[QUOTE="kilerchese"]The 5770 is UNDER the performance of the GTX 260 AND HD 4870. If your going DX11 do NOT get a 57XX card because your paying more for less. If you want a HD 5 series card, save up the money for a HD 58XX card. Thanks for the tip. Notice all the drives sold at newegg are Bare Drives, so they don't come with cables. Are all SATA cables the same, hook-up wise at least? I plan on plugging in A 320 GB HDD I have and was wondering if I needed to hunt down some special cables.
[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"][QUOTE="Dragontrapper42"][QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"] Are you comfortable with building it? I could build it for you if you'd like (I'm on the east coast as well, just not in Virginia). :) Yeah - between all the upgrades I've done to my last desktop and what I've read here and elsewhere, I'm pretty familiar with the inside of a computer. Just a little unfamiliar when it comes to choosing components like Motherboards, case, etc. Alright then do you have a preference of components? Not really. I'm Familiar with Nvidia and Radeon Graphics cards, having used both at some point, and the last hard drive I bought was a Seagate. Leaning towards AMD on the CPU. Probably going to take the advice on the Graphics card and go for the HD 5770. Still clueless on a PSU. Would 650W be alright, or should I go for 750W?
[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"] Are you comfortable with building it? I could build it for you if you'd like (I'm on the east coast as well, just not in Virginia). :) Yeah - between all the upgrades I've done to my last desktop and what I've read here and elsewhere, I'm pretty familiar with the inside of a computer. Just a little unfamiliar when it comes to choosing components like Motherboards, case, etc.
[QUOTE="RayvinAzn"][QUOTE="Dragontrapper42"] Well, that included monitor, keyboard, mouse, wifi card, etc - the other components come in at a little over $1100: - OS: Windows 7 home premium -CPU: AMD Phenom II Deneb -Mobo: MSI - ATX Desktop AMD Phenom II -Ram: 9 GB DDR SDRAM -HDD: Seagate 1 TB -HDD 2: Seagate 500 GB -GPU: GeForce 260 GTX (Not sure about this one...) -Case: Anec Nine Hundred II -PSU: Corsair 650w ATX -CD Drive: HP 24x DVD+RW/CD-RW First time designing a computer, so forgive any SNAFU's The information you gave isn't overly useful. Which model Phenom II? What chipset MSI motherboard? Why 9GB of RAM, and are you SURE that isn't DDR2 or DDR3? Keeping on the RAM, if it is DDR2 or 3, which does the motherboard support (I know it doesn't support DDR)? What model Seagate drive is that? The .10 series was decent but a bit slow by today's standards, the .11 series had some very serious firmware problems, the .12 models are excellent, their ES and ES.2 models are too pricey for a desktop, and there are a few other variants out there that might not be ideal for you. The GTX 260 is also not a card I'd purchase at this point - it's one and a half API versions behind now, and given how well ATI has managed to saturate the market with DirectX 11-capable hardware, there's really no reason not to go with one of their HD5000 series cards. The Nine Hundred II case is rather frumpy in my opinion, at least while you can get a Lian-Li LANCool K-58/K-60/K-62 for as much or less than it costs. And you'll want to make sure that optical drive is SATA, if only for cable routing's sake. Like Is mentioned, I've never done anything like this, so thanks for the advice. Any suggested parts list? P.S. - I live in Virginia
umm $1500? that better be top of the line because.. a computer like mine in my sig was 1000 tell us ur parts.
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Well, that included monitor, keyboard, mouse, wifi card, etc - the other components come in at a little over $1100: - OS: Windows 7 home premium -CPU: AMD Phenom II Deneb -Mobo: MSI - ATX Desktop AMD Phenom II -Ram: 9 GB DDR SDRAM -HDD: Seagate 1 TB -HDD 2: Seagate 500 GB -GPU: GeForce 260 GTX (Not sure about this one...) -Case: Anec Nine Hundred II -PSU: Corsair 650w ATX -CD Drive: HP 24x DVD+RW/CD-RW First time designing a computer, so forgive any SNAFU's
thanks for the advice! just totaled up a part list I've been working on based off using Newegg where I can, and It came in at a little over $1500 including monitor, keyboard, etc. Shaved $400 off my original estimate. (I still think I might be getting ripped off somewhere...) Any suggestions about graphics cards?
I've been using a laptop for a while now (HP dv6768se I got for Christmas a while back), but am finding that it is quickly getting outstripped performance wise. After poking around for a good PC, I find myself considering build a custom PC for the first time. The PC would be pretty much for gaming only, as my laptop is perfect for everything else (for my purposes, at least). Mostly games like Mass Effect 2, Fallout 3, MW2 and the like being the current upper end graphics wise. So, my questions are mainly: 1) How much should a really good Gaming PC cost? and 2) Where should I get my parts? (Best Buy, specialty store, online?) The most technical I've gotten with my computer is replacing the Graphics card, Ram, and Hard Drive on my last Desktop, so forgive any naivety.
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