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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? Gaming, Skyrim/BF3
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $700 - $800
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. Jacksonville, FL 32225
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. Mobo, CPU, RAM, Video Card
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model. Corsair TX-750w
6) Will you be overclocking? No
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it? 1920x1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Within the next couple weeks, trying to wait for Black Friday deals. I doubt I will make it that long.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? etc. SLI for the Future
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?Yes, Win 7 64bit. Yay for MSDNAA
I have been looking into upgrading my system for a while. My buddy wants to sell me his mobo/cpu/ram. all for $300.
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039 (EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI x58) He said he had it watercooled and said he put the heatsinks back on after he was done using the board. What are your thoughts on this older chipset? and is it likely that I might run into some problems with the replaced heatsinks?
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115225 (i7 930) Are there any major differences between this CPU and a newer sandy bridge?
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220498 (Patriot Viper II Sector 7 Edition 12GB DDR3 1600)
He wants to sell me all this for $300. Would you guys jump on this deal? My budget is $700 so that leaves me about $400 left over for a video card. Its either buy this from my buddy or go to newegg and get an i5-2500k w/ mobo combo and also some RAM which would leave me with about $200 - $300 left over for a video card.
So those are my options, what are your opinions on which would be the better/smarter build? Thank you.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $700 - $800
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. Jacksonville, FL 32225
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. Mobo, CPU, RAM, Video Card
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model. Corsair TX-750w
6) Will you be overclocking? No
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it? 1920x1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Within the next couple weeks, trying to wait for Black Friday deals. I doubt I will make it that long.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? etc. SLI for the Future
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?Yes, Win 7 64bit. Yay for MSDNAA
I have been looking into upgrading my system for a while. My buddy wants to sell me his mobo/cpu/ram. all for $300.
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039 (EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI x58) He said he had it watercooled and said he put the heatsinks back on after he was done using the board. What are your thoughts on this older chipset? and is it likely that I might run into some problems with the replaced heatsinks?
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115225 (i7 930) Are there any major differences between this CPU and a newer sandy bridge?
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220498 (Patriot Viper II Sector 7 Edition 12GB DDR3 1600)
He wants to sell me all this for $300. Would you guys jump on this deal? My budget is $700 so that leaves me about $400 left over for a video card. Its either buy this from my buddy or go to newegg and get an i5-2500k w/ mobo combo and also some RAM which would leave me with about $200 - $300 left over for a video card.
So those are my options, what are your opinions on which would be the better/smarter build? Thank you.
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