The Ultimate 'Build-A-PC' Thread. Complete With Pricings & Recommendations (06/06/10)

I really wouldn't say the second one is much better. Those monitors look to be around 95% identical to me. I'd still say to take the second one for the larger rebate, though.
 
[quote name='Mid Boss']I really wouldn't say the second one is much better. Those monitors look to be around 95% identical to me. I'd still say to take the second one for the larger rebate, though.[/QUOTE]

Ditto to that. But act fast, I think the rebate is only good for purchases through tomorrow.

Basically a trade off between 0.6" more screen space or 3ms faster response time between the two.

My case is 80% painted or so (just have 3 removable drive bays and the two removable side panels left). So I decided to take my rivets and make it not a pile of parts. Only have the mobo tray back together thus far. Pics were taken with my phone, so not the greatest and I'm too lazy to drag the camera out. I'm happy with it so far.

Slide out Mobo tray before:
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After:
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[quote name='ZForce915']Intel finds flaw in 6-series chipsets, halts shipments

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/20326[/QUOTE]

From what I read so far it affects only the sata 2 ports on the chip. If third party manufacturer use other chips to control sata 2, those won't fail. But they still have bad sata 2 from the H/P 6 chips.

My local computer store has already stoped the sales of all the 1155 motherboards.
 
Hate to create a new topic so I will just ask here. How do you guys back up your stuff and transfer it between computers? As I have said here a few times within the next few months I will be getting a new PC, but in the mean time this PC is REALLY filled up and I do not want to delete any of my stuff or back it up to a burnt DVD. The problem is less that I have such an insane amount of stuff and more that this PC only has like a 250 gig hard drive.

I was thinking of buying an external hard drive that way I could just plug it in, transfer everything over to it for back up and then when I got my new PC transfer from the external to the new PC.
 
[quote name='MSI Magus']Hate to create a new topic so I will just ask here. How do you guys back up your stuff and transfer it between computers? As I have said here a few times within the next few months I will be getting a new PC, but in the mean time this PC is REALLY filled up and I do not want to delete any of my stuff or back it up to a burnt DVD. The problem is less that I have such an insane amount of stuff and more that this PC only has like a 250 gig hard drive.

I was thinking of buying an external hard drive that way I could just plug it in, transfer everything over to it for back up and then when I got my new PC transfer from the external to the new PC.[/QUOTE]

I usually use my media PC to handle heavy transfers from upgrading or dying rigs. For everything else that is not so heavy I use USB drives and/or free online storage.
 
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[quote name='Megazell']I usually use my media PC to handle heavy transfers from upgrading or dying rigs. For everything else that is not so heavy I use USB drives and/or free online storage.[/QUOTE]

What is a media PC? Like you bought a really cheap PC just for storage and watching media or something?
 
[quote name='MSI Magus']What is a media PC? Like you bought a really cheap PC just for storage and watching media or something?[/QUOTE]



well, you have a few cheap easy options.

you could wait until you get your new PC and just transfer the files between computers over a LAN. use your existing router or a crossover cable.

you could also buy an external enclosure and pop in the existing HDD in there. transfer over the files, then format it for a spare 250gb external. you should be able to get an enclosure for under $20 no problem.

and finally you could buy an external HDD. they arent a bad thing to have handy anyway, and they are pretty reasonable in price. $60 for a 500gb one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145323
 
[quote name='MSI Magus']What is a media PC? Like you bought a really cheap PC just for storage and watching media or something?[/QUOTE]

I have 8 PC setup with 2 media PCs at my home. The media PC streams videos, music and family photos to a projector on my network. I also have crossover cables but I have not used that in quite some time.

You set up a LAN and use one of the machines for file dumps. It saves a ton of money so that you can use it for multiple purposes...like arcade gaming, private servers for hosting games, sorting and organizing family photos from your couch...whatever.

You can build for one less than $100 as all it really does is back up your files and such so you don't need a serious video card (if any). The major thing would be HDs, really.

In fact, a lot of people give away PCs like this all the time on craigslist. I picked up 12 PCs alone in December for the children's center that I volunteer at. 9 of them were working as is and the rest needed a little touch up and nothing more.
 
[quote name='Megazell']I have 8 PC setup with 2 media PCs at my home. The media PC streams videos, music and family photos to a projector on my network. I also have crossover cables but I have not used that in quite some time.

