BEST possible pc?

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swirly

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What is the bes possible pc can I build for about $2,000 or less. I want like that $1,000 turbo processor and a top of the line video card.
 
Uhhhh go back to playing Counter-Strike.

You really expect us to configure you a system with the remaining fifty cents?

You should do some reassure to better inform you of what you are diving into. If not then there are a lot of OEM computer companies that will serve your need. Thankfully [H] already has a lot of excellent reviews for you.

Good luck.
 
The top of the line graphics card and top of the line processor is going to be crippling to the $2000 budget.... Since your only going to have like $400 left over if that.
 
swirly said:
What is the bes possible pc can I build for about $2,000 or less. I want like that $1,000 turbo processor and a top of the line video card.
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Yea...blowing half your budget on a CPU is just plain stupid. Blowing a quarter or more of your budget on a video card is even more supid. You are looking at an X2 4400+, 7900GT, 2 GB RAM, that kind of deal. Not an FX-60 with dual X1900XTXs and 4 GB RAM or anything like that.
 
AMD X2 4400
eVGA or BFG 7900GT ( eVGA 4TW on 7800GT, dunno aboot the 7900s)
Corsair XMS 2GB RAM

There's your basis

But Dellienware probably has some decent comps with a nice *cough* expensive *cough* warranty on 'em for when your "turbo" processor goes out.
 
The dual-core Opterons are a sweet deal if you are willing to overclock them a little bit. You can get the "turbo" processor performance for about $300-$400 from one of them. Monarch may be a good place for you to build system. www.monarchcomputer.com
 
Okay I meant like a really good pc.

Okay the AMD X2 4400, 2GB Ram (ddr2?) , and Geforce 7900

That's what I want to start off. I am bad with cooling.. So should I get liquid cooling kit?

Power Supply strong enough? Which one? I'm a noob.. lol

Fans?

How much would this all be, cd rom drives dvd-rw?
 
Okay I am probably building this pc sometime around summer, maybe later.

Here's what I got for now!


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103546 - AMD 64 X2 4400+

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130279 - EVGA Geforce 7900 GTX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145574 - Corsair XMS 2GB PC3200 Ram


Can someone find some newegg links for great power supples that can handle the pc? Some fans, Dvd-Rom and DVD-RW drives also? Heatsink for my processor? All other necesseties of computers. Maybe my ram isnt good? Can someone help me optimize this pc? Thanks!
 
swirly said:
I am bad with cooling.. So should I get liquid cooling kit?
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What exactly do you mean when you say you're bad with cooling. I'm bad with cooling too, my lungs just don't have the capacity for it. But its easy enough to put down some thermal paste, heatsink and fan and plug it in.
 
swirly said:
Okay I am probably building this pc sometime around summer, maybe later.
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I don't know exactly what you mean by "summer", but if you're planning on building a computer in a few months from now, don't plan ahead. Prices will drop and new technology will come out.

Not to be totally discouraging, but from your posts (i.e. lack of detail - not good with cooling?), I honestly think you'd be better off going OEM.

If you're serious, do research and figure most of your questions out on your own. You'll learn a lot more that way, instead of just listening to other people's opinions.
 
swirly said:
I'm a noob.. lol
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and you've been here since 2004?? 500+ posts? are you okay?! :confused:

looking thru your past posts, i'd advise you to just buy a prebuilt system from any number of fine manufacturers. if formatting a HDD and isolating spyware is taxing for you, perhaps a new build is out of your league.
 
No, I know shit... I mean, I built pc's before for me and friends, and they work fine. I am planning ahead, I want the pc I said. By that time the prices would be cheaper, which is better.. Maybe if a new video card comes out I'll make some changes..

Pretend I am buying that pc tomorrow. What would you recommend to me for PSU, heatsinks, fans, liquid cooling. etc... Links please! :)
 
Yeah it'll be better. I would probably still get this same system, just it will be cheaper because of the new shit coming out. But seriously, can you guys get me links to PSU's, FANS, Liquid Cooling, and whatever else i need besides ram cpu, and video card. I need to prepare, because last time I didnt really think it out too much. I can change it up later on, but I want something to start, the basics, i want liquid cooling though.. and thansk for the psu link!
 
swirly said:
How is this for a power supply?


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817159056

And how many fans would I need for a great gaming rig? Don;t forget I want some liquid cooling.. Thanks for helping me guys! =) keep links coming.
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Look at the psu link that someone gave you. Find something in there that fits your needs and buy it. Nowhere in that faq does it say anything about coolmax. Buy a fortron, or an antec... or any one of the units that is mentions as being good in the faq.

