I have an old 19 inch CRT MV920 as a temp monitor lol. Keyboard/mouse/speakers do not need to be included. I'd probably use 1280x1024 or 1024x768 res. I can settle for medium to low graphic settings, preferably medium of course. I'd like to play cod modern warfare 2 or gta iv if possible. I'm in the USA and would prefer to use newegg. EDIT: I'm definitely willing to overclock, but I hope to have this rig last for 2-3 years. 2nd EDIT: Forgot to mention cd/dvd drives and OS unecessary If anyone is interested in some rofl-material I guess? This is what I've been using for everything for the past 5 years http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00574102&dlc=en GPU clock oc'ed by 60 mhz.. Ram oc'ed to 200mhz to match fsb.
This is what I could come up with: Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137 Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131595 Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125244 Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023 CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184 HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136074 Optical Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118032 Total: $487.93 ($447.93 with only 2GB of RAM)
Right on target without the optical, forgot to mention I won't need one. Thank you for the build, lets see what others think/have to offer.. I'm not to great at this, but I've been looking and trying.
Everything he suggested looks spot on. If you felt like going intel, you could nab an e5200 and overclock it pretty easily, mate it to a motherboard like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128396
Case : COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black Motherboard : Asus P5QPL-AM Video Card : POWERCOLOR AX4770 512MD5-M Radeon HD 4770 512MB CPU : Intel Pentium E5200 RAM : OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2-800 HDD : Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641AS 500GB TOTAL : $470.44
yes the e5200 overclocked is a very good chip but it has no future you won't be able to upgrade in a years time better to go for amd now and it will pay off later
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119201 PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008 Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186153 CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148111 (why is RAM expensive again?) GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102841 HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148495 Total: $473 CM Elite 310, 400w Corsair, Foxconn ELA P45, E5200, OCZ Reaper 4GB 2x2GB DDR2 800, 500GB Seagate, PNY GTS 250
I got $555.44 before shipping from that build.. But thank you. EDIT: Ahh nvm, different gpu.. With the PNY GTS 250 I got $475.44 before shipping.
There's a rebate on some of the items, total with shipping should be around the same as the total after rebates.
This is what I've come up with, I'm not sure if its all 100% compatible. I would like to get an extra fan for the case, but I don't know how many the mobo can power. I am willing to change any part I have listed here. I want to overclock the hell out of it, even the ram to 1066 plus the video card if I can. So if anyone can help me figure out if I can play what I want, if it will all work, if I can get a better deal etc.. Thank you in advance Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147135 MOBO - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128388 CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116072 HD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 VIDEO - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339 PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016 RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184 Total - $510.44
I'd seriously consider going AMD here. LGA775 has little to no upgrade path. AMD Athlon II X2 250 + ASUS M4A785-M = $132 Intel Pentium E5200 + GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L = $129.50
2nd shot: Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147135 (Same one you picked out, thought you might have liked the looks of it) Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131595 (Simply can't go wrong with AM3 socket + 785G chipset + ASUS) CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681 (You could probably get this puppy up to ~3.9GHz if you wanted, that's E5200 territory) PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008 (Rock solid) RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184 (Works great right out of the box, no need to mess around with it's timings, voltage, etc) Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150369 (Forget the 128-bit memory interface, this card beats the 9800 GTX+ @ stock for ~$20 less, overclocks quite nicely, plus... you gotta love the fan) HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 (WD, 16MB Cache, 500GB, 7200 RPM, SATA II) Total: $482.94 http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3545/rawrd.jpg
