So I'm gonna build a desktop PC to use mainly for gaming. I want to know what your specs are so I can get some suggestions for components in mine. Post the price of your rig to if you remember it :smile.gif:
EDIT: Anyone who wants to suggest parts the budget is $600ish American. I don't need a monitor or anything, just the tower.
I'm running on an i5 2300, EVGA 1gb vram card, 4 gigs ram, 600w power supply, 500gb green hard drive, rosewill armor case and a usb wireless adapter. The whole thing cost around $800 and it will destroy most of the competition.
My specs:
Intel I7 (first gen) 920 @ 4.0
ASUS P6T
Corsair XMP 6GB (3x2GB) @ 1600
nVidia 8800GT x2 (Upgrading to dual SLI 570 GTX on thursday)
2TB WD Caviar Black 7200rpm, 400 GB Sandisk 7200rpm, and a 500 Seagate 7200rpm (quite the variety :tongue.gif:)
NZXT Phantom (White)
Corsair 850w Professional Series
Thermalright Silver Arrow
Windows 7
Dell U2412M 1920x1200, Dell 1905FP 1280x1024
Price tag:... I dont even remember.
So I'm gonna build a desktop PC to use mainly for gaming. I want to know what your specs are so I can get some suggestions for components in mine. Post the price of your rig to if you remember it :smile.gif:
EDIT: Anyone who wants to suggest parts the budget is $600ish American. I don't need a monitor or anything, just the tower.
I answered AMD, because that's what I have. But that doesn't express what I'd choose in a new build. I'd prefer Nvidia, but I didn't have that option back when I got this.
AMD Phenom II 1100T
8GB (2x4GB) 1333MHz DDR3
ASUS M5A97 Evo AM3+
XFX Radeon HD 5850
ThermalTake SpinQ
WD Blue 7200RPM 500GB
SeaGate Barracuda 7200RPM 500GB
Corsair HX750
BitFenix Survivor
Want to replace the case and CPU cooler soon though. But after my current failure (bought a cheap pair of SteelSeries Siberia Neckband, turns out they're the iPod version, gotta return) I'm stuck :sad.gif:
How did I pay too much? The components I bought were worth exactly what I paid for them, if that's what you mean. If you mean that I spent too much on a computer in general, keep in mind "too much" is relative to your own money situation.
No, I do not mean too much in general terms. You blew too much on the 6990, when you could have Crossfired two 6950s and had more power for less.
I like my rig, but I wan to change my graphics card to a sapphire radeon 6950, because my Mobo doesn't support sli. Didn't think of that beforehand, im an idiot.
AMD phenom ii x4 970 at stock 3.5 ghz
PNY xlr8 gtx 560 ti
MSI 890fxa-gd70 mobo
Patriot sector 5 memory 2x4gb
Hitachi 1 tb 7200rpm hdd
Antec earthwatts 650 psu
memorex blue-ray drive
coolermaster hyper 101 cpu cooler (I know its not too great, but I wasn't sur if anything bigger would fit in my case)
coolermaster elite 335 case
Love this comp now it runs battlefield 3 at 50+ fps on high settings at 1080p.
The main parts for my computer are in my sig, but here's the rest.
Western Digital Caviar Blue 750GB 7,200RPM
OCZ Vertex Series 30GB SSD
Seasonic 500w PSU
Samsung super-writemaster cd/dvd drive
some cheap Rosewill case
I'm not sure of the cooler either
My computer doesn't have the best specs, but it was a gift from my uncle so I'm not gonna complain about a free computer. He brought the parts to my house and just told me step-by-step how to put it together. I'm not sure what cooler I'm using, I just know that it's big enough to block at least one RAM slot and keep my processor at around 28C idle.
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EDIT: Anyone who wants to suggest parts the budget is $600ish American. I don't need a monitor or anything, just the tower.
Budget is about $600 American (with some wiggle room on that price if necessary), and don't need keyboard or monitors or anything.
Intel I7 (first gen) 920 @ 4.0
ASUS P6T
Corsair XMP 6GB (3x2GB) @ 1600
nVidia 8800GT x2 (Upgrading to dual SLI 570 GTX on thursday)
2TB WD Caviar Black 7200rpm, 400 GB Sandisk 7200rpm, and a 500 Seagate 7200rpm (quite the variety :tongue.gif:)
NZXT Phantom (White)
Corsair 850w Professional Series
Thermalright Silver Arrow
Windows 7
Dell U2412M 1920x1200, Dell 1905FP 1280x1024
Price tag:... I dont even remember.
i5-4690K @4.6GHz ~ ASRock Z97X Fatal1ty Killer ~ EKWB Supremacy MX ~ Watercooled SLI STRIX 970s
Project RedShift
I answered AMD, because that's what I have. But that doesn't express what I'd choose in a new build. I'd prefer Nvidia, but I didn't have that option back when I got this.
I feel bad, you paid too much. :sad.gif:
8GB (2x4GB) 1333MHz DDR3
ASUS M5A97 Evo AM3+
XFX Radeon HD 5850
ThermalTake SpinQ
WD Blue 7200RPM 500GB
SeaGate Barracuda 7200RPM 500GB
Corsair HX750
BitFenix Survivor
Want to replace the case and CPU cooler soon though. But after my current failure (bought a cheap pair of SteelSeries Siberia Neckband, turns out they're the iPod version, gotta return) I'm stuck :sad.gif:
No, I do not mean too much in general terms. You blew too much on the 6990, when you could have Crossfired two 6950s and had more power for less.
Asus P8Z68 V-pro
8gb Corsair Vengeance Low Profile Memory
Cooler Master V6GT Cooler
ASUS ROG Matrix GTX 580
Corsair HX750 PSU
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
WD Caviar Green 2tb HDD
Asus Dvd burner
Cooler Master Haf X nVidia Edition case
AMD phenom ii x4 970 at stock 3.5 ghz
PNY xlr8 gtx 560 ti
MSI 890fxa-gd70 mobo
Patriot sector 5 memory 2x4gb
Hitachi 1 tb 7200rpm hdd
Antec earthwatts 650 psu
memorex blue-ray drive
coolermaster hyper 101 cpu cooler (I know its not too great, but I wasn't sur if anything bigger would fit in my case)
coolermaster elite 335 case
Love this comp now it runs battlefield 3 at 50+ fps on high settings at 1080p.
i5 6600k 4.6ghz / MSI 280X / 8Gb 2666 DDR4 / Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 / TX550M / 500Gb 850 EVO / NZXT S340 / Corsair K65 / Corsair M60
Western Digital Caviar Blue 750GB 7,200RPM
OCZ Vertex Series 30GB SSD
Seasonic 500w PSU
Samsung super-writemaster cd/dvd drive
some cheap Rosewill case
I'm not sure of the cooler either
My computer doesn't have the best specs, but it was a gift from my uncle so I'm not gonna complain about a free computer. He brought the parts to my house and just told me step-by-step how to put it together. I'm not sure what cooler I'm using, I just know that it's big enough to block at least one RAM slot and keep my processor at around 28C idle.
MSI Twin Frozr II 6950.