I am currently building a new PC which I am using for High-End gaming on a budget of about $2000 (yes my parents are backing me up money wise ). Here are the parts that I have chosen to buy. CASE http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811133154 MOTHERBOARD http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131593 VIDEO CARD http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814161025 PSU http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817190012 CPU http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103754 MEMORY http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145034 HARD DRIVES (I plan on getting 2 on a RAID 0) http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822136062 OPTICAL DRIVES (Also getting 2) http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827106014 SOUND CARD http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16829102188 CPU COOLER http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835185125 I would like to see all of your opinions, suggestions, and anything you can think of. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALSO----I plan on not waiting for DX10, neither am I going to OC,... Thanks, ---------Pokey5
not bad. Ditch the OEM and buy the retail box. The stock heatsink works really well and I've read where it actually works better than after market fans. Also you might wanna think about going with a Core 2, I'm pretty sure they're outperforming AMD's right now. For an extra $50 you can get the E6600 2.4GHz. Also, might as well get the ATI branded 1950. I have a PowerColor X800 GTO and have had problems in the past updating drivers. Also I believe the ATI cards use the better memory (think I've read that before ) lol Anyways, I build my gaming rig for about $1500 and it could have been $200 cheaper (The case I chose was a Lian-Li). X2-4800, 2GB Corsair XMS PC3500, OCZ 700W PSU, X1950 XTX, X-Fi Fatality, 74GB 8MB Cache Raptor & 250GB SATA And DX10? The new ATI cards will be coming out soon. You really might wanna re-think when you want to build this
also, I have a ASUS W3J lappy. Has a Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz and I got a higher PCMark04 score with it compared to my AMD 4800 2.4GHz. When it comes to gaming you also need to ask yourself what screen your gonna use and what resolution your gonna play at. I stick to 1280x1024, and at that resolution the "TOP" gaming rigs won't perform better than what I have. So are you really gonna play at the higher resolutions? Use HDR? AA+AF? Whatever your decision ... GL
Thanks Flip...I tried to find the retail box on Newegg but couldnt Also, do you know when newer AM2 Crossfire Mobos are coming out? Last time I checked there was only like 4. And yes I run my games on a 17" LCD...I dont normally us AF/AA.
case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811196019 also go for a core 2 duo they r better than any amd
In that case OEM will be fine. Couldn't tell you. New boards with the new ATI chipset should be out soon. I would give it more thought, especially if you got time. My only thing with newer/newest technology is all the possible bugs. I chose to go with the older socket 939 X2-4800. Stuck to low latency RAM. I would have to see other benchmarks compared to mine to "maybe" get me to build a AM2 or Conroe system right now. Right now those parts are a bargain. What games do you plan to play?
@ elokito -------------I actually thought about getting that exact same case but decided to go for a full tower to get extra space. @ Flip -------------I plan on playing Oblivion and possibly Crysis (Probably not as Crysis may be operating on DX10...not sure)
@ elokito -------------Personaly I think that the DX10 cards will not be perfect also I dont want to spend an extra 200 for Vista. I'm just going to lay back and see what happens.
I tried the 7950GX2 and didn't like it. I wish I saved the 3DMark scores, but I didn't. But here are my 3DMark scores for my X1950 XTX w/ X2-4800 3DMark03 18758 3DMark05 11546 3DMark06 6037 What I didn't like about the GX2 were 1) It was extremely huge 2) I thought it got hot. I tease my buddy who has one that his card is over heating
Thanks guys...I'll keep all of your suggestions in mind when I make my final order. Thanks, ---------Pokey5
