Planing this build, and it was said to me that I will be able to get it next month if they can get the money for it for which it need to be less then the $1200 mark. DVD Drive Case HDD GFX Card PSU RAM MOBO CPU CPU Fan Minus Win7 HE, a $30 mouse, $8 thermal paste, a $20 GTA4, and $6 for SATA wire for the HDD it comes out to $1363 (W/ Rebates,Tax, and Shipping Cost calculated) Well what do you guys think? How I can I better this but still keep it cheap. I want to keep the Case and I think the CPU is enough for my needs. My main needs are Gaming and Photoshop. Don't really care for SLI but I do want to be able to run GTA4 on MAX. The reviews on the GFX say it can run it, and also read on an other forum that GTA's primary use is Video RAM which that card was enough for *cough* 1792MB. Oh and an other question will the GFX card fit in the computer case? Thanks!
Hello there, first off i can tell you that my job is to put computers together. your PSU is definately more than enough for that computer. I can recommend you to get a cheaper 650w PSU maybe "Corsair" downgrade your graphiccard to a xfx 250gtx 512mb and get 2 of them instead. because when you run 2 graphiccards, they split the work in between them and you wont need as much ram on them. Then i can definately tell you that that system will run GTA on highest graphic settings. Because then it's almost the exact same specification as mine and i can wih no problem.
Hi, i dont want to contradict what Zyntrax has said but stay away from SLI. Yes the 285's are good but on it's own yes not two together..Your frame rates will suffer and RAM usage probably wouldn't change. all that card would be good for compared to a slightly lower value card is future proof. you wouldnt notice the difference between 1792 and the 896mb. to get below the 1200 mark, i would cut the GFX yes the card would fit in that case.. it's a full ATX case and not MATX. I personally wouldn't get that motherboard.. had 3 P5's fail on me so i just stuck with 790i's. Reliable motherboard period. But nice little rig you have there.
I would make a few changes to the build. The 9000 series cpus are outdated. You can get a new i5 for the same price. The haf is a good case but I would go with the smaller cheaper haf. The new ati 5850 is alot faster than the gtx 275 for the same price. cpu - $195 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215 motherboard - $135 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128412 gpu - $310 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121361 ram - $95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145251 psu - $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005 cooler - $30 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 case - $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197
I agree that the Gigabyte motherboard is superior to the ASUS and that the Corsair PSU is superior to the Coolermaster. Not only is the i5-750 superior to the Q9400 for your application, but if you ever feel like upgrading to a Hyper-Threading processor, the i7-860 is a drop-in replacement. Nice system. Dick
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I will check around. As for the GTX 250 series, it is not available on NewEgg. If I'm going with Core i5, might as well try and see for an i7. I will check around and see what I can get, or if not, stay to my orginal build with some of your guys changes. Thanks for the help to guys, appreciate it!
Well, I got this for an i7 build: HDD SATA connector for HDD DVD Drive Mouse Thermal Paste MOBO CPU CPU Fan RAM Windows 7 Case+PSU Combo GFX Card (x2 SLI) Total Cost: $1,478.69(System) + $105.64(Tax) + $30.43(Shipping)= $1,614.76 Most likely will have to get someone in NY to handle this because of this outrageous tax. I don't really know about ATI that much (At all really, no one talks about them). The GFX card is up for debate, just don't want something over $250 for a pair of them whether it be ATI or Nivida. If they don't agree to this, then I'll miss and match with the stuff that 'krj15489' said put down.
If you do decide to go for an i7, be sure to stay with the 860. The i7-900 series takes a different socket/motherboard. I'm willing to bet Jordan's suggested i5-750 will handle your requirements just fine. Dick
