My friend needs a new gaming pc

lubo4444

lubo4444

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Hey guys can somebody help me and pick parts for a new build. The budget is $3,000. The PC is not for me. My friend needs a new pc and he asked me to help him with that. Basically he will be doing gaming on it. He also wants it to be good for playing videos and music. He needs case too. I posted here cuz i'm not really good with parts and i saw many of you really understand that. Thanks.
 
USD, Correct?

What sort of case your friend want? Something thats quiet and no side windows/etc, or a case with a window and whatnot.
 
Yes USD. About the case he just said something nice to look like a gaming computer. That's all he said about the case.
 
Alright, lets start out with case. These are a few, the silverstone is personally my favorite of them as it is massive,great cooling, and one of the best cases if your friend ends up wanting to watercool, but all of them are great enclosures:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163067
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103028
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043

Mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131358

CPU: (On average they run at lower voltages and overclock better than the i7 920, even though they are essentially the same chip the W3520 is binned higher)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117213

HDD: (Maybe two? There certainly is budget for it)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341026

GPU, 2x:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127428

Memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226030

ODD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030

Heatsink:
http://www.jab-tech.com/Prolimatech-Megahalems-CPU-Cooler-775-1366-pr-4428.html

Fan for heatsink: (Maybe two in push pull):
http://www.jab-tech.com/Scythe-KAZE...mm-Case-Fan-SY1225SL12SH-1900rpm-pr-3945.html

Overall, with the silverstone case, two hdd's, and two fans it would be ~$2500. Plenty of room to toss in a nice large LCD and a copy of vista if your friend needs it.
 
Remember that going Intel is going a little on the pricey side for just a small bit of increase in performance. I suggest going AMD it will be cheaper and allow more money for other core components like a better HD for increase in response time and boot up... Also, antec cases are nice as well.
 
bomberboysk said:
Alright, lets start out with case. These are a few, the silverstone is personally my favorite of them as it is massive,great cooling, and one of the best cases if your friend ends up wanting to watercool, but all of them are great enclosures:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163067
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103028
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043

Mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131358

CPU: (On average they run at lower voltages and overclock better than the i7 920, even though they are essentially the same chip the W3520 is binned higher)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117213

HDD: (Maybe two? There certainly is budget for it)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341026

GPU, 2x:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127428

Memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226030

ODD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030

Heatsink:
http://www.jab-tech.com/Prolimatech-Megahalems-CPU-Cooler-775-1366-pr-4428.html

Fan for heatsink: (Maybe two in push pull):
http://www.jab-tech.com/Scythe-KAZE...mm-Case-Fan-SY1225SL12SH-1900rpm-pr-3945.html

Overall, with the silverstone case, two hdd's, and two fans it would be ~$2500. Plenty of room to toss in a nice large LCD and a copy of vista if your friend needs it.
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Thanks i'll show him that. He will like it i'm sure. He got a large LCD so there is no need for that. Maybe a copy of Windows will be nice for him, i didnt ask him if he needs a OS but he never mentioned it, so i guess he already purchased a new OS. but thanks again. :)
 
lubo4444 said:
Thanks i'll show him that. He will like it i'm sure. He got a large LCD so there is no need for that. Maybe a copy of Windows will be nice for him, i didnt ask him if he needs a OS but he never mentioned it, so i guess he already purchased a new OS. but thanks again. :)
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In that case...you could think about 3 hard drives, and do raid 5 perhaps, or grab another GTX285, or grab an X-fi Titanium;)
 
Just wanted to tell you that Bomber is awesome, he told me what to get for my computer on a $500 budget and it's amazing and I love it :P
 
What about a velociraptor as the boot drive and then a RAID array for mass storage? Might be faster...
 
There's no need for your storage volumes to be fast.

You want speed where your OS and programs are installed. :good:
 
bomberboysk said:
Alright, lets start out with case. These are a few, the silverstone is personally my favorite of them as it is massive,great cooling, and one of the best cases if your friend ends up wanting to watercool, but all of them are great enclosures:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163067
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103028
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043

Mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131358

CPU: (On average they run at lower voltages and overclock better than the i7 920, even though they are essentially the same chip the W3520 is binned higher)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117213

HDD: (Maybe two? There certainly is budget for it)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341026

GPU, 2x:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127428

Memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226030

ODD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030

Heatsink:
http://www.jab-tech.com/Prolimatech-Megahalems-CPU-Cooler-775-1366-pr-4428.html

Fan for heatsink: (Maybe two in push pull):
http://www.jab-tech.com/Scythe-KAZE...mm-Case-Fan-SY1225SL12SH-1900rpm-pr-3945.html

Overall, with the silverstone case, two hdd's, and two fans it would be ~$2500. Plenty of room to toss in a nice large LCD and a copy of vista if your friend needs it.
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I like it but why not go with a GTX 295 instead of two 285's just wondering.
 
Fatback said:
I like it but why not go with a GTX 295 instead of two 285's just wondering.
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Two 285's outperform a 295 by a good margin, the 295 is only two 275's, and in real world performance if they ended up going Tri-SLI it performs better than quad sli for gaming.
 
bomberboysk said:
Two 285's outperform a 295 by a good margin, the 295 is only two 275's, and in real world performance if they ended up going Tri-SLI it performs better than quad sli for gaming.
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Oh yea for some reason I was thinking the 295 was two 285's my bad. I remember it was 275's after I already posted but I didn't bother to edit.
 
Ok, i showed him that and he said that he prefers two video cards instead of hard drive. Cuz the 1TB is enough for him, even too much but he said 1TB will do the job. So what two video cards do you suggest? cuz i saw a lot of opinions here.
 
Okay, for his budget here is what i would get:
-EVGA Classified xf58 motherboard
-6GB or 12GB of Micron 2000mhz ram
-128GB+ Intel Solid State Drive
-15k rpm Hitachi SATA II Hard Drive for storage and multimedia
-Intel Core i7 920
-GTX285 or a Radeon 4890 maybe even SLI Them. Possibly a GTX295
-Antec/thermaltake/coolermaster case...all are good
-1KW Power Supply Coolermaster/ocz/corsair/antec are all good
I would game on at least 1080p so a 23'' monitor or more.
 
lubo4444 said:
Ok, i showed him that and he said that he prefers two video cards instead of hard drive. Cuz the 1TB is enough for him, even too much but he said 1TB will do the job. So what two video cards do you suggest? cuz i saw a lot of opinions here.
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Well, as i said earlier even with the above list i made that had two GTX285's in it, your looking at less than $2500. Maybe even go for three 285's if you want the best performance possible, and then maybe a dedicated sound card aswell.(Xfi titanium is the best gaming card imo).
 
I'll tell him about it. He got a choice of 3 video cards or a good sound card. Also which one do you suggest if he picks the 3 video cards cuz i see many people say either the 285 or 4890? Which will give the better performance if he has 3 video cards?
 
lubo4444 said:
I'll tell him about it. He got a choice of 3 video cards or a good sound card. Also which one do you suggest if he picks the 3 video cards cuz i see many people say either the 285 or 4890? Which will give the better performance if he has 3 video cards?
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285's are the cream of the crop, best performing GPU on the market. If you want performance, the 285 is where its at. The 4890 is more similar in performance to a GTX275 than a 285, and doesnt support physx and cuda like the 285's. At this budget it would be stupid to not get a 285.
 
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