The Ultimate Gaming PC

guysullavin · Post by **guysullavin** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:00 pm

yea, in fact the power supply and case was from crytic, i found an ATI crossfire video card from grim, and i got intel from myself

BTW is the sound card actually needed? i mean, none of you are saying anything about it and crytic didn't add it to his list, and I'm instead considering fans instead to cool it down this beast... ideas?

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:02 pm

nope you don't need a sound card.

guysullavin · Post by **guysullavin** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:09 pm

it turns out i will need a monitor, because i don't think my mac one will work, so now I'm trying to find a cheap, but cool monitor
any suggestions?
no doubt I'm going over my limit, but don't suggest something thats like >$200 then i'd be flat out broke D:

super_man916 · Post by **super_man916** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:10 pm

the top GFX card is the Nvidia GTX 280
you wont need lightscribe with that player so just scratch that out and you'll cut off $15 not much but you get 15 bucks more for w/e
and screw XP use vista.
and wait a month or so til the new intel chips came in then the ones your gonna want will be cheaper.

and go to www.forums.slizone.com

its obviously a forum where you can talk about computers and such. but you shouldnt talk about ATI cards there, the guys kinda get offended.

uhm get a 9800 GT or some thin those should be a bit cheaper too since the real awesome cards have come out.

you wont need the sound card cause the mobo's (motherboards) have a built in sound thing

the NZXT Tempest is almost the same thing as the 900.

for the HD i would say go RAID but your budget dosnt allow.
when i have time i might do a build for you.

guysullavin · Post by **guysullavin** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:17 pm

dammit, i just remembered i need software! thats gonna top me off broke

maybe i'll find a used monitor at a garage sale or something

XP:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6832116511
Vista:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6832116480

the poll is up! cast your votes because i personally am in the middle on this on this, because vista has problems, but then when they do fix those problems there's a %50 percent chance of getting a free update sorta like apple does does

sneakyn8 · Post by **sneakyn8** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:22 pm

guysullavin wrote:dammit, i just remembered i need software! thats gonna top me off broke maybe i'll find a used monitor at a garage sale or something

XP:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6832116511
Vista:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6832116480

the poll is up! cast your votes because i personally am in the middle on this on this, because vista has problems, but then when they do fix those problems there's a %50 percent chance of getting a free update sorta like apple does does

use ubuntu its free its great and your tech support is a community that can offer real suggestions because of personalo experience not what theyve been trained to say

guysullavin · Post by **guysullavin** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:26 pm

use ubuntu

looks like mac and windows horribly spliced together by Dr. Frankenstien
no thanks

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:32 pm

I have Ubuntu, and I hardly use it. Great OS, but it doesn't have what I need. Sure, I can get Photoshop to run on it, but 3ds Max is still a pain in the butt to get running, and it still doesn't run well, least it hasn't for me. Ubuntu can also be tricky to configure because of the lack of drivers, etc.

sneakyn8 · Post by **sneakyn8** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:02 pm

TomClancey wrote:but 3ds Max is still a pain in the butt to get running,

i use blender3d i find it just as good if not better but thats just me

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:36 am

If you have the money I would do a duall boot between vista and xp

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:07 am

Vista's fine, it's run all my programs so far :\.
EDIT:
I suggest you post your build in the forums of ncix. There's some people that really know what there doing there :p.

guysullavin · Post by **guysullavin** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:24 pm

ok, seeing that i cant buy off of NewEgg and i hate browsing NCIX because its just horrible without subcategories. i found tigerdirect.ca which has really damn good deals and totals me $751.92, with S&T it gets to $891.58
this is what i've got in my cart:

Seagate 320GB Hard Drive - 7200rpm, 16MB
EVGA GeForce 9600 GT Video Card - Dual Slot, 512MB, SLI Ready*
ThermalTake / PurePower / 500-Watt / ATX 2.0 / 120mm Fan / Power Supply
NZXT Apollo Black ATX Mid-Tower Case** with Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire and Audio Ports
MSI K9N SLI-F Motherboard - v2.0, NVIDIA nForce 570 LT SLI,* Socket, ATX, USB 2.0
AMD Phenom X3 8450 Processor HD 8450, 2.10GHz, 3.5MB Cache, 1800MHz Processor with Fan
OCZ SLI-Ready Dual Channel 4096MB 800MHz Memory

*: im guessing the motherboard was designed to support SLI Video cards?
**: whats the difference between a mid tower case against a full tower case? more peripheral space?

Post by **grimdoomer** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:36 pm

Cryticfarm wrote:Vista's fine, it's run all my programs so far :\.
EDIT:
I suggest you post your build in the forums of ncix. There's some people that really know what there doing there :p.

Yes, vista works fine. The reason people think it's bad is because idiots try running it with > 1 gig or RAM. This is 2008 people, there is no way in hell you can seriously run vista with 512 megs of RAM

[RR]RedRene · Post by **[RR]RedRene** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:37 pm

The Irony is, the moment you have your PC Constructed, it'll be Obsolete.

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:49 pm

** Mid-tower and full-tower are different motherboard sizes. ATX will fit in a mid-tower which is 12"x9.6" I believe. Full tower allows for a larger form factor motherboard.

For a video card though, I would recommend an nVidia 8800GT, a little more expensive, but it runs better, and isn't dual-slot so it's half the size, allowing for more expansion area. I'd recommend getting an Intel CPU too, Core 2 Duo E7200 should suffice. 2.54Ghz, 45nm, $120. Same with the motherboard, I'd get a more new one. the nForce 5xx's are a little old. I'd recommend a LGA 775 750i. The current RAM you have picked out will work for it, but I don't think you need 4GB unless you're doing some intense gaming and digital work. 2-3GB should be plenty. This is really nice RAM, Corsair. My top choice for RAM, comes with a heatsink too, so an added bonus. Hard drive and Powersupply seem fine to me, 320GB is a decent amount of storage, depending on how much media you have stored on it.

guysullavin · Post by **guysullavin** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:11 pm

everything you suggested is great, but that motherboard is way too expencive for me, i've managed to plan for $1000 (so i can afford about a <$850 computer without a monitor)

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:17 pm

Ah, I see. The 650i should be much cheaper.

guysullavin · Post by **guysullavin** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:43 pm

hows this bundle?

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:18 pm

Fail idea is Fail.

guysullavin · Post by **guysullavin** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:19 pm

thanks for the support bcnipod... appreciate it

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