Hey guys,
I'm building a PC mainly to play games at a half decent res/quality. I haven't built a PC for at least 5 years so I'm really out of the whole tech loop and I need some advice!
After browsing over people's advice in the forum and some of the great articles on TH, I've come up with this build:
Actually I'll stick to the template, here goes:
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next 2 weeks
BUDGET RANGE: $1000 AUD ($800 USD)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Watching movies, Browsing etc.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Doesn't bother me. I've used my local PC store's site which has the best prices in my area. Yes I'm from Australia. G'day mate ;D
PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD for price, but I can definately be convinced to go with Intel
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe, not too fussed. Might do some basic stuff that doesn't require extra cooling.
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050
Video
Sapphire HD4870 512M GDDR5 PCI E TVO
http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=82&bid=5&sid=32200
Mobo
Asus M4A78T-E AM3 790GX HT5200 4DDR3 2PCIE2.0 RAID VGA GbLAN 2FW HDMI ATX
http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=105&bid=5&sid=38462
CPU
AMD PhenomII 720 TripleCore CPU
http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=14&bid=5&sid=37744
HDD
Seagate SATAII NCQ 1TB 7200RPM 32mb Cache
http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=129&bid=5&sid=26598
Case/PSU
Antec Sonata III MiniTower Case - Piano BlackW/500W PSU
http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=139&bid=5&sid=25353
Cheers for the help guys. Love your work
Ben
PS. My weakest knowledge is of the PSU and what is needed to run the build. Any extra information on the PSU side would be awesome
I'm building a PC mainly to play games at a half decent res/quality. I haven't built a PC for at least 5 years so I'm really out of the whole tech loop and I need some advice!
After browsing over people's advice in the forum and some of the great articles on TH, I've come up with this build:
Actually I'll stick to the template, here goes:
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next 2 weeks
BUDGET RANGE: $1000 AUD ($800 USD)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Watching movies, Browsing etc.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Doesn't bother me. I've used my local PC store's site which has the best prices in my area. Yes I'm from Australia. G'day mate ;D
PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD for price, but I can definately be convinced to go with Intel
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe, not too fussed. Might do some basic stuff that doesn't require extra cooling.
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050
Video
Sapphire HD4870 512M GDDR5 PCI E TVO
http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=82&bid=5&sid=32200
Mobo
Asus M4A78T-E AM3 790GX HT5200 4DDR3 2PCIE2.0 RAID VGA GbLAN 2FW HDMI ATX
http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=105&bid=5&sid=38462
CPU
AMD PhenomII 720 TripleCore CPU
http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=14&bid=5&sid=37744
HDD
Seagate SATAII NCQ 1TB 7200RPM 32mb Cache
http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=129&bid=5&sid=26598
Case/PSU
Antec Sonata III MiniTower Case - Piano BlackW/500W PSU
http://umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=139&bid=5&sid=25353
Cheers for the help guys. Love your work
Ben
PS. My weakest knowledge is of the PSU and what is needed to run the build. Any extra information on the PSU side would be awesome