Its Almost the Moment of Truth!!! (pls reply)

Alright, I know I've said before I'd get my rig in July, but I cant stand it anymore, so I am either going to order tomorrow, or friday so I need replies ASAP.

I am stuck between 2 rigs because of a small price difference.

These are the specs that both of the builds have that ae the same:

CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5 - Retail

XFX GS250XYDFC GeForce GTS 250 512MB Core Edition 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Samsung 2233BW 22IN Widescreen Lcd Monitor Black 1680X1050 5MS 20000:1DC DVI-D Hdcp Vga

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

BFG Tech GS-550 550W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V V2.8 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA2 3.5IN 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive OEM *3YR MFR Warranty*

Lg GH22NS30 Black DVD+RW 22X8X16 DVD-RW 22X6X16 Dl 16X/12X 2MB Sata Oem

Now this is where I get stuck since I'm on a REALLY tight budget

AMD:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition Processor Model AD775ZWCGHBOX - Retail

ASUS M3A76-CM AM2+/AM2 AMD 760G uATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Intel:

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E7400 - Retail

GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

I took these prices from another site so the price difference would be like $30 and BTW im canadian. Could u tell me which one I should get, and yes, I obviously know the Intel would kill that AMD and most AMD for that matter, but this is a really strict budget.

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Make sure you give me suggestions for the above materials as well. And if you give me a siggestion make sure the suggestion is cheaper so that I cann afford to go with Intel :D pls and thanks.

Sorry some of the links didnt work so just copy and paste to CanadaDirect.com as thats where I am ordering from.

EDIT: I am probably not going to overclock until august or sumin, after I get used to my rig. And after a year I will give it to my dad as a handmedown (without the gpu of course, he doesnt want it).

I know Intel owns AMD, but uhh...its just the price... and what about the mobo on the Intel, is that good for a gaming rig? The reviews loook good.

whoa whoa whoa.... HOLD UP ONE SECOND. Change your disk drive, you picked an IDE drive. Get a sata one, it is literally $1 more.Masterdj1992

oops thanks, IDE is the one with the THICKKK cable right?

KK I updated the first post, is that a DVD Burner? I really dont know.

Aggh, so do u agree to go with intel? I could JUST sqeeze it in there if you guys think its a big imporvement.

Thanks for all your help man, till other ppl respond I shall direct all questions to you. I know how to build a rig, although this is my first rig, I have been researching every week for couple of hours at a time on how to build it. Now how do u think I should put it together? Should I put the Optical and HDD drive first THEN the motherboard? Also, should I put everything in the motherboard before I put it in the case? What percent humidity do you think is suffient that I wont have to worry about shocking any of the open circuirt?What should I do to be extra careful (without buying a wrist strap) not to shock anything?

cut back on something I don't care what and you must get a more powerful video card for that res of 1680x1050, you must. Get at least a 4870 1 gig or GTX 260 216. I play at that res and the video card is going to make all the difference. If you can swing it at all possible get the 4890 it is a wonderful, great performing card.

Wth doing that I'll have to have a complete stud of processor and then my video card will be good, which will cause a pretty large bottle neck. Also, people said I can get almost all games maxed with the exception of a few. And even if I cant I can stand high, or even lowering the resolution to play max. Thanks for the help though.

Just so i can show my desperation i shall show u what I am on right now. I dont use this one for gaming tho, my bro hass a pretty good laptop, and I can play WoW maxed on it, but thats all.

Old Specs:

CPU - Intel Celeron R Single Core 3.07GHz

Motherboard- some really bad one, I didnt bother to check

RAM- 0.99GB of RAM (or 1GB)

GPU- Integrated Intel Family Chipset 128mb

Monitor- 19" Viewsonic (probably the best part of my computer)

everything else is generic, but u get my point

You don't need anything more powerful than that amd for a gtx250.

Thanks for all your help man, till other ppl respond I shall direct all questions to you. I know how to build a rig, although this is my first rig, I have been researching every week for couple of hours at a time on how to build it. Now how do u think I should put it together? Should I put the Optical and HDD drive first THEN the motherboard? Also, should I put everything in the motherboard before I put it in the case? What percent humidity do you think is suffient that I wont have to worry about shocking any of the open circuirt?What should I do to be extra careful (without buying a wrist strap) not to shock anything?

Tagerh

alright diffman thanks for the help, I was planning on doing that anyways, but I was gonna put the ram sticks in before I put the motherboaard on the standoffs. And this is my first rig... kinda overwhelmed and nervous that i might mess something up :P I think I should be fine, I did enough homework for this :)

alright diffman thanks for the help, I was planning on doing that anyways, but I was gonna put the ram sticks in before I put the motherboaard on the standoffs. And this is my first rig... kinda overwhelmed and nervous that i might mess something up :P I think I should be fine, I did enough homework for this :)

Tagerh

I would lovwe to get a 32mb cache hard drive, although I cant swing that much cash I going over my strict budget by getting the E7400, I dont think I could spend another $20.

I'm going to sleep now, I hope more ppl reply as I might be ordering tomorrowm it all depends on the availability of the items.

You don't need anything more powerful than that amd for a gtx250.

Sporknife

this is true, you don't NEED a better card but you will be running a 1680x1050 res. That is a very nice res that card will be at its peak with this res. A simple increase to a GTX 260 CORE 216 or 4870 1 gig will give you max on every game plus AA. You will not be bottle necked by your processor. I can't let this go, if you get that 250 you may as well as just get a 1440x900 monitor. The extra vram will help drastically with AA at those resolutions, I don't care what you heard on this. The video card is the heart of a gaming computer.

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You don't need anything more powerful than that amd for a gtx250.

chris24l

this is true, you don't NEED a better card but you will be running a 1680x1050 res. That is a very nice res that card will be at its peak with this res. A simple increase to a GTX 260 CORE 216 or 4870 1 gig will give you max on every game plus AA. You will not be bottle necked by your processor. I can't let this go, if you get that 250 you may as well as just get a 1440x900 monitor. The extra vram will help drastically with AA at those resolutions, I don't care what you heard on this. The video card is the heart of a gaming computer.