Why do you want watercooling? From your posts it seems like you don't need the extra trouble. I'm only saying this because 90% of the information that you need is already in the forum, but you want people to put together a system for you.

What do you want to do with this computer exactly? Are you going to overclock it?

If you aren't going to overclock, then don't bother with getting high end memory. Water cooling is pointless as well. IMHO, just stick to stock cooling. If you aren't going to build it for a while, what is the point of naming a budget and finding components now?
 
guys, look thru his past posts and maybe you'll get a better idea on how to help him achieve his goals. might save you some typing. ;)
 
Lol, um, idk, I might be buying it soon. I want people to help me build a pc, because I fucked mine up last time with compatibility and heat issues.. Thats why I want watercooling and a good psu.. last time I went cheap with a psu, and my pc restarted all the time.. so if you guys good go to newegg and just find me something nice real fast, id appreciate it, if not, idk ..
 
swirly said:
Okay I am probably building this pc sometime around summer, maybe later.

Here's what I got for now!


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103546 - AMD 64 X2 4400+

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130279 - EVGA Geforce 7900 GTX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145574 - Corsair XMS 2GB PC3200 Ram


Can someone find some newegg links for great power supples that can handle the pc? Some fans, Dvd-Rom and DVD-RW drives also? Heatsink for my processor? All other necesseties of computers. Maybe my ram isnt good? Can someone help me optimize this pc? Thanks!
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if you are planning to build the best possible computer - in summer. you shouldn't start pricing stuff out now, things will be alot different in a couple months in the computer world.
 
Not best possible, just a great gaming computer, that will handle games like UT2007, oblivion, and all other high end games flawlessly.. not top of the line $5,000 pc. Something like I posted. Only with fans psu, etc.
 
650w is overkill for you. I don't think I'd ever buy that unless I was doing SLI
The antec 550w TP2 is a great psu, even the 480w would be enough.

fans.. are you using your current case? I'd just go and buy a $100 case(seeming how you said your old one overheated) and it shall come with fans.

I wouldn't go Water-cooling, it does not sound to me like you will be doing some mad overclocking, so air will be fine, and easier.

I'd suggest you buying an OEM system though, it will save you from tons of headaches. Monarch computer's has some good custom ones, and if I remember correctly HardOCP said Falcon was pretty good.
 
What's the site where you can configure the pc you want? I forgot it, and I'm not talking about dell.. Can you find me one?

OEM pc's are overprices because they charge you for them building it..

I could save so much money by building it myspace, plus I've done it before.
 
swirly said:
What's the site where you can configure the pc you want? I forgot it, and I'm not talking about dell.. Can you find me one?
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there are quite literally THOUSANDS of these places. a less-than-a-second search on Yahoo/Google/etc. will find a veritable plethora of fine choices.


OEM pc's are overprices because they charge you for them building it..
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it's called "labor". they'll charge for it, of course, but it'll save you from having to worry about "blowing up" any of your components.

I could save so much money by building it myspace, plus I've done it before.
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i don't think myspace builds PCs; rather it's a chat-hole for kids and adults who act like kids. ;)
 
Lol, um? wtf was the myspace shit about haaha. But anyways, I think I am going to build a pc.. sometime.. with direct x 10.
 
swirly said:
Lol, um? wtf was the myspace shit about haaha. But anyways, I think I am going to build a pc.. sometime.. with direct x 10.
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Have fun waiting till the end of the year, and would you mine telling us what happened to the old one you screwed up?
 
I might build one sooner, but anyways, my old one was fine, just outdated, so I sold it for $850.
 
Dewd..Get a Dell....or a cheap Alienware....or an Overdrive SLI...or an M6 Sniper...etc..etc.... ;)
 
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I'd suggest you buying an OEM system though, it will save you from tons of headaches. Monarch computer's has some good custom ones, and if I remember correctly HardOCP said Falcon was pretty good.
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Yeah but Falcon's going to be way out of his range. Monarch's alright. Other good reviews here lately were Velocity (right in your price range, buddy), Alienware (but watch out for their service) and some of the larger OEMs.

I gotta second everyone's opinion on this thread. Guy - you do not sound like you know what you're doing. Stop asking everyone to put your PC together for you. If you're hellbent on rolling your own read thru the reviews here on all the different components. And then go play around on some of the cofigurators on these builders websites' and see what they offer. In other words, go forth and learn.
 
