- Jan 22, 2011
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Greetings earthlings.
I hope to get some advice, opinions and alternatives for my gaming rig on the budget (~$500). Not looking for the top of the line but plan to keep it and be able upgrade it in the future (desired features: overclocking and cross fire). Favorite games Starcraft II, Half-Life, Crysis, Day of Defeat, Civ, ...
The easy part:
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 3.2GHz
RAM
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Power Supply
Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W
Hard Drive
SAMSUNG F3 HD502HJ SATA 500GB 7200 RPM
This is where the trouble starts
Motherboard choices
1. ASRock EXTREME3 870
2. Asus M4A79XTD-EVO
3. Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
Video card choices:
1. ASUS GeForce GTX 460 768MB (Fermi) ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI
2. EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SE 1GB (Fermi) 01G-P3-1366-TR
3. SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6850 1GB 100315L Video Card with Eyefinity
Case choices:
1. Rosewell CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid
2. XION XON-CBX01-RD CyborGX
3. RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB
4. Antec Three Hundred Illusion ATX
5. NZXT Tempes Evo TEVO-001BK
Not sure if links to all components would help. If so let me know I can add it. Fee free to make suggestions about CPU and Power Supply as well.
OK lets see what happens........ brace for impact!!! :attn:
I hope to get some advice, opinions and alternatives for my gaming rig on the budget (~$500). Not looking for the top of the line but plan to keep it and be able upgrade it in the future (desired features: overclocking and cross fire). Favorite games Starcraft II, Half-Life, Crysis, Day of Defeat, Civ, ...
The easy part:
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 3.2GHz
RAM
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Power Supply
Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W
Hard Drive
SAMSUNG F3 HD502HJ SATA 500GB 7200 RPM
This is where the trouble starts
Motherboard choices
1. ASRock EXTREME3 870
2. Asus M4A79XTD-EVO
3. Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
Video card choices:
1. ASUS GeForce GTX 460 768MB (Fermi) ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI
2. EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SE 1GB (Fermi) 01G-P3-1366-TR
3. SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6850 1GB 100315L Video Card with Eyefinity
Case choices:
1. Rosewell CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid
2. XION XON-CBX01-RD CyborGX
3. RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB
4. Antec Three Hundred Illusion ATX
5. NZXT Tempes Evo TEVO-001BK
Not sure if links to all components would help. If so let me know I can add it. Fee free to make suggestions about CPU and Power Supply as well.
OK lets see what happens........ brace for impact!!! :attn:
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