Friend looking for a new comp

What size monitor does he have?

I believe he'll need a better PSU for Crossfire, but answer the monitor question first, and we can go from there.

What's his budget, and what is included in that budget? (tax/shipping, operating system, keyboard, mouse, etc)
 
Well I am just asking for suggestions for a 1k or under pc gaming computer build. As to which he wants it to play Crysis.
 
DeathDesigns said:
Well I am just asking for suggestions for a 1k or under pc gaming computer build. As to which he wants it to play Crysis.
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Recommendations change with budget. If that 1K budget includes an OS, thats kills $100 right there. If it includes tax, that kills a bunch right there, too. If it includes shipping, there goes another $30 (worst case). But hey, here's a good gaming system for $1K:

$275 - Q6600
$130 - GA-P35-DS3R (can't find an IP35 vanilla anywhere, wth?)
$250 - 8800GT
$75 - 2x2GB DDR2-800
$70 - 320GB 7200.10
$70 - Corsair VX450
$80 - CM RC-690 ($45MIR)
$30 - SATA DVDRW
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$980 + tax and shipping - any MIRs
 
So to ask again, what parts does your friend need for that $1000 budget? And does that budget include tax and shipping?
 
enginurd said:
Yah, but at $140 + shipping, it isn't exactly a good deal. Mine was only $118 - $25MIR from mwave. :(
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it's seems lately that there's been either a SUPER high demand for ip35 boards, or a SUPER low supply

a few weeks ago you couldn't find a -e for less than $120.
 
Thanks for the build, I changed it a little and it came out to a total of 1,016.02 after shipping and rebate (no tax for my state :eek:). Any more quick builds and suggestions would be awesome (One of the extra costs on that was a cpu fan though, also selected the q6600 psu combo)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182097
Is rosewill a good psu brand? It fits into his budget almost (I told him I'd give him a little for Christmas if needed, and he might still have his old hard drive :D)
 
No, Rosewill is not known for their PSUs. I havent found any specific info on that Rosewill PSU, but he doesnt even need that much power. I'd go for the Corsair 450W, 550W, or 520W instead. At least those are known to be of great quality. PSU is not something you want to gamble with.
 
DeathDesigns said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182097
Is rosewill a good psu brand? It fits into his budget almost (I told him I'd give him a little for Christmas if needed, and he might still have his old hard drive :D)
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Is his old hard drive IDE or SATA? If its IDE, just buy a new SATA drive. Or buy a IDE PCI Controller card. Most Intel mobos these days have only one IDE port. If its SATA, its all good.

As for the PSU, thats just bloody overkill. And second, Enginurd is right, Rosewill aren't known for good PSUs, except the Extreme RX750-S-B 750W that they have. Any of the Corsair Power supplies that Enginurd recommended will be more than enough for his system.
 
As everyone else has said, a 950W power supply is really overkill, the highest end system doesn't need more than 750W, and that is still being generous. Crossfire is also overkill for a 17 incher. The 8800GT will be fine alone.

As for the motherboards, a very popular one at the moment is the Asus P5K-E WiFi AP. Great board overall, if he needs WiFi, otherwise, he could stick with the standard model, or otherwise.
 
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