Approximate Purchase Date: Two weeks (two paychecks)
Budget Range: ~$1700 including monitor, after rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Movies/TV shows
Parts Not Required: OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, ATI GPU, full tower
Overclocking: Why not
SLI or Crossfire: Possibly in the future
Monitor Resolution:1920x1080
Additional Comments: Everything's from Newegg.com. This'll be my first build. I'm a student so I've been an Apple guy for the past few years, looking to change that.
I've missed out on a couple years of quality PC gaming so I'm planning on catching up with this rig. (And, of course, play the new releases too.) I'll also be playing the new Star Wars MMO and I'm hoping this system is optimized for it.
I've done some basic research on the motherboard's compatibility with all the parts and it seems to check out.
I think I might pop another 5870 in there in a few months. I was also considering an SSD, but I'm waiting for the technology to get a little cheaper first.
As far as a monitor goes, I'm going with the ASUS VW246H for $230.
I think I'm going to go for Windows XP SP3 for my system's OS. I'm not sure if that's good for this type of hardware, but I've heard bad things about the gaming performance of the latest Windows OS's. What do you think?
Any input on the build would be much appreciated.
Budget Range: ~$1700 including monitor, after rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Movies/TV shows
Parts Not Required: OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, ATI GPU, full tower
Overclocking: Why not
SLI or Crossfire: Possibly in the future
Monitor Resolution:1920x1080
Additional Comments: Everything's from Newegg.com. This'll be my first build. I'm a student so I've been an Apple guy for the past few years, looking to change that.
I've missed out on a couple years of quality PC gaming so I'm planning on catching up with this rig. (And, of course, play the new releases too.) I'll also be playing the new Star Wars MMO and I'm hoping this system is optimized for it.
I've done some basic research on the motherboard's compatibility with all the parts and it seems to check out.
I think I might pop another 5870 in there in a few months. I was also considering an SSD, but I'm waiting for the technology to get a little cheaper first.
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Case . . . . . . .$150 - Antec Twelve Hundred Full Tower Case
Mobo . . . . . . .$220 - ASUS Rampage III Gene LGA 1366 Intel X58
CPU . . . . . . . $300 - Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz
GPU . . . . . . . $360 - XFX HD-587X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5870 1GB
PS . . . . . . . . .$110 - Corsair CMPSU-850TX
RAM . . . . . . . $150 - Corsair Dominator 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600
HDD . . . . . . .$70 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache
Optical #1 . . $65 - Lite-On Blu-Ray Player
Optical #2 . . $20 - Lite-On DVD Burner
Total: ~$1,445
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As far as a monitor goes, I'm going with the ASUS VW246H for $230.
I think I'm going to go for Windows XP SP3 for my system's OS. I'm not sure if that's good for this type of hardware, but I've heard bad things about the gaming performance of the latest Windows OS's. What do you think?
Any input on the build would be much appreciated.