New gaming/media PC help

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RonaldRaygun

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Hello all,

I am building my new PC from the ground up. I need a little advice on what should be in it. I know nothing about PC's *NOOB ALERT*, I never built one, and I asked 2 friends that are semi computer savvy and they think what I picked are good.

What I want to do with the Computer: Play games such as; Halo 3, CS: Source, World of Warcraft. - Edit videos and music -

Budget: $1, 200 CND

These are the specs I think that are the best.

Maxtor 500GB PATA Internal Hard Drive
ATI Radeon X1300 Pro / 256MB GDDR2 / AGP 8x / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ / 2.5 GHz Energy Efficient - Socket AM2 - L2 1 MB (2 x 512 KB) - Box (65W) [Dual-Core]
Thermaltake Tsunami Black Aluminum Mid-Tower Case Side Window w/400W Power Supply
Creative SB0792 Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Audio Value Pack
LiteOn 20X DVD+/-RW w/LightScribe OEM Black
Corsair Value Select DDR2 667MHz PC2-5300 2G Kit (2 X 1GB)

Most these items can be found at PC Village

Thanks for your time. :)

-Markus

P.S: Please move if in wrong forum.
 
Your missing a motherboard...

Are you planning on building this yourself or will you have someone help/build it for you?

Using PC Villiage and $1200 as a limit:
Asus P5K $149.95
Core 2 Duo E6750 $228.95
OCZ 2G (2 X 1GB) 800DDR2 Reaper HPC Edition (4-4-4-15) $119.95
Thermaltake Tsunami Black Aluminum Mid-Tower Case w/o Power Supply $124.95
Corsair HX Series 520W PowerSupply $114.95
Western Digital 500G Caviar SE SATAII 16M Cache SATA Hard Drive $114.95
LiteOn 20X DVD+/-RW w/LightScribe OEM Black $42.00
BFG Technologies GeForce 8600GT OC Video Card, PCI Express x16, 256MB DDR3 $169.95

Optional Sound Card (Motherboard has onboard 8 channel 'high definition' sound):
Creative SB0792 Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Audio Value Pack $51.95

Total Without Sound Card: $1065.65
Total With Sound Card $1117.60

I would have liked a better video card to go with the CPU but the price spikes after the 8600GTs.
 
IMO, I will downgrade everything but getting a better GPU.
CPU: Intel E6550
MB: GigaByte GA-P35-DS3R
GPU: eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320Mb
RAM: OCZ 2G (2 X 1GB) 800DDR2 Reaper HPC Edition (4-4-4-15)
HDD: Seagate 250G Barracuda 7200.10 16Mb Cache SATAII HD
DDVD burner: LG H62L SUPERMULTI 18X BLACK SATA
PSU: Ultra X-Finity 600-Watt @ tigerdirect.ca ULT31847 K
case: what ever you like
OS: Windows Vista Premium 64bit OEM in case you need one

The total will come around or slightly over $1200 dependings what case you are choose
 
thanks for the quick reply

If I use Xion II Black Case would it be better?

thanks again, this helps
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A case is a case. I don't like PSUs that come with cases though, they are usually cheap garbage even if they say they have some crazy wattage.
CPU: Intel E6550
MB: GigaByte GA-P35-DS3R
GPU: eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320Mb
RAM: OCZ 2G (2 X 1GB) 800DDR2 Reaper HPC Edition (4-4-4-15)
HDD: Seagate 250G Barracuda 7200.10 16Mb Cache SATAII HD
DDVD burner: LG H62L SUPERMULTI 18X BLACK SATA
PSU: Ultra X-Finity 600-Watt @ tigerdirect.ca ULT31847 K
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That's pretty good. I went with the 6750 because it is ~$15 more than the E6550 and at that point, why not? :D

I'm feeling lazy, what's the total cost of that system?
 
CPU: Intel E6750 $229
MB: GigaByte GA-P35-DS3R $150
GPU: eVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320Mb SUPERCLOCKED $340
RAM: OCZ 2G (2 X 1GB) 800DDR2 Reaper HPC Edition (4-4-4-15) $120
HDD: Seagate 250G Barracuda 7200.10 16Mb Cache SATAII HD $73
DVD burner: LG H62L SUPERMULTI 18X BLACK SATA $40
PSU: Ultra X-Finity 600-Watt @ tigerdirect.ca ULT31847 K $60 Mail-in Rebate $20 = $40
case: what ever you like
OS: Windows Vista Premium 64bit OEM $150

Total: $1142.
Price mainly from Pcvonline, ignoring current availability (some are out of stock) and shipping cost.
 
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The only downside of my propose set-up is he may find HDD not big enough. Suggest adding another $50 to get a 500GB one or another 250GB HDD if he want to RAID.
 
Thanks you two. This helps me narrow down what I need. I can drive down to Toronto and buy the items there. I also did price compare and some items are cheaper in Tiger Direct. Thanks for the tips again.

-M
 
CPU: Intel E6550
MB: GigaByte GA-P35-DS3R
GPU: Evga 8600GTS 512mb
RAM: OCZ 2G (2 X 1GB) 800DDR2 Reaper HPC Edition (4-4-4-15)
HDD: Seagate 500GB Barracuda 7200.10 16Mb Cache SATAII HD
DDVD burner: LG H62L SUPERMULTI 18X BLACK SATA
PSU: Ultra X-Finity 600-Watt
case: ??
OS: Windows Vista Premium 64bit OEM

This will play better if you will play TR legend in nextgen due to that 512mb or lower will result in 10fps
 
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