The (new) Official PC building thread!

Thanks 6spdSER i think i got it plus u get a connector with the VGA Cables and im trying to find direct speakers for it.

LP531 sir, Wen am i gettin my system list.

thanks

Whoops!!! Sorry For The Double POST
Sorry
Stupid laptop

 

@sarthak14
I will have something for you by tomorrow...trying to come up with best prices for you...
I have been burning the candles at both ends with work and house project...I got to get a little sleep before Friday...

 

@Lp531

As you said the shipping is reasonable, cost in fact. However, I'm looking at keeping my HTPC build cheap..since I can't spend much these days with a newborn and all. I've been adding up shipping + cost of product to see if it's cheaper than say zipzoomfly's free shipping on just about everything. I do miss the convience of the many Fry's shops in the bay..and yeah the San Jose one off Brokaw is/was one of my favorites. Sunnyvale Fry's is also pretty good. Fremont Fry's is probably one of the worst ones. Thankfully Fry's is out here in Texas. but for me it's an hour away...ughh and all the local shops are at least $20 overpriced. I just have to swing by Fry's each time I'm down in Austin or Houston. ha ha ha, I confess I've made it down there just for Fry's a few times over already...withdrawl.

@sarthak14

No problem...we are all here to help and give suggestions.

@WeirdName

you are limited to what you can build for $400 but it can be done if you aren't looking for the latest and greatest.

all from newegg:
Asus OEM skt 939 Barebone system: $75.99
AMD Athlon 4000+ (2.4GHz): $75.99
2GB (2x1GB) Super Talent DDR3200: $134.99
HIS RADEON x1650XT Turbo: $129.99 - $20MIR = $109.99
NEC 18x DVD burner: $30.99
WD SATA2 160GB HDD: $52.99
Thermaltake Minityp : $39.99
Totalling $520.93

This of course does not include tax. If you are to modify some of the things on there I'm sure you can get it closer to the price you are looking for. Hope that helps...remember it isn't the latest and greatest, but it isn't the worst either.

 

sarthak14,

If you would have opened the link I provided http://www.frontx.com/pro/c215_012.html you'd have seen I suggested the same type of adapter as 6spdSER. I'm not sure whether you need male or female rca connections though. I would think female but could be wrong.



All that matters though is that your problem is solved.

 

Huh, thanks. Im just not liking my piece of crap I got now. Its only a 1.1GHz, 640MB RAM, etc. etc.^ That actually sounds pretty good though what you have there. It was fine awhile ago but now its like the crappy computers at my college are TWICE as good as mine! And mine is just not good enough for me anymore. And photoshop runs so slow. Even when I stay up on cleaning spyware and crap it still isnt that good.

 

Thanks Mort81

Bt i found this awsome LOgitech accessory and really cheap
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2236,CONTENTID=10036

LP531
sorry sir, if youre having any troubles because of me btw
a little change in da budget its virtually become limitless
so i guess this is what i basically want -

1}750*4
2}160*1
3)Nvidia 8800 GTX or sumthin nice else if u recommend bt i think this is futureproof for a while
4}A fast MOBO and processor def
5)2 0r 4 GB of ram
6)a DVD writer and A CD-RW
7)one hell of a power supply
8)Creative soundcard supportin 5.1
9)AN ethernet Card
10) WiFi
11)A set of speakers
12)A mouse and keyboard LOL
13)A ridiculously big case to fit everythin, the NVIDIA 8800 GTX itself is roughly 25 cm long.
14) oh btw can the motherboard hav 7 slots to attach graphic cards in SLI{nt now bt later}, sound card and ethernet card and atleast uptil 4 GB upgradable ramor more, PCI Express x16 slots

Thanks again and sorry if i caused any troubles and disrupted your work

 

@sarthak14

With a virtually limitless amount of $$$, you can max out the specs of any motherboard, get 2 8800's, and just buy the best of everything....But, you've really got to ask yourself what you are going to do with the thing. Why do you need 4-750GB HDD and only a single 160GB? If you plan on having the 160 as the system(OS) drive why not get 2+ drives and run RAID-0 to get maximum performace? If I remember correctly your system is going to be geared mainly for FPS games...so your focus should probably be MEM, GPU, CPU, motherboard, soundcard. secondary things would be HDD, DVD-ROM, etc.

I'm sure Lp531 will make you a very nice system, but again with a limitless pocket all would point towards maxing everything out of what ever board is chosen.

 

Can I make my dream machine and let sarthak14 have it? hehehe. I just love to go onto newegg.com and load up then hit empty cart every once in a while just for poo-poo's and ha-ha's. Try it sometime it's fun.....lol.

....gm

 

@greensman

I too am guilty of doing that not only online but also in stores...I'll have a basket full of goodies and in the end purge the basket/cart. Got to have fun somehow.

 

Greensman Haha dne that once myself.

6spdser
i dnt wanna go for an sli setup rie now because one 8800 gtx is powerful enough. ill buy da next one in sumtime wen it becomes a bit cheaper.
the reason y i need 1*160 or wateva smaller drive is for the os.
and da rem 750*4 well because of my multimeida backups - one for movies, one for tvshows and stuff, one for music and other stuff, and da last one for my backed up data, games and iso's.
and btw other stuff is nt pron.

