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daevud

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I'm a Mac guy; I'm getting more in to games and well theres nothing worth while for my mac, I have a sweet mac- but all my friends have PC's, I just got some birthday money and want to see what I can do with it. Those are my reasons. I want to find something for about 700-1000 thats good. I don't want to over clock-well maybe I do (we'll see) any ideas on what I should look for at newegg? (to build a decent PC from scratch) I'm a video editior so my Mac is my work comp and I want a PC to be my fun comp. If anyone knows just like what are the essential components I should get (brand) that I could use to put together total for 700-1000.
 
broad terms I would suggest an Athlon 64 socket 939, whatever speed you can afford, nForce 4 chipset motherboard, Gigabyte or Asus are favored these days, 2x 512 PC3200 DDR, sATA drive, DVD burner, and a eVGA 6800 plain or GT, check video forum for best card for the buck in PCI-E as I don't use one yet, and definitly get a case with at least one 120 mm fan in the rear, not dual 80mm. One 120 up front would be a good idea too, Chenbro or maybe an Antec case since they come with good power supplies, must have a good supply, mandatory. I use CRT, dime a dozen used and good for gaming and changing resolutions. You can get a 19 inch used for 50 or less, a better one a bit more, go for Trinitron or Diamondtron flat aperture grille tubes. Just my opinion, as they are a lot cheaper than LCD and great for gaming.
 
I love my super lanboy case from antec. its seriously light. my gf can pick it up with the pc stuff inside (nuf said).

go with AMD since your going for a gaming machine. definitely A64 or x2. you dont really need to overclock if you get a nice processor. which was my reason for getting a 4000+ (didnt wanna overclock). I wish I would have gone SLI on my video card choice. AGP is dying out. Do you have a monitor already? speakers? mouse/keyboard? that type of stuff can save you a bunch.
 
compulsivephreek said:
broad terms I would suggest an Athlon 64 socket 939, whatever speed you can afford, nForce 4 chipset motherboard, Gigabyte or Asus are favored these days, 2x 512 PC3200 DDR, sATA drive, DVD burner, and a eVGA 6800 plain or GT, check video forum for best card for the buck in PCI-E as I don't use one yet, and definitly get a case with at least one 120 mm fan in the rear, not dual 80mm. One 120 up front would be a good idea too, Chenbro or maybe an Antec case since they come with good power supplies, must have a good supply, mandatory. I use CRT, dime a dozen used and good for gaming and changing resolutions. You can get a 19 inch used for 50 or less, a better one a bit more, go for Trinitron or Diamondtron flat aperture grille tubes. Just my opinion, as they are a lot cheaper than LCD and great for gaming.
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Note on the power supply: Make sure you buy something with a 24 pin connector and has a decent amount of power on the 12v rails. Something like the Fortron AX-450PN would work well.
 
sc00ter said:
Ok..I'm going to get every last component this time. :p

CM Centurion 5 - $45
Antec TP 550W - $90
EPoX nF4 Ultra - $105
Opteron 148 Venus - $222
eVGA 6800GS - $209
Corsair VS 1GB - $80
Seagate 160GB - $95
NEC DVD burner - $40
XP-90 w/ Panaflo M1A + AS5 - $41
XP Home - $92
Total: $1019

Edit: Assuming you don't need a monitor/speakers/etc...
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since hes also got the mac(which he said he was still gonna use for work), he will probably need a monitor. And if he is not sure if he wants to overclock, why get an XP90? If he decides he wants to overclock, he can pick up a better hs/f later. And I would also get a fsp blue storm 500 watt and save 20 bucks, the 500 watt psu is enough.
 
Sorry missed that. Agree with LongShotHero, you wont need to spend the 41 bucks plus shipping and taxes if your not gonna overclock, or just want a light one. You can also save some money and get a 3700 san diego retail.

