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Guest Marky
i found sum stuff thatll help me put it together and i think i can do it. so guys, what are the most powerful parts out there? video cards and such? ive decided on an EVGA 780i mobo and ill use either a Q9450 Quad or an E84 or 8500 What are the most powerful parts? and then tell me what is a step or 2 below that :razz:
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um well i would go with a 1,000 watt powersupply and maybe get two of the 9 series nvidia cards and SLI them together and for memory get 4 gb of memory, dont know any good brands of memory, sorry
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[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188024[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021[/url] Motherboard w/ Case on offer, $329.98. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115042[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16800992035[/url] Processor with free WiC game, $329.99 ($659.97). [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104020[/url] RAM, $134.99 ($794.96). [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371009[/url] Power Supply, $149.99, ($944.95). [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136011[/url] Hard Drive (x2) $174.99 ea, $349.98, ($1294.93). [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150292[/url] Graphics Card (x2) on offer, £249.99 ea, $499.98, ($1794.91). [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102005[/url] Sound Card, $135.99, ($1930.90).
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There's a whole lot to take into account Marky, now to be fair a budget of $2200 can get you a near top of the line computer if you spend you money right. Penfold has some good suggestions and I will give my own but many things are based on personal preference. First off, get the 4 GB of RAM in a years time you will be thanking me. Also I know Vista may sound evil, but now there is much better support for it and it really is a superior OS than XP when you get down to it. Especially for gaming DirectX 10+ will be needed for most games soon enough and XP will struggle with that since it peaked at DX 9c. If you stick with XP I would still recommend 4 GB of RAM. Again it may be personal preference for you, but with that budget you can get one of the best GFx cards out there. The newest NVIDIA cards are the GTX 200 series, which are about to have a price drop [url=http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38243/135/]see here[/url] due to the fact the Radeon HD 4780 is just as good (maybe a tiny bit worse) but still its anywhere from $50-200 cheaper pending on where u look. If the GTX doesn't come down in price when you are about to buy (right now there are all at least $500 on newegg). For a good idea on the current GFx cards and their performance check [url=http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-4870,1964-19.html]this out[/url]. Just note that making the cards SLi isn't for a tech noobile, but if you think you are comfortable with it then those two cards penfold put up could work fine. Also Penfold has a really expensive sound card which unless you have a really good (i mean like at least a $100 speaker system) and 7 speakers then sure get it, I have never used a sound card other than the onboard one for the mobo, then again I am usually strapped for cash so I try to avoid things I can easily live without. CPU that Penfold put up is solid, if your a Intel guy. If you Like AMD this chip is a little cheaper and pretty close to the same thing [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103273[/url] But if you got that chip you would need to get a different mobo with an AMD socket for its CPU. Happy hunting!
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Is this PC ment to least a year or two, or will it be a holdover until Intel's new architecture comes out later this year (note: their new CPU's are not LGA 775 compatable, which means now motherboards are needed for their new line of CPU's). I would go either 3.0 Duo, or 2.66 Quad (2.66 quad can be found cheap these days). As for graphics, I'd go with either the Readeon 4870 (bang for buck, rivals NVIDIA 260 and NVIDIA 9800 GTX), 9800 GX2 (still rivales the NVIDIA 280), or the NVIDIA 280 (overpriced, but a beast). As for memory, DDR2 or DDR3? Remember, 4GB is only usable on 64bit versions of windows, so don't go crazy if you stick with 32 bit windows. I would skip Vista at this point. Windows 7 and DX11 is only a year and a half away, so there's no real point to go through the pain to get Vista to work, only to replace it with something more stable a year later. And trust me, no games will REQUIRE DX10 for at least another year.
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[url]http://www.laatedaa.com/2008/06/21/my-400-452-dollar-budget-gaming-computer-configuration/[/url] Edit: didn't see your $2000+ budget.
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Ladies and Gentlemen... The preliminary build! [B][COLOR=RoyalBlue][FONT=Arial]OS: Win XP[/FONT] CASE: COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 RC-830 MOBO: EVGA 780i CPU: Q9450 [FONT=Arial]GPU: EVGA 9800 GX2 SSC Edition[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]DVD/CD: [/FONT]Lite-On 20x LH-20A1L [FONT=Arial]PSU: [/FONT]ZALMAN ZM1000-HP Continuous 1000W [FONT=Arial]HD:[/FONT] Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB [FONT=Arial]RAM: 2 GIGs Corsair [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]LCD: [/FONT]Acer P243WAid Black-Silver 24" [FONT=Arial]SOUND:XFI Xtremegamer Fatality Pro[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]HS/Fan: Zalman CNPS 9700[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]PRICE[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]OS: Windows XP[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]CASE: 250[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]MOBO: 260[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]CPU: 330[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]GPU: 525[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]PSU: 230[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]HD: 90[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]RAM: 94[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]DVD/CD: 30[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]LCD: 390[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]SOUND: 131[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]HEATSINK/FAN: 60[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]TOTAL: 2391 [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][size=12] Thoughts and or suggestions?[/SIZE][B][COLOR=RoyalBlue][/COLOR][/B]
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Guest Marky
this computer is meant partly as a holdiver, im not sure when ill be able to upgrade it, but i want it to have flexibility, so im splurging on case, mobo, PSU, and vid card
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Guest gamerk2
Close to my build, minues a better Quad and DDR3 RAM. With that Mobo, be aware that you will not have access to DDR3 RAM. That being said, I would wait for Intels new chips to come out before making a switch anyway. You don't need Vista to run any specific graphics card. My 9800 GX2 runs like a dream under XP. Note, that two 9800 GX2's don't give a significant preformance boost, so if you need to upgrade, you would be better off getting a new card instead. 1000 Watts is a bit much, 750 should be plently, but its not that big a deal.
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In which case, I'd suggest this one: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817379007[/url] Honestly dude, you could get a Octo core machine (Dual Quad-core processor) slots, and 2x 9800GX2's... and not need more than 600W...
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Ya marky power isn't always better like Penfold said even the heaviest of machines dont need THAT much power. Cooling ability and noise are useually two bigger factors than power when buying a PSU.
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A quick reminder: A 550 Watt PSU with 80% efficency > 650 Watt PSU with 50% efficency. Check the efficency ratings, to make sure you don't get (insert work of choice here). Also, for that type of rig, 750 should be plenty.
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Guest Marky
but i want the extra power so i can drop in a more powerful card or SLI em and such, i dont wanna do a whole rebuild so i can put in 1 part lol
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