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help me buy a new comp
Nyking754:
--- Quote from: Lupin on July 18, 2011, 07:39:13 AM ---Another one of those threads :(
INB4 a barrage of builds.
Things to consider:
AMD's processors are underwhelming but they work well for budget builds. The motherboards have more features compared to an equally priced intel one as well. Money you save on the processor can be used on other hardware. Most games are GPU limited anyways. AMD is good enough.
Intel's platform is better performing but also more expensive. If you're on a tight budget, this might become a limitation.
Both platforms (AMD's AM3+ and Intel's 1155) are not really upgradable. Ivy Bridge is said to be compatible with 1155 but Intel's track record with compatibilty is not good. AM3+ may be the last of the AMx series. I think AMD will go with a pin incompatible socket after Bulldozer.
--- Quote from: Nyking754 on July 18, 2011, 05:07:13 AM ---hi my comp just broke :'( and ive decided to throw out everything and buy a new one including a monitor, headsets, speakers, and preferably wireless mouse and keyboard. im not so good with computers so please help me chose a good comp TY
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You threw out everything ??? You didn't even check what's still salvageable from the old one? Get a Mac.
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last one was pretty old and i had a pretty bad case of bed bugs so i decided to throw all of it out
Lupin:
If there's a microcenter near you (I'm assuming you're in the US), they have great deals on cpu/mobo bundles.
rostheferret:
--- Quote from: Lupin on July 18, 2011, 07:39:13 AM ---You threw out everything ??? You didn't even check what's still salvageable from the old one? Get a Mac.
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This. I don't care how old you thought the parts were, you can save a fair bit by using some of your old stuff that worked fine. Hell, I have two hard drives, a monitor and keyboard knocking on six years and still going strong. I'd have kept my old motherboard too if I didn't look at my Dell's hardware for the first time and curse loudly and their own-brand mobo's.
The general formula for what you want seems pretty easy though. Take a look at the brand swanky new shit being released, and then buy whatever last years model was cos its just halved in price due to every gullible moron wanting to pay out the ass for that extra couple of fps on their favourite PC game.
kitamesume:
it depends on how much eye candy you want and how much fps you want on a certain res.
Phenom II X4 955 + HD6950 @ less than 1000$ can rape most games out there at 1920x1080p with high settings.
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=30474.100
well check this thread, same budget and same target, lalalalala.
(click to show/hide)[120$] AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz
[55$] ASRock 880GM-LE AM3 AMD 880G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - 2×240pin | PCI Express 2.0 x16 1(x16)
[75$] G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 CL9
[250$] XFX HD-695X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
[70$] Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
[100$] Corsair Nova Series 2 CSSD-V60GB2 2.5" 60GB SATA II(SSD)
[130$](2x65$) SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
[50$] COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1
SUM : 850$ without rebates.
OR
[120$] AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz
[55$] ASRock 880GM-LE AM3 AMD 880G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - 2×240pin | PCI Express 2.0 x16 1(x16)
[75$] G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 CL9
[145$] XFX HD-679X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6790 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
[70$] Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
[100$] Corsair Nova Series 2 CSSD-V60GB2 2.5" 60GB SATA II(SSD)
[130$](2x65$) SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
[50$] COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1
SUM : 745$ without rebates.
OR
[120$] AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz
[55$] ASRock 880GM-LE AM3 AMD 880G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - 2×240pin | PCI Express 2.0 x16 1(x16)
[75$] G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 CL9
[100$] XFX HD-667X-ZAF3 Radeon HD 6670 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
[50$] Antec NEO ECO 400C 400W Continuous Power ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
[100$] Corsair Nova Series 2 CSSD-V60GB2 2.5" 60GB SATA II(SSD)
[130$](2x65$) SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
[35$] Sentey Black Box Series BX2-4284 Mid Tower Computer Case
SUM : 665$ without rebates.
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Monitors:
[630$] Dell UltraSharp U2410 (464-7346) Black 24" 6ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 400 cd/m2 1000:1
[280$] Dell U2211H(468-7485) Black 21.5" 8ms Full HD Height, Pivot, Swivel & Tilt Adjustable Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 1000:1
you choose, i pick the latter.
i`m gonna leave this spoiler here and run away before someone starts quoting me =P
PS: DIY(do it yourself) rig is like putting lego blocks together.... ok that sounds like its too easy, lets say the blocks are made of glass with screw holes that needs some good handling.
3 main "Do Not" that you should keep in mind:
Do Not Drop
Do Not Scratch
Do Not, I Repeat, Do Not Be A Moron. just dont do something stupid like pour water on the rig or something like that.
Edit: ok i forgot you said you needed speakers.
(click to show/hide)[65$] Gefen GTV-DIGAUD-2-AAUD Digital Audio to Analog Adapter - you`ll need one of this, this should keep you away from those overpriced soundcards.
note: this gefen DAC can only decode 2.0 Digital signals, the more expensive gefen DAC can decode 5.1.
[100$](2x50$) Creative Inspire T3130 2.1 Speakers - this sounds great but not too great, why two? ok this may sound weird but i got two of this exact same model running on 2.2 setup, you`ll get what i mean sooner.
[20$](2x10$) Cables To Go 03177 6" Value Series One RCA Mono Male to Two RCA Stereo Female Y-Cable M-F
[18$](2x9$) Cables To Go 40424 6" Value Series One 3.5mm Stereo Female To Two RCA Stereo Male Y-Cable F-M
(ok for cables thats just too overpriced, i could get one of these locally for like 3$)
plug the speaker on the 3.5mm to RCA converter, and plug the 3.5mm to RCA converter into the RCA splitter.
plug the RCA splitter into the Gefen DAC, either left or right, do the same on the other speaker.
the trick here is to make the original left&right+subwoofer(2.1) speakers into left only or right only and the purpose of doing this is to make both left and right have their own subwoofers(or Left+sub&Right+sub, shorter term 2.2).
oh and you did mention you need some headsets, wireless keyboard and wireless mouse too right? i`m not good with that, sorry.
oh btw, wireless = not good for gaming, you're looking at 50-200ms delays from click to action.
Nyking754:
after a bit of looking around i think ill go with these (haven't finished)-
processor- AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition
motherboard- no idea please help me find one that fits with my processor
video card- AMD Radeon™ HD 6870
ram- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
primary OS HD- Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
secondary HD- SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
dvd drive- Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model AD-7260S-0B - OEM
power supply- PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply
cooling- ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED
casing -Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (was thinking about getting the cooler master haf x but it was $189 and i dont have a huge budget)
monitor- ASUS VH236H Black 23" 2ms Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ Speakers 300 cd/m2 20000 :1 (ASCR)
headset- Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
keyboard and mouse- Logitech Cordless Desktop EX 100 Black 102 Normal Keys USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard and Mouse
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