 

@sarthak14

if the things you plan for backup is critical might I suggest setting it up in a RAID format, either RAID-0+1 (For speed and redundancy) but this will make it only 750GB x 2 = 1.5TB the other two HDD will be constantly mirroring the 1.5TB. The other option is RAID-5 (approx 700GB x 3 = 2.1TB w/the 4th drive sitting idle until something goes wrong with one of the other drives.) it's only a guesstimate about how much the raid setup will use on each of the 3 drives for HDD reproduction on to the "hot" spare should one of the original drives crap out. Only a suggestion, but again depends on how important the stuff you have is to you.

As for the OS drive get something fast...WD Raptor HDD. it's 10K RPM drive speed is unmatched in performance...that is unless you go SCSI with the available 15K drives. I've built several systems using the Raptor drives and I must say things load much quicker. again just my $0.02

Oh yeah even if it is porn I wouldn't tell a soul, I haven't shared where mines is. ha ha ha

 

i Dint knw u cud type Porn newa ya ya fr the first time sharing isnt caring.

newa i dont need a backup raid config.because as soon as i download stuff worth 4.5 gb or say a season of any tc show, it automatically gets written on a dvd. so i really have no point in puttin it in a raid.

plus i put my really imp data in a 40 gb poket HDD

 

@sarthak14

I see good deal. Yeah I've been backing up my important stuff on pocket drive as well...now I just hope that that doesn't die on me. I do the same with the files I get...4.5GB and on to a disc it goes. Your system is going to be nice.

@Lp531
any specs yet? 680i, Quad Core, 4GB DDR2-1066, 8800GTX...damn I can see it now! In-Win's got a nice ferrari case out now.
Best of all you can get it w/o PSU for a mere $76

 

I don't know if I could even dream this thing up. LOL. I may add m2c just for laughs and see what you guys think. Is that ok?

Lp531,
How's it going buddy? Haven't talked in a while. I'm really interested to see what you do with sarthak14 on this. ooooooooh-aaaaah.

For some reason I can't see needing all that storage if it's going on a DVD-5 anyway. Oh well! That's why I have a little AMD single core and 500 GB of storage. Just for small potatoes. hehehe.

.....gm

 

Greensman

ITs all bout space and da worst part it aint ever enough.

im waitin fr my system specs 2 lp531 and with all due respect sir please take your time no problemo

 

Waitin.... Waitin... Waitin.....
lol Sorry to be such an Ass
was Gettin Bored
take ur time sir.

 

My mobo is still to hot...[43c w/ no load at idle] taking it out and adjusting my front fans this Sat. What is the hottest part of the mobo and any sujestions while I am taking everything apart- going to remove some plastic on top for better air flow...may revirse it to intake also-[on my case the air has to go through two pieces of plastic w/ holes on top of case]

thanks everyone

 

herrick,

Remove the northbridge and southbridge heatsinks and reinstall them with some artic silver 5. Make sure you remove all the original junk thermal compound. I would also suggest installing some chipset fans while you have the mobo out. I did this to my asus P5W DH Deluxe and my mobo temp went from 46-47C down to 31-32C. 40x40x20mm fans fit my chipset heatsinks perfectly. I mounted the fans by screwing them into the gaps between the heatsink fins.

 

@ sarthak14 (& Lp531),
I did some research but don't know for sure on the compatibility of the system that I put together. I also only shopped at Newegg.com because I like their customer service and gettin all my goodies at one store. I know if you wanted to shop around you could get some better deals and all but here's what I came up with for starters. ;-)

NZXT full tower case

Thermaltake psu

Lite-on DVD-RW

NEC DVD-RW

eVGA mobo

OCZ DDR2 1100 RAM

Arctic Silver 5 (best on the market!!)

Intel C2D E6600

WD Raptor 150

WD 500 GB (times 4 or add another 1 if you want) Getting these saves GOBs of money, I know that you said it doesn't matter but almost $130 per drive seems like $$$ to me. ;-) Actually over $200 if you go Seagate and get SATA 3.0.

I'm sure that I forgot something but here's what I thought would be a good start. I think all the cables are included in the mobo deal but you might check to be sure. I didn't add an aftermarket cpu cooler either because everyone has their preferences but I'm sure that someone will add their 2 cents to make sure you get something that will cool that CPU in case the stock one is bogus. ;-)

Like I said before this is something that I would consider a dream machine and I really don't know 100% sure of the parts and compatibility. BUT here you have it something to at least look at until Mort81 and Lp531 can add their ideas or critiques. They're good ladds if ye didn't know. ;-)

Grand Total before S & H is $2264 and some change. Really a good deal for everything that your getting. I LOVE NEWEGG......lol. hehehe.

.....gm

@6sdser,
Nice Ferrari Case there buddy. ;-)

edit:
You guys are to nice not to mention that I forgot the GPU. LOL.

Here it is.....

If you do one right now.. eVGA 8800 GTX $569.99 for one GPU.....

If you go SLi right now...2 of these... eVGA 8800 GTS $279.99 each or $559.98 for SLi (2 of 'em)

I don't know which config would be better right but I would think the 2 for $560 would do great for any game in the next few years. ;-) Lp531 you tell me.......

And that pushes your total to a little over $2800 with SLi or a BA GPU......WOW that's some $$$$ money now!!!!

 

@Mort81

Thanks pal...will look into these things Sat. Cant move any further [7900 vid. card and OC the thing] in till this heat issue is figured out- I will look into those fans at SVC and see whats up... thanks for your input