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Approximate Purchase Date: Sometime around Christmas/the new year (within a month)
Budget Range: $1000 before rebates (Current projected price at $862.54 before a $10 mail-in rebate and after shipping)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, everything else
Parts Not Required: Have keyboard, mouse, speakers, and monitor. All I need is everything in the case.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, naturally
Country of Origin: U.S. of A.
Parts Preferences: No preference, but 10 or 20 dollars difference taking me from a no-name brand with an iffy reputation to something more reputable is worth it.
Overclocking: Probably not. Never really liked messing around with that stuff.
SLI or Crossfire: Down the line, when I can afford a second GPU.
Monitor Resolution: 1920X1080
Additional Comments: College student, already have a laptop that is designated as my working machine; this is to get me a solid gaming machine. I have heard/read good things about the 6850, most importantly that it gets solid 30-ish FPS benchmarks in Crysis at my desired res and no AA (And, of course, I'm using that as my baseline "I want to be able to run that game" game)
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My Newegg wishlist. I figured this would make things faster and easier for all parties.
Note that there are two combos which couldn't be saved to the wishlist. I save 10 bucks by combining the case and OS (big numbers! But hey, every savings counts); I save an additional $15 from the CPU/mobo combo. Please keep that in mind, if you suggest revisions; if you ask me to change my mobo, I will probably end up getting a step down of a CPU or vice-versa, unless you make recommendations for both.
Also, a few more questions for this new builder: Will I get all the cables I need to do the build included with the parts? I ask because the hard drive had among the combo deals a SATA cable... would be kind of annoying if I get all my parts and then end up not being able to put them together.
With regards to the PSU, is it better to spend the extra money to get a modular one? This was the cheapest such one at this output (I want to make sure to have generous power for future 6850 crossfiring; I found a review marking them at 400 watts, and again, I'm new to this whole PC building thing... could I settle with a lower-power, cheaper PSU?
Budget Range: $1000 before rebates (Current projected price at $862.54 before a $10 mail-in rebate and after shipping)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, everything else
Parts Not Required: Have keyboard, mouse, speakers, and monitor. All I need is everything in the case.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, naturally
Country of Origin: U.S. of A.
Parts Preferences: No preference, but 10 or 20 dollars difference taking me from a no-name brand with an iffy reputation to something more reputable is worth it.
Overclocking: Probably not. Never really liked messing around with that stuff.
SLI or Crossfire: Down the line, when I can afford a second GPU.
Monitor Resolution: 1920X1080
Additional Comments: College student, already have a laptop that is designated as my working machine; this is to get me a solid gaming machine. I have heard/read good things about the 6850, most importantly that it gets solid 30-ish FPS benchmarks in Crysis at my desired res and no AA (And, of course, I'm using that as my baseline "I want to be able to run that game" game)
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My Newegg wishlist. I figured this would make things faster and easier for all parties.
Note that there are two combos which couldn't be saved to the wishlist. I save 10 bucks by combining the case and OS (big numbers! But hey, every savings counts); I save an additional $15 from the CPU/mobo combo. Please keep that in mind, if you suggest revisions; if you ask me to change my mobo, I will probably end up getting a step down of a CPU or vice-versa, unless you make recommendations for both.
Also, a few more questions for this new builder: Will I get all the cables I need to do the build included with the parts? I ask because the hard drive had among the combo deals a SATA cable... would be kind of annoying if I get all my parts and then end up not being able to put them together.
With regards to the PSU, is it better to spend the extra money to get a modular one? This was the cheapest such one at this output (I want to make sure to have generous power for future 6850 crossfiring; I found a review marking them at 400 watts, and again, I'm new to this whole PC building thing... could I settle with a lower-power, cheaper PSU?
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