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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
I'll be doing some middling gaming SC II, and some swtor and Guild wars 2 when they come out. But the benchmark I need to hit is for BF3, recommended system specs were recently tweeted by a dev here http://yfrog.com/nvfjhp (GTX 560 or Radeon 6950 + quad core cpu)
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
I just want to meet, and hopefully exceed, these requirements and build the best bang for your buck pc w/ no bottlenecking so that I'm not upgrading it too soon and so that down the road i'm not replacing parts that i paid twice as much for half the performance boost. My uneducated guess is that the sweet spot price/performance wise is probably around $1330.
3) Where do you live?
Upstate New York
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
My first build and i'm a real green so I might forget something, but here goes: CPU,GPU,RAM,MOBO,DVDDrive,SSD,
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Acer H243H, Razer DeathAdder, M-Audio Studiophile AV 40
6) Will you be overclocking?
If I can assemble this computer without snapping anything in half or accidentally creating a black hole then I'll worry about overclocking. But yes, I'd like to have the option to in the future.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
24
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
this week unless black friday deals start soon and you guys think ii's worth waiting a week or so.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
Obviously not starting out with 2 GPU's but If sli makes it cheaper to upgrade in the future then yes, unless 2 gfx cards is a hassle then no. No interest in raid atm, just want the mobo to be whatever the word is that means its less hassle to set up. Completely blanking on the word i wanna say standard or proprietary but i know thats not the word.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
yes.
So far this is what i'm looking to buy
$125 - NZXT Phantom Black - I know it's a bit pricy but I like the look and what i've read about it. Unless theres been a slick new case thats come out in the past 3 months (and I've looked at a few on neweggtv) then I think I'm pretty set on this case. Though the Corsair Carbide Series 500R White Steel is nice for a white case.
HDD - the one danny bui suggested just today to someone that i completely cant find now. It was around $68 and he said something along the lines of it was the best performing 1tb 7500 rpm drive
My big 3 question are about SSD since it's obviously a big expense here, thoughts on is it worth it?
I would obviously feel most comfortable with at least 128gb but could I get away with a smaller one?
and are ssd'd like hdd's where you need to keep a percentage of the drive size free in order for it to function as smoothly as possible?
I feel like I really want that application load speed especially with swtor and I'm worried if I set up this build with my os on a 1tb hdd then theres no going back.
guessing i5 2600
I'll be doing some middling gaming SC II, and some swtor and Guild wars 2 when they come out. But the benchmark I need to hit is for BF3, recommended system specs were recently tweeted by a dev here http://yfrog.com/nvfjhp (GTX 560 or Radeon 6950 + quad core cpu)
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
I just want to meet, and hopefully exceed, these requirements and build the best bang for your buck pc w/ no bottlenecking so that I'm not upgrading it too soon and so that down the road i'm not replacing parts that i paid twice as much for half the performance boost. My uneducated guess is that the sweet spot price/performance wise is probably around $1330.
3) Where do you live?
Upstate New York
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
My first build and i'm a real green so I might forget something, but here goes: CPU,GPU,RAM,MOBO,DVDDrive,SSD,
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Acer H243H, Razer DeathAdder, M-Audio Studiophile AV 40
6) Will you be overclocking?
If I can assemble this computer without snapping anything in half or accidentally creating a black hole then I'll worry about overclocking. But yes, I'd like to have the option to in the future.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
24
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
this week unless black friday deals start soon and you guys think ii's worth waiting a week or so.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
Obviously not starting out with 2 GPU's but If sli makes it cheaper to upgrade in the future then yes, unless 2 gfx cards is a hassle then no. No interest in raid atm, just want the mobo to be whatever the word is that means its less hassle to set up. Completely blanking on the word i wanna say standard or proprietary but i know thats not the word.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
yes.
So far this is what i'm looking to buy
$125 - NZXT Phantom Black - I know it's a bit pricy but I like the look and what i've read about it. Unless theres been a slick new case thats come out in the past 3 months (and I've looked at a few on neweggtv) then I think I'm pretty set on this case. Though the Corsair Carbide Series 500R White Steel is nice for a white case.
HDD - the one danny bui suggested just today to someone that i completely cant find now. It was around $68 and he said something along the lines of it was the best performing 1tb 7500 rpm drive
My big 3 question are about SSD since it's obviously a big expense here, thoughts on is it worth it?
I would obviously feel most comfortable with at least 128gb but could I get away with a smaller one?
and are ssd'd like hdd's where you need to keep a percentage of the drive size free in order for it to function as smoothly as possible?
I feel like I really want that application load speed especially with swtor and I'm worried if I set up this build with my os on a 1tb hdd then theres no going back.
guessing i5 2600
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