Hello fellow builders!
It has been a long time since I have done any kind of build like this. The p3 933mhz with 8x agp that I last built was all the rave back in my day
Approximate Purchase Date: Middle of may, 2011
Budget Range: $1000 (+) (may, 2011, + upgrade within 6 months)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming FR's (From pong to crysis 2, CGA (Maya 2011)
Parts Not Required: 1st Monitor, KB, Mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: AMD x6 3.2ghz cpu, Radeon 68xx or 69xx GPU, SATA III, USB 3.0
Overclocking: No/Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
ASUS VE247H Black 23.6" 2ms Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236112&Tpk=asus%20ve247h
Additional Comments: Future upgradable to an internal SSD, sound card, and 3 monitor eyefinity (And possibly a 6990 GPU)
I really want to avoid the headaches of building A new machine myself. Thus i have been looking into prebuilt systems from newegg and TD and finally settled on this;
Option #1
CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra 2068 Phenom II X6 1090T(3.2GHz) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity AMD Radeon HD 6850 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229227
My biggest concern here is the PCIe lane issue for future upgrades, at some future point this would be upgraded to a single 69xx PCIe x16 class 2GB or 4GB GPU, internal PCIe x4 SSD and PCIe x1 sound card.
I will want to upgrade to this configuration at some point this summer or fall. I'm not too interested in getting a prebuilt that cannot be upgraded as stated.
The motherboard in the cyberpower build is;
GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443
The PCIe lane issues confuse me greatly. Will this motherboard eventually support these 3 PCIe devices?
Are there lane restrictions that are going to decrease performance somehow if its *Spread out over these slots?*
I don't really understand it all.
The video card from the cyberpower build is;
VisionTek 900339 Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129167
Is this card gonna perform well, on 3 monitors in eyefinity mode?
Pro's:
This machine would fit my needs for a while, as well as PnP out of the box (I hope).
Con's:
Don't know just how upgradable this is.
After poking around dreaming of building my own system I came across a (partial) build (barley) within my $1000 budget that would suit my needs better (I think). It would take me longer to get it together, I.E. orders placed over several weeks to get it going compared to PnP from the cyberpower build.
I could probably build this myself, but am going to leave it to the trusty pros at my local shop should I go this route.
Option #2
MOBO: $149.99
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131631
CPU, $229.99.
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDE00ZFBGRBOX.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913
CPU cooler: $34.99
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=heezuqiwxn5j
Paste: $9.98.
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
GPU. $274.99.
SAPPHIRE 100312SR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102914
RAM, $99.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
HDD , $69.95. (possibly 2x's in raid 1 later)
Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136794
PSU: $139.99
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009
!!!((( $1009.87 )))!!!
This route is not complete, as there is no case or OS included in the $1000 budget. The case, OS, optical drive, extra fans and possibly another HDD would be forthcoming 3-4 weeks after the inital order. The inital order would be bench
tested at my local shop.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Case: $79.99.
COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196
OS: $99.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754
Again, here the PCIe lane issues persists. Any help here would be greatly appreated
Pro's:
Probably much better for my needs.Much better video card and I will probably lose interest in a higher end video card (6990) this route, as I believe the 6950 would be more than adequate.
Con's:
Over my budget by several hundred dollars by the time i add case, OS, Optical drive etc, as well as the local shop's fee to build it. Would have to be ordered in 2 parts.
__________________________________________________________________________
Sometime over the next 6 months this build would be upgraded as follows;
Monitor:
2x's ASUS VE247H Black 23.6" 2ms Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor (for a total of 3 in 5040x1050 eyefinity)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236112&Tpk=asus%20ve247h
Audio: $99.99
Creative 30SB088200000 7.1 PCI Express x1 Interface SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102034&cm_re=sound_card_pci_express-_-29-102-034-_-Product
Internal SSD upgrade: $409.99
OCZ RevoDrive X2 OCZSSDPX-1RVDX0100 PCI-E 100GB PCI-Express x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227659
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
((Possible GPU upgrade, $724.99)) (This is possible only, I don't know if I really want or need this. But I would like the system to be able to support it should it happen in the future.)
MSI R6990-4PD4GD5 Radeon HD 6990 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127574
There it is in a nutshell, I hope I didn't leave anything out. It has been a long time since i have tried anything like this.
Any help, recommendations or criticism would be more than helpful, I have about a month to decide on which route i should go.
Thank you for your time.
