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post #1 of 15
3/12/06 at 8:35pm
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i want to build a computer. i want to be able to play most games on this, i might go with the 7600 gt but i dont know, can you guys please give me ideas on what cpu,gpu,psu,mobo etc.
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post #2 of 15
3/12/06 at 8:44pm
Well thats pretty vague. You you have any idea what you want? AMD or Intel? ect
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post #3 of 15
3/12/06 at 8:49pm
Budget? $ or £?
AMD or Intel?
SLI, Crossfire or single GFX?
Games?
Hard disc space required?
RAM?
Case?
Monitor?
Soundcard?
PSU?

For instance this a good setup which I'm looking at (have below case and PSU already)..

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ socket 939 Dual Core 2.2Ghz 1Mb and 1Mb Cache
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium skt939 nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet Firewire 8channel audio
Corsair (TWINX2048-3200C2PT) 2GB (2 x 1GB Matched Pair) DDR PC3200 2x128Mx64 non-ECC 2x184 DIMM unbuffered 2-3-3-6 64Mx8 DRAMs Matched Pair Silver Heat Spreader
Sapphire Radeon X1900XT 512mb GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI ViVO
or Nivida 7900GTX 512MB
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD) X 2
Coolermaster Stacker Full tower case
600W Enermax Liberty PSU
20" Widescreen Monitor
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post #4 of 15
3/12/06 at 9:41pm
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Originally Posted by badbob
Budget? $ or £?
AMD or Intel?
SLI, Crossfire or single GFX?
Games?
Hard disc space required?
RAM?
Case?
Monitor?
Soundcard?
PSU?

For instance this a good setup which I'm looking at (have below case and PSU already)..

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ socket 939 Dual Core 2.2Ghz 1Mb and 1Mb Cache
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium skt939 nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet Firewire 8channel audio
Corsair (TWINX2048-3200C2PT) 2GB (2 x 1GB Matched Pair) DDR PC3200 2x128Mx64 non-ECC 2x184 DIMM unbuffered 2-3-3-6 64Mx8 DRAMs Matched Pair Silver Heat Spreader
Sapphire Radeon X1900XT 512mb GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI ViVO
or Nivida 7900GTX 512MB
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD) X 2
Coolermaster Stacker Full tower case
600W Enermax Liberty PSU
20" Widescreen Monitor
That's clearly out of his budget.
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post #5 of 15
3/12/06 at 10:00pm
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Originally Posted by mr. roboto
That's clearly out of his budget.
hahaha.

i need to build a desktop.
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post #6 of 15
3/12/06 at 10:14pm
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Originally Posted by mr. roboto
Well thats pretty vague. You you have any idea what you want? AMD or Intel? ect


Oc'ing or not? Minimum specs, like what is the lowest gpu that you would like to use. PCI-Express card I would guess. More info.
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post #7 of 15
3/12/06 at 10:45pm
i reccomend a 4000+ san diego, a mid level sli mobo, 1gig of ram and a decent card. you may be able to afford a 7900gt w/out monitor just tower, or 7600gt w/ monitor.
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post #8 of 15
3/12/06 at 10:54pm
yeah, what im going to be doing is getting a sli board and only get 1 card atm, i would recommend that if you're on a budget.
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post #9 of 15
3/12/06 at 11:36pm
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Originally Posted by basso4735
hahaha.

i need to build a desktop.
yes, you do! the desktop experience is so much better than the laptop experience.
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post #10 of 15
3/12/06 at 11:49pm
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Originally Posted by mr. roboto
yes, you do! the desktop experience is so much better than the laptop experience.
i know, im just saving up so i dont have parts laying around and its not being built.
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post #11 of 15
3/13/06 at 12:04am
<---- building too, bout 1000$, but waiting on conroe. or the am2 socket switchover
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post #12 of 15
3/13/06 at 1:21am
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i would like amd, i would like to oc this gpu, and i heard that asus makes good motherboards, also what is the least amount of watts i should get in a psu. any suggestions
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post #13 of 15
3/13/06 at 2:19am
i wouldnt buy under 400. ill probably buy 450. ill have 4 HD's, 2 cd's, and my gfx card (150ish$) thatll be enough with the conroe i buy though.

watts matters only so much. stick to the big name brands with PSU's

a 400watt name brand-psu can outperform (in watts) a 480 generic.
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post #14 of 15
3/13/06 at 2:58am
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Originally Posted by chevyrulz099
i wouldnt buy under 400. ill probably buy 450. ill have 4 HD's, 2 cd's, and my gfx card (150ish$) thatll be enough with the conroe i buy though.

watts matters only so much. stick to the big name brands with PSU's

a 400watt name brand-psu can outperform (in watts) a 480 generic.

It is good to stay with a name brand psu. I ordered 2 7900GTX's and seen on NVIDIA's web site that my psu is not supported any more. I have the PC Power and Cooling 510. Looks like an upgrade to the 1 kilowatt version (never thought it would come to that power wise). Don't skimp on the power though, if you have a cheap psu and it goes bad, the possibility of it taking many other things with it is high.
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post #15 of 15
3/13/06 at 3:02am
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Originally Posted by boomheadshot45
i would like amd, i would like to oc this gpu, and i heard that asus makes good motherboards, also what is the least amount of watts i should get in a psu. any suggestions

What is your upgrade path? Do you plan on keeping this build for some time or frequent upgrades? For instance do you plan on upgrading to the AM2 shortly after it comes out. It's best to get the best parts you can that will be able to carry over to the next platform. If you spend a bunch now on DDR memory and plan to upgrade to AM2 which uses DDR2 you will have to buy memory again, that sort of thing.
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