Building my own PC

[Shredderbeam]

Case:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1901962&Sku=TC3J-4050%20P

Hard drive, 1TB:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3346290&CatId=139

Yes, I do need 1TB.

My budget is around $1,200 to $1,500. I want the best costs reasonably possible, but quality comes first.

Advice please. D:

 

[david493]

I talked to you on MSN, here's some stuff.


Memory 4GB total

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227269


Motherboard, pretty nice, I use the previous version and it's pretty good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188028


Power Supply. I use the same manufacturer, hasn't failed after a year and half.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002


Quad Core 2.66GHz Intel Pretty good clock speeds for now, and the quad core will make it future proof for a year or two.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115131


NVIDIA 9800GT I use their other Graphics cards and they are pretty good. And if you want another one for SLI and more power you can just get another one because the MOBO and the Power Supply support SLI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130377


CD/DVD drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106251





Total Cost Roughly 920. You get some warranties and Rebates so shouldn't vary too much.

 

[Loren]

I talked to you on MSN, here's some stuff.


Memory 4GB total

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227269


Motherboard, pretty nice, I use the previous version and it's pretty good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188028


Power Supply. I use the same manufacturer, hasn't failed after a year and half.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002


Quad Core 2.66GHz Intel Pretty good clock speeds for now, and the quad core will make it future proof for a year or two.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115131


NVIDIA 9800GT I use their other Graphics cards and they are pretty good. And if you want another one for SLI and more power you can just get another one because the MOBO and the Power Supply support SLI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130377


CD/DVD drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106251





Total Cost Roughly 920. You get some warranties and Rebates so shouldn't vary too much.

I agree with these specs. They are great parts, probably some of the best for a good price and quality, and mind me asking, why would anyone need a whole terabyte of memory? Also, nice case.

 

[Hello Miss799]

cpu:AMD athlon 6000+ 3.0 GHZ // I prefer dual core CPU's because most applications today don't use the power of all 4 cores in a quad.

cpu fan: zalman 9500A 92mm HSF // you'll be able to do some overclocking with this thing on

memory: 2GB corsair DDR2 800MHZ RAM // High performance RAM

video card: EVGA 9800GX2 512 ddr3 // this is a really good video card, it has 2 cores it

psu: Corsair TX 750W // corsair is a reliable psu brand

 

[madhacker14]

Hey PM me dude,
I can hook you up,
Learned how to build very great computers from my step dad.
Or we can discuss on MSN,
[email protected]

 

[Jansen]

Right now, the ATI Radeon 4870 HD is the best bang for your buck.

If you can't afford that, go for the 4850

 

[wtp]

I talked to you on MSN, here's some stuff.


Memory 4GB total

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227269

Motherboard, pretty nice, I use the previous version and it's pretty good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188028


Power Supply. I use the same manufacturer, hasn't failed after a year and half.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002


Quad Core 2.66GHz Intel Pretty good clock speeds for now, and the quad core will make it future proof for a year or two.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115131


NVIDIA 9800GT I use their other Graphics cards and they are pretty good. And if you want another one for SLI and more power you can just get another one because the MOBO and the Power Supply support SLI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130377


CD/DVD drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106251





Total Cost Roughly 920. You get some warranties and Rebates so shouldn't vary too much.

You give good advice.

 

[Hello Miss799]

Right now, the ATI Radeon 4870 HD is the best bang for your buck.

If you can't afford that, go for the 4850

Yeah, I think the 4870 is the most powerful card today.. right?

 

[Clashfan]

Nah that'd probably be a Geforce GTX 280

 

[xxthebeastxx]

I talked to you on MSN, here's some stuff.


Memory 4GB total

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227269


Motherboard, pretty nice, I use the previous version and it's pretty good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188028


Power Supply. I use the same manufacturer, hasn't failed after a year and half.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002


Quad Core 2.66GHz Intel Pretty good clock speeds for now, and the quad core will make it future proof for a year or two.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115131


NVIDIA 9800GT I use their other Graphics cards and they are pretty good. And if you want another one for SLI and more power you can just get another one because the MOBO and the Power Supply support SLI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130377


CD/DVD drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106251





Total Cost Roughly 920. You get some warranties and Rebates so shouldn't vary too much.

I agree but what about this for RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220278 theoretically DDR3 is way better than DDR2.

 

[Hello Miss799]

I agree but what about this for RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220278 theoretically DDR3 is way better than DDR2.

Most motherboards don't support DDR3 yet

 

[Clashfan]

The one he picked out does.

 

[Jansen]

Nah that'd probably be a Geforce GTX 280

4870 X2 outdoes it

also, don't waste money on DDR3 ram

 

[Hello Miss799]

oh yeah, DDR3 would be fine then, or some high performance ddr2. e.g ddr2 800, 1066 would be just fine.

BTW, don't go buying a 790i board if you aren't going to use the SLi.

EDIT: I agree with Jansen, you may want to wait on DDR3 right now, DDR2 is still the standard RAM and DDR3 is expensive right now.

 

[Clashfan]

4870 X2 outdoes it

also, don't waste money on DDR3 ram

2 GPUs on a single card is cheating

 

[Jansen]

2 GPUs on a single card is cheating

the 280gtx costs ~$450

4870 is ~$250

is costing half as much cheating too?

 

[Clashfan]

$250 for a 4870... a 4870 X2 is $520 on newegg.

 

[Jansen]

$250 for a 4870... a 4870 X2 is $520 on newegg.

Right
but it kicks the ass out of the 280gtx

the normal 4870 gets you LITERALLY ONE FRAME PER SECOND LESS on average, using crysis as a benchmark, than the 280

Is that one frame per second worth another $200?

 

[Clashfan]

I never said it was worth it. If I was building a new computer I'd probably put a $100 9800GT in it.

 

[BabyFreeze]

You can buy my old computer with windows 95, it runs pacman (Little bit laggy if u turn the graphics really high) It would be like 800$ so little cheaper then u wanted? Joking But the first advice would be good and i would pack my ram upto 6gb and my Video card upto 1gb, so u dont need to upgrade it in near future