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New PC build
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:45 am
by ctodd
A buddy of mine wants to build anew PC. Can you guys recommend some good hardware. He's looking at a EVGA 680i A1 MB. I havent did any research on it yet. So help a brotha out and give me some good advice
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:50 am
by Sava700
Ok... budget amount please?
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:29 am
by ctodd
I forgot around 1500
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:46 pm
by YeOldeStonecat
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:07 pm
by Shagster
As a mod you should be deleting it, not referencing it!
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:25 pm
by ctodd
I reference that thread. You know hardware it changes daily.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:15 pm
by Sava700
well it was a good thread..just didn't exactly have a givin amount for a budget like I asked for before offering suggestions.. and in that case of 1500 follow my choices
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:34 pm
by YARDofSTUF
Mobo -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131196
CPU -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115028
Memory -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820227178
Video -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814186016
Power supply -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817703009
Hard drive -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822145137
Thats about 1250 right there, plus Vista Home premium can be had for 112 bucks more if you need it, that still gives you room for a case and CD/DVD drives.
Could drop down to the next CPU and a different PSU, plus springing a bit more for a 8800GTX card, but that wouldnt be a bad system there for gaming.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:53 pm
by Mark
i would look strongly at a
quad core for the same amount of money, assuming you are willing to overclock some and the mobo supports it, it would really help on some software.
what are the main uses of this PC ?
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:07 pm
by Rivas
Mark wrote:i would look strongly at a
quad core for the same amount of money, assuming you are willing to overclock some and the mobo supports it, it would really help on some software.
what are the main uses of this PC ?
I agree quadcores are more future proof.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:01 pm
by ctodd
He'll be gaming mostly. Not a hardcore gamer though.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:24 pm
by YARDofSTUF
Will he overclock it or keep it stock?
Quad cores are nice, I sure as hell want one. But for a casual user with some gaming I would rather have a higher clocked dual core cpu.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:57 pm
by Izzo
YARDofSTUF wrote:Will he overclock it or keep it stock?
Quad cores are nice, I sure as hell want one. But for a casual user with some gaming I would rather have a higher clocked dual core cpu.
Ya, same here....I'm running my C2D E6600 at stock and it's still more than enough horsepower for anything out there.
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:39 pm
by happyday999