Hi everyone.
I'm planning to build a mid-high end gaming PC and would like to hear your opinions cuz I haven't really paid attention to what has been going on in the hardware world every since I assembled my current PC, which was almost 4 years ago. I would like to play games such as GTA IV and Fallout 3 etc on high-highest settings.
I'm actually from Hong Kong and will arrive in Toronto at the end of this month to study so I'll probably build the PC in mid-February or near the end of next month. My budget is around USD 1000 and would like to have the best stuff that can be bought from that amount of money. And I will not be overclocking the PC.
Sorry but I haven't really got a complete list of things that I want. I've been spending hours on this forum looking at hardware news and info and thought maybe I could get some help from you guys since I find the ppl's opinions around here are very informative and useful.
Here's a couple of items that I have already picked out.
CPU:
AMD PHENOM II X4 940 HDZ940XCGI CPU BOX (Black Edition)
Display Card:
Sapphire HD4850 PCI-E 1GB DDR3 X2
[I think I saw two editions of this card? One in which it is combined together as one card and the other where you have to buy two separate cards? What is the exact difference?]
Ram:
DDR2 4G Kit (2G X2)
[Haven't really got any idea of which brand or model to buy. I heard that using 1066MHz rams would give a performance boost with AMD Phenom II X4 940? Or is there not a big difference compared to using 800 MHz rams?]
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-DS4H/AM2+ AMD 790GX M/B
[Any suggestions for other motherboards? Although I do like Gigabyte boards. No problem has occured with my current one throught the years
]
Harddisk:
[Either WD or Seagate. Size ranging from 500-750GB. Can be reduced or increased according to how much money is left.]
DVD Writer:
[Pioneer preferred. Willing to accept other models and brands if suggested.]
Power:
[Don't really know how big it should be for it to be enough. 650W? Not really sure about the brand either. My current PC is using an Enermax one and it's been working quite well, although being a bit load.]
Case:
[Any suggestions of what case would be better looking and could also help with cooling?]
Sound Card, Lan Card: On-Board
And since there is still almost a month's time till I build the PC, should I wait a bit and change some of the hardware above after one month's time? Such as changing to a AM3 MB and getting some DD3 Ram etc.
Well that's about it. Thanks for using your time to read this post. I really appreciate it.
I'm planning to build a mid-high end gaming PC and would like to hear your opinions cuz I haven't really paid attention to what has been going on in the hardware world every since I assembled my current PC, which was almost 4 years ago. I would like to play games such as GTA IV and Fallout 3 etc on high-highest settings.
I'm actually from Hong Kong and will arrive in Toronto at the end of this month to study so I'll probably build the PC in mid-February or near the end of next month. My budget is around USD 1000 and would like to have the best stuff that can be bought from that amount of money. And I will not be overclocking the PC.
Sorry but I haven't really got a complete list of things that I want. I've been spending hours on this forum looking at hardware news and info and thought maybe I could get some help from you guys since I find the ppl's opinions around here are very informative and useful.
Here's a couple of items that I have already picked out.
CPU:
AMD PHENOM II X4 940 HDZ940XCGI CPU BOX (Black Edition)
Display Card:
Sapphire HD4850 PCI-E 1GB DDR3 X2
[I think I saw two editions of this card? One in which it is combined together as one card and the other where you have to buy two separate cards? What is the exact difference?]
Ram:
DDR2 4G Kit (2G X2)
[Haven't really got any idea of which brand or model to buy. I heard that using 1066MHz rams would give a performance boost with AMD Phenom II X4 940? Or is there not a big difference compared to using 800 MHz rams?]
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-DS4H/AM2+ AMD 790GX M/B
[Any suggestions for other motherboards? Although I do like Gigabyte boards. No problem has occured with my current one throught the years
]Harddisk:
[Either WD or Seagate. Size ranging from 500-750GB. Can be reduced or increased according to how much money is left.]
DVD Writer:
[Pioneer preferred. Willing to accept other models and brands if suggested.]
Power:
[Don't really know how big it should be for it to be enough. 650W? Not really sure about the brand either. My current PC is using an Enermax one and it's been working quite well, although being a bit load.]
Case:
[Any suggestions of what case would be better looking and could also help with cooling?]
Sound Card, Lan Card: On-Board
And since there is still almost a month's time till I build the PC, should I wait a bit and change some of the hardware above after one month's time? Such as changing to a AM3 MB and getting some DD3 Ram etc.
Well that's about it. Thanks for using your time to read this post. I really appreciate it.
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