i'm so excited, I got my parts today! So off to build it now. If I don't come back in a few days things went wrong;)
| thranx said: i'm so excited, I got my parts today! So off to build it now. If I don't come back in a few days things went wrong;) |
Good luck! Just remember to try to build someplace with hardwood/tiled floors, since carpets can teem with static electricity. If you have any questions while building, feel free to post 'em.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
Well that was a nice and easy build and windows install. I only had one hiccup, i forgot to plug in the power led, but other than that it was extremely smooth, much better than my first build. And I must say so far I really like windows 7 and I am glad I upgraded to it
Very nice thread here Garcian Smith!
This thread is giving off some great PC love especially with ameratsu's Aquaria avatar (love that game and glad to see other spreading the word!)
The only thing I didn't see specifically mentioned were MODS which are one of PC gaming's biggest strengths imo. Check this thread for some new ones - http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=96390
Also moddb.com is a great site that lets you track your favorite mods for updates and downloads.
Finally I started a modding social club, where we play old and new online mods that don't always have large user bases.
Feel free to join and have fun :)
http://www.moddb.com/groups/social-modding-club
Current Favorites:
Wii - Muramasa, MH3, Metroid Trilogy, RS2, Okami, RE4, COD, Dead Space, Scarface
PC - L4D, TF2, BFBC2, Killing Floor, Aquaria, Warsow, many UDK indie games
Mods - MechWarrior:Living Legends, Star Wars: Galatic Warfare, PVKII, Goldeneye Source, L4D mods
PS3 - Demon Souls, Way of the Samurai 3
Social Modding Club: ModDb | Steam
| thranx said: Well that was a nice and easy build and windows install. I only had one hiccup, i forgot to plug in the power led, but other than that it was extremely smooth, much better than my first build. And I must say so far I really like windows 7 and I am glad I upgraded to it |
Yeah, mobo/case plugs are a bitch, and it's a crime that there hasn't been a standard configuration developed for them yet. Plugging in those tiny power/reset/LED plugs in the right configuration caused the most problems for me too.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
So
So I can ask for advice on a build in this topic?
Me and the wife decided we'd build a desktop after we sold our condo.... and we're way ahead of schedule.
What're you planning on doing with it, just for email/web/office/etc. or for gaming, or video editing or something as well?
Also, what price are you looking at?
| Wii/PC/DS Lite/PSP-2000 owner, shameless Nintendo and AMD fanboy.
My comp, as shown to the right (click for fullsize pic) |
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| CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.2 GHz Video Card: XFX 1 GB Radeon HD 5870 Memory: 8 GB A-Data DDR3-1600 Motherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 Primary Storage: OCZ Vertex 120 GB Case: Cooler Master HAF-932 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
Extra Storage: WD Caviar Black 640 GB, WD Caviar Black 750 GB, WD Caviar Black 1 TB Display: Triple ASUS 25.5" 1920x1200 monitors Sound: HT Omega Striker 7.1 sound card, Logitech X-540 5.1 speakers Input: Logitech G5 mouse, Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 keyboard |
| Wii Friend Code: 2772 8804 2626 5138 | Steam: jefforange89 |
| jefforange89 said: What're you planning on doing with it, just for email/web/office/etc. or for gaming, or video editing or something as well? |
Gaming
She said to me, two grand, but I think I want to aim for more like 1500 including monitor and OS
That's easy. 1500's enough for basically top-of-the-line everything.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236047
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102872
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.323094
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.322821
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.315058
Comes out to 1410$ with shipping, after mail-in rebates. That's basically what I have in front of me right now, you've go the most powerful single-GPU video card on the market, great CPU, tons of HDD space, huge monitor, and so on.
Obviously, if you wanna cut down from that, there's plenty of room for you to go down a lot. You can probably cut down on how much you spend as well by getting different combos and rebates, I threw this together somewhat quickly. =\
Alternatively, you could spend a bit more money and get an i7 as well, just swap the CPU/motherboard combo there for this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.315584
| Wii/PC/DS Lite/PSP-2000 owner, shameless Nintendo and AMD fanboy.
My comp, as shown to the right (click for fullsize pic) |
|
| CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.2 GHz Video Card: XFX 1 GB Radeon HD 5870 Memory: 8 GB A-Data DDR3-1600 Motherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 Primary Storage: OCZ Vertex 120 GB Case: Cooler Master HAF-932 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
Extra Storage: WD Caviar Black 640 GB, WD Caviar Black 750 GB, WD Caviar Black 1 TB Display: Triple ASUS 25.5" 1920x1200 monitors Sound: HT Omega Striker 7.1 sound card, Logitech X-540 5.1 speakers Input: Logitech G5 mouse, Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 keyboard |
| Wii Friend Code: 2772 8804 2626 5138 | Steam: jefforange89 |
| jefforange89 said: That's easy. 1500's enough for basically top-of-the-line everything. Obviously, if you wanna cut down from that, there's plenty of room for you to go down a lot. You can probably cut down on how much you spend as well by getting different combos and rebates, I threw this together somewhat quickly. = Alternatively, you could spend a bit more money and get an i7 as well, just swap the CPU/motherboard combo there for this: |
Hmmm. I think I will end up coming down on some of these, jsut for the sake of 'bang for your buck'. Hell, pretty sure two 200-dollar graphics cards would be a lot more efficient...
Might end up making a topic. Anybody mind?
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