I read many of the posts in this thread before deciding on my personal rig and think I've narrowed down my selection. First my requirements: I'l need a system that can play the latest games well. I'm a casual gamer but I hate lag or playing on minium quality settings. Second: I'll be doing some light video work and converting many hi-8 tapes to CDs using this pc. I will also need an IEEE port and would prefer if it was on the motherboard as apposed to an add-in card.
My budget is $2000 and will include a monitor. So here's what I'm looking at:
Antec Performance Plus PlusView II Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail, 85.00
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail, 166.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester - Retail, 357.00
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W - Retail 89$
GeForce 7900 GT EXTREME (520MHz) 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail, 315.00 (If they ever get this in)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Plat memory - Retail $197
Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM, 95.00
BenQ Black ATA/ATAPI 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With LightScribe Model DW1655 - OEM, 54.99
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - OEM, 75.00
LINKSKEY LKA-CR15W 19-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader/Writer - Retail, 12.99
Mouse & Keyboard about $50 (I'll decide this later)
Total about $1500. This will leave me with money for a decent monitor (I'll decide this later).
I have the following questions:
- Are all the parts above Compatible?
- Any suggestions on the case other then the above?(under $100)
- I will not be going SLI. Should I get a different motherboard (remember I'd like an IEEE port as well).
- Any bottlenecks above that would require me to lessen one part or increase another?
- I may overclock in the future but not right now.
- I may also consider a tuner card. My video camera is having problems and if the IEEE does not work, I can always use a tuner card to capture the video. Any recommendations for a tuner?
Thanks for all you help. I know this is similar to build I've already read about but of course it's not exactly the same.
Regards
TooRested
(should rename my account to NotEnoughRest)
** edited first question. Meant to say compatible not configurable **
My budget is $2000 and will include a monitor. So here's what I'm looking at:
Antec Performance Plus PlusView II Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail, 85.00
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail, 166.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester - Retail, 357.00
Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W - Retail 89$
GeForce 7900 GT EXTREME (520MHz) 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail, 315.00 (If they ever get this in)
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Plat memory - Retail $197
Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM, 95.00
BenQ Black ATA/ATAPI 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With LightScribe Model DW1655 - OEM, 54.99
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - OEM, 75.00
LINKSKEY LKA-CR15W 19-in-1 USB 2.0 Internal Card Reader/Writer - Retail, 12.99
Mouse & Keyboard about $50 (I'll decide this later)
Total about $1500. This will leave me with money for a decent monitor (I'll decide this later).
I have the following questions:
- Are all the parts above Compatible?
- Any suggestions on the case other then the above?(under $100)
- I will not be going SLI. Should I get a different motherboard (remember I'd like an IEEE port as well).
- Any bottlenecks above that would require me to lessen one part or increase another?
- I may overclock in the future but not right now.
- I may also consider a tuner card. My video camera is having problems and if the IEEE does not work, I can always use a tuner card to capture the video. Any recommendations for a tuner?
Thanks for all you help. I know this is similar to build I've already read about but of course it's not exactly the same.
Regards
TooRested
(should rename my account to NotEnoughRest)
** edited first question. Meant to say compatible not configurable **