New uild for $1000

[dsj22]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week

BUDGET RANGE: Around $1000

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Games (casual, no OC experience or use in past), home movie editing (casual), multitask/surfing/maybe get a TV tuner card to watch TV, all with Windows 7

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: monitor, keyboard, mouse, optical drive, 1 HD (want 2)

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg, tiger, ncix

PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel, Asus, Xfx/sapphire preferred

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: My build (on paper) is Core i5 750, ASUS P7P55D-E PRO, Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 (? wait for 5830), Antec Earthwatts EA 750 power supply, Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x2GB, WD caviar black 500GB, and Coolmaster Cosmos full tower.

Sound good? Thoughts for improvement? Thank you!!!

 

[p55ibexpeak]

I think you're buying Windows 7? That'd put you under $1000 for the hardware. In this case, I recommend AMD.

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LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04

LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
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Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply

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SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5

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GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

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VisionTek 900297 Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity

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OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G10664GK

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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ965FBGMBOX

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Subtotal: $810.96
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You can pick out a HD TV tuner card, but IMO, it's best to buy a small HDTV which is what I did. 26" at 720p great for gaming & TV & movies (unmatched by any monitor). The only minus would be fuzzy text. I don't think you're upgrading the monitor.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000380047%201685342847%201148542844&name=ATSC%20%2f%20ClearQAM%20%2f%20NTSC&ActiveSearchResult=True

Then throw in a copy of W7 Home Premium 64bit.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754

 

[MadAdmiral]

Only a couple of changes to p55's build.

First, I would get the Phenom II X4 955 for $166 instead of the 965. You won't notice any difference, so you might as well not spend the extra.

Next, up the RAM to G.Skill Ripjaws 2x2 GB 1600 mhz CAS Latency 7 for $30 more ($7 after the CPU change).

Other than those very, very minor changes, it's a great build.

 

[dsj22]

Thanks for the great advice. I already have Windows 7 so I won't need to factor this in. My budget is flexible and the $1000 is a 'soft' target.

Any comment on the original build of Asus P7P55D-E PRO with the Core i5 750? Is it a price issue for reccomending the Gigabyte and phenom or are there performance/compatibility issues?

ASUS board:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131621

 

[MadAdmiral]

It's a price issue. For gaming, the most important component is the GPU. So by going with AMD, you save a good $100, all of which can then be directly spent on the GPU. This gives you better gaming performance.

Since you don't need Windows, up the GPU to an HD 5870 for an additional $100.

 

[p55ibexpeak]

If you have the money, what's stopping you? The wife? Change out the cpu/mobo in my list for the i5 750 + P7P55D-E PRO.

 

[dsj22]

I told my wife you called her cheap and she told me to get whatever I want, "as long is it's not a Mac."

Thanks.