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Alright everyone, I have decided to use my hard earned money to buy meself a brand new gaming rig!

I have no idea on parts to get though.... that's where you guys come in.

Alright, all I know is that I prefer Intel, and probably ATI (unless someone tells me otherwise).

Not everything needs to be top of the line, but I would like a nice gfx card and processor. Also, if there is leftover cash for a nice monitor, throw that in there. But if not, I can just wait till christmas and get one + a new mouse/keyboard.

Thanks everyone

kinNE

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i7 / i5
with some 12gb ram ddr3
a good geforce 275 would do the job.

basically go on newegg, pick the things that has the most / best reviews.
and you'll be fine.

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http://89.252.12.150:8080/Yolk/BuildEdito..

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12gb of ram?! Sure about that?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. - Would that be a good one?
It's fairly expensive and the 4890 is like $90 cheaper...

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#3, that's vista 32 bit, wouldn't I only get to use like 3 gigs of the ram?

And can someone tell my why too or not too buy a 5800 series card...

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you choose - i5 or i7 build. if you pick i5 get a lga 1156 socket mobo for an i7 get a lga 1366 socket mobo.
for the i7 id suggest a ASUS P6T SE. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

i5 id suggest MSI p55m http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [80]
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [120]
GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [380]
case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [100]
memory - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [86]
HDD + PSU + GPU + CASE + RAM = $766

so you have $534 to go with a mobo + cpu. what i suggest is this
i5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [200]
mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [120]
TOTAL = $1086 w/ out shipping and stuff. you have $213 left over, use it on something else or keep it. oh yeah you could buy 6gb of memory if you'd prefer.

Thanks Elko, any idea when I can buy that GPU? It says auto notify...

And it requires 500w power supply, would that extra 250w power everything else?

Also, that guy suggested 12gb or ram, is that even necessary?
Last thing, how would this - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDe.. + http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. do?

Thanks

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it doesn't require 500w of PSU itself, the max it will ever require is 180w i believe. and that is when you're on full load, when your PC is idle it consumes 27w which is amazing. i posted a 750w PSU because it is more future proof and it will be more than enough to power your PC.

where to buy the GPU, it comes out tomorrow lol o_o 10/5/09 i believe. buy all the parts on newegg btw.

no 12gb of memory is completely unnecessary. 4gb is perfect today, 6gb is more than enough, 8+ is just over kill really. unless you're hosting a server, i wouldn't do it.

and yes go with that combo and that memory.

This comment was edited at 10/04/2009 4:25 PM

Okay thanks. Haha okay well I'll pick up that GPU then.
Also, thermal paste and a heatsink, what do you prefer for those.

This comment was edited at 10/04/2009 4:27 PM

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#8 agreed. You only need that much (12) ram if you're doing hardcore multi-tasking, and I doubt you'll be playing 5 different games at the same time.

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#10 Haha thanks. What about the ram speed, the set I posted has 2000 of something.

Does that just mean it works faster?

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yeah #10 lol, unless you want to run Crysis five times then don't get it :p

uhm for a heatsink.. dunno just get anything thats i5 compatible, i dont really know of any good ones for the i5 so yeh just look around at reviews. thermal paste just get any lol

Haha okay. I'm looking for a 1156 socket heatsink right? These numbers make my head hurt :P

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nah it will just say i5 compatible :]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. How's this?

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thats good :)

Okay this is what I'm looking at so far.

case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [100]
hdd - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [80]
psu - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [120]
ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [100]
heatsink - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [30]
OS - Vista 64bit, free upgrade to 7 [110]
cpu/mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDe.. [365]
gpu - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [385]
paste - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp.. [7]

The total of this is $1297. Giving me about 50 dollars to work with. I'm going to get payed in a couple of days so maybe I can get a new monitor or keyboard/mouse with that.

This comment was edited at 10/04/2009 4:52 PM

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Intel Core i5 750 + OCZ StealthXStream 700w [254.98 ]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDe..

SAPPHIRE HD 5870 1GB [379.99]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

4GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 2000 [99.99]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

ASRock P55 Extreme [149.99]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

Coolermaster RC-690 [69.99]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB [79.99]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

Coolermaster i5/i7 Cooler [29.99]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

Rosewill 120mm fan x 2 [8.98]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

Total: 1073.90 before taxes, shipping and rebates.

This comment was edited at 10/05/2009 11:23 PM

GOD DA_MN it harle you just ruined it

Hmm that's 200 dollars that I could use for a monitor...

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If you want paste, this is better:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

GOD DA_MN it harle you just ruined it

Okay so with the ram, will I really need the 2000 whatevers if I mainly play tf2 with the occasional Crysis and ArmA II?

I know the 5870 is super overkill for tf2 but I want to be set for quite a while.

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You'll be set for a while, don't even worry about it.

GOD DA_MN it harle you just ruined it

if you want a monitor buy this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

and yeah the 5870 will last you a long time :P

This comment was edited at 10/04/2009 5:00 PM

Okay sounds good. Thanks Elko and harlE

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That's the exact monitor I was looking at

EDIT: Alright I added harlE's build + vista + monitor and it comes out to be like $1396, which will probably be alright.

Thanks for everything guys

This comment was edited at 10/04/2009 5:12 PM

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Don't put too much silver 5 on, it's conductive :)

How much is too much?

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oh i'd suggest this combo btw.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDe..

Thanks, I'll check that out

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Nice pick on that hard disk, harle :)

I'd go with this mobo cuz it offers best LAN performance, even better than Gigabyte's own P55-UD6, MSI P55-GD80, Asus P7P55D Deluxe etc. I guess Asus Maximus III Formula/Gene won't perform better/faster than this one. Other than that all 1156 board should perform the same or similar at all.
BIOS, so, options are basically different.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

*Edit* Oh and cosidering you want a monitor as well. I'd wait for Asus' VG242H or whatever it will be called. 120-Hz-Full-HD monitor (1920x1080). There's no release date or price tag yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ULTXYIgTU

This comment was edited at 10/05/2009 10:47 PM

H4tw

ill sell you my amd phenom ii x4 955, 8gb ddr3 1600, ATI HD4890, 1tb hd, 750gb hd, antec P180 case with a genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit for 1000$ :o

#teamesp forever.

haha damnnnn #30 the last monitor, USB linked monitors for up to 6 displays to one computer. looks sick. imagine having that.

=(^.^)=

Alright about to make the transaction.

Just want to make sure I've got everything I'll need...

CPU/PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDe..
DVD Burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..
MoBo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..
CPU Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

+ A few extras (keyboard/mouse,monitor,80mmfan,thermal paste,cable ties...)

Is there ANYTHING I am missing from what I listed, also any parts that could be subbed.

Thanks so much, quick reply please because I'm planning on buying ~hour

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all looks great except the case.. go with the Antec 900 or Antec 1200. the smilodon isn't the greatest and i'm sure you wouldn't enjoy the front since you have to keep the door open when you are using the USB ports.

Okay yeah I'll go with that. Thanks for everything man

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no problem, tell me how it goes when you build it !
oh and if you're a student you can get windows 7 for $30 http://www.win741.com/

Don't get DDR3 1600 ram for 96 bucks...

Get this instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

GOD DA_MN it harle you just ruined it

I was going to get that but I looked at my mobo (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as.. and went to specifications and went to memory standard and it said DDR3 2600+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066, not DDR3 2000.

Could this still work?

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Yea it works up to 2600+

So DDR3 2000 will work, you can set it to DDR3 1600 speeds anyway.

GOD DA_MN it harle you just ruined it

Okay, thanks so much. Checking out now! I'll post pictures when it's finished:p

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