Dunno if you have considered going sff. I found it makes things easier, especially if your gonna only go for a light overclock. The 6100/6150 based mobos seem to be overclocker friendly and its a bit cheaper than the mobo listed. There are a few sff cases, but the antec aria and aspire qpack seem to be popular. It fits 2 optical drives, and a floppy along with 2 hard disk drives. I don't really see the need for more stuff, and it is less than 1/2 the size of a regular tower.
 
THANKS GUYS!
I do have a monitor- I'm thinking about getting some sort of switcher (if this exists) so I can switch between computers (monitor wise- maybe mouse/keyboard too) but I dunno if that even exists (it totally should!) but that doesn't matter (another wise I have the monitor and everything else I need just the tower)
 
It exists but the problem is that a large majority of them don't work so well. Hm.

-J.
 
Ah, well, if you have a monitor then my previous post still stands. Handy. What do you need a switcher for?
 
i recommend scooters list whole heartedly aside from the opteron (opterown for overclocking but :D )

although the FSP blue storm 500W is perfect as well :p no probs with mine :D

but yea, a 3200+ or a 3500+ would be fine... opteron is wasted money...
 
You could also wait a little bit and get the 3200+ E4 revision. The only difference between the Opteron and the E4 revision cores is the cache size.
 
compulsivephreek said:
broad terms I would suggest an Athlon 64 socket 939, whatever speed you can afford, nForce 4 chipset motherboard, Gigabyte or Asus are favored these days, 2x 512 PC3200 DDR, sATA drive, DVD burner, and a eVGA 6800 plain or GT, check video forum for best card for the buck in PCI-E as I don't use one yet, and definitly get a case with at least one 120 mm fan in the rear, not dual 80mm. One 120 up front would be a good idea too, Chenbro or maybe an Antec case since they come with good power supplies, must have a good supply, mandatory. I use CRT, dime a dozen used and good for gaming and changing resolutions. You can get a 19 inch used for 50 or less, a better one a bit more, go for Trinitron or Diamondtron flat aperture grille tubes. Just my opinion, as they are a lot cheaper than LCD and great for gaming.
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I agree for the most part. I would get a 939 A64 like you said, but for mobo i would get the nF4 DFI or MSI Neo4-F. That is of course to my overclocking inclinations though ;)

Otherwise you are right on.
 
daevud said:
THANKS GUYS!
I do have a monitor- I'm thinking about getting some sort of switcher (if this exists) so I can switch between computers (monitor wise- maybe mouse/keyboard too) but I dunno if that even exists (it totally should!) but that doesn't matter (another wise I have the monitor and everything else I need just the tower)
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LOL :D.
 
The KVM switchers sound pretty cool- do you think that would exist for USB connections too- like for my keyboard and mouse? This is sweet!
 
wouldnt advise using your macs KB and mouse on a PC (assuming there the stock mac ones...) really different setup...
 
Hey I'm new here but take a look at my configuration:

Aspire X qpack $80 / Coolermaster Centurion $45
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 $320 / A64 3700+ San Diego $233
Biostar Tforce Micro ATX $75
1GB (2x512) Corsair VS $85
WD CAVIAR 250GB SATA 16MB Cache $110/ Hitachi 80GB SATA $53
Evga 7800GT $300 / evga 6800GS $210
Forton Blue storm $70
Benq DW1640 DVD Burner $40 (prob. need a short length DVD burner for the X-qpack)
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= $1080 (w/o shipping) or the cheaper solution $811 (w/o shipping)

Or you can just mix those parts up and get somethin in between :p
Since you already have a Mac for work related stuff, you probably won't need that much storage space right? I heard the hitachi drives were fast but at the same time you can get more than triple the disk space for only twice the cost by going w/ the 250GB caviar.
I think the Logitech MX518 mice were on sale the other day at newegg but I don't know if they still are. Someone fix stuff if it doesn't seem right..like I said I'm a nub :rolleyes:
 
daevud said:
The KVM switchers sound pretty cool- do you think that would exist for USB connections too- like for my keyboard and mouse? This is sweet!
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They do exist, but part of the problem with USB is that it basically disconnects and then reconnects the devices everytime so it slows things down when switching.
 
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