Need help with rig.

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Beatem445

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Ok I'm going to be building a rig for video recording/ editing on an Xbox 360, Medium gaming (COD4, Crysis, etc.) and Internet, Word processing, etc.
Heres my idea for a rig change anything except processor.

Computer Build
Ultra Black Aluminus ATX Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire, Audio Ports and Ultra 700-Watt XVS Power Supply - $149.99

Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe WiFi-AP Motherboard - AMD 790FX, Socket AM2+, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, CrossFireX Ready, WiFi, Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0, Firewire, eSATA, RAID - $249.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition Processor ADX6400CZBOX - 3.20GHz, 2 x 1MB Cache, 1000MHz (2000 MT/s) FSB, Windsor, Dual-Core, Retail, Socket AM2 (940), Processor - $184.99

Diamond Xtreme XS71DDL Dolby Digital Sound Card - $54.99

Visiontek Radeon X1550 Video Card - 256MB DDR2, PCI, DVI, VGA, HDTV, Low Profile, Video Card - $119.99

Corsair XMS2 DHX Dual Channel 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB) - $54.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, Serial ATA-300, OEM - $74.99

Ultra X-Pro ULT40029 750-Watt Power Supply - ATX, Dual 80mm Fans, SATA-Ready, SLI-Ready, Active PFC, Black - $139.99

Lite-On LH-20A1S SuperAllwrite SATA DVD Burner - 20x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 48x32x CD-R/RW and Ultra DVD Labeling Kit (OEM Pkg) - $39.99

OH I ALMOST FORGOT I ONLY BUY FROM www.tigerdirect.com
 
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I agree, ditch that 1550 and get at least a 3850.

And just a question, why are you limiting yourself to tigerdirect? Do you like spending more?
 
ok found better one (hopefully)

Visiontek Radeon X1300 Video Card - 256MB DDR2, PCI, DMS-59, HDTV, Low Profile, Video Card - $139.99

IRDUMB i just found out this is the exact same one -.-
 
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ok i found the ultimate card

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 Video Card - 2 x 512MB GDDR3, PCI Expresss, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Quad DVI, Stereo, Workstation, OEM, Video Card - $2,799.99
 
The board and processor? Ditch them and get a real board and processor. Get something from the Intel line because they'll smoke any of the stuff AMD is pumping out now.

There is absolutely no way that VGA will run Crysis at any even remotely decent settings.
 
You need to change some parts

Motherboard
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3176994&CatId=3355

CPU
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3241551&CatId=2396

This Intel CPU will give you a better performance specially if you are doing video recording/ editing

Video card
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3538922&CatId=1826

This video card will play Crysis and COD4 with no problems
 
Medium gaming, Crysis cod4? That the Highest gaming you can get man. You need a top of the line machine for that.
 
I'm going with AMD because they are cheap right now and work decent

EDIT: Er... Might as well go with intel not THAT much more
P.S: nice card that will probably be my pick but it has GDDR3 will that affect what RAM I can put in my computer cause i'm only using dual channel ddr2
 
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Beatem445 said:
I'm going with AMD because they are cheap right now and work decent

EDIT: Er... Might as well go with intel not THAT much more
P.S: nice card that will probably be my pick but it has GDDR3 will that affect what RAM I can put in my computer cause i'm only using dual channel ddr2
Click to expand...

GDDR3 do nothing with your RAM!!
8800GT 512MB is a good card. But if you don't want to spend that much, just get HD3850.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3481320&CatId=1560

I don't know why you need 2 PSU...
Case: I prefer Cooler Master CM690
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3198497&CatId=1842

Or if you really want that ultra case, you can get one without PSU.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1215768&CatId=1842

Also, I don't think you need a 750W PSU
A 500 - 600W Should be enough
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2235424&CatId=106
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1273334&CatId=2036
 
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