Want to build a new system

[Kashiawash]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: May 2010 BUDGET RANGE: 900 Before debates

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (e.g. gaming {high end games}, 3dmax designing.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: (e.g.: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers)

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: non COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Egypt

PARTS PREFERENCES: i need a high end grafix card budget 250$ MAx and i am not sure about deciding AMD or Intel and which motherboard to get

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No

MONITOR RESOLUTION:1630x768, 1920x1200

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I need the computer for basically gaming..,and 3dmax rendering.

 

[Alvin Smith]

Win7 Home Premium OEM

Corsair 650W (80 PLUS rated) SLI-Ready PSU

ANTEC 300 or Coolermaster Centurion Mid Tower Case

AMD Socket AM3 Phenom-II 3.4GHz BLACK EDITION

CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Fan w/HeatSink (CPU Cooler)

Arctic Silver Thermal Paste

G.Skill RipJaws DDR3 2x2GB (CAS 7) Dual Channel Kit

Radeon 5850 w/1GB DDR3(or DDR5) (Downgrade to 5770 but not below)
... Upgrade to 5870 but not above.

1TB 7200RPM 32MB cache Caviar Black ... Or Samsung Spinpoint F3
(Seagate 1TB/7200 ok too)

Add it up ... Should be within financial reach.

... Been meaning to visit your country. So beautiful.

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[Alvin Smith]

That CPU is a QUAD CORE ... You can afford it and will help renders and fps.

 

[Kashiawash]

Thx soo much..,i was thinking about the i7 920...,and motherboard:Gb.p55..,which is better the ones u recommended or those ??...btw if u are willing to visit don't think about coming now because it's HOTTTT out here..

 

[Alvin Smith]

Well, SURE!!! If you are "well to do" the 930 (NOT 920) is definately the way to go! It clocks very nicely and it will run circles around the AMD BLACK QUAD ... BUT ...

Keep in mind that the GPU is (by far) the most important component in a gamer build. If budget tradoffs are required, you would do much better with a 5870, or even a 59xx (if can be found) than to step up to the Socket 1366.

The meanest rig you could build (without just throwing $$$ away) would be an i7-930 with a Hyper 212 (or Zahlman) cooler .. 6GB (CAS7) RipJaws DDR3 and ONE 5970 (or two 5870s) ... This will "PEG" your fps in hi-rez with all details/AA switched "ON".

= Alvin =

 

[Alvin Smith]

And ... just to cover the bases ... Prolly the most popular, main-stream INTEL gaming build is ...

Latest Gigabyte (or Asus) Socket 1156 mobo (with USB3 and SATA-III 6.0) ... 8x8 SLI...

Intel Core i5-750 (fully clocked) with CoolerMaster Hyper 212 cooler and Arctic Silver MX-2 Thermal Paste ...

4GB RipJaws (CAS7) DDR3 2x2GB dual channel kit ...

Saphire Radeon 5870 (or 5850) 1GB ...

One Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM or WD Caviar Black (same specs).

SAMSUNG DVDR

Coolermaster HAF-922 case (HAF 932 "full tower" for socket 1366)

Corsair 650W SLI ready (80 PLUS) PSU . ..

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I have seen a LOT of these. ... "best value" INTEL Game Rigs.

= Alvin =

 

[Alvin Smith]

CORRECTION ... meant to say USB3.0 and SATA-III (6.0) in the 1st line, above ^^^ .

 

[Kashiawash]

Thx man..,really appreciate your advice.