new 1500 $ build, plan away

ReturnToEmpire

New Member
it will be used for some gaming, and i want it to be as fast as possible. only the tower will be needed, no monitor or mouse/keyboard, or speakers.
 

JohnDoH!

New Member
Heres a build I worked on a few days ago for a friend, you can pick and choose some of these if you want.

CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
$309.99
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115003

Fan : ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Heatsink – Retail
$63.99
3 Business Day Shipping $4.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835118223

Mobo : ASUS P5W DH DELUXE/WIFI-AP Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$227.99
3 Business Day Shipping $7.32
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131025

Ram : CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
$289.00
($249.00 after $40.00 Mail-In Rebate)
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145034

HDD : Western Digital Caviar RE WD3200YS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$99.99
3 Business Day Shipping $5.94
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822136053

GPU : eVGA 256-P2-N550 -T2 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
$119.99
($99.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate)
3 Business Day Shipping $5.64
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130073

PSU : CORSAIR HX520w ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick – Retail
$119.99
3 Business Day Shipping $8.48
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817139001

Case : NZXT LEXA-NP Black/ Silver Aluminum Construction Plastic Front Panel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
$124.99
($109.99 after $15.00 Mail-In Rebate)
3 Business Day Shipping $15.99
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811146018

Monitor : Hanns·G HW-192DJB Gloss Black 19" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height & Pivot Adjustments 300 cd/m2 700:1 Built in Speakers - Retail
$199.99
3 Business Day Shipping $12.97
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16824254011

Speaker : Logitech X-530 70 watts RMS 5.1 Black Speaker System – OEM
$49.99
3 Business Day Shipping $14.37
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16836121126

Keyboard : Logitech Media Elite 967559-0403 Black 102 Normal Keys 18 Function Keys USB + PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard – Retail
$23.75
3 Business Day Shipping $6.41
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16823126178

Mouse : Logitech MX518 931352-0403 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1x Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Mouse - Retail
$37.99
Free 3 Business Day Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16826104178

i-rocks IR-8100-SL 12-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader with 3-Port USB2.0 Hub - Retail
$24.99
3 Business Day Shipping $5.64
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820300103

Total after shipping and rebate : $1,705.39 USD
 

Iluvpenguins

New Member
^ over limit

emporer's is alright...but instead of the OCZ ram get the Corsair XMS2 ram,better timings and unbalanced,7600GT?
 

mrgeorgedude

New Member
Ya id go with the first one (emporers)...the video card being a 8800gts compared to the other post 7600gt..which the 8800gts would be alot better for gaming
 

Emperor_nero

New Member
no comments? jeeze, I didnt know it was that bad

I just woke up I was asleep!:p

And as for you build it looks alright but I have not heard of the PSU, or RAM and there arn't alot of great reviews on the PSU and only 1 review for the RAM, and the case has 0 reviews, I like to go with things that there are a lot of good reviews on.:) And for the hard drive I like to go with Perpendicular Recording Technology.
 

dwillis77

New Member
Alright. Its been about 6 months since I built my last computer and I know how fast things can change.

But this I dont understand, ever since I have started building computers, it has been widely understood that if you're goign to build a gaming computer, you're going to want an AMD processor.

Also, whats with the Nvidia biast? I will admit that it is a bit annoying to see my x1900 xt running at 70+ degrees, but ATis just run hot.
 

Grey410

New Member
The new Core 2 Duo's are the best CPU's out now is all. Nothing against AMD but the C2D's are cheaper and faster. The nvidia bias comes from the 8800 series cards being the ONLY DX10 cards out and being the best out currently with ATI not releasing thier new card until Jan. :D
 

Emperor_nero

New Member
Alright. Its been about 6 months since I built my last computer and I know how fast things can change.

But this I dont understand, ever since I have started building computers, it has been widely understood that if you're goign to build a gaming computer, you're going to want an AMD processor.

Also, whats with the Nvidia biast? I will admit that it is a bit annoying to see my x1900 xt running at 70+ degrees, but ATis just run hot.


Intel is on the top on CPU's right now with there Core 2 Duo and Nvidia is on the top of GPU's with there new release of the GeForce 8 series. Like you said things change fast.;)
 
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