Yet Another Build My System Thread

[SLCentral]

Hey guys,

Looking to get a new system, but I've been out of the PC loop for a while and don't really know what is best for the price. Only requirements:

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  I need Dual-Link DVI. I have a Apple 30" LCD, which requires it. As far as I know, the 7800-line of nVidia GPU's has Dual-Link DVI. ATI's only offerings with Dual-Link are their workstation cards, which I don't want because of cost.
  
  It can't cost more then $1300 (at the most).
  
  I also want to use the ThermalTake Tsunami (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133137) case, or something similar.

Thanks in advance!

 

[SLCentral]

No one? .

 

[John]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
No one? .

Bumping your thread less than 2 hours after it was posted is unnecessary. If you take 15 min and ready thru the other countless "system recommendation" threads I bet you'll find the information that you're looking for.

 

[d2arcturus]

To power a 30" you really have to have a good video card. A 7800GT perhaps.
Then go cheapo on the rest of the system and overclock.

 

[CreativeTom]

Originally posted by: d2arcturus
To power a 30" you really have to have a good video card. A 7800GT perhaps.
Then go cheapo on the rest of the system and overclock.

He doesn't really need to go "cheapo" even with a 7800GT he still has some nice room to go X2 as well, and still keep it at his budget mark.

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: SLCentral
No one? .

Bumping your thread less than 2 hours after it was posted is unnecessary. If you take 15 min and ready thru the other countless "system recommendation" threads I bet you'll find the information that you're looking for.

Actually, I tried that . But, considering I have such a low budget, but need such a hefty GPU (by the way, I called eVGA, and their 7800GT will work fine with the 30"), it's a bit hard to fine a similar scenario.

Either way, I apologize for bumping .

 

[Cheesetogo]

Do you need to game on this computer? The new 9600 Pro PC & Mac edition has dual-link DVI, and it costs $200 vs. $450 for the 7800gt. If you need to game on this however, you'll be wanting two 7800 GTX's in sli to play the new games in the native res at high settings. However, two 7800 gtx's are going to cost around 1 thousand dollars, so you obviously couldn't afford them with your 1300 dollar budget. You could probably power the insane resoulution if you turned down the settings and just bought a single 7800 though. If you don't need to game though, you will not need to spend very much at all.

9600 pro with dual link dvi

 

[Anubis]

well seeing as the 7800 costs about 500$ and the tsunami about 150 you budget just got cut in half

im guessing your gonna need CPU, Mobo and ram, as you would reuse HDDs and cd.dvd rom drives and such

3500+ - 230$
Mobo ~~ 100$
gig ram ~~100$

430+ 500+150= $1080

so you shoudl be able to pull it off

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
Do you need to game on this computer? The new 9600 Pro PC & Mac edition has dual-link DVI, and it costs $200 vs. $450 for the 7800gt. If you need to game on this however, you'll be wanting two 7800 GTX's in sli to play the new games in the native res at high settings. However, two 7800 gtx's are going to cost around 1 thousand dollars, so you obviously couldn't afford them with your 1300 dollar budget. You could probably power the insane resoulution if you turned down the settings and just bought a single 7800 though. If you don't need to game though, you will not need to spend very much at all.

9600 pro with dual link dvi

I totally forgot about the new card, even though I read about it just two days ago. Either way, I'm not talking HARDCORE gaming, but I'd like to play some BF2, Call of Duty 2 (when it comes out), and the like. Now, I've played at 1200x800 on my PowerBook using the 30", and while it was far from native res, to tell you the truth, it looked fine to me. I think the 7800GT should cut it for me.

 

[Cheesetogo]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Actually, I tried that . But, considering I have such a low budget, but need such a hefty GPU (by the way, I called eVGA, and their 7800GT will work fine with the 30"), it's a bit hard to fine a similar scenario.

I'm not sure what you mean by low budget. I have a 7800 GTX, and I built my computer for around 1300 dollars easily.

