I helped my little brother build a computer about 9 months ago and now want to do the same (by "help" I mean I posted a build thread here and took all your advice)
Call it a gaming rig, although i'm not super hardcore about getting the absolute best gaming experience.
here's what we got for him
Case: Antec TX 1050B with the specialty drop away door for fast access $119 has the PS
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard $103
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor $205
Video Card: SAPPHIRE 100186L Radeon X1950XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported $168
He also got some decent RAM and a 250 gig HD. I'm prolly gonna buy the case, MOBO, and CPU now and grab the vid card and RAM over the next month or so. I might grab a big hard drive to replace the 3 hand me down 40-80 gig ones I have eventually, but not worrying about it now
Do I stick with those parts or have other things become better deals in the last 9 months? I like how his runs, seems to have power to spare for our type of usage. On the other hand he has a very nice 32" LCD HDTV he uses as a monitor, whle I have a 15" flat CRT I bought at a garage sale for $8. I will be getting a new monitor sometime in the forseeable future, prolly LCD in the $200-$300 range. Is that vid card overkill for less than a higher end monitor? I wouldn't even consider getting that one except for the massive price drop since he bought it.
Money isn't an issue,
its actually a huge friggin, had to sell a truck to afford this, 3 yr olds and wives are expensive,---concern.
As always, I wait with bated breath for the deluge of brilliant advice I have come to depend on from here. Plus, afterwards I can pass off all the advice in a sagely tone of voice to others who ask me about my rig
Call it a gaming rig, although i'm not super hardcore about getting the absolute best gaming experience.
here's what we got for him
Case: Antec TX 1050B with the specialty drop away door for fast access $119 has the PS
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard $103
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor $205
Video Card: SAPPHIRE 100186L Radeon X1950XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported $168
He also got some decent RAM and a 250 gig HD. I'm prolly gonna buy the case, MOBO, and CPU now and grab the vid card and RAM over the next month or so. I might grab a big hard drive to replace the 3 hand me down 40-80 gig ones I have eventually, but not worrying about it now
Do I stick with those parts or have other things become better deals in the last 9 months? I like how his runs, seems to have power to spare for our type of usage. On the other hand he has a very nice 32" LCD HDTV he uses as a monitor, whle I have a 15" flat CRT I bought at a garage sale for $8. I will be getting a new monitor sometime in the forseeable future, prolly LCD in the $200-$300 range. Is that vid card overkill for less than a higher end monitor? I wouldn't even consider getting that one except for the massive price drop since he bought it.
Money isn't an issue,
its actually a huge friggin, had to sell a truck to afford this, 3 yr olds and wives are expensive,---concern.
As always, I wait with bated breath for the deluge of brilliant advice I have come to depend on from here. Plus, afterwards I can pass off all the advice in a sagely tone of voice to others who ask me about my rig
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