E7400- 119$
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel- 135$
Cooler Master Centurion 5- 55$
GIGABYTE GV-R485ZL-512H Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16- 135$
BFG Tech GS-550 550 Watt ATX12V v2.2- 50$
Corsair 4G (2x2G) DDR800- 52$
Seagate Barracuda 7200 Sata 3G/s 80g- 35$
Seagate Barracuda 7200 Sata 3G/s 640g- 70$
Sony Optiarc 24x CD/DVD Burner- 24$
Vista SP1 64-Bit- 100$
Total approx. 750$
Building my second system, but it's been about 5 years since my first and I wanted to seek advice from the always helpful tom's forum members.
-Not sure if the E7400 would be that much better than the E5000 series. Dual core good for me or quad core q6600?
-Gigabyte or similar Asus board (P5Q series)?
-BFG psu was recommended on web.
-Always used kingston memory, how about corsair or ocz? Also, should I use ddr2 800 or ddr2 1066?
The build will mostly be for gaming (Total War series mainly with many units to render at advanced speeds, possibly some new games as well like Starcraft 2) and other everyday use, ie macromedia, low end video editing/formating. There's really no budget involved, but I've always preferred not to spend too much on my builds and get the most for under 1000$. I'm not the most hard-core gamer, but I'd like to play the games mentioned above on the highest settings and be able to advance battles at max speed in Total War with large armies without any noticeable lag (hope this helps, specific, but I know not everyone is that familiar with Total War).
Any recommendations would be much appreciated.
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel- 135$
Cooler Master Centurion 5- 55$
GIGABYTE GV-R485ZL-512H Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16- 135$
BFG Tech GS-550 550 Watt ATX12V v2.2- 50$
Corsair 4G (2x2G) DDR800- 52$
Seagate Barracuda 7200 Sata 3G/s 80g- 35$
Seagate Barracuda 7200 Sata 3G/s 640g- 70$
Sony Optiarc 24x CD/DVD Burner- 24$
Vista SP1 64-Bit- 100$
Total approx. 750$
Building my second system, but it's been about 5 years since my first and I wanted to seek advice from the always helpful tom's forum members.
-Not sure if the E7400 would be that much better than the E5000 series. Dual core good for me or quad core q6600?
-Gigabyte or similar Asus board (P5Q series)?
-BFG psu was recommended on web.
-Always used kingston memory, how about corsair or ocz? Also, should I use ddr2 800 or ddr2 1066?
The build will mostly be for gaming (Total War series mainly with many units to render at advanced speeds, possibly some new games as well like Starcraft 2) and other everyday use, ie macromedia, low end video editing/formating. There's really no budget involved, but I've always preferred not to spend too much on my builds and get the most for under 1000$. I'm not the most hard-core gamer, but I'd like to play the games mentioned above on the highest settings and be able to advance battles at max speed in Total War with large armies without any noticeable lag (hope this helps, specific, but I know not everyone is that familiar with Total War).
Any recommendations would be much appreciated.