Hello, please see a description of the situation in the Additional Comments below.
Approximate Purchase Date: In the next 2 weeks
Budget Range: $1500 Canadian before taxes
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the internet
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts:
http://www.sigmawave.com
Country of Origin: Canada
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future (or now, if recommended)
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments:
Hi, my friends and I are all in the market to buy new gaming PCs, with a budget of $1500 Canadian before taxes. None of us are overclockers, and we'd like to have the PCs setup professionally, so we need to buy most of our parts (except monitor, basically) at the same (preferably local) location. While their selection in certain categories (RAM) isn't huge, Sigmawave (see link above) is local and seems to have very good prices.
Here are the parts I've worked out so far, with questions below:
CPU: Intel Core i5 Quad 760 2.80GHz 8.0MB 2.5GT/S S1156
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?searchText=Intel+Core+i5&cur=,cat-82&lang=en&pid=11776
$208
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D-E PRO P55 DD3 A+SR+GBL+1394
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?searchText=Intel+Core+i5&cur=,cat-89&lang=en&pid=13021
$189
Memory: 2x Kingston 2.0 GB DDR3-1333 CL9
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?searchText=kingston&cur=,cat-86&lang=en&pid=10501
$106
Graphics Card : ASUS - nVidia GeForce ENGTX470/2DI 1.28GB PCI-E 2xDVI MiniHDMI SLI
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?search=true&searchText=ENGTX470&lang=en&pid=12941
$334
HDD: Western Digital - Cavier Caviar Black 1.0TB 7200RPM SATA600 64MB
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?search=true&searchText=Cavier%20Caviar%20Black&lang=en&pid=12634
$97
CD/DVD R/W: LG Electronics GH24LS50 24X DVD+/-RW SATA w/SW+LS OEM
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?search=true&searchText=GH24LS50&lang=en&pid=12542
$31
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium OEM DVD - 64-bit English
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?searchText=windows+home+premium&cur=,cat-92&lang=en&pid=11804
$115
Assembly & Three Years Labour and the Manufacturers' Parts Warranty (One Year Sigmawave Shipping & Handling)
$50
Power Supply: ???
Case: ???
Monitor: ???
(See questions below)
Total Price: 1130$
And now for my questions:
1. Do you have any comments or advice about the chosen parts?
2. a. What minimum power supply will these parts need?
b. What if we want to add a second graphics card later on?
c. Can you recommend any power supply on the sigmawave site?
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?cur=dep-8,cat-94&lang=en
3. For a case, a sigmawave salesman recommended the CM Storm Scout, which I saw was also recommended in one of the reference threads here.
a. Should we nonetheless get a more expensive case?
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?cur=dep-8,cat-81&lang=en
b. Will we need a case with USB 3.0 ports to eventually take advantage of the motherboard's USB 3.0?
4. We all already have monitors, so that can wait and be purchased elsewhere. With that said, though, do there appear to be any particularly good deals at sigmawave?
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?cur=dep-8,cat-88&lang=en
5. With these parts, it seems likely that's we'll have to go low-end on power supply, case and monitor to fit within budget. Would you downgrade any of the chosen parts to make room for a better power supply, case or monitor?
6. Here it gets a little complicated. Unlike my friends, I already have a case and a reasonably recent power supply.
Case: XG Sidewinder:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/1513
Power supply: Antec NeoPower 650 Blue
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371010
Now, assuming that power supply is enough, would you upgrade any of the parts to fill the budget? 2x 4G RAM, for example? Or maybe go to 1136? A SSD to install Windows on? Or a really good monitor?
I know I'm asking a lot, but any help at all is very appreciated. Thanks!
Approximate Purchase Date: In the next 2 weeks
Budget Range: $1500 Canadian before taxes
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the internet
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts:
http://www.sigmawave.com
Country of Origin: Canada
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future (or now, if recommended)
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments:
Hi, my friends and I are all in the market to buy new gaming PCs, with a budget of $1500 Canadian before taxes. None of us are overclockers, and we'd like to have the PCs setup professionally, so we need to buy most of our parts (except monitor, basically) at the same (preferably local) location. While their selection in certain categories (RAM) isn't huge, Sigmawave (see link above) is local and seems to have very good prices.
Here are the parts I've worked out so far, with questions below:
CPU: Intel Core i5 Quad 760 2.80GHz 8.0MB 2.5GT/S S1156
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?searchText=Intel+Core+i5&cur=,cat-82&lang=en&pid=11776
$208
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D-E PRO P55 DD3 A+SR+GBL+1394
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?searchText=Intel+Core+i5&cur=,cat-89&lang=en&pid=13021
$189
Memory: 2x Kingston 2.0 GB DDR3-1333 CL9
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?searchText=kingston&cur=,cat-86&lang=en&pid=10501
$106
Graphics Card : ASUS - nVidia GeForce ENGTX470/2DI 1.28GB PCI-E 2xDVI MiniHDMI SLI
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?search=true&searchText=ENGTX470&lang=en&pid=12941
$334
HDD: Western Digital - Cavier Caviar Black 1.0TB 7200RPM SATA600 64MB
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?search=true&searchText=Cavier%20Caviar%20Black&lang=en&pid=12634
$97
CD/DVD R/W: LG Electronics GH24LS50 24X DVD+/-RW SATA w/SW+LS OEM
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?search=true&searchText=GH24LS50&lang=en&pid=12542
$31
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium OEM DVD - 64-bit English
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?searchText=windows+home+premium&cur=,cat-92&lang=en&pid=11804
$115
Assembly & Three Years Labour and the Manufacturers' Parts Warranty (One Year Sigmawave Shipping & Handling)
$50
Power Supply: ???
Case: ???
Monitor: ???
(See questions below)
Total Price: 1130$
And now for my questions:
1. Do you have any comments or advice about the chosen parts?
2. a. What minimum power supply will these parts need?
b. What if we want to add a second graphics card later on?
c. Can you recommend any power supply on the sigmawave site?
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?cur=dep-8,cat-94&lang=en
3. For a case, a sigmawave salesman recommended the CM Storm Scout, which I saw was also recommended in one of the reference threads here.
a. Should we nonetheless get a more expensive case?
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?cur=dep-8,cat-81&lang=en
b. Will we need a case with USB 3.0 ports to eventually take advantage of the motherboard's USB 3.0?
4. We all already have monitors, so that can wait and be purchased elsewhere. With that said, though, do there appear to be any particularly good deals at sigmawave?
http://www.sigmawave.com/products.aspx?cur=dep-8,cat-88&lang=en
5. With these parts, it seems likely that's we'll have to go low-end on power supply, case and monitor to fit within budget. Would you downgrade any of the chosen parts to make room for a better power supply, case or monitor?
6. Here it gets a little complicated. Unlike my friends, I already have a case and a reasonably recent power supply.
Case: XG Sidewinder:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/1513
Power supply: Antec NeoPower 650 Blue
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371010
Now, assuming that power supply is enough, would you upgrade any of the parts to fill the budget? 2x 4G RAM, for example? Or maybe go to 1136? A SSD to install Windows on? Or a really good monitor?
I know I'm asking a lot, but any help at all is very appreciated. Thanks!
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