You set up a LAN and use one of the machines for file dumps. It saves a ton of money so that you can use it for multiple purposes...like arcade gaming, private servers for hosting games, sorting and organizing family photos from your couch...whatever.

You can build for one less than $100 as all it really does is back up your files and such so you don't need a serious video card (if any). The major thing would be HDs, really.

In fact, a lot of people give away PCs like this all the time on craigslist. I picked up 12 PCs alone in December for the children's center that I volunteer at. 9 of them were working as is and the rest needed a little touch up and nothing more.[/QUOTE]

I've never quite understood the whole media PC concept. The PC I run now and the PC I'm going to build will have the programs I need to stream to my XBOX and all I've done is install one separate 1TB drive holding the videos/pictures/music I plan to share and stream. Why bother with an entirely different PC for that?
 
[quote name='ZForce915']I've never quite understood the whole media PC concept. The PC I run now and the PC I'm going to build will have the programs I need to stream to my XBOX and all I've done is install one separate 1TB drive holding the videos/pictures/music I plan to share and stream. Why bother with an entirely different PC for that?[/QUOTE]

I already listed the some of the reasons. You can turn that PC into anything on the fly. My media PC is running Linux and XP with a personal GUI so that anyone can use it and say play games on the fly via game pads, watch a movie using one of my PC remotes and on the fly I can load up server software and host games for friends and family to connect to and rock a fews games with. Having a devoted machine to just do those things is easier and cheaper. This is something you can do with spare parts and takes just a little setup and saves a lot of time and money. I upgraded by stuff in 2009 on the cheap and so I'm good until 2013 or maybe later. My family is 6 people big so everyone has their own PC/Laptop to do their business and 2 media PC (one for each floor) to handle the needs of the house.
 
[quote name='Megazell']I already listed the some of the reasons. You can turn that PC into anything on the fly. My media PC is running Linux and XP with a personal GUI so that anyone can use it and say play games on the fly via game pads, watch a movie using one of my PC remotes and on the fly I can load up server software and host games for friends and family to connect to and rock a fews games with. Having a devoted machine to just do those things is easier and cheaper. This is something you can do with spare parts and takes just a little setup and saves a lot of time and money. I upgraded by stuff in 2009 on the cheap and so I'm good until 2013 or maybe later. My family is 6 people big so everyone has their own PC/Laptop to do their business and 2 media PC (one for each floor) to handle the needs of the house.[/QUOTE]

I see, I think our situations are just different is all. I only have three potential computer users in the house (myself included) and between our laptop and PC there is no need to have additional machines around so I try to have my PC do it all.
 
[quote name='ZForce915']I see, I think our situations are just different is all. I only have three potential computer users in the house (myself included) and between our laptop and PC there is no need to have additional machines around so I try to have my PC do it all.[/QUOTE]

Yeah. I got the same impression. But should your PC fail it's always good to have a back PC ready to roll. Having the infrastructure in place at least will save you a lot of money and time should that main machine of the house go down.

I baby my tech so this is a rare issue but a long time ago this setup saved the family's bacon quite nicely.
 
[quote name='basilofbkrst']http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261101&cm_re=gtx560-_-14-261-101-_-Product

Opinions. GO!





Please.[/QUOTE]

If you are going to spend that type of cash on just a video card - Go with a company that has a better customer service record and warranty package.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604&cm_re=gtx_560-_-14-130-604-_-Product

Warranty info the card I provided above. http://www.evga.com/support/warranty/

This EVGA card has Limited Lifetime Warranty when you register the product on their site.

Here is the warranty options for the card you selected - http://www.palit.biz/main/rma.php?lang=us

It's been my experience that say 4 years down the road the card conks out the company has a trade in offer where you pay a small amount and get their latest card. This is a great way to upgrade on the cheap and it's nice way to pick up free bundled software and games.
 
[quote name='Megazell']If you are going to spend that type of cash on just a video card - Go with a company that has a better customer service record and warranty package.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604&cm_re=gtx_560-_-14-130-604-_-Product

Warranty info the card I provided above. http://www.evga.com/support/warranty/

This EVGA card has Limited Lifetime Warranty when you register the product on their site.

Here is the warranty options for the card you selected - http://www.palit.biz/main/rma.php?lang=us

It's been my experience that say 4 years down the road the card conks out the company has a trade in offer where you pay a small amount and get their latest card. This is a great way to upgrade on the cheap and it's nice way to pick up free bundled software and games.[/QUOTE]

I spending the money on it because it's not just for gaming but for graphics rendering as well so it needs to be beefy and not a $1k Quadro. I heard from a friend the brand i linked was good, but going over that the EVGA is the winner.

