Well, after 4 years its time to build a new comp. I have a list of stuff going but can't decide on a few things and need some help finalizing my choices. This will be a gaming computer that I hope will last for 2+ years. I will probably overclock to 3.6ghz, don't really want to push it too hard since I was never comfortable tweaking voltages, so if I can get to 3.6 with a minor increase in voltage or preferably none at all, that would be great.
Here is my WishList from newegg that has a few extra parts for convenience and comparison.
Thing's I have already,
-OCZ GamexStream 600W Power Supply. Because it was only 99 bucks at the time with a $30 mail in rebate on top of that
-Audigy 2 ZS Reusing
-320GB storage drive that I got 3 months ago and now 500 GB are at the price I paid for 320 : / So I will probably change this to main drive and get 2 500GB for storage.
Things I need
-CPU. Was just going to choose the E8400 untill I saw that the E8500 went down from 269 to 209. not sure if the E8500 is $30 better than the E8400, but the price is close enough that I'm undecided
-Motherboard. Was set on a DS3R Gigabyte board untill I read something about people having problems with gigabyte boards. So now it is between the DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL or the ASUS P5Q P45. Never owned a DFI board before so I don't know how good they are or how good their support is.
-Memory. either 5-5-5-15 DDR 1066 or 4-4-4-12 DDR 800. Like I said, I will be overclocking a little but will the 1066 actually benefit me. The P5Q shows the memory standard as 1200, so would it run slower with DDR 800 compared to DDR 1066, or would the different memory speeds not even be noticable? this is where I am most undecided.
-Video. Pretty much dead set on the Visiontek HD4870. My max resolution is 1600 x 1200, so I won't be doing any uber high resolution gaming. I will probably play at 1280 x 1024 most of the time unless I find out that I can actually play at 1600 x 1200(for some reason... I am afraid of playing stuff at 1600 x 1200 for fear of being disapointed with crappy frame rates : / ) and I do plan on playing the upcoming games(far cry 2, fallout 3, alan wake, ect.)
-DVD burner. lite-on iHAS220-08
-Cooler. Freezer 7 Pro
So, that's it unless I missed something. And, this is kind of short notice as I want to order everything tomorrow morning(7/22), so that hopefully I get everything by thursday, friday at the very latest.. sucks waiting for parts over the weekend. And as for my budget, I have $1,000 to spend.
Here is my WishList from newegg that has a few extra parts for convenience and comparison.
Thing's I have already,
-OCZ GamexStream 600W Power Supply. Because it was only 99 bucks at the time with a $30 mail in rebate on top of that
-Audigy 2 ZS Reusing
-320GB storage drive that I got 3 months ago and now 500 GB are at the price I paid for 320 : / So I will probably change this to main drive and get 2 500GB for storage.
Things I need
-CPU. Was just going to choose the E8400 untill I saw that the E8500 went down from 269 to 209. not sure if the E8500 is $30 better than the E8400, but the price is close enough that I'm undecided
-Motherboard. Was set on a DS3R Gigabyte board untill I read something about people having problems with gigabyte boards. So now it is between the DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL or the ASUS P5Q P45. Never owned a DFI board before so I don't know how good they are or how good their support is.
-Memory. either 5-5-5-15 DDR 1066 or 4-4-4-12 DDR 800. Like I said, I will be overclocking a little but will the 1066 actually benefit me. The P5Q shows the memory standard as 1200, so would it run slower with DDR 800 compared to DDR 1066, or would the different memory speeds not even be noticable? this is where I am most undecided.
-Video. Pretty much dead set on the Visiontek HD4870. My max resolution is 1600 x 1200, so I won't be doing any uber high resolution gaming. I will probably play at 1280 x 1024 most of the time unless I find out that I can actually play at 1600 x 1200(for some reason... I am afraid of playing stuff at 1600 x 1200 for fear of being disapointed with crappy frame rates : / ) and I do plan on playing the upcoming games(far cry 2, fallout 3, alan wake, ect.)
-DVD burner. lite-on iHAS220-08
-Cooler. Freezer 7 Pro
So, that's it unless I missed something. And, this is kind of short notice as I want to order everything tomorrow morning(7/22), so that hopefully I get everything by thursday, friday at the very latest.. sucks waiting for parts over the weekend. And as for my budget, I have $1,000 to spend.
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