benjimatt

o here is my delimma.

I am building a computer right now and i want it to be for medium-high gaming
and HTPC simultaneously. (basically i want the computer to do gaming but also run the tv at the same time.)

So here is what i have so far. (and some stuff i plan on getting)

Black Friday Sales.

My case
Western Digital 500gb hd sata2
AData 800mhz 2gb ram
16x dvd dual layer burner sata
ECS nf650islit-a (v1.0) motherboard (probably have to upgrade in a few months)


What im planning on getting

Geforce 8600gt (cant afford 8800gt or gts)
Intel Q6600
Some HD video card.
600w power supply


So my problem comes here. Is this going to be enough to do what i want it
to do. I was thinking that i will add 160gb hd for the gaming side of things
and add 2 more gigs of ram. Also if i add another video card, like a cheaper
pci one could i just use that solely for the television and save the other
video card for gaming and my personal use.

Or should i just build another cheap computer solely for the htpc.
Im not rich at all. I actually make 6.25 an hour so its pretty sad.
wrong hobby i guess lool.

oscaryu1

What's your budget? And where do you live?

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benjimatt

ill probably end up spending about 250-270 on the q6600
and about 70-105 on the geforce 8600
50 dollars on the tv tuner (not sure if im going hd or not)
50 dollars on power supply (unless frend can pick one up)

so about 450 on the computer stuff

thats all i really "want" to spend.

daisymtc

I personally will down the Q6600 ($280) to E6750 ($190), and up the 8600GT to 8800GT 256MB ($200) / ATI 3850 ($180)

PSU

benjimatt

but i think im going to need more processing power. basically that is why i want the quad

ramodkk

Get an HD3850 then, it will be much faster than the 8600GT for around ~$50 more

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benjimatt

the main problem that i am having is i dont know if im going to need more processor or video card power

ramodkk

A Quad-core is more than enough for today's multitasking, what you would really need for all that TV stuff and the Gaming is the video card.

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E2160 @ 2.7GHz
AC Freezer 7 Pro
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
2GB BallistiX Tracers DDR2-1000
Sapphire HD3870
Rosewill RD500 500W
Rosewill Modded Case
3DMark06: 10,017
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