Thank you greatly.
 
[quote name='Megazell']If you are going to spend that type of cash on just a video card - Go with a company that has a better customer service record and warranty package.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604&cm_re=gtx_560-_-14-130-604-_-Product

Warranty info the card I provided above. http://www.evga.com/support/warranty/

This EVGA card has Limited Lifetime Warranty when you register the product on their site.

Here is the warranty options for the card you selected - http://www.palit.biz/main/rma.php?lang=us

It's been my experience that say 4 years down the road the card conks out the company has a trade in offer where you pay a small amount and get their latest card. This is a great way to upgrade on the cheap and it's nice way to pick up free bundled software and games.[/QUOTE]

Speaking of EVGA, I was looking at this card and wondering what you thought of it.

What I want from a video card is mostly centered around photo retouching/graphic design and I might start dabbling in video editing. The ability to play some PC games is a plus, but keep in mind I'm not a FPS guy on PC so getting 60fps on the new Call of Duty isn't going to be something that ever crosses my mind. (I wouldn't mind being able to play Civ V though)

Thoughts on that card?
 
[quote name='Megazell']If you are going to spend that type of cash on just a video card - Go with a company that has a better customer service record and warranty package.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604&cm_re=gtx_560-_-14-130-604-_-Product

Warranty info the card I provided above. http://www.evga.com/support/warranty/

This EVGA card has Limited Lifetime Warranty when you register the product on their site.

Here is the warranty options for the card you selected - http://www.palit.biz/main/rma.php?lang=us

It's been my experience that say 4 years down the road the card conks out the company has a trade in offer where you pay a small amount and get their latest card. This is a great way to upgrade on the cheap and it's nice way to pick up free bundled software and games.[/QUOTE]Their factory overclocked card @ 900MHz is the same price at the moment:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610

I've been looking at GTX560 cards as well, and I agree, any card that's not lifetime warrantied is one you should avoid. 5 year warranty would be the only non-lifetime warranty I'd look at, since most people can squeeze 3-4 years out of a mid-range card like a GTX560.
 
I've looked at that MSI card as well, since it's been reviewed multiple places, though its 3-year warranty is making me look at the EVGA cards due to their lifetime warranty. PNY is another vendor with lifetime warranty (upon registration).

That, and I need to make sure it's a 9" card for my SFF enclosure, since I think I'm a little lighter on power usage with the components in my system:
65W Q9550S
Two Scorpio Black 500GB HDDs (2W x 2)
Sony-Optiarc DVD+/-RW drive (18W)

Most of the vendors have been quoting out 450 - 500W PSUs for GTX 560 cards, and since my 450W PSU has a 36A 12V rail, I should be good.
 
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So Micro Center has the 950 and the 2600k on sale. I'm reading for rendering and Photoshop the 2600 is ideal, but the recall worries me. Is there a way to find out of a chip was made pre January 9 on the box? Or would I have to do more to find out?
 
[quote name='basilofbkrst']So Micro Center has the 950 and the 2600k on sale. I'm reading for rendering and Photoshop the 2600 is ideal, but the recall worries me. Is there a way to find out of a chip was made pre January 9 on the box? Or would I have to do more to find out?[/QUOTE]

It's not the chip, it's the chipset. The only part affected is the SATA 2.0 (3GB/s) ports on the board.

EDIT - corrected an error
 
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[quote name='ZForce915']It's not the chip, it's the chipset. The only part affected is the SATA 3.0 ports on the board.[/QUOTE]

Oohhh, thanks for clearing that. :dunce:

I'll head in tomorrow to get one. Too much damn ice on the road today.

EDIT: For another dunce moment, what is the difference between the mobo needed for an i7 950 VS the 2600?

I was looking at getting:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...111-Index-_-IntelMotherboards-_-13131634-L07C

But not sure which chip it matches up to, or both.
 
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[quote name='basilofbkrst']Oohhh, thanks for clearing that. :dunce:

I'll head in tomorrow to get one. Too much damn ice on the road today.

EDIT: For another dunce moment, what is the difference between the mobo needed for an i7 950 VS the 2600?

