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Jereel Hunter on 22 March 2011
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I LOVE GIGGS said:
Jereel Hunter said:
I LOVE GIGGS said:

I think I'll go with this:

- CPU: Intel i5 760 ($210)

- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD2 ($180)

- Graphics Card: Radeon HD 6870 ($210)

- RAM: 6GB (3*2GB) ($200)

- Hard Drive: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB ($70)

- Optical Drive: Blu-Ray Drive - Samsung ($75)

- Power Supplies: Corsair 650TX ($70)

- OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM ($140)

 Total = $1,155

 

What do you think? Is there any problem?

Looks like a solid build... if you don't mind spending a little more, I'd recommend upgrading the HD to a Caviar black though, you've got such nice components, no needs to have the HD be lagging so far behind the rest. If you just really like Samsung, I'd recommend a Spinpoint drive instead. I have a Caviar black in my main machine and a spinpoint in my older one... very pleased with both.

And I hope you have a better time with the Radeon than my friends and I have. We've all been converted to nVidia  fans over the last few months due to driver issues.

As for your monitor question up above, I have no idea about 3D monitors... I don't think I'd fair well with long spurts of looking at 3D, so I'm sticking with a regular old monitor. (also, a decent non 3D monitor is 1/3 the price)


Thank you!

I went to my local market and decided to go with these components after talking with the people there:

Motherboard: I don't know its name but it's from GigaByte and the best in the market.

CPU: Intel i5 760.

RAM: 8GB (2*4GB) too cheap.

Hard Drive: 1.0 TB from Western Digital.

Optical Drive: Blu-Ray from LG.

Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 570. They recommended me to choose this one over Radeon HD 6870.

Power Supply: I don't remmember tha name of the manufacture but it was a good one. 750 W.

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate. They told me not to buy Premium but I forgot why!

Case: Good and big one. It comes with a lot of fans.

Keyboard and Mouse: This mouse & this Keyboard.

 

These components will cost me around $2,000.


Wow, a man after my own heart. In the last 2 weeks I purchased both the Mamba and the X6. (Funny story actually, a friend said he was getting one, and I basically said he was crazy for spending $130 on a mouse. And then I looked at the mambo... and looked... and looked... and then bought one 2 days later - mostly due to impatience. I wanted a SideWinder X8, but the local store didn't have it, and I didn't wanna wait 3 days to get it shipped) Good call on the 570, you'll have a hasslefree life with that one.

Oh, and if you haven't bought the stuff yet, see if you have a Microcenter in your area. While Newegg is best for most items, Microcenter will usually be your best deal for a processor/mobo combo, sometimes save up to $50 on just those two.