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corevette
July 24th, 2009, 04:32 AM
I want to play the latest games, but I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore gamer.

case with psu (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129024&Tpk=Antec%20Sonata%20III)

CPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037)

motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358)

hard drive (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319)

which graphics card should i get? someone suggested an ati 4870

my budget is around $650

Whiffle
July 24th, 2009, 04:41 AM
Ha. I have that CPU, its excellent :)

I would suggest looking at this motherboard, unless you plan to do SLI in the future:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128371&Tpk=UD3LR
(its the one I have, and I've had it since may, no problems at all)

And I have this video card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187056
There is one with 1/2 the RAM for $40 less as well.

my gf has this ram, works fine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134812

I haven't added any of that up, btw.

corevette
July 24th, 2009, 04:48 AM
What is SLI?

Is the hardware that you suggested better than what I had originally suggested? It's cheaper...

I feel like I'm not getting a good enough system...

Whiffle
July 24th, 2009, 05:10 AM
SLI is where you can link two NVIDIA video cards together and have the act as 1, making for rediculous gaming. This requires two PCI Express slots, which is what the motherboard you picked out. And actually, you can also use it to have more monitors, instead of having the two cards work to gether.

The motherboard I posted has 1 PCI Express slot, so it won't do SLI.

Also, the one you posted has some other bells and whistles, like a second network card, firewire a couple extra SATA ports. Other than that, they're pretty much the same. So if you need the extra stuff, then go for it. I didn't think I needed it, so I didn't get it.

corevette
July 24th, 2009, 08:48 AM
I kinda want the bells and whistles though. Does anyone else have any opinions? AMD?

kdetech
July 24th, 2009, 08:52 AM
I think you might like an Asus motherboard with expressgate Perhaps P5q deulux

And a Nvidia Geforce or Quadro

kdetech
July 24th, 2009, 08:53 AM
I think you might like an Asus motherboard with expressgate Perhaps P5q deulux

And a Nvidia Geforce or Quadro graphic card

moster
July 24th, 2009, 09:05 AM
You should consider Nvidia VGA. If you mean to run Ubuntu. Everything else is just fine. That CPU you can even OC real good :D If you want that, buy stronger cooler for it.

corevette
July 24th, 2009, 09:34 AM
updated:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhq2mr6z_30fpptfqgj

jolx
July 24th, 2009, 11:35 AM
I think it might be better to get an nvidia video card as moster said
this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150329) would perform better than a hd 4870 and only cost $10 more

this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003) xiggy is a pretty good cpu cooler if you plan on overclocking

here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131296) is an alternative mobo from asus

also i would get a different case & psu:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119152 & http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005, although these would cost more.

Sinkingships7
July 24th, 2009, 11:47 AM
Give me a moment and I'll post a full list of products to a great computer within your budget. I've been doing this stuff all night, so I'm totally in the zone.

EDIT:

Alright, here it is.

AMD Phenom II x4 3.0GHz Quad Core :: $180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471

Cooler Master ATX Case :: $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137

Rosewill 550W SLI/Crossfire-Ready Power Supply :: $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182030

Combo :: GSkill 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 SDRAM @ 1066MHz :: $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

ASRock A780GXE Motherboard :: $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157139

Western Digital 640GB HDD 7200RPM 3.0GB/s :: $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218

NVIDIA GeForce 9800gtx+ 256-bit 512MB SLI-Ready :: $130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339

TOTAL: ~$630 before shipping.


If you're willing to part with another $50 and you want a better gaming box, then replace the above graphics card with this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130433
It's $190, which brings your total to about $690, but it's almost twice as good a card as the 9800gtx+.

I wasn't sure if you needed a monitor, so I left that out. If you wanted a monitor and needed to stay in budget, things would have to be moved around... I also left out simple periphs like keyboard, mouse, and DVD player. If you need them, they're pretty cheap.

Happy computing!

corevette
July 24th, 2009, 07:40 PM
@last poster: I'd be willing to pay the extra money for the better graphics card.

Someone suggested me this...what do you think?
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=10548145

Sinkingships7
July 24th, 2009, 10:10 PM
@last poster: I'd be willing to pay the extra money for the better graphics card.

Someone suggested me this...what do you think?
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=10548145

Her build has a slower processor and a slower graphics card than my second choice card. But you gain over 300GB of hard drive space and get a better motherboard and power supply. The choices I have are quite enough for the hardware and you get a better case. However, if you ever wanted to SLI or Crossfire some very powerful cards, you'd need a better power supply.

If you do decide to go for her build, at least replace his RAM with mine. It's $10 cheaper and more overclock-able, for the same specs.

corevette
July 25th, 2009, 12:12 AM
Her build has a slower processor and a slower graphics card than my second choice card. But you gain over 300GB of hard drive space and get a better motherboard and power supply. The choices I have are quite enough for the hardware and you get a better case. However, if you ever wanted to SLI or Crossfire some very powerful cards, you'd need a better power supply.

If you do decide to go for her build, at least replace his RAM with mine. It's $10 cheaper and more overclock-able, for the same specs.

sorry about my message I sent you. thank you for the help.

is there a way we can talk 1 on 1 over some sort of IM? gtalk, irc, aim...they all work

gletob
July 25th, 2009, 12:39 AM
I've got nothing better to do and I'm in #ubuntu-offtopic at irc.freenode.net as gletob

I can help you out

corevette
July 25th, 2009, 05:05 AM
How does this look?

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=14480748

Sinkingships7
July 25th, 2009, 05:48 PM
How does this look?

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=14480748

That system is much less powerful than the one I built and costs more... but if you're an Intel guy, then hey. For most recent games, a quad core processor would help significantly.