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Ok, tried this earlier and didn't get much advice...hopefully this format will work a lot better. I need some help guys, I've been rocking a mac for too long and need a good gaming desktop PC to play current games as well as future games, mostly RPGS's, MMORPG's, and FPS's. I am new to the overclocking scene so I'm curious about that as well. I'm going off the Gamer Dragon 8000 build off of ibuypower.com. I explored the avenue of buying the parts and assembling it myself off of newegg but the price difference was slim considering ibuypower will assemble it for me. Anyways, any help/advice/opinions are greatly appreciated!! P.S. $800-900 budget
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Beginning of September as soon as students loan refunds arrive!
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, music/movies, surfing the web, and homework.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED:Not sure yet...taking suggestions on cheap but good keyboard, speakers, and monitor. I will be getting the mouse ibuypower includes as that is no biggie.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: IBuyPower.com
PARTS PREFERENCES: The only couple things I know for sure is I want the baddest AMD processor out there to be good for now and the future. I also am pretty set on the nVidia GTX 260 core.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe, need to know more.
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe, but not soon.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Probably somewhere around 1680 x 1250 as I would like to be able to get a 22" LCD monitor suitable for the GTX 260 core. NewEgg.com has a pretty nice one on a special sale right now but that's the first one I've looked at...
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Willing to skimp on the case, would like a decent MOBO for overclocking and possible SLI in the future...I would like this PSU as it seems like a good option... Sorry I couldn't provide links...this was the best I could do considering time constraints.
CASE: Azza Orion Gaming Mid-Tower Case with See-Thru Side Panel (Silver with Blue Lightning)
CPU: AMD Phenom™II X4 955 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
CD: LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Dual Layer Drive
FAN: XtremeGear Ultra Twin Heatpipes Cool Copper Heatsink CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent at 20dBA & Overclock Proof)
HDD: Single Hard Drive (250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
HDD2: 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive (2 HARD DRIVES? advice...)
MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
MOTHERBOARD: Asus M4A77TD PRO AM3 DDR3 AMD 770 Chipset CrossFireX Technology SATA RAID MB w/GbLAN,USB2.0,&7.1Audio
MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) PC1333 DDR3 PC3 10666 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (64-bit
POWERSUPPLY: 635 Watts Power Supplies (Sigma Shark SP-635W PSU - SLI Ready)
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 CORE 216 896MB 16X PCI Express
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Beginning of September as soon as students loan refunds arrive!
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, music/movies, surfing the web, and homework.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED:Not sure yet...taking suggestions on cheap but good keyboard, speakers, and monitor. I will be getting the mouse ibuypower includes as that is no biggie.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: IBuyPower.com
PARTS PREFERENCES: The only couple things I know for sure is I want the baddest AMD processor out there to be good for now and the future. I also am pretty set on the nVidia GTX 260 core.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe, need to know more.
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe, but not soon.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Probably somewhere around 1680 x 1250 as I would like to be able to get a 22" LCD monitor suitable for the GTX 260 core. NewEgg.com has a pretty nice one on a special sale right now but that's the first one I've looked at...
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Willing to skimp on the case, would like a decent MOBO for overclocking and possible SLI in the future...I would like this PSU as it seems like a good option... Sorry I couldn't provide links...this was the best I could do considering time constraints.
CASE: Azza Orion Gaming Mid-Tower Case with See-Thru Side Panel (Silver with Blue Lightning)
CPU: AMD Phenom™II X4 955 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
CD: LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Dual Layer Drive
FAN: XtremeGear Ultra Twin Heatpipes Cool Copper Heatsink CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent at 20dBA & Overclock Proof)
HDD: Single Hard Drive (250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
HDD2: 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive (2 HARD DRIVES? advice...)
MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
MOTHERBOARD: Asus M4A77TD PRO AM3 DDR3 AMD 770 Chipset CrossFireX Technology SATA RAID MB w/GbLAN,USB2.0,&7.1Audio
MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) PC1333 DDR3 PC3 10666 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (64-bit
POWERSUPPLY: 635 Watts Power Supplies (Sigma Shark SP-635W PSU - SLI Ready)
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 CORE 216 896MB 16X PCI Express