hello everyone,
I'm currently on the verge of upgrading from an Asus P5N-SLI mobo, Intel E6400 running stock, evga 8800gt and 2GB ddr2667 ram to a relatively inexpensive i7 build.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
- Gaming definitely (Stalker Clear Sky, Fallout 3, Left4Dead, Crysis, etc. Mainly FPS. AND GTA IV) - Also, lots of DVD to mp4 encoding, light photoshop work and everyday tasks.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
- shooting for under 800, tax and shipping included
3) Where do you live?
- Texas
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
- CPU, MOBO, RAM, and A couple of new Hard Drives.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
- CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 750, EVGA 8800GT, Razer Barracuda audiocard, SATA optical drive and a couple of stat hard drives.
6) Will you be overclocking?
- maybe light processor overclock on stock cooling
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
- Dell 2407WFP @ 1920x1200, probably down/upgrading to 32 or 42inch LCD @ 1920x1080 or 1366x768.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
- Friday (March 6, Today)
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support?
- no raid, no firewire, no crossfire or sli necessary. The more usb ports the better.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
- Windows Vista 32 Bit Ultimate and Windows 7 Beta 64bit. Looking to buy Vista Business 64-Bit, but not at the moment.
What I have at the moment is:
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R
i7 920
OCZ 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD1601ABYS 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
I'm keeping the 8800GT for now and waiting to see if the 1GB 4870's are going to drop any more in price. I'm buying the 160GB WD drive to replace a 40gig IDE drive that I'm using as a boot drive, and the 640GB drive to replace a "grinding" sounding 400gb HD i have now for storage.
What do you guys think?
I'm currently on the verge of upgrading from an Asus P5N-SLI mobo, Intel E6400 running stock, evga 8800gt and 2GB ddr2667 ram to a relatively inexpensive i7 build.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
- Gaming definitely (Stalker Clear Sky, Fallout 3, Left4Dead, Crysis, etc. Mainly FPS. AND GTA IV) - Also, lots of DVD to mp4 encoding, light photoshop work and everyday tasks.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
- shooting for under 800, tax and shipping included
3) Where do you live?
- Texas
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
- CPU, MOBO, RAM, and A couple of new Hard Drives.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
- CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 750, EVGA 8800GT, Razer Barracuda audiocard, SATA optical drive and a couple of stat hard drives.
6) Will you be overclocking?
- maybe light processor overclock on stock cooling
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
- Dell 2407WFP @ 1920x1200, probably down/upgrading to 32 or 42inch LCD @ 1920x1080 or 1366x768.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
- Friday (March 6, Today)
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support?
- no raid, no firewire, no crossfire or sli necessary. The more usb ports the better.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
- Windows Vista 32 Bit Ultimate and Windows 7 Beta 64bit. Looking to buy Vista Business 64-Bit, but not at the moment.
What I have at the moment is:
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R
i7 920
OCZ 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD1601ABYS 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
I'm keeping the 8800GT for now and waiting to see if the 1GB 4870's are going to drop any more in price. I'm buying the 160GB WD drive to replace a 40gig IDE drive that I'm using as a boot drive, and the 640GB drive to replace a "grinding" sounding 400gb HD i have now for storage.
What do you guys think?