I was looking at getting:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...111-Index-_-IntelMotherboards-_-13131634-L07C

But not sure which chip it matches up to, or both.[/QUOTE]

The information is pretty new, I wouldn't call this common knowledge just yet :D

the i7 SandyBridge chips use the LGA 1155 chipset, the i7 900 series uses LGA 1366.
 
[quote name='ZForce915']It's not the chip, it's the chipset. The only part affected is the SATA 3.0 ports on the board.[/QUOTE]

Actually, its the SATA 2.0(3Gb/s) ports that are affected. The SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) ports don't suffer from the problem.
 
No it doesn't. They're not going to be compatible with the same processors. You can only use the 1155 boards for the new Sandy Bridge i5s and i7s and with the recall its going to be a few weeks at least before any new ones are available. The one on Newegg looks like an open box item and is likely a mistake that will be pulled soon.
 
Now I'm getting it. This their will be a combo deal when the new boards get back out? Or Should I just buy the processor and wait to find a board separate?
 
There should be plenty of combo deals when the boards start shipping again. From the looks of things, most places are going to just stop selling the processors too while this whole chipset thing gets sorted out, so you're probably going to be stuck waiting anyway.
 
I plan on building a PC with these parts. Can someone take a glance and make sure I won't run into any compatibility issues?

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5/OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127512

HEC Blitz Black Steel Edition ATX Mid Tower Computer Chassis Gaming Case w/ Front Blue LED 120mm Fan & Top 120mm Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121096

Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371031
 
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[quote name='Mid Boss']Actually, its the SATA 2.0(3Gb/s) ports that are affected. The SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) ports don't suffer from the problem.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that's what I meant. My mistake.
 
So I was discussing with a friend and fellow CAG AwRy the fact that my wife getting a large bonus from work, and tax returns coming in is making it hard not to buy my new PC now vs in another few months as planned. While having the discussion he became convinced I do not need a new PC, I just need to upgrade this one. I wanted to see what you guys here think. Basically id need a new hard drive, a new graphics card and a new CPU...but I imagine upgrading those three I would almost def need a new power supply. To me at that point it seems like you might as well just build a new freaking PC. Especially considering that the upgrades might last you a few months, but then with the PC being 6 years old at that point it would probably just require buying a new PC or a massive upgrade again.

Little info I am running
Intel Core 2 CPU 6320 and its 1.86 GHZ
GeForce 9500 GT

he recommended
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133326
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036

I am just looking at it in the sense of upgrading those two alone will cost me $400. My hard drive is 6ish years old at this point so besides the fact that it is only 300 gigs and I NEED more space there is also that just the speed of something that old is horrid. Add in a new power supply to help power all this and you are at around $550 just to upgrade. I am worried about how all this will fit in my casing too ;( Anyways do you guys still think with it being that costly to upgrade its worth it? Or just keep trying to wait the 6 months or so and just buy a new PC?
 
[quote name='MSI Magus']So I was discussing with a friend and fellow CAG AwRy the fact that my wife getting a large bonus from work, and tax returns coming in is making it hard not to buy my new PC now vs in another few months as planned. While having the discussion he became convinced I do not need a new PC, I just need to upgrade this one. I wanted to see what you guys here think. Basically id need a new hard drive, a new graphics card and a new CPU...but I imagine upgrading those three I would almost def need a new power supply. To me at that point it seems like you might as well just build a new freaking PC. Especially considering that the upgrades might last you a few months, but then with the PC being 6 years old at that point it would probably just require buying a new PC or a massive upgrade again.

Little info I am running
Intel Core 2 CPU 6320 and its 1.86 GHZ
GeForce 9500 GT

he recommended
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133326
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036

I am just looking at it in the sense of upgrading those two alone will cost me $400. My hard drive is 6ish years old at this point so besides the fact that it is only 300 gigs and I NEED more space there is also that just the speed of something that old is horrid. Add in a new power supply to help power all this and you are at around $550 just to upgrade. I am worried about how all this will fit in my casing too ;( Anyways do you guys still think with it being that costly to upgrade its worth it? Or just keep trying to wait the 6 months or so and just buy a new PC?[/QUOTE]

whats your PSU right now?

those are pretty big upgrades as far as the CPU and GPU go. by that i mean, you should be able to get a pretty decent upgrade for a lot less if you buy the right stuff.

i guess the main question would be, what do you want to do with this computer after the upgrade? do you want to be able to play crisis 2 smoothly? or are you just looking for a faster computer for office work, web surfing and the occasional game of left 4 dead and world of warcraft?

first off, what type of MOBO do you have? that should play a big factor on what CPU you go with.

as for the HDD, you can get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433 which is $55 after coupon. 1TB should be plenty of space.
 