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Anubis
well seeing as the 7800 costs about 500$ and the tsunami about 150 you budget just got cut in half

im guessing your gonna need CPU, Mobo and ram, as you would reuse HDDs and cd.dvd rom drives and such

3500+ - 230$
Mobo ~~ 100$
gig ram ~~100$

430+ 500+150= $1080

so you shoudl be able to pull it off

Not reusing anything, as my current system is a PowerBook laptop. I'm going to need all new stuff. The 7800GT is $409 from NewEgg, and the Tsunami is $109.

 

[imported_Kensai]

3000+ Venice
MSI K8N Neo4-F
1GB Corsair Value Select PC3200
XClio 450W
Seagate 7200.7 series HD
NEC 3540A
7800GT

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Anubis
well seeing as the 7800 costs about 500$ and the tsunami about 150 you budget just got cut in half

im guessing your gonna need CPU, Mobo and ram, as you would reuse HDDs and cd.dvd rom drives and such

3500+ - 230$
Mobo ~~ 100$
gig ram ~~100$

430+ 500+150= $1080

so you shoudl be able to pull it off

Not reusing anything, as my current system is a PowerBook laptop. I'm going to need all new stuff. The 7800GT is $409 from NewEgg, and the Tsunami is $109.

Ite

3500+ - 230
gig PC3200 ram - 90
7800 - 410
Case - 110
Mobo - 100 - look for a 939 one that you like, pretty much personal pref here
NEC DVD burner - 50
2nd cd/dvd drive - 50
2x 80gb SATA Seagate HDDs 7200.7 8mb buffer - 120
KB/Mouse combo - 50$

that totals 1210$, the number arnt exact but shoudl be really close

 

[CreativeTom]

Originally posted by: Kensai
3000+ Venice
MSI K8N Neo4-F
1GB Corsair Value Select PC3200
XClio 450W
Seagate 7200.7 series HD
NEC 3540A
7800GT

Big negative.

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Anubis
well seeing as the 7800 costs about 500$ and the tsunami about 150 you budget just got cut in half

im guessing your gonna need CPU, Mobo and ram, as you would reuse HDDs and cd.dvd rom drives and such

3500+ - 230$
Mobo ~~ 100$
gig ram ~~100$

430+ 500+150= $1080

so you shoudl be able to pull it off

Not reusing anything, as my current system is a PowerBook laptop. I'm going to need all new stuff. The 7800GT is $409 from NewEgg, and the Tsunami is $109.

Ite

3500+ - 230
PC3200 ram - 100
7800 - 410
Case - 110
Mobo - 100 - look for a 939 one that you like, pretty much personal pref here
NEC DVD burner - 50
2nd cd/dvd drive - 50
2x 80gb SATA Seagate HDDs 7200.7 8mb buffer - 120
KB/Mouse combo - 50$

that totals 1220$, the number arnt exact but shoudl be really close

Thanks man, thats pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Now, does anyone have any cheap mobo suggestions? I'm gonna try to get on that eVGA deal, but if not, whats good/cheap?

 

[Anubis]

well i just priced a similar setup and i was gonna go with the ASUS A8V-E Deluxe for 115$ but im sure you can find cherper

does that case come with a PSU? cause if not your gonna need one of them also, at least 400w, Antec, Enermac, OCZ or sesonic

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Anubis
well i just priced a similar setup and i was gonna go with the ASUS A8V-E Deluxe for 115$ but im sure you can find cherper

does that case come with a PSU? cause if not your gonna need one of them also, at least 400w, Antec, Enermac, OCZ or sesonic

No, it doesn't. Would a Shuttle SFF end up being cheaper? I know its more convenient as well, too.

