Approximate Purchase Date: either this week and within the next three months
Budget Range: 1000, (looking at new eggs payment plan in which case I would go to 1200)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, I sometimes do image editing from home, so it will be used for this as well but its less important as I will usually just be using my computer at work
Are you buying a monitor: Yes / No (I have a monitor so I could easily not do it to save cash, but with the new egg thing I might just upgrade the whole system)
Parts to Upgrade: everything EXCEPT keyboard and mouse (unless I snag a cheap one) HDD and 2 optical drives.
The keyboard, mouse, and drives are from dell. Unless they wont work with the new system I would like to ignore this cost.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: new egg for the payment plan, otherwise It wouldnt matter. I do not live next to a microcenter unfortunately because my goodness what deals.
Location: Salem Oregon
Parts Preferences: like intel and nvidia. Not sure why Ive always liked nvidia better, no real reason, just more familiar with the name conventions I guess.
Overclocking: maybe but probably not
SLI or Crossfire: no probably not
Your Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050 is my current monitor, so Id like to upgrade to a 1900 but if not then I can always hook up to TV when I want to blow my mind
Additional Comments: quiet PC would be nice, but as long as it doesnt sound like a jet engine taking off everytime I move the mouse im sure Ill be ok
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: my dell vista comp has taken a turn for the worse. HDD crashed, been trying to reinstall windows back on the machine, but without success. Not sure exactly what I am missing, having help to try to fix it.
If I can fix it I would move my build date back to somewhere along the lines of november when I could possibly make use of Black friday/monday to get some lower cost.
DO you guys see a lot of great deals on that monday from online stores? Should I consider waiting to take part in those deals?
Here is the PC part picker info
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fP9C
Most of the items have specials on new egg right now, so I think this build comes out to be around a 1000 after rebates and what not
A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT PARTS:
Please look over build for compatibility issues or bottlenecks, and even possible parts I want to avoid.
RAM
1. Not really sure what RAM to get. Just picked the G Skill because I see it in a lot of builds.
Would the heat Spreaders cause issues in the case?
2.are these good timings or latency on this RAM? what should I be looking for?
3. Does this voltage work with the mobo?
Monitor
1.the one I selected for the build seems to have more reviews but I was also looking at this monitor. Which is better? I am a little unsure about what the numbers mean and how they translate to what we see.
Asus VH242H
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236052
SSD
1.The vertex looks pretty good, but also came across this SSD which would be better the one in my build or this one? or perhaps another?
OCZ Agility 3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726
and last but not least
PSU
1. I had an OCZ PSU once and it worked for almost a year but I heard maybe now they are better, who knows. I think cooler master is a subsidiary of corsair or something but I am not sure. The OCZ comes with a free dvd burner but that seems like people selling loads of crap and putting bows on it.
ANyway, thought I would list both so that I could make an informed decision.
I am also open to other PSUs
Here is the OCZ
OCZ modXstream Pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018
Thanks for any info,
-B
Budget Range: 1000, (looking at new eggs payment plan in which case I would go to 1200)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, I sometimes do image editing from home, so it will be used for this as well but its less important as I will usually just be using my computer at work
Are you buying a monitor: Yes / No (I have a monitor so I could easily not do it to save cash, but with the new egg thing I might just upgrade the whole system)
Parts to Upgrade: everything EXCEPT keyboard and mouse (unless I snag a cheap one) HDD and 2 optical drives.
The keyboard, mouse, and drives are from dell. Unless they wont work with the new system I would like to ignore this cost.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: new egg for the payment plan, otherwise It wouldnt matter. I do not live next to a microcenter unfortunately because my goodness what deals.
Location: Salem Oregon
Parts Preferences: like intel and nvidia. Not sure why Ive always liked nvidia better, no real reason, just more familiar with the name conventions I guess.
Overclocking: maybe but probably not
SLI or Crossfire: no probably not
Your Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050 is my current monitor, so Id like to upgrade to a 1900 but if not then I can always hook up to TV when I want to blow my mind
Additional Comments: quiet PC would be nice, but as long as it doesnt sound like a jet engine taking off everytime I move the mouse im sure Ill be ok
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: my dell vista comp has taken a turn for the worse. HDD crashed, been trying to reinstall windows back on the machine, but without success. Not sure exactly what I am missing, having help to try to fix it.
If I can fix it I would move my build date back to somewhere along the lines of november when I could possibly make use of Black friday/monday to get some lower cost.
DO you guys see a lot of great deals on that monday from online stores? Should I consider waiting to take part in those deals?
Here is the PC part picker info
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fP9C
Most of the items have specials on new egg right now, so I think this build comes out to be around a 1000 after rebates and what not
A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT PARTS:
Please look over build for compatibility issues or bottlenecks, and even possible parts I want to avoid.
RAM
1. Not really sure what RAM to get. Just picked the G Skill because I see it in a lot of builds.
Would the heat Spreaders cause issues in the case?
2.are these good timings or latency on this RAM? what should I be looking for?
3. Does this voltage work with the mobo?
Monitor
1.the one I selected for the build seems to have more reviews but I was also looking at this monitor. Which is better? I am a little unsure about what the numbers mean and how they translate to what we see.
Asus VH242H
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236052
SSD
1.The vertex looks pretty good, but also came across this SSD which would be better the one in my build or this one? or perhaps another?
OCZ Agility 3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726
and last but not least
PSU
1. I had an OCZ PSU once and it worked for almost a year but I heard maybe now they are better, who knows. I think cooler master is a subsidiary of corsair or something but I am not sure. The OCZ comes with a free dvd burner but that seems like people selling loads of crap and putting bows on it.
ANyway, thought I would list both so that I could make an informed decision.
I am also open to other PSUs
Here is the OCZ
OCZ modXstream Pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018
Thanks for any info,
-B
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