1200$ Gaming PC

[Jutty]

I was wondering if anyone could help me put together a good rig with 1200$ I need a monitor. I have keyboard, speakers, and OS. I would like to have 100$ left over if possible to buy the Valve complete pack off steam. I will be using this pc for browsing and gaming. I don't really do much else on it.

 

[theAnimal]

Case: Antec 300 $60
PSU: Silverstone ST60F $80AR
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P $115AR
CPU: E7400 $120
RAM: G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2 800 $45
GPU: HD4870 1GB $200AR
HDD: Seagate 7200.12 500GB $60
HSF: Xigmatech Dark Knight $40
DVD: Pioneer 216DBK $23
LCD: BenQ G2400WD $360

Total: $1103AR

 

[xthekidx]

+1 upgrade to GTX 285 if you can.

 

[techwizard08]

You know, the 4870 1gig is 230, and 2x 4870 512mb is 300...

 

[shortstuff_mt]

I think it's best to avoid the Seagate drives. I was hoping they would have their problems sorted out in the .12 drives, but it would seem they're still having problems:

http://techreport.com/articles.x/16472

I'd pick up a trusty 640GB WD drive.

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319 $79.99

or

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218&Tpk=wd6400aaks $69.99

 

[theAnimal]

I think it's best to avoid the Seagate drives. I was hoping they would have their problems sorted out in the .12 drives, but it would seem they're still having problems:

http://techreport.com/articles.x/16472

Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[shortstuff_mt]

Thanks for pointing that out.

Any time.

Here's hoping that Seagate will pull their heads out one of these days. It'll take a while to earn the enthusiast market's trust back. Until then, I'll be buying Western Digital drives. My computer is currently running 5 WD drives and isn't having any troubles at all.

 

[xthekidx]

Here's to that