Heya, been out of the PC tech 'loop' for awhile, and am interested in replacing my old system (like 7 year old 1400$ pc)
I have replaced several parts in it, that I would like to use; namely the case (a large ATX case), the PSU, and the HDD
PSU = thermaltake xaser 3 560W
HDD = some generic corsaid 120gb 5400 RPM(just one of the circuit city ones etc.)
and I have the network cards
I need no costs for OS (gonna stick with xp sp2), and have mouse/keyboard etc.
So what I need:
monitor : been looking at nice 22" ones on newegg running for 220$, are these suitable for gaming (other thing I do is run design/mathematics apps (cad/matlab etc)? Ive been hearing very mixed reviews? Are these suitable for gaming? 16:9 or 4:3? what do you guys think? (been on a 17" viewsonic crt so either is a nice change : ) )
mobo : 135$
GA-EP45C-DS3R gigabyte, gonna get one card, toss in another one when i have the cash/need the upgrade since it support crossfire
cpu : 170$ e8400, only good things been hearing about this
gpu : ASUS EAH4850 160$ will buy another later , xfire supported, (highest clocked of all the 4850 chipsets, plus im a big asus fan)
memory : 80$ Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
tot: ~550, say 250 for a display, so 800$ for what seems like a really tight machine
any suggestions on what to change or where I am going? I love to tinker, and parts that are known to be oc'able are preffd. also will not buy any abit products no matter what
thanks for replies!
I have replaced several parts in it, that I would like to use; namely the case (a large ATX case), the PSU, and the HDD
PSU = thermaltake xaser 3 560W
HDD = some generic corsaid 120gb 5400 RPM(just one of the circuit city ones etc.)
and I have the network cards
I need no costs for OS (gonna stick with xp sp2), and have mouse/keyboard etc.
So what I need:
monitor : been looking at nice 22" ones on newegg running for 220$, are these suitable for gaming (other thing I do is run design/mathematics apps (cad/matlab etc)? Ive been hearing very mixed reviews? Are these suitable for gaming? 16:9 or 4:3? what do you guys think? (been on a 17" viewsonic crt so either is a nice change : ) )
mobo : 135$
GA-EP45C-DS3R gigabyte, gonna get one card, toss in another one when i have the cash/need the upgrade since it support crossfire
cpu : 170$ e8400, only good things been hearing about this
gpu : ASUS EAH4850 160$ will buy another later , xfire supported, (highest clocked of all the 4850 chipsets, plus im a big asus fan)
memory : 80$ Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
tot: ~550, say 250 for a display, so 800$ for what seems like a really tight machine
any suggestions on what to change or where I am going? I love to tinker, and parts that are known to be oc'able are preffd. also will not buy any abit products no matter what
thanks for replies!