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Originally Posted by RAMSTORIA whats your motherboard and your psu?

I bought parts for a new PC in 09/2007 on Newegg so thank god for that because I wouldn't remember.

Mobo: BIOSTAR TForce TF7025-M2 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7025 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
PSU: I had a 500W PSU purchased but that broke down on me. I believe I got the same wattage or maybe higher but I can check (open the case or is it somewhere on XP?) if that's really a problem.

Originally Posted by Hostile I bought parts for a new PC in 09/2007 on Newegg so thank god for that because I wouldn't remember. Mobo: BIOSTAR TForce TF7025-M2 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7025 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard PSU: I had a 500W PSU purchased but that broke down on me. I believe I got the same wattage or maybe higher but I can check (open the case or is it somewhere on XP?) if that's really a problem.

as far as the psu, if youre running a 8800gt you should be fine with a 5770, theyre very power efficient.

doesnt look like youll have a problem with getting a 5770. go ahead and order it.

newegg is USD correct?

Originally Posted by MiNuN newegg is USD correct?

.com is. try www.newegg.ca, all prices are canadian.

Originally Posted by RAMSTORIA .com is. try www.newegg.ca, all prices are canadian.

Thank you!

They have computers and electricity in Canada...??

Originally Posted by SpecTrE3353 They have computers and electricity in Canada...??

Is USA still letting Pedophilias use the internet?...ha ha ha silly me, I mean the people of PA.

I'm sure most of you guys are aware of this, but most of the Newegg pc kits come with Rosewill power supplys. I just bought an i5 kit off them a few weeks ago, and the power supply failed after about a week. I had a big problem getting it replaced (Newegg was more than will to swap it for another of the same model, but I had to complain to get them to take care of shipping cost), and was without a pc for a couple weeks because of it. If you're planning on building a new PC, the Newegg kits are pretty good, just plan on buying a replacement power supply for it.

Seems like that might nullify the savings out of buying a kit in the first place... a nice PSU is what? At least $100? I usually buy Antec for the reliability but they aren't cheap.

I think I need to downgrade my PSU lol. 850W.... It's way to big for this little case, and it really destroys my cable management...

I may just have to buy a new GPU and Case for my Birthday. Hmm... I'm using an Antec 300 case, not that great for me right now. :/ Anyone have any recommendations for a case that is bigger?

Originally Posted by Droenixjpn I think I need to downgrade my PSU lol. 850W.... It's way to big for this little case, and it really destroys my cable management... I may just have to buy a new GPU and Case for my Birthday. Hmm... I'm using an Antec 300 case, not that great for me right now. :/ Anyone have any recommendations for a case that is bigger?

depends what you want it to fit. if you want it quiet or high airflow.
im very happy with my haf 922, if you can still get the cm sniper for just over $100 thats a ridiculous deal.
the lian li k62 looks outstanding but has really tight fitment with the 5800 series cards.

there are a ton of cases out there.

depends what you want and what your price point is.

I think it was a like $80 PSU I got with the kit. They removed the item from thier website after I complained, cause alot of people were having the same problem as me. It's actually a pretty nice PSU, 700W, crossfire support, LOTS of plugs, and it runs really quiet. It just isnt reliable from my experience.

Yeah, I think it did nullify the savings, but at the time I didnt know how crappy the PSU was. But in any case it works now, and I have a pretty decent gaming rig for like $600

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=18300048
This is my recent $800 pc build that I just bought on newegg
Less than $800 after s&h and mail in rebates

Case 79.99
COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

PSU 79.99 (49.99 MIR) ($5 off w/ promo code EMCYPNP43, ends 3/29)
OCZ StealthXStream OCZ700SXS 700W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

Mobo 119.99 (109.99 MIR)
ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard

Processor 159.99
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor

GPU 154.99 (144.99 MIR)
POWERCOLOR PCS+ AX5770 1GBD5-PPG Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card

Mem 124.99 (104.99 MIR)
OCZ AMD Black Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3BE1600C8LV4GK

HDD 54.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

ODD 23.99 ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

The total is 798.92 (+ 18.99 shipping only for the case)
747.91 is the final total after shipping and mail in rebates

I'm thinking about upgrading my graphics card.

What would be my best choice without breaking the bank? I would prefer to stick with Nvidia and whatever card I get has to have a HDMI port on it.

I currently have:

Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.00 Ghz
3 GB of RAM
ASUS GeForce 8600 GT 512MB

Unfortunately, right now really isn't the time to be looking at anything from Nvidia. They're beaten by ATI at just about every price since they discontinued the GTX 200 cards. The only Nvidia based upgrade to your card that isn't overpriced or unavailable would be the GTS 250 which performs close to the Radeon 4850 for around the same price.

If you still want to stick with Nvidia, I'd recommend going for something like this: Gigabyte GeForce GTS 250 1GB - $119.99 ($99.99 MIR)

If you don't mind going with ATI and paying a little more, there's the Radeon 5770's which will give you a bigger boost in performance. Something like this would be good: HIS Radeon 5770 1GB - $149.99

HOLY SHIT! I didn't know about this thread.. I'm gonna pick up a computer soon. Thank you SOSTrooper very much for the thread.

Originally Posted by Mid Boss Unfortunately, right now really isn't the time to be looking at anything from Nvidia. They're beaten by ATI at just about every price since they discontinued the GTX 200 cards. The only Nvidia based upgrade to your card that isn't overpriced or unavailable would be the GTS 250 which performs close to the Radeon 4850 for around the same price. If you still want to stick with Nvidia, I'd recommend going for something like this: Gigabyte GeForce GTS 250 1GB - $119.99 ($99.99 MIR) If you don't mind going with ATI and paying a little more, there's the Radeon 5770's which will give you a bigger boost in performance. Something like this would be good: HIS Radeon 5770 1GB - $149.99

It has been years since I've used ATI but did they improve their drivers since then?

Originally Posted by Sporadic It has been years since I've used ATI but did they improve their drivers since then?

well from my understanding theyre still not awesome but theyre significantly better thn they were years ago. I remember them being a monumental pain in the ass to remove if you had an ati card and replaced it with a nvidia.

like mentioned above now isnt the time to buy a nvidia card. new stuff is right here and old stuff is outperformed by cheaper ati cards.

Originally Posted by Vulcan2422 I was wondering if you CAG's could help me out with building a frag box. I want it to have at least 2 gigs of memory, a decent graphics card, and of course a good processor. Do you CAG's think you could help me build one for around 400 or so?

tall order. not sure what type of games you want to play. i threw this together, its a microatx board, the case has a handle for easy transportation.

$535

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=10701394