Hello all I will be building myself a new desktop this coming holiday season and could use some advice on parts for my build.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming
2) What's your budget? Around $1500
3) Where do you live? USA, NY
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? A PC, i have some parts below
5) Will you be overclocking? I do plan on it
6) What size monitor do you have or plan to have? 22' Wide screen at 1680 x 1050
7) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Around Christmas
8) What features do you need in a motherboard? all my stuff fits!
Free from MSDN
OS to be used: Windows Vista Business 64bit
From my current build
Case: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum
Monitor: Acer 22' wdescreen
Things to be bought:
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz
RAM: Patriot Viper 6GB (3 x 2GB)
Mother Board: GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 LGA 1366
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V
GPU: EVGA 896-P3-1267-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition
Hard Drives: 2x WD6400AAKS 640GB
Current Subtotal: $1,373.93
Any other recommendations??? Think I may buy this weekend
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming
2) What's your budget? Around $1500
3) Where do you live? USA, NY
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? A PC, i have some parts below
5) Will you be overclocking? I do plan on it
6) What size monitor do you have or plan to have? 22' Wide screen at 1680 x 1050
7) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Around Christmas
8) What features do you need in a motherboard? all my stuff fits!
Free from MSDN
OS to be used: Windows Vista Business 64bit
From my current build
Case: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum
Monitor: Acer 22' wdescreen
Things to be bought:
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz
RAM: Patriot Viper 6GB (3 x 2GB)
Mother Board: GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 LGA 1366
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V
GPU: EVGA 896-P3-1267-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition
Hard Drives: 2x WD6400AAKS 640GB
Current Subtotal: $1,373.93
Any other recommendations??? Think I may buy this weekend