link to old thread before my purchase of my i7 930: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/295337-31-1000-budget-gaming-buying-tomorrow-micro-center
Approximate Purchase Date: within the week
Budget Range: approximately $800
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Online Gaming, movies, web browsing
Parts Not Required:
CPU (i7 930)
PSU: OCZGXS700 GameXStream (unsure if this PSU will be good enough to power a 1 GPU build) http://www.cluboc.net/reviews/power/ocz/gamexstream700/index.htm
Hard Drives
DVD Drive
Mouse
Keyboard
Speakers
Monitor
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, honestly any other reliable sites to purchase parts from like tiger direct.
Country of Origin: United States
Parts Preferences: I went to my local micro center today. I caved in and bought the i7 930 for $200, so my build is gong to have to revolve around this CPU.
GPU wise it seems like a lot of people recommend the gtx460. I plan on only running one GPU for now, and may possibly run a SLI/xfire set up in the future, but that's not for sure. I definitely don't mind spending a bit more money on something like the gtx470 or Radeon 5850 as I will be playing more graphic intensive type games like Final Fantasy 14.
I don't have a preference for ram. Anything that is of decent quality/performance. I think 6gigs should be all I need for a tripple channel mobo set up?
Case wise it's all about quality/performance. I'm not interested in a flashy looking case, but I'm not saying I would overlook other cases if they are good in performance because they are flashy.
I've had a few people recommend to purchase a CPU cooler (is this the same thing as a heatsink?) as well because the stock one that comes with my CPU isn't that great. I don't plan on OCing anytime soon, but may in the future if/when I do learn how to do it.
Overclocking: For the time being... No. I've never OCed anything before and don't know how it works, so I don't want to toy with it.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200
Additional Comments: Living in the valley in Southern California, my room tends to get especially hot in the summer time. I've actually had a GPU die on me last summer because it got too hot (this is with no OCing at all). I'm sure it was also due to my ancient Antec Sonta case from about 7-8 years back.
I've been running Windows XP on my current PC for quite some time now, so probably should get a Windows 7 copy by now.
Approximate Purchase Date: within the week
Budget Range: approximately $800
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Online Gaming, movies, web browsing
Parts Not Required:
CPU (i7 930)
PSU: OCZGXS700 GameXStream (unsure if this PSU will be good enough to power a 1 GPU build) http://www.cluboc.net/reviews/power/ocz/gamexstream700/index.htm
Hard Drives
DVD Drive
Mouse
Keyboard
Speakers
Monitor
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, honestly any other reliable sites to purchase parts from like tiger direct.
Country of Origin: United States
Parts Preferences: I went to my local micro center today. I caved in and bought the i7 930 for $200, so my build is gong to have to revolve around this CPU.
GPU wise it seems like a lot of people recommend the gtx460. I plan on only running one GPU for now, and may possibly run a SLI/xfire set up in the future, but that's not for sure. I definitely don't mind spending a bit more money on something like the gtx470 or Radeon 5850 as I will be playing more graphic intensive type games like Final Fantasy 14.
I don't have a preference for ram. Anything that is of decent quality/performance. I think 6gigs should be all I need for a tripple channel mobo set up?
Case wise it's all about quality/performance. I'm not interested in a flashy looking case, but I'm not saying I would overlook other cases if they are good in performance because they are flashy.
I've had a few people recommend to purchase a CPU cooler (is this the same thing as a heatsink?) as well because the stock one that comes with my CPU isn't that great. I don't plan on OCing anytime soon, but may in the future if/when I do learn how to do it.
Overclocking: For the time being... No. I've never OCed anything before and don't know how it works, so I don't want to toy with it.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200
Additional Comments: Living in the valley in Southern California, my room tends to get especially hot in the summer time. I've actually had a GPU die on me last summer because it got too hot (this is with no OCing at all). I'm sure it was also due to my ancient Antec Sonta case from about 7-8 years back.
I've been running Windows XP on my current PC for quite some time now, so probably should get a Windows 7 copy by now.