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Hey guys! Im looking to buy new gaming computer in few days. I've got like 1300$ for the tower. But i dont know if its better to get Dual or quad to play. Im playing Cod 4-5 left 4 dead, farcry. Any1 got any idea where i can find pretty good computer for that price (with shipping)
 
Would you want to build your own computer you save a lot of money this way and can completely customize your rig
 
Yeah building yourself is cool, if it's not your first one, and untill you get into problems.
Look here for a few descent ones:

http://centauruscomputers.com/html/special_4.html
This one is cool and with limited warranty you can get it for less than $1300 shipped

Few others cheaper:
http://centauruscomputers.com/html/special_2.html
http://centauruscomputers.com/html/special_3.html
http://centauruscomputers.com/html/special_5.html

All 3 around $1K shipped - all already overclocked, ready to ship in 1-2 days.

I personally guarantee quality, I've got that one on top (first one) and I play Crysis 1680x1050 on High with 4x AA enabled, FarCry 2 maxed with AA
 
i never build computer before so im kinda lost with that lol! so any1 can help me? and if its possible i saw like dell we can pay every month it is possible on some site? any suggest?
 
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard 199.99

Patriot Viper 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory 152.99

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply 124.99

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive 79.99

ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler 53.99

Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor 294.99

XFX GX260NADBF GeForce GTX 260 Black Edition Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card 279.99

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 49.95

ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 20000:1) Built in Speakers w/ SPDIF out 249.99

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card 90.99

All this for ~1600.00$cad

This is good for gaming or...? and this build is good? do i forget something?
 
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Looks good to me, but why 1600mhz ram? I don't really see that much of a performance increase between 1066mhz and 1600mhz.

Also what about a DVD drive and operating system? And that graphics card is big and hot, make sure you have plenty of fans.
 
Looks OK then, just make sure the system has plenty of cooling. Otherwise, it will catch fire!

Hope that helps :)
 
Oh, OK then just go with the 1600. When I checked about 2 weeks ago (in UK) there was a massive difference of something like £22 a gig! Lucky 'ole you.
 
Well, just make sure you have plenty of case fans really. They don't have to be expensive or pretty, just as long as they do the job. And make sure they fit the openings on the case - the site will probably list where you can put what size fans and such. I would put a fan anywhere you can get one. GTX2xx cards can get really hot if not properly cooled.
 
There is a difference in speed between 1066 and 1600 - I have benched it on my i7. And also 1600 helps a lot when overclocking because of the internal multy in integrated memory controller. 1600 is the way to go.
And it does not run hot at all, my i7 was almost the same and it was not hotter than older Q6600. And thats with stock cooler.
Also make sure you will get LGA 1366 bracket for your CNPS9700 - by default they fit only LGA 775, so you might have to get bracket separate:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118045&Tpk=zalman 1366

Hope that helps
 
And Antec 300 is a nice case, although it does not have that much space as Antec 900 to hide all the cables. I would pick mudular power supply - makes everything much easier.

Antec 300 can fit 3 extra 120mm fans - 2 on the front and 1 on the side, with extra 3 airflow is perfect, it already has 120mm on the back and 140mm top.

For socket 1366 I would pick this - free shipping $59.99 and 1366 ready

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835702007

Good luck
 
ok thank you very much guys! and i think ill change my case for the antec twelve hundred...one of my friend told me the nine hundred is kinda small. And maybe in future ill get another one video card so... i need space i think :P
 
WoW Computer

First time building a computer. First time ever using a forum. So, sorry if I do something wrong and please correct me if I do.:D
Anyway, I'm looking to build computer as cheap as possible to play World of Warcraft at 60fps. I have a basic understanding of building computers but don't feel confident going solo yet. Ok WoW requires-
15GB HDD Space
1gb of ram
1.3 GHZ processor
about 128 mb of video. I have a disc drive,monitor,mouse,keyboard. Anyway I pretty sure this is all compatible and it'll do what I want. I just need a second opinion before I start ordering.
Motherboard
Case
Vid Card
Ram
HDD
Processor
Total Price-290.94 I could go about 50$ or so higher. I'm gonna be running vista so I want 4gb* of ram at least. Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Blueboyy said:
First time building a computer. First time ever using a forum. So, sorry if I do something wrong and please correct me if I do.:D
Anyway, I'm looking to build computer as cheap as possible to play World of Warcraft at 60fps. I have a basic understanding of building computers but don't feel confident going solo yet. Ok WoW requires-
15GB HDD Space
1gb of ram
1.3 GHZ processor
about 128 mb of video. I have a disc drive,monitor,mouse,keyboard. Anyway I pretty sure this is all compatible and it'll do what I want. I just need a second opinion before I start ordering.
Motherboard
Case
Vid Card
Ram
HDD
Processor
Total Price-290.94 I could go about 50$ or so higher. I'm gonna be running vista so I want 4ghz of ram at least. Any help would be appreciated.
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You mean 4GB of ram. Oh and dont forget to get the 64 bit so all your ram will be recognized.
 
WoW Computer

Oh I didn't know 32bit couldn't recognize 4gb. Thanks for telling me I would have probably tried to send the ram back or something. Alright so since you didn't say anything bad about it I'm assuming that it's an alright build and it should work. So I guess I'll order it. Thanks for the help.
 
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