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Building a computer
xFang:
Can any1 recommend me parts for a computer that is able to play most game but within the budget of $1000 not including monitor,mouse,keyboard etc etc ;D
datora:
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There are about 12 or 15 topics very similar to this one in this forum over the last 90 days. Have you read through some of those ..? There's been a LOT of excellent advice posted in them.
Can you list about three or five titles of the most intense games that you want to play? That will help a lot.
Will you use the system for other tasks, such as video encoding or as a media-center PC?
For under $1000, you can build a pretty mad system using an AMD CPU (instead of an Intel), going with a AMD Phenom II X4 core 970 Black Edition Deneb @3.5GHz and mild over-clocking to 4 GHz or maybe even ~4.2GHz. This went on sale at Newegg about 2 weeks ago for $150 w/ free shipping, so, that implies other questions:
Can you use Newegg or other online stores to buy?
Can you take six or eight weeks to get all the parts? Then you can carefully wait for some of them to go on special and really get the best performance for your money. For one example, you can get a solid case for ~$50-60 if you can live without something all full of splash & bling.
Break it down into the parts you need:
case ($60)
power supply (650-700W should be plenty) ($60-80)
mobo + CPU (???)
RAM (~$100 for 4 GB or ~$180 for 8 GB)
video card (???)
audio solution (mobo or separate card?) ($80-160 for expansion card that's worth it)
hard drives (yes, plural is best) (SSD for OS if you can budget it) (???)
DVD burner (do you NEED bluray?) (ASUS SATA or (better) PATA)
Operating system? Win 7 Home premium (~$100)
Plus some extras, such as a couple extra cooling fans, probably an advanced cooling block for the CPU, other expansion cards (?), etc.
MOAR INFO from you, please ...
[ EDIT: some resources:
If you're looking at getting your best performance, this one good place to read around on:
- http://www.overclock.net/
Another for solid reviews:
- http://www.tomshardware.com/
Going back through August in reverse order (10 pages), all these topics have a lot of info for you:
> General Discussions > Technology > How decent are the specs?
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=25429.0
> Triple Screen Setup
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=25095.0
> External Hard Drive?
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=25921.0
> going for an overhaul
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=25974.0
> PSU not enough for graphics card?
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=26162.0
> Best internet retailer?
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=26002.0
> New Graphics Card
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=26570.0
> New Computer for Work
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=26247.0
> Seagate..the 2nd shittiest HDD manufacturer.
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=25835.0
> New HDD
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=27304.0
> I'm going to buy a new hard drive, and I would like some advice.
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=16257.0
> Hard Drive Experiences (and general HD talk)
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=15654.0
> Good time to buy a new computer? O wait until the new sockets hit in Jan.
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=27526.0
> Westerm digital Greens..... was i wrong about you??
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=27781.0
> Finally changing PC - but little help need.
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=27838.0
> Multiple Corsair mail-in rebates?
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28013.0> best way to check a new HD for errors? and any brand sugestions?
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28011.0
> advise on buying an internal HDD enclosure for swapping drives.
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28141.0
> Building 3D capable PC - help/ideas/tips, etc
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28276.0
> Computer build - Need assistance!
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28287.0
> Help with computer build...
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28145.0
> Upgrading Video Cards
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=27084.0
> Copying OS from a hard drive to another
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=27263.0
> Motherboard Searching
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28635.0
> HD204UI write error rate problem
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28934.0
> Build Me a Computer!
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28958.0
> How do you tell if a mobo can boot from PCI-e?
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28866.0
> Which HD should I buy?
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=28976.0
> BASIC guide on what to buy for a PC and HTPC.
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=29027.0
> What do you think of this PC case?
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=29041.0
]
xFang:
Wow, thanks and so detailed too
I must admit I did slack off and did not browse through the forum but thanks again,
You are a GREAT help ;D
vuzedome:
Sometimes I suspect datora of having prepared all this ahead of time.
xShadow:
I've been meaning to ask this for a while, but why is there always a lone period at the beginning of all of your posts? (@datora)
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