Just ordered the EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti from Amazon since it finally dropped down in price to match NewEgg (I had a bunch of Amazon credit saved up for a new video card).

Probably won't show up for a few weeks, since it was backordered when I ordered it. Seems like a good choice since it's lifeftime warrantied, plus comes with a 900MHz factory OC.
 
Looking for some advice please...

Want to build a cheap (~$500) gaming rig based around this barebones kit from Tigerdirect: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7220551

Could anyone recommend a video card that would work well with the above?

I don't need anything beastly, just enough to make previous year's games (L4D2, TF2) run smooth and shiny at 1680x1050.

I've read "a very powerful video card will be useless in a low-end Gaming PC, you want to balance the components to avoid having your CPU bottleneck your video card", but I can't interpret the info I look at well enough to determine where the bottleneck would be.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated; thanks!
 
[quote name='dfg']Looking for some advice please...

Want to build a cheap (~$500) gaming rig based around this barebones kit from Tigerdirect: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7220551

Could anyone recommend a video card that would work well with the above?

I don't need anything beastly, just enough to make previous year's games (L4D2, TF2) run smooth and shiny at 1680x1050.

I've read "a very powerful video card will be useless in a low-end Gaming PC, you want to balance the components to avoid having your CPU bottleneck your video card", but I can't interpret the info I look at well enough to determine where the bottleneck would be.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated; thanks![/QUOTE]
With that power supply, you're going to be pretty limited. You might look at the GTS450, a decent card that will work with a 400W PSU.

This EVGA card is $100 after rebate. It's not the lifetime rebate version, but I think they come standard with a 2 year warranty.

If you wanted to upgrade the PSU, maybe go with this Corsair and then get a slightly better videocard like this ASUS card for a little better performance.
 
So I've been reading that the 1155 mobos are not going to be out till late April at best. It makes me think I should just stick with a 950 and get it now. While the 3d work I will be doing can take advantage of the power I don't know if the difference is big enough for me to wait that long. .

Any thoughts from those more in the know and possibly one who is also 3D rendering?

EDIT: I may just go get the 2500k from Micro Center for 180 and it preforms just under the 2600. Get the mobo later maybe.
 
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[quote name='Lawyers Guns N Money']With that power supply, you're going to be pretty limited. You might look at the GTS450, a decent card that will work with a 400W PSU.

This EVGA card is $100 after rebate. It's not the lifetime rebate version, but I think they come standard with a 2 year warranty.

If you wanted to upgrade the PSU, maybe go with this Corsair and then get a slightly better videocard like this ASUS card for a little better performance.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the advice. Yeah, I think the drawbacks of that kit aren't worth the convenience. I may just follow a build I found from a link in this thread.
 
[quote name='basilofbkrst']So I've been reading that the 1155 mobos are not going to be out till late April at best. It makes me think I should just stick with a 950 and get it now. While the 3d work I will be doing can take advantage of the power I don't know if the difference is big enough for me to wait that long. .

Any thoughts from those more in the know and possibly one who is also 3D rendering?

EDIT: I may just go get the 2500k from Micro Center for 180 and it preforms just under the 2600. Get the mobo later maybe.[/QUOTE]

I read that EVGA 1155 motherboards are not affected by the problem, but you might have problems finding a supplier that carries it.
 
Hello cheap ass gamers

I have a request, I am doing some research on a new gaming rig and have settled on this (at bottom) and was wondering what you guys thought or if you could find me a better deal.
Thanks in advance!




1.00 mon-24-asu-029 Asus VE248H 24in 2ms LED 219.00 219.00

1.00 cpu-1366-950-ci7 i7 950 3.06G Quad Core Retail 319.00

1.00 mb-1366-asu-007 Sabertooth X58 DD3 AL ATX 217.00 217.00

1.00 m-12g-133-c-k3d3 12G(3x4G) DDR3 PC10600 1333MHz Crucial

1.00 hdi-wd-1000-s3-64 WD 1TB 64M 7200 SATA3 Caviar Black

1.00 vg-pce-ati-285 Sapphire Radeon HD6850 1G 100315L 198.00

1.00 cas-clm-007 Coolermaster HAF 922 Black NoPS ATX 99.00

1.00 pow-antec-ea750eps Antec EarthWatt 750W EPS EA750 119.00

1.00 sf-msos-7-hp64 Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM 124.00

1.00 o-drw-lit-038 Lite-ON IHAS124-04 24X SATA 26.00 26.00​

1.00 bb-labor Labor (Note: Each computer BIOS is 20.00 20.00
 
[quote name='mis0soup']Hello cheap ass gamers

I have a request, I am doing some research on a new gaming rig and have settled on this (at bottom) and was wondering what you guys thought or if you could find me a better deal.
Thanks in advance!