It has been a long time since I have done any kind of build like this. The p3 933mhz with 8x agp that I last built was all the rave back in my day
Approximate Purchase Date: Middle of may, 2011
Budget Range: $1000 (+) (may, 2011, + upgrade within 6 months)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming FR's (From pong to crysis 2, CGA (Maya 2011)
Parts Not Required: 1st Monitor, KB, Mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: AMD x6 3.2ghz cpu, Radeon 68xx or 69xx GPU, SATA III, USB 3.0
Overclocking: No/Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
ASUS VE247H Black 23.6" 2ms Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236112&Tpk=asus%20ve247h
Additional Comments: Future upgradable to an internal SSD, sound card, and 3 monitor eyefinity (And possibly a 6990 GPU)
I really want to avoid the headaches of building A new machine myself. Thus i have been looking into prebuilt systems from newegg and TD and finally settled on this;
Option #1
CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra 2068 Phenom II X6 1090T(3.2GHz) 8GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity AMD Radeon HD 6850 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229227
My biggest concern here is the PCIe lane issue for future upgrades, at some future point this would be upgraded to a single 69xx PCIe x16 class 2GB or 4GB GPU, internal PCIe x4 SSD and PCIe x1 sound card.
I will want to upgrade to this configuration at some point this summer or fall. I'm not too interested in getting a prebuilt that cannot be upgraded as stated.
The motherboard in the cyberpower build is;
GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443
The PCIe lane issues confuse me greatly. Will this motherboard eventually support these 3 PCIe devices?
Are there lane restrictions that are going to decrease performance somehow if its *Spread out over these slots?*
I don't really understand it all.
The video card from the cyberpower build is;
VisionTek 900339 Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129167
Is this card gonna perform well, on 3 monitors in eyefinity mode?
Pro's:
This machine would fit my needs for a while, as well as PnP out of the box (I hope).
Con's:
Don't know just how upgradable this is.
After poking around dreaming of building my own system I came across a (partial) build (barley) within my $1000 budget that would suit my needs better (I think). It would take me longer to get it together, I.E. orders placed over several weeks to get it going compared to PnP from the cyberpower build.
I could probably build this myself, but am going to leave it to the trusty pros at my local shop should I go this route.
Option #2
MOBO: $149.99
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131631
CPU, $229.99.
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDE00ZFBGRBOX.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913
CPU cooler: $34.99
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=heezuqiwxn5j
Paste: $9.98.
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
GPU. $274.99.
SAPPHIRE 100312SR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102914
RAM, $99.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
HDD , $69.95. (possibly 2x's in raid 1 later)
Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136794
PSU: $139.99
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009
!!!((( $1009.87 )))!!!
This route is not complete, as there is no case or OS included in the $1000 budget. The case, OS, optical drive, extra fans and possibly another HDD would be forthcoming 3-4 weeks after the inital order. The inital order would be bench
tested at my local shop.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Case: $79.99.
COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196
OS: $99.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754
Again, here the PCIe lane issues persists. Any help here would be greatly appreated
Pro's:
Probably much better for my needs.Much better video card and I will probably lose interest in a higher end video card (6990) this route, as I believe the 6950 would be more than adequate.
Con's:
Over my budget by several hundred dollars by the time i add case, OS, Optical drive etc, as well as the local shop's fee to build it. Would have to be ordered in 2 parts.
__________________________________________________________________________
Sometime over the next 6 months this build would be upgraded as follows;
Monitor:
2x's ASUS VE247H Black 23.6" 2ms Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor (for a total of 3 in 5040x1050 eyefinity)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236112&Tpk=asus%20ve247h
Audio: $99.99
Creative 30SB088200000 7.1 PCI Express x1 Interface SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102034&cm_re=sound_card_pci_express-_-29-102-034-_-Product
Internal SSD upgrade: $409.99
OCZ RevoDrive X2 OCZSSDPX-1RVDX0100 PCI-E 100GB PCI-Express x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227659
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
((Possible GPU upgrade, $724.99)) (This is possible only, I don't know if I really want or need this. But I would like the system to be able to support it should it happen in the future.)
MSI R6990-4PD4GD5 Radeon HD 6990 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127574
There it is in a nutshell, I hope I didn't leave anything out. It has been a long time since i have tried anything like this.
Any help, recommendations or criticism would be more than helpful, I have about a month to decide on which route i should go.
Thank you for your time.