Epoch said:
MAX I would spend would be $1500. But that owuld take some convincing. I'm comfortable with $1200-1300. |
Dude, f that. You can build a kick ass rig for under 1,000. Especially if you have the monitor and can get the OS for cheap.
Had to change my sig to get some moderator to quit bitching about it......
Nabraham said:
Dude, f that. You can build a kick ass rig for under 1,000. Especially if you have the monitor and can get the OS for cheap. |
Alright, so any idea what parts I should start with? I have very little knowledge of individual components, which is why I'm hesitant to just buy a bunch of stuff and slap it together and hope it works.
Also: it appears that I can get Windows 7 for free from my school?? This seems very odd to me, also whats the difference between Windows 7 Pro x64 vs Windows 7 Pro x86 ??
Mainly the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit is how much RAM it can see. In 32-bit, you can only see around 3-4gigs of RAM. In 64-bit, you can use a LOT more ram (depending on the OS, ex- Windows 7 home, professional, ect).
This can be a useful chart,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions#Comparison_chart
64-bit could also have some compatibility issues with older programs (and also requires drivers to be signed), but one way you can get around that is by dual booting or using Windows 7 pro's XP-mode for the software you want to use (I dual boot and my CPU doesn't support virtualization so I don't know much about XP mode).
Epoch said:
Did you build yours? Any tips if you did? Problem is, I have very little knowledge about individual components and can't tell whats a quality part, what is compatible and what isn't. So I'd basically be ordering the parts listed for pre-built computers and assembling them myself. I would definitely prefer to save a few hundred that I could spend on a new monitor (I've got an ancient LCD), but I am having problems even putting together a comprehensive list of what I need. Kinda seems like a lot of work =/ |
Got mine for around 700€ (~$950) about half a year ago.
Newegg prices are much cheaper than anything here in Europe, so you really shouldn't pay more than $1000 for a PC that will easily outperform mine.
| IllegalPaladin said: Mainly the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit is how much RAM it can see. In 32-bit, you can only see around 3-4gigs of RAM. In 64-bit, you can use a LOT more ram (depending on the OS, ex- Windows 7 home, professional, ect). This can be a useful chart, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions#Comparison_chart
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My bad, for some reason I thought that the 32 bit version would be called x32. I know the difference between 32 and 64 bit OS, just wasn't sure what the x86 meant.
Here's something to start with. I just sort of pulled out products with good reviews and such so I'm sure you or others can find other stuff that'll work as well. So consider this more of a starting point of researching prices.
Things like keyboard, mouse, and speakers aren't included as that all depends on what you want and/or have. For example, I use a Logitech G5 that I've had for a while, a 7 year old keyboard, and a used set of Logitech 5.1 speakers that I got for half the retail price at the time. Heck, I've also been using my DVD burner and DVD-Rom for years as well. Might want to include some thermal compound in there as well.
I'm going to try to copy and paste of the products I put into Newegg's cart. Taken from US Newegg site.
$1,279.88 not counting shipping of course.
Get the 64 bit edition, most new rigs now have over 4 gigs of RAM (not including the video card RAM), you don't want to bottleneck your pc down the road with a 32bit OS.
Had to change my sig to get some moderator to quit bitching about it......
@ Paladin, holy shit bro, thanks for that. That i7 processor is the one I was looking at getting, its got a combo with
Depends on what you want. The Radeon 5870 is $100 more than the Radeon 5850 and the combo you listed gives you a $25 discount compared to buying the Radeon 5870 and i7 860 on their own.
Here's a link to Guru3d's review of the Radeon 5850. The page it's on is the first of the benchmarks. If you scroll down you can see a graph on each game benchmark page with the results of numerous graphics cards (including the 5870) at 1920x1200 resolution and 8xAA.
As for the power supply, I think that would be enough unless you planned on having dual GPU's.
Build= better=cheaper=most parts have longer indivdual warrenties than a whole bought computer.
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