Gaming Rig

[Suite307]

Need a gaming rig, between 900$ and 1200$. No Hard Drives, No Sound Cards. Just Case , Cooling if needed , Mobo , Cpu, Ram, PSU.

EDIT : yeah, a video card >.< ( Main reason i want to upgrade my rig, it's still on AGP 8x , a measly little N6600GT. )

Memo : So Far .... *(BOLD = ACQUIRED ) ( UNDERLINED = TO be Bought )

GPU : XFX 8800GT for 150$
HD : 320gb Seagate 7200.10 for 65$
PSU : ...
Mobo : ...
CPU : ...
Case : ...

Total so far : 215$

[Icculus]

Here's what I use:

Antec Sonata III case $129.99 (W/500W PowerSupply)

Intel Core2 Duo E650 (3.00 GhZ - $189.99

Asus P5N-D motherboard - $149.99

Kingston HyperX memory (2GB) $47.99

You didn't mention video card but I use a GeForce 8800GTS (640MB) - $234.99

Total price (not including shipping) $752.95

There are better/faster parts out there but with this setup I can run Crysis at1280x1024 on high detail settings with no hiccups or freezes.

Hope that helps get you started,

-Icculus

[Suite307]

Noice. Move this to tech by the way.
Yeah. I'll probably go to NCIX and order those. I'll need a canadian supplier :P

[puppychow]

if ur bored heres 2 configurators ive used in the past. you will pay a bit more than getting the components straight yourself, but sometimes im too lazy to slap everything together..

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/
unitedmicro.com

posted before i saw the canadian part...

[uBeR]

• AMD Phenom 9750 2.4GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor ($215)
• JetWay HA04-Extreme AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard ($155)
• CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory ($64)
• GIGABYTE GZ-FA2CA-AJB Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case ($135)
• PC Power & Cooling S75QB EPS12V 750W Power Supply ($119)

Total: $768 (after mail-in rebates and before shipping).

With a video card:

• EVGA 640-P2-N824-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card ($225)

Total: $993 (after mail-in rebates and before shipping).

[zSilver_Fox]

Last I heard the phenom dropped the ball in comparison to the Intel C2D series, but that may just be for overclocking.

[Innoc]

Originally Posted by Suite307

Need a gaming rig, between 900$ and 1200$. No Hard Drives, No Sound Cards. Just Case , Cooling if needed , Mobo , Cpu, Ram, PSU.

EDIT : yeah, a video card >.< ( Main reason i want to upgrade my rig, it's still on AGP 8x , a measly little N6600GT. )

No hard drives? Are you using SATA2 already? If not you'll certainly see a performance hit from using older drives. Also, what interface does your optical drive(s) use? If it's not SATA as well I'd be careful that the Southbridge controller fully supports ATAPI...that seems to be more and more common nowadays. Also P5N-D board quoted ITT is an SLi board right? If you're not going to use SLi why pay for it? If you are going to use it I seem to recall reading something about both PCI-e ports being throttled in SLi mode. Food for thought anyway.

[Suite307]

sata = speed eh ? Damn it. I want to keep my Dvd burner too. But nothing's Sata on this board currently, the rig's almost 4 years old.

[Innoc]

Originally Posted by Suite307

sata = speed eh ? Damn it. I want to keep my Dvd burner too. But nothing's Sata on this board currently, the rig's almost 4 years old.

That board that was quoted only has a single PATA port and that's fairly common....if they have pata at all. Like I said, you typically have to dig to determine whether the controller for that pata port will work reliably with atapi devices.

[Suite307]

Originally Posted by Innoc

That board that was quoted only has a single PATA port and that's fairly common....if they have pata at all. Like I said, you typically have to dig to determine whether the controller for that pata port will work reliably with atapi devices.

Should i list my current parts ?

[Ihmhi]

Originally Posted by Suite307

Should i list my current parts ?

That would be a good idea, yes.