Gaming PC!

[Guest]

hey guys i am making a gaming pc and require some help.please give me suggestions and spot any compatibility problems.

INTEL CORE i7 930 2.8Ghz (8MB CACHE - 4.8 GT/s)=$309

EVGA (INTEL) P55FTW FULL ATX BOARD (FOR LGA 1156)=$278

KINGSTON DDR3 2GB-1333 x4=$50

GTX460 GeForce PCX 1GB (256-BITS) GDDR5 EVGA x2=$594.406

COOLER MASTER CHASSIS CM 334 NVIDIA EDITION (AVAILABLE W/O PSU)=$58

SEAGATE 500GB 3.5" HDD 7200RPM 16MB Cache (ST-3500418AS)=$50

VIEW SONIC VX-2260WM 22" BLACK WIDESCREEN MULTIMEDIA HDMI=$232

COOLER MASTER 750 WATTS GX SERIES (RS-750-ACAA-E3) (12V / 60A)=$104

SONY DvDRW 24X SATA (DRU-870S)=$27

A4 TECH KM-720 PS2/USB Keyboard=$5

A4 TECH OP-620D Mouse=$3

CREATIVE M-2600 Speakers=$31

Total = $1,744

 

[Juanchioo]

AMD PHENOM II X4 955

XFX ATI RAEDEON HD5870

ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3

XFX BLACK EDITION 850W

G.SKILL 4GB DDR3 1600MHZ PC-12800 CL7 DUAL CHANNEL 7-7-7-24

SAMSUNG SPINPOINT F3 1TB

case choose ur self...

for gaming mouse its important... also i would like to get headset over speakers... creative its not good...

 

[Juanchioo]

monitor asus vw246h

keyboard i like razer lycosa

mouse i like razer mamba or deathadder

headset i liek sennheiser pc 350

 

[Guest]

i don't want to buy ATI graphic cards since they have bad directx 11 support and are easily beaten by Nvidia.
also please tell me whether the RAM i have chosen is okay for gaming?

 

[dndhatcher]

You chose a P55 motherboard which has an 1156 socket, but an i7 930 CPU which needs a 1366 socket. They wont work together.

You didnt give specs for the kingston RAM. RAM is either compatible with the motherboard or not, there is no such thing as good gaming RAM. For games you only need 4GB. With an AM3 or 1156 motherboard you get 2x2GB, for a 1366 motherboard you get 3x2GB.

Especially if you do multi-player gaming, I would get a cheap headset with microphone so you can use in-game voice, ventrilo, etc for team gaming. They are also good when playing late at night and speaker noise would disturb others.


Here is a quote from jonnyguru's review of that Coolermaster GX 750 Power supply.

Coolermaster has a decent 600 watt unit here. The unit does pretty well for stability and efficiency, doesn't get very loud, and... what? It's a 750 watt unit?

Facepalm.

Past Coolermaster units have done pretty well here in the lab, and I'm puzzled that this one has done so poorly.

It failed 80+ certification at high loads yet got certified 80+ bronze somehow.