I recently just gave my desktop away to my brother for his birthday, and now I’m stuck with my laptop—which is a fairly powerful one—but I still cannot really enjoy games like I used to on my desktop. So, I am thinking about building a computer primarily for game purposes, but I have never built a computer before and I am not the most computer literate person in the world.
So, someone was kind enough to put together a build for me based on the information I gave him/her below, and I am just trying to get some feedback.
What I have:
I already have an 8800 GTX graphics card (which I might upgrade later), and an X-Fi Soundblaster card.
Anyway, I am looking to get the “most bang for my buck,” and I hoping to only spend around 500-750 bucks if I can build something pretty nice for around that price (if not, I’m somewhat flexible). I don't plan on overclocking and I’m not really interested in crossfire.
Here’s what he/she came up with:
Case:
Antec 300 - $54.95
Power Supply:
Corsair 550VX - $93.99
Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 - $119.99
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-P31-ES3G - $62.99
RAM:
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 800 - $47.99
Hard drive:
Western Digital Caviar 320gb - $54.99
CD/DVD:
Samsung Black 22X DVD+R - $24.99
Monitor:
Hanns•G 19" - $109.99
Speakers:
Logitech S-220 Multimedia Speaker System - $23.99
Keyboard/Mouse:
Logitech PS/2 Standard Deluxe - $12.99
Total cost: $606.86
After rebates: $586.86
Everything sounds great to me (especially for the price), but I was just wondering what anyone’s thoughts are on this build. I don’t want the most “elite” desktop ever, but I am concerned about performance and primarily durability issues (I don’t want anything to fry on me). So, any feedback would be great because I am seriously getting ready to make the purchases relatively soon. Thanks!
So, someone was kind enough to put together a build for me based on the information I gave him/her below, and I am just trying to get some feedback.
What I have:
I already have an 8800 GTX graphics card (which I might upgrade later), and an X-Fi Soundblaster card.
Anyway, I am looking to get the “most bang for my buck,” and I hoping to only spend around 500-750 bucks if I can build something pretty nice for around that price (if not, I’m somewhat flexible). I don't plan on overclocking and I’m not really interested in crossfire.
Here’s what he/she came up with:
Case:
Antec 300 - $54.95
Power Supply:
Corsair 550VX - $93.99
Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 - $119.99
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-P31-ES3G - $62.99
RAM:
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 800 - $47.99
Hard drive:
Western Digital Caviar 320gb - $54.99
CD/DVD:
Samsung Black 22X DVD+R - $24.99
Monitor:
Hanns•G 19" - $109.99
Speakers:
Logitech S-220 Multimedia Speaker System - $23.99
Keyboard/Mouse:
Logitech PS/2 Standard Deluxe - $12.99
Total cost: $606.86
After rebates: $586.86
Everything sounds great to me (especially for the price), but I was just wondering what anyone’s thoughts are on this build. I don’t want the most “elite” desktop ever, but I am concerned about performance and primarily durability issues (I don’t want anything to fry on me). So, any feedback would be great because I am seriously getting ready to make the purchases relatively soon. Thanks!
not to mention these new amd phenom II cpus are newer....thus will be in production longer....thus won't cost and arm and a leg when you try to upgrade to a quad core in 2-4 years ON A DEAD LGA platform.....
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