1.00 mon-24-asu-029 Asus VE248H 24in 2ms LED 219.00 219.00

1.00 cpu-1366-950-ci7 i7 950 3.06G Quad Core Retail 319.00

1.00 mb-1366-asu-007 Sabertooth X58 DD3 AL ATX 217.00 217.00

1.00 m-12g-133-c-k3d3 12G(3x4G) DDR3 PC10600 1333MHz Crucial

1.00 hdi-wd-1000-s3-64 WD 1TB 64M 7200 SATA3 Caviar Black

1.00 vg-pce-ati-285 Sapphire Radeon HD6850 1G 100315L 198.00

1.00 cas-clm-007 Coolermaster HAF 922 Black NoPS ATX 99.00

1.00 pow-antec-ea750eps Antec EarthWatt 750W EPS EA750 119.00

1.00 sf-msos-7-hp64 Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM 124.00

1.00 o-drw-lit-038 Lite-ON IHAS124-04 24X SATA 26.00 26.00​

1.00 bb-labor Labor (Note: Each computer BIOS is 20.00 20.00
[/QUOTE]

Def dig the build & andd FYI Micro Center has i7s on sale year round. the 950 is $200 there.
 
thanks I am new to the game so any help would be greatly appreciated, what I want to know is this a good build also I what could I add to make it better, I use mostly Photoshop and after effects but would love to play some Diablo 3 and COD 7, and do I need liquid cooling and a SSD to load the OS on would this help.

Thanks guys
 
I don't think Nvidia's CUDA stuff is used in base photoshop or AE, but I have seen some compared benchmarks that show the GTX 5xx series beating out the 6850.

I would NOT go anywhere near liquid cooling. You should be able to keep your comp cool with fans. In most cases you're good with what came in the case. Sometimes a case will come with empty spots and you can add a fan or two to ensure good temps.

I hear good things about loading your OS and programs onto a small solid state then dropping media onto a large HD. I have no experience with it though.
 
So think I have finally made up my mind with the help of an old friend. I am going to wait a month or so to let the sandy bridge situation resolve itself and then get a new PC. I sold off enough games and have cut enough other expenses to get a new PC a few months ahead of when I had planned. Anyways here are the specs he helped me work out. Any thoughts? Things I or he may have overlooked. I trust the guy, but still want to make sure to get second opinions ;)

3.3Ghz Intel Core i5-2500 6MB Cache Quad-Core
Stock Intel LGA1155 Heatsink and Fan
Intel BOXDH67BL (Intel H67, HDMI, DVI, PCI-E, 5xSATA, 4xDDR3)
4GB (2GBx2) PC3 10666 DDR3 1333Mhz Memory Lifetime Warranty
1.5TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache Serial ATA300 (Major Brand)
22X LG SATA Dual Layer DVD+/-RW/CDRW w/Nero
1GB GeForce GTX 460 GDDR5 PCI-E Dual-DVI (Major Brand)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Thermaltake V9 Black Edition (5 5.25, 6 3.5) 4 Fans, Audio/USB
650watt Corsair CMPSU-650TX
Onboard LAN included
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 PCI-Ex
Logitech LS11 Black/Silver 2.0 Channel Stereo Speakers
Black Logitech Deluxe 250 Desktop Wired Keyboard and Mouse
Logitech Black USB Optical Scroll Mouse
Internal All in 1 Card Reader
Wires and Cables neatly tied up away from fans
3 Year Parts and Labor Limited Warranty

Total: $1160 from ecollegepc(no sorry, not interested in building my own right now).
 
ok so I am a total noob to this stuff and I thank you for all your help but one more question, I haven’t bought anything yet I am having a mom and pop store build it they have great revues, but I don’t know what I should be buying like I probably need a processor fan instead of a liquid cooler I am opting for a 60 ssd for my Photoshop and os, is the build a good build is there anything I should add to this to make it better?

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