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Alrighty, im planning on building my new computer for alot of reasons.
1: the fun of building one
2: learn how to overclock
3: gaming

so, ive put together a preliminary list of parts, what do you guys think?

Case
http://www.amazon.com/Antec-MiniP1 [...] 521&sr=8-1

i chose this case cause i love the set up, removable hdd racks, easily accessable ports, and its small size.

Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817103940

i think this will be powerful enough for what i need, im never gonna go sli with this build.

DvD burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136144

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813186154

microatx for my case, has a pcie 2.0 slot, and im only going 4gb ram.

Cpu E8400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115037

i heard dual core is better for gaming, this one has a large cache, and appearently very easily overclockable.

Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145184

35 bucks with the cpu (and mail in rebate), so why not get this?

CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186134

1859 5 star review on newegg, i suppose its good.

Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136218

best Gb per dollar i could find. should i get two? this is a learning computer for me, so should i bother learning how to configure RAID

GPU still my biggest problem, i can think of 2 options, the gtx 260, or the ati 4850 the latter is 70 dollars cheaper so im leaning towards that, but how much of a performance boost would i have with the gtx.

i play modern games, and i want to run them on at least high, my max resolution will be 1650x1050. i want at least 30 fps average. i play crysis, assassins creed, cod4, and im gonna get fallout 3 and farcry 2.

anything i should change, what gpu should i get?

thats about 900 bucks (with os), i wanna keep it under 1000.

Message edited by joshthor on 10-13-2008 at 12:37:15 AM

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i think that you could get away with a 4850 at that res if you are only playing on high, otherwise a 4870 maybe
as for everything else, get a different motherboard, maybe ASRock G43Twins-FullHD, or ASUS P5Q-EM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157137
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131336
the asus would probably be a very good overclocking board
get a retail dvd burner they come with lots of usefull software that you will want and have to buy seperately at some point
for the psu i would aslo look at this antec earthwatts 650w psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371015

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Get a SATA burner, not the IDE one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136152
consider dropping to G31 micro ATX board that supports 1600 FSB Gigabyte G31 $53 no RAID though
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128338
a $200 after rebate 260GTX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127361
oughta be a fun build

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dirtmountain wrote :

yeah, i just noticed its ide. thanks for showing that.

the Gigabyte doesnt have pcie 2.0, would the gpu take a hit if it was a regualar pcie compared to 2.0?

also the gtx you showed was the one i was thinking about getting, the 4850 is 140 no shipping after rebate. so...about 70 dollar difference. im leaning towards the 4850 still

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why dont you get a p43 p45 board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128345

Im pretty sure you it will be easier to learn how to overclock with that board

also i would definitely get a 4850 or 4870 the 4850 should be fine

and the PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139005 this psu should be a little bit better

Message edited by Sable Wanderer on 10-13-2008 at 02:48:46 AM

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The G31 would purely be a budget board that fits the micro ATX case. The Gigabyte G31 does overclock well and the PCIex16 1.1 won't be a factor with cards out now .....with the possible exception of the 4870x2. The 4850 is a great card, but the GTX260 is better. You'd have to drop another $80 dollars to get a better card than the GTX260 (9800GX2) or $120 more bucks for the HD4870.

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o i was wondering why he was getting a g31 board i wasn't paying attention to the type of case he got.

Reply to Sable Wanderer

What about this motherboard, it's a little pricey. But it'll overclock well, its micro-atx, has pci-e 2.0. Thoughts?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813136055

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is there any actually reason why you are getting that case? have you already purchased it? you could get a case just as good or better that would fit a standard ATX board in it which would then save you money and you would get better performance

Message edited by Sable Wanderer on 10-13-2008 at 04:38:15 PM

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