Ok I have a budget of about $1300 I tried picking out some stuff but I dont really know what would be good for me so, what I want is a fast computer that is good at games and stuff :unsure: I'll build it myself so Just really looking for the right parts so help would be appreciated Thanks, K4D
rough estimate of what you can get c2q q6600 2GB RAM 8800GTS something like that I'll fill in the blanks an provide links later.
-Intel http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wishli...tNumber=4094745 -AMD http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wishli...tNumber=5732006
cool thanks furious, i'll look over that amd one EDIT: ok so I looked at it and this is what I think i'll get, http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/24/untitledth7.png does that look good or should I change anything?
okay...for gaming pc these things 2 gig ram ACR Rocks mother board which has a 4 gig extented ram Geforce or radieon video/ graphic card A water cooling system NOT FAN 250 gig hard drive raptor 7200 or 7500 RPM i will fill you up with detail later
if you're overclocking, swap CPu and board. e6550+ p35 based DS3. same cost more or less. if you aren't OCing a really cheap board will do FYI. at stock, I find that the athlons tend to load programs somewhat more quickly but installing apps and actually running them is a bit slower. e6550 is a better CPU around in most cases(lower power usage[litterally half as much], runs cooler). heck looking at your budget, you could squeeze in a q6600(guaranteed G0 stepping) http://www.tankguys.biz/product_info.php?c...1a40fed4853740e if you plan on overclocking at all DEFINITELY go the c2d route. I can assure you that a 3.6Ghz c2d can kill a 3.2Ghz Ax2 in 99% of scenarios and at those speed both have around the same thermal output/temps if you want to test it OLJ hop into the 3dmark aquamark and superpi threads... PSU - you can get a better PSu for that price. I've sen Corsair HX520s go for $80-90 Also don't bother with the 640mb version of the GTS it's over 40% more expensive but in most cases only a negligible amount faster as of the latest driver updates(there are some exceptions though but...) only reason I went with the 640mb version is because when i was buying the 320 was $280 and the 640 was $310... Merged Post: AS rock(a subdivision of ASUStek) makes lowend board. you don't need water, a decent loop runs around $250-500(depending on what you cool) but a good airsetup might run around 1/3rd that cost and come within a few degrees. Also 99% of WC setups end up using fan to force air through the rads. Passive on WC is... well pointless when you can stick on a few low speed fans for literally double the thermal dissipation. As for cards, there are literally dozens of GeForce and Radeon cards. the number of models exceeds 100. an 8800GTX is around 1000 times as powerful(in some cases) as a GeForce 2. Same on the ATi side. also, there is no such thing as a 250GB raptor and 7500RPM harddrives aren't readily available. Also the raptor is a 10krpm drive.