Im guessing you made this post because you dont feel like going through all the different forums and researching for yourself..but if you dont wanna do that atleast listen to what people are suggesting. I am also pretty nooby but I've been READING the forums I'll try to summarize what people have been suggesting.

Power Supply - Enermax Liberty, Fortron, Antec, PC Power & Cooling, Seasonic make quality power supplies and if you are going to get SLI..just look for the ones w/ the SLI certified badge

Processor - You dont always need the most expensive CPU if you are going to overclock (or even if you arent..its a waste to spend $ on something that is overkill..like others have suggested already in the very same post, the AMD Athlon X2 4400+ or an Opteron 165 or 170 is good

Motherboard - ASUS A8N32 SLI deluxe or SLI Premium , DFI Expert, or an MSI Diamond Plus if you are going SLI. Check out the motherboard forums and pick out what you find is best for you

RAM - Many have suggested G. Skill ( you might not have heard of it but it is in fact a a good company and they make great stuff for a reasonable price. Also check out OCZ, Crucial ballistix, etc..(btw you need DDR not DDR2 because AMD motherboards do not support DDR2.

Harddrive - Not necessary to get a 10,000 RPM Raptor because the new 16MB cache hard drives are almost as fast..check out Seagate 7200.9 or Western Digital Caviar SE or Maxtor (Maxline III or Diamondmax?? not sure which one is better)

DVD burner - NEC 3550A is good and its cheap too

Video card - Evga Geforce 7900GT seems to be the hot thing right now..other good brands are XFX and BFG

Cases - A nice Lian Li will be fine and a lot of people like the Antec P-180

Watercooling - if you really want it check out Dangerden

I hope I was able to help you out a little bit, but you have to do some research yourself. I dont think anyone really wants to piece out a whole system for you. Just read the subforums man haha. Or you can just go to one of the OEM sites like Voodoopc, Hypersonic-pc, Falcon Northwest, etc. and see what parts they use. And as everyone else was saying..stuff will really change in the summer and their will be better prices for better stuff...Ex: The 7900GT is out and the price on the 7800GT hasnt dropped much, but it would be wise to buy the 7900GT considering the price difference.
 
is anyone else sick of these freaking threads??

people with no money asking for teh uber box....
 
swirly said:
Yeah I need to find a way to get the money first rofl..
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You're really wasting our time here if this is the case. Please, please grow up.
 
dude. . you want us to do research for you and you don't even have the freaking money to invest? I saved 2300$ before making my current build, and spent countless hours researching sites and talking to mods and experienced forum members before actually making any set choices. I have no patience for people like you, seriously go buy OEM, there are plenty of decent companies that have machines catered to people with your "special needs". I vote for thread lock, this is going nowhere
 
nevermind that i pointed this guy out to everyone wayyyy back. i was trying to keep everyone from wasting their time, but... oh well.
 
In my opinion, you can have an amazing gaming computer that will last for years at high settings/resolution for less than $1200. Just ballparking your budget, I would suggest these:

Video Card: X1900XT - $450
RAM: 2x1GB PC4000 Team Xtreem Micron - $270
Motherboard: DFI Expert (Or anything better) - $180
Processor: Opteron 165 - $260
Case: ExtremeEngine 3T - $120
Heatsink: Tuniq Tower 120 - $50
PSU: Antec TruePower 2.0 550w EPS (Or anything better) - $90
HDD: 2x Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB - $160
Extra Fans: 1x Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F - $20
Arctic Silver 5 - $10
Total: $1610

The downsides to this setup would be the intruding side case fan on the extremengine 3T not allowing room for the tuniq tower heatsink. Just pop the fan out and screw it back on, on the opposite side of the side plate. The upsides have to be the excellent performance for the price, extreme overclockability, great air cooling, and the uniq case fans.

Try to use these parts as a jumping off point for you to compare other parts to. Some changes you could make off the top of my head would be replacing the X1900XT with a 7900GTX, replacing the ram with G.Skill 2x1GB PC4000 RAM (great sale on it right now!), replacing the opteron with any 64 counterpart, and replacing the tuniq tower with some new fangled pure-copper contraption, haha! Hope this helps!

P.S.

In the future, I would do alot of research before asking these general questions. People tend to think you want them to do the work for you when you ask "What parts should I get?". After you have a general idea of the parts you want, you should then check out their benchmarks/reviews/comparisons with other similarly performing parts. Some good review websites are www.anandtech.com and www.tomshardware.com. Asking for help or insight is fine, but asking people to do all of the research and work for you is not.
 
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