough, could you tell me something better without spending more money (-.-)?
5) with same amount of money, for the same kind of use, would your decision be different about mobo and cpu? (maybe i7 860?)
Please if you got any tips the only thing i ask is to not make me using more money since i really cannot. Help me out guys!
Thank you in advance^^
i've spent last days reading threads here, i must tell you that this site is really cool and helpful. After like 6 years using my pentium 4 i finally collected the money to buy my new desktop, right now i am ready to buy all components but i'm scared about doing something wrong and here i need your help before sending the order.
I'm italian and i decided to buy all parts from Prokoo that is actually the best price site i've found so far for the items i'm gonna buy.
Before showing you the complete item list, i tell you that i will use this desktop for gaming and internet working, his main job will be for sure final fantasy XIV as it comes to my hand, and prolly some other MMORPG. Probably i will run it at a low resolution like 1280x1024, but maybe i will use a bit higher resolution later when i'll get a new monitor, the only thing i will probably buy later...
A nice guy from FFXIV core told me this was the best site to get informations about the building of my desktop. I won't wait more than a week to buy the new machine since my old PC is going to the end of his life. I must add also that i will move that desktop like a laptop (lol) since i bring it from office to home every week, so if you got any tip about another case able to fit same items, maybe a mid/mini tower or anyway a little one, i would really appreciate.
Here comes the list:
CASE : ANTEC NINE HUNDRED (with original fans included) ----------140 $
MOBO : ASUS P6T X58 (1366) ----------- 246 $
CPU : INTEL I7 920 BOX D0 (1366) (will use his fan) --------- 307 $
MEMORY : CORSAIR DDR3 1333 PC10666 6GB XMS3 CL9 classic 3x2 -------- 185 $
HARD DRIVE : WESTERN DIGITAL VELOCIRAPTOR 150 GB WD1500HLFS 16MB --------- 182 $
POWER SUPPLY : CORSAIR CMPSU-400CXEU 400W --------- 72$
VIDEO CARD : ASUS GEFORCE GTX 260 896 MB GDDR3 PCI-E2 --------- 260 $
PRIMARY OPTICAL DRIVE : DVD RW PIONEER DWR-S18L SATA NERO --------- 46 $ (only needed to read and maybe write some music, so cheap)
OPERATING SYSTEM : WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64 BIT ------- 127 $
ANTIVIRUS : KASPERSKY (i have it yet) 0 $
I must tell you that i won't upgrade any component later, and i won't use overclocking. So this is what i will spend and i think i won't buy nothing more in the future due to lack of money to use for it. Total money spent will be 1565 $
Now some questions that popped in my mind ...
1) will the power supply be enough with only 400w ?
2) it is better to buy a 4 GB memory of better quality instead of that one of 6 GB?
3) As video card, would be better to get a GTX260 gainward 1792 mb golden sample (same price if not lower) instead of the Asus i wanted to get ?? i decided for asus since the mobo is asus too -.-
4) If 400w of PSU are not enough, could you tell me something better without spending more money (-.-)?
5) with same amount of money, for the same kind of use, would your decision be different about mobo and cpu? (maybe i7 860?)
Please if you got any tips the only thing i ask is to not make me using more money since i really cannot. Help me out guys!
Thank you in advance^^
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thank youvery much for the tip Misterdonut. It's the first piece i've got 
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