New build advice needed

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Wizardhawk

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Building myself a gaming rig. Need everything so its not amazing but o well. Have a budget of $1100 shipped give or take $50 if necessary.

parts im leaning towards are:


Operating system --- Vista 64 home premium $100
dvd burner ----------- Samsung $30
Hard drive ----------- WD 640gb $100
monitor -------------- Acer 22" $220
Power Supply ------- Corsair tx650 $110
RAM ----------------- GSkill 4gb $85
CPU ----------------- E7200 $130
Motherboard ------ ep35 ds3l $90
case ---------------- not sure cooler master rc330 or whatever $60 probably
video card --------- 8800gt $150


For the video card I dont really know. Have read good things on a lot. Could maybe do a 4850 or I could 8800gt and stepup through evga in a bit. Plan to order in a couple days, maybe monday at the latest.

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updated.
 
My only comments are you should get a sammy burner instead of Lite-On, and wait for a good deal on a 750gb HDD (I have seen them sub 100) and the same for the 22" Acer (seen models ok for gaming sub 175)
 
go for the WD 640GB drive instead of the 500GB, you get a much faster drive for not much more (faster than the raptor 150's in some tests)

you really only need a 8800GT or GTS for a 22" monitor, but you could go for a 4850. 2x 4850 will be about a single GTX280 for $200 less, so maybe go 4850 then consier even adding a second later if you wanted to (although that'd mean a new mobo)

as for PSU, the HX 620 is a modular PSU, so unless you've already bought it, you may consider that instead. for case, you might consider the CM 590 or 690 as they are relatively cheap cases, but very good ones.
 
Thanks for the replies. Will probably do the 8800gt. What is the difference with modular psu? Will also squeeze the 640gig.
Also, dont want to play the waiting game as i am pcless at present.
 
"Modular" power supplies have modular, or removable, cables... that way, you only have in your case the cables that you need. They are priced a bit higher than non-modular PSUs of the same power level.

For the same price as the TX650 at NewEgg, you could buy the TX750 at Buy.com.
 
Wizardhawk said:
Thanks for the replies. Will probably do the 8800gt. What is the difference with modular psu? Will also squeeze the 640gig.
Also, dont want to play the waiting game as i am pcless at present.
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A modular PSU allows you to connect only the power cables you need or want. So this allows for a much cleaner case since you don't have unused cables lying about.

Oh you might want to get the Corsair 750TX 750W PSU from buy.com or provantage.com for around $100. More power for the same amount of money? Why not? :)

EDIT: Didn't see Tiraides' post. Slow typer I am
 
Pickup a CPU HSF while you're at it, so you can push that E7200 to 3.6+Ghz! :D

$37 - XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler (optional $7 Xigmatek Bolt-Thru-Kit)

You might also want to consider the GA-EP43-DS3L for about $10 more. That $10 gets you PCI-E2.0, along with two more SATA ports. Those extra two SATA ports are worth the $10, IMO, but thats only because I use a bunch of drives, lol.
 
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