$1500 build for this weekend

Alphatronix · Sep 26, 2008

1500:

$200-250 Mother Board
$250-350 CPU
$200-250 video card
$150-200 RAM
$150-200 Sound Card
$100 HD
$300 for DVD Burner, Case, and Power Supply

I have followed this price range before and I was able to make some nice builds. Havnt worked with comps in over a year so im a lil lagging in my tech info... If you can give me a real nice build for this price tag i will be very happy...

Thank you...

dsolash · Sep 26, 2008

LOL go cyberpower. You can build a top of the line system with everything for less that$1500. Including, 4870X2 Fatal1ty sound card and with a 9950X4 Black edition, AMD 790 GX or FXa nd NZXT Kaos top of the line gaming case with dual 600w . It actually cost about $300 more if you build it yourself. Here there are only special deals to get it for that price dont do it all custom because youll get it at a much higher price with AMD custom build. Here this is at Cyberpowerpc.com. Ive searched but i decided not to build one because it would be my first buildand if i screwed up im out $1500. Ill see if i can link it. http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Ultra_CrossFireX_Ultimate/ There it is. Take and add what you wish. I took away the keyboard, mouse and speakers, they threw really expensive ones in.Dropped from 1tb to 500gb hdd. Also took away 1 4870X2 and added sound card. If you like intel heres the link for that http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/GAMER_INFINITY_XLC/

Alphatronix · Sep 26, 2008

I prefer just having a pro on CF.com do my build. If I knew what I wanted, I wouldn't come here I guess. So again can anyone do my build please.

Thank you

coleman · Sep 26, 2008

a couple of questions befor i put something together

1. is there a specific reason for a sound card, if so fair enough, if not i would just go with onboard sound and get a better mobo

2. what resolution is you monitor?

Alphatronix · Sep 27, 2008

Umm ha no monitor. Need one. Sound card becuase I use reason 4 and other programs with music. But honestly for now I dnt need it. 2 busy with work. Ok I have an idea of what I want. A cock diesal mobo that's good for OCing and powerful cpu. 4 gigs ram, eaither a very powerful 256mb video card or maybe a 512 depending on overall performance and not overall graphic enhancment. About 250gb hd. Dvd burner, cool case, powersupply. I dnt have a monitor so I need one. Either a very top of the line 17' or a nice 19'. Monitor could be seperate from the $1500 build. My main concern is stability. I dnt want top of the line product with known crash problems or glitching. Keep all that in mind and see what you come up with. Thank you

Droogie · Sep 27, 2008

I'll put something together for you, the prices may not match the specific budgets of the parts you posted above, but it will stay under $1,500 total. Give me 15-30 minutes and I'll post something up.

Alphatronix · Sep 27, 2008

As long as its the best for that price range.

bcohen4 · Sep 27, 2008

Alphatronix said:
1500:

$200-250 Mother Board
$250-350 CPU
$200-250 video card
$150-200 RAM
$150-200 Sound Card
$100 HD
$300 for DVD Burner, Case, and Power Supply

I have followed this price range before and I was able to make some nice builds. Havnt worked with comps in over a year so im a lil lagging in my tech info... If you can give me a real nice build for this price tag i will be very happy...

Thank you...

just to give you a better idea (sorry for no exact build)

$200-250 Mother Board >>> means really high end

$250-350 CPU >>> Fairly high end, a good quad core would fall under this category

$200-250 video card >>> means 1x really high end graphics card, you haven't said what this computer is for so unless you are gamin this is a little overkill on budget

$150-200 RAM >>> means 8gb (at least, which is a little overkill) of ddr2 800 which is very good right now

$150-200 Sound Card >>> my soundblaster audigy was 30 bucks, I can't imagine a better sound quality...

$100 HD >>> gonna get you about 750 gb, which is plenty of space in my book

$300 for DVD Burner, Case, and Power Supply >>> you will get quality products with this budget for these items, maybe not top of the line, but still very quality products

reddevil6 · Sep 27, 2008

ill do u a build just need to know a coupple of things
where do u live?
do u need a os?
what are u going to use this computer for?
an how big do u want the monitor?

Alphatronix · Sep 27, 2008

Well 4 years ago believe it or not that wasn't that much money for a good comp. I guess now things are differt. Point is, I want high end everything. If 1500 could get me high end parts then lets go for it. I dnt need 8 gigs of ram just 4. So the price range needs 2 be balanced. Take off a bit on the ram and video card and put it in for the cpu. Whate v er floats your boat. You have 1500 dollars 2 make the illest computer you can. Simple as that

Alphatronix · Sep 27, 2008

This computer is for overall performance. Not gaming spacificlly. Just a realy really fast STABLE computer.. Need a 19 inch monitor. Doesn't have 2 be part of the 1500 build. 1500 is just for trhe comp.

Droogie · Sep 27, 2008

Alphatronix said:
Need a 19 inch monitor. Doesn't have 2 be part of the 1500 build. 1500 is just for trhe comp.

Well that answers my question than.

Alphatronix · Sep 27, 2008

WOW tk. thats the best build I have seen so far. I love it... Honestly I think thats what i want right on the money.. Sound card could wait a bit.. I need a 19 in monitor..

Will that HDD be a problem?
Cons: This drive requires a relatively large amount of power because it is a 2-platter design. I ran into intermittent OS non-detection problems on start up because it was not being powered properly using a Molex-2-SATA power cable adapter. Switching to my PSU's SATA power connector immediately solved this problem.
Im kind lost on that one.

And everyhting is compatible wit one another? i plan on just ordering all parts, putting them together and turning the computer on. hhaha. I dont want any wierd problems.. I also need an OS. so we need 2 include that. I if it goes above 1500 then you have to sacrifies a lil bit on somthing.. but the mobo, ram, and cpu is real sweet

I dont need vista. Ill be happy with XP. Im cheap when it comes to OS.. Ill need a nice set of speakers 2.. If it goes above the 1500, dnt worry about it. ill talk my wife into. I really like this build and wouldnt want it to change much..

coleman · Sep 27, 2008

reddevil6 · Sep 27, 2008

Alphatronix · Sep 27, 2008

hmm not bad COL.... TK you forgot to include case..

Droogie · Sep 27, 2008

Oh woops you're right. I included it in the total cost, I just forgot to post it up. I updated my original post.

coleman · Sep 27, 2008

ikermalli · Sep 27, 2008

Lol, if I had as much money as you I would get a comp with good specs, or something not too expensive, then get awsome cooling and pack in 32GB of RAM and an OS that could handle, and on the side, I would write in sharpie "BEAST MACHINE", hehe that was if I had enough money

coleman · Sep 27, 2008

wrong post lol my mistake

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