Hello computer pros,
I've been wanting to build a new PC for awhile and a local sale has prompted action, it's been awhile and need some tips/suggestions. I realize there's tons of these threads, and I've read a lot of them... but wanted to start my own anyway. Thanks in advance for any comments.
So, this is mainly a gaming pc, budget minded. I will include local sale prices. (CDN)
Antec 900 case. $80
Hard drive - Barracuda 500 gb. $70 (would a second HD for the games help a lot with performance?)
EVGA 8800 GT superclocked. $160.
Intel 8400. $210. - plan to overclock, preferably just on stock cooling. I'm thinking 3.6 ghz.
I'm almost set on the above, good prices etc. The rest I'm pretty confused with just what direction to go towards... I'm thinking an SLI MB with the future possibility of a 2nd card?
I was looking at the eVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW w/ DualDDR2 1066, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, 1394, PCI-E x16 SLI for $195 - I'm open to suggestions here as I'm pretty confused with all the motherboards. (should I be looking at the gigabyte's or asus's? - (a good free game would be a plus too)
For PSU I was considering the Truepower 650w at 120. but they have the quattro 850 on for 150. (Is the latter too much)
Memory - 4 GB of Corsair 4GB XMS2-6400 DMX TWIN2X Dual Channel DDR2 Kit (2 x 2GB) price 105. Or Corsair 4GB XMS2-8500D Dominator TWIN2X Dual Channel DDR2 Kit (2 x 2GB) w/ Airflow Fan at 125.00
Ideally I'd like to fly Flight Simulator X and add on at really high detail and good fps. I'd also like to play Company of heroes and other strategy games with ease and all the detail.
Thanks for any tips, this is my first build in a long time and I'm very, very rusty. Also a link to a good build guide would be a huge help.
Cheers.
I've been wanting to build a new PC for awhile and a local sale has prompted action, it's been awhile and need some tips/suggestions. I realize there's tons of these threads, and I've read a lot of them... but wanted to start my own anyway. Thanks in advance for any comments.
So, this is mainly a gaming pc, budget minded. I will include local sale prices. (CDN)
Antec 900 case. $80
Hard drive - Barracuda 500 gb. $70 (would a second HD for the games help a lot with performance?)
EVGA 8800 GT superclocked. $160.
Intel 8400. $210. - plan to overclock, preferably just on stock cooling. I'm thinking 3.6 ghz.
I'm almost set on the above, good prices etc. The rest I'm pretty confused with just what direction to go towards... I'm thinking an SLI MB with the future possibility of a 2nd card?
I was looking at the eVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW w/ DualDDR2 1066, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, 1394, PCI-E x16 SLI for $195 - I'm open to suggestions here as I'm pretty confused with all the motherboards. (should I be looking at the gigabyte's or asus's? - (a good free game would be a plus too)
For PSU I was considering the Truepower 650w at 120. but they have the quattro 850 on for 150. (Is the latter too much)
Memory - 4 GB of Corsair 4GB XMS2-6400 DMX TWIN2X Dual Channel DDR2 Kit (2 x 2GB) price 105. Or Corsair 4GB XMS2-8500D Dominator TWIN2X Dual Channel DDR2 Kit (2 x 2GB) w/ Airflow Fan at 125.00
Ideally I'd like to fly Flight Simulator X and add on at really high detail and good fps. I'd also like to play Company of heroes and other strategy games with ease and all the detail.
Thanks for any tips, this is my first build in a long time and I'm very, very rusty. Also a link to a good build guide would be a huge help.
Cheers.