Need help building a gaming PC...

Ba_Ba · 07-11-2006, 05:13 AM

Hi guys,

I want to have a computer solely for playing games and surfing the net. Of course, with the basic office functions and such.
My budget is$5,500 (I want a new keybard and mouse though, already got a good monitor) and I play quite bit of games whenever I can and I would reallly love to ran some of the newer games on the market fully. Yeah I been saving up for a few months now from my jobs as a waitor and bag boy.

But the thing is, I have no clue as to how tomake all the parts compatitble. i decide pre-made PC totally suck ass after my horrible encounters with HP and VAIO. So I am going to build my own this time and if possible, I would like to have a good cooling system since I hate the fan noise.

Thanks a bunch

Ben

holyjunk · 07-11-2006, 05:19 AM

Go to a place like www.ibuypower.com and they will build it for you. With your budget too your computer will be TOP of the line. Wait though for July 24. That is when intel conroe comes out and it is the cpu everyone is anticipating.

m0nk3ys1ms · 07-12-2006, 01:38 AM

baballin328 · 07-12-2006, 04:03 AM

i would wait for conroe instead of going with a fx62

m0nk3ys1ms · 07-12-2006, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baballin328

i would wait for conroe instead of going with a fx62

May I ask why?

holyjunk · 07-12-2006, 04:10 AM

Because there is a 20% to 30% difference in performance in most standard tests. Here is a link.
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2713

daygowop · 07-12-2006, 06:57 PM

conroe will be the best processor out! it has scored the highest benchmark tests and blew amd away.

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/...spx?i=2713&p=2

diduknowthat · 07-19-2006, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeysims

May I ask why?

because a 400 dollar conroe blew the fx 62 away in gaming

bball4life · 07-19-2006, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeysims

May I ask why?

It will flat out kick its butt, and for a lower price too

, and don't but it form ibuyer or whatever that is, don't spend the extra money, build it yourself, and learn from it. And for the mobo that will mean a different one, as for video cards there have been rumors that on teh new conroe boards intel won't be supporting sli, so a crossfire setup with x1900xtx's may be better.

Platinum · 07-19-2006, 07:51 PM

If you have 5500 to spend, definately invest in a MB that supports SLI mode or Crossfire. If you don't know what those are I'll explain. Basically SLI is for nVidia, and Crossfire is for ATI. This allows you to run dual video cards, so each video card works on half the monitor so to speak. This allows very clean graphics because the video card is putting all its power into half the amount of work that needs to get done. All it really depends on is if you like nVidia or ATI better, or if you already have a video card that can be used in either SLI or Crossfire, then I'd say just stick with that (since vid cards can be expensive) and just inveset in a 2nd video card (the same one) and a MB that supports both.

07-11-2006, 05:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ba_Ba Gold Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 263	Need help building a gaming PC... Hi guys, I want to have a computer solely for playing games and surfing the net. Of course, with the basic office functions and such. My budget is$5,500 (I want a new keybard and mouse though, already got a good monitor) and I play quite bit of games whenever I can and I would reallly love to ran some of the newer games on the market fully. Yeah I been saving up for a few months now from my jobs as a waitor and bag boy. But the thing is, I have no clue as to how tomake all the parts compatitble. i decide pre-made PC totally suck ass after my horrible encounters with HP and VAIO. So I am going to build my own this time and if possible, I would like to have a good cooling system since I hate the fan noise. Thanks a bunch Ben

07-11-2006, 05:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
holyjunk Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 1,622	Go to a place like www.ibuypower.com and they will build it for you. With your budget too your computer will be TOP of the line. Wait though for July 24. That is when intel conroe comes out and it is the cpu everyone is anticipating. __________________ pentium 4 1.5GHz 512mb pc133 19inch crt monitor Radeon 9200se X-Fi Extreme Music LOGITECH Z-5300E!! *family pc, hope to get mine in a year or so.

07-12-2006, 01:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
m0nk3ys1ms Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hanover, IN Age: 16 Posts: 4,263	AMD Athlon FX-62 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103861 ASUS M2N32-SLI Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131011 Corsair XMS2 Memory 2GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145035 XFX GeForce 7950GX2 (2 of these) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150160 WD Raptor 150GB (4 of these) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136011 SFC 650W PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817203004 NEC DVD-RW http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827152058 Silverstone Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811163035 Thermaltake Liquid Cooling System http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106040 Logitech G15 Keyboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823126179 Logitech G5 Mouse http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826104191 ~$4,900 __________________ Soon to be new rig: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 w/ AC Freezer 7 Pro Mobo: DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL GPU: ASUS Radeon HD4850 512MB RAM: 4GB G.SKILL DDR2-800 PSU: Rosewill 550W HDD: 250GB Seagate (16MB Cache) Monitor: 27" LCD Sound: Logitech X-530 (5.1) OS: Vista Ultimate x64

07-12-2006, 04:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
baballin328 Silver Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 227	i would wait for conroe instead of going with a fx62 __________________ My comp: AMD Opteron 165 (312x9 1.425V) (overclocked to 2.8GHZ,woot!) Western Digital 160GB hard drive DVD Burner 1GB RAM Ultra Microfly Nvidia 7900GS 256mb GDDR3 (stock) Creative SB LIVE! Logitech x-530 Envision 19" Widescreen LCD

07-12-2006, 04:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
holyjunk Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 1,622	Because there is a 20% to 30% difference in performance in most standard tests. Here is a link. http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2713 __________________ pentium 4 1.5GHz 512mb pc133 19inch crt monitor Radeon 9200se X-Fi Extreme Music LOGITECH Z-5300E!! *family pc, hope to get mine in a year or so.

07-12-2006, 06:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
daygowop Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 197	conroe will be the best processor out! it has scored the highest benchmark tests and blew amd away. http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/...spx?i=2713&p=2 __________________ got pasta?!

07-19-2006, 07:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
Platinum Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New York Age: 20 Posts: 757	If you have 5500 to spend, definately invest in a MB that supports SLI mode or Crossfire. If you don't know what those are I'll explain. Basically SLI is for nVidia, and Crossfire is for ATI. This allows you to run dual video cards, so each video card works on half the monitor so to speak. This allows very clean graphics because the video card is putting all its power into half the amount of work that needs to get done. All it really depends on is if you like nVidia or ATI better, or if you already have a video card that can be used in either SLI or Crossfire, then I'd say just stick with that (since vid cards can be expensive) and just inveset in a 2nd video card (the same one) and a MB that supports both. __________________ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. (______(________________((() SIG-ARETTE

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