 

[SLCentral]

I've decided on this. Let me know how it is:

Shuttle SN25P
Athlon 64 3500+ Venice
Corsair 2x512MB CAS 2.5 PC3200 Value
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB SATA
eVGA GeForce 7800 GT 256MB (Dual-link DVI)
NEC 16x Double-Layer DVD+-RW

Total comes out to $1251 on ZipZoomFly, and $1252 on mWave. ZipZoomFly has free 2-day shipping, so I'm gonna go with them. Not doing NewEgg this time, as I'd have to pay tax (In NJ).

 

[ClydeFrog51]

its good

 

[Gadzookie]

a small factor build ? :-( not good do you really need it to be portable ? how about this build

Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Case
450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 (24pins) 104.00

Procssor AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 939 380.01
Motherboard EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra 939 106.99
Memory A-DATA 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) 95.84 X2
Hardrive Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 16MB SATA 132.00
Floppy NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" 8.49
Optical NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A 44.99
Graphics XFX 6600 (Dual Dvi) 256 MB DDR PCI-E 123.00

Total 1091.16

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150090

here is the link to the card its dual dvi liek you needed and its pretty decent should be ok for you if your not a hardcore gamer in a year or so you would upgrade to a 7800 should be cheaper by then

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Gadzookie
a small factor build ? :-( not good do you really need it to be portable ? how about this build

Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Case
450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 (24pins) 104.00

Procssor AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 939 380.01
Motherboard EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra 939 106.99
Memory A-DATA 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) 95.84 X2
Hardrive Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 16MB SATA 132.00
Floppy NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" 8.49
Optical NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A 44.99
Graphics XFX 6600 (Dual Dvi) 256 MB DDR PCI-E 123.00

Total 1091.16

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150090

here is the link to the card its dual dvi liek you needed and its pretty decent should be ok for you if your not a hardcore gamer in a year or so you would upgrade to a 7800 should be cheaper by then

I like the SFF because everything's all in one; PSU, motherboard, and case. Not only is the price premium very low ($150 motherboard, $100 PSU, $100 case = $350), but the convenience is useful, and they look great.

I wouldn't want a 6600 at this point. Even so, Dual-DVI != Dual-Link DVI. Dual-DVI wouldn't work with this setup. Even so, the 6600 wouldn't let me game at all at high resolutions. I've heard success stories of people playing HL2 at 70fps on 7800GTX's at 2560x1600, so I could assume that I could get between 50-60fps, which is fine for me.

 

[theMan]

what are the specs on the psu that comes with that? i think you should get a 3200 venice and save some cash, especially if you can overclock.

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: theman
what are the specs on the psu that comes with that? i think you should get a 3200 venice and save some cash, especially if you can overclock.

350W. I don't know how comfortable I am overclocking in such a small box. Anyone done it before?

 

[SLCentral]

Okay guys, here's what I got so far:

AMD Athlon 65 3500+ Venice -$ 222
Corsair PC3200 CAS 2.5 512MBx2 - $91.50
eVGA 7800GT + free eVGA motherboard (review here.) - $450
Hitachi 250GB 7200RPM SATA - $106
NEC 16x Dual-Layer DVD-RW - $47.15
Thermaltake Tsunami ATX - $100
Antec TruePower 2.0 430W PSU - $80

Total: $1096

My budget is around $1250, so I have about $150 more to spend. Should I get more RAM, a better GPU, a better CPU, games, or save up for SLI (considering I'm going to want to play games at 2560x1600 res)?

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
Okay guys, here's what I got so far:

AMD Athlon 65 3500+ Venice -$ 222
Corsair PC3200 CAS 2.5 512MBx2 - $91.50
eVGA 7800GT + free eVGA motherboard (review here.) - $450
Hitachi 250GB 7200RPM SATA - $106
NEC 16x Dual-Layer DVD-RW - $47.15
Thermaltake Tsunami ATX - $100
Antec TruePower 2.0 430W PSU - $80

Total: $1096

My budget is around $1250, so I have about $150 more to spend. Should I get more RAM, a better GPU, a better CPU, games, or save up for SLI (considering I'm going to want to play games at 2560x1600 res)?

Speakers? Soundcard? cables? monitor?