Review this build please!!

Bacon

Bacon

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CPU: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
Monitor: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236051
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130223
RAM: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227496
PSU: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

No case, HDD, or OS needed.

It is meant to be a mid-range gaming/compiling rig.

Would like to keep it around that price, lower the better.

Please also note this is http://www.newegg.ca/

Total: $837.00 about.

Edit: Do not need a GPU included either, but looking at a 200-300 gtx depending upon prices, in the future.
 
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Good choice of components.

What GPU are you using?

edit: Good find Jamin
 
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FYI - Your profile says you are in WI, and you're links are from Newegg Canada. US prices would be a bit cheaper.

i.e. US power supply is $89.99 A/R instead of $119.99 A/R

Don't forget your Combo Discounts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.322820
Saves you $30.00 off your MOBO / CPU combo

You also forgot to add a Video Card. Kindof hard to have a Gaming rig without one :D

Edit: Drenlin - I was thinking the same thing as you typed - but then I saw the combo discount. The 955 has less options for Combo - but you can save about $10.00 off the RAM with the 955 - but no motherboard combos.
 
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Drenlin said:
Looks good to me then :good:

I'd say wait for a 3xxGTX, then wait some more till the price comes down.

Keep in mind though, it won't game very well until then. Maybe grab a cheap 4xxx to hybrid xfire till then?

This would be good...it'd play most games on mid-low settings and enable stream processing:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121310
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Before prices from GTX3xxx will come down, ATi Radeon will prduce another 3 GOU cards and price from ATi HD5870 will cost 2x less and still will have better benchmark results...
 
Analizer said:
Before prices from GTX3xxx will come down, ATi Radeon will prduce another 3 GOU cards and price from ATi HD5870 will cost 2x less and still will have better benchmark results...
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True that

I never said ATI wasn't a better option, lol...I just meant that out of the ones they'd picked, it'd be better to wait for the 3xx.
 
^ wtf? That sure makes a lot of sense....

I bet the guy that decided tot do that works at Intel as well
 
Bacon said:
CPU: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
Monitor: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236051
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130223
RAM: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227496
PSU: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

No case, HDD, or OS needed.

It is meant to be a mid-range gaming/compiling rig.

Would like to keep it around that price, lower the better.

Please also note this is http://www.newegg.ca/

Total: $837.00 about.

Edit: Do not need a GPU included either, but looking at a 200-300 gtx depending upon prices, in the future.
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I'm said 'friend'. Thanks for posting for me 'Bacon':).

I was going to start a new thread but figured I might as well bump this one.

Lets start off fresh.

My current computer is awful, see specs below.

HDD: http://www.superwarehouse.com/Maxto...B_Hard_Drive/6Y120P0/ps/193160]Maxtor 6Y120P0
CPU: Intel P4 520 2.8Ghz
RAM: Apparently Hyundai makes it. One 512 piece was rinsed off in water after being outside in -35C for two days.
MOBO: Asus i915. Not much more info I can get on it.
Video Card: 8600 GTS, will do for now.
OS: Windows xp 32bit.
PSU: 460W Enermax(EG465 FMA2)
Case: Not sure, missing a side panel, all the SLI backport covers and most the CD drive covers on the front. Probably going to get an Antec 200 for 50$.

Someone just lost some dignity. Yup.

My main concern is buying parts that will be quickly outdated, or Incompatible with new technology that will be coming out in the future.

From where I'm sitting AMD is pretty far behind in the processor market, and I wouldn't be surprised if they come out with something to compete with Intel. It would suck to buy the processor listed above and a couple months later AMD releasing an entirely new line of processors up to par/better than Intel. I know I probably sound like an idiot, and I apologize, but it only makes sense.

The Video card is fine for now, I only play two games; A modded version of BF2 called Project Reality, and WoW. When I update my gfx card I will definitely be getting a dx11 card + Buying Windows 7... Then buying Bad Company 2 :D.

At this point I'm pretty sure the performance increase of anything I buy will be more than noticeable. This makes me uneasy as I won't be able to tell if I've made a good/bad purchase.

I'm not employed at the moment but I will hopefully apprentice as an electrician within the next month. Waiting and saving up is the obvious choice, but I've been using this computer for more than 3 years and I'm getting impatient :P.

Edit: Will an ATI 57xx+ fit inside an Antec 200 case? Or is that another issue I should look into.

Edit2: My HDD is getting cyclic redudancy check errors all over the place. Better get a new HDD before this one eats itself.
 
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