Need help picking out parts?

[JordoR]

Not sure if people still view this section of the board but I thought I would post anyway. I'm going to be looking myself but some other advice would be nice.

Budget ~$1000 CAD. OK if over a bit in price.
Looking for a gaming/work computer.

CPU: Intel i5 or i7
RAM: 8GB minimum required
Vid Card: Prefer NVIDIA
HD: 500GB is enough
+Standard DVD Drive

Don't need a monitor,keyboard,etc.

Thanks.

[Detale]

I still pop in here. i'll check conversion rates to usd and be back in a lil bit. How much gaming do you do? Like to you want the highest end vid card or something with a reasonable price tag like the GTX 260 or what?

OK so here is an initial spec:
LG DVD Burner 27.99

COOLER MASTER Storm Scout 89.99

GIGABYTE GV-N26SO-896I GeForce GTX 260 204.99

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 99.00 (-20 rebate bringing it to $79)

G.SKILL 4GB X2 191.98

GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3 134.99

Intel Core i5-660 Clarkdale 3.33GHz 207.99


Grand total $957.92 USD ( Google conversion says "989.626648 Canadian dollars")

Not to mention you could always spend $200 extra and get this combo if you could live with dual Radeon HD 4860 cards Which seems fine to me even though I'm a Nvidia man myself

[Snee]

You do know there are 5770s about and whatnot, right?

[Detale]

Shirley but he said he Prefers NVIDIA

[LubTheStaringCat]

Not sure if people still view this section of the board but I thought I would post anyway. I'm going to be looking myself but some other advice would be nice.

Budget ~$1000 CAD. OK if over a bit in price.
Looking for a gaming/work computer.

CPU: Intel i5 or i7
RAM: 8GB minimum required
Vid Card: Prefer NVIDIA
HD: 500GB is enough
+Standard DVD Drive

Don't need a monitor,keyboard,etc.

Thanks.

The best advice I can give: If you decide on a list of products be It i5 or i7 stick to It.
I wasted about £250 to £300 on things I didn't need, or know anything about.
Do your research about what you want It may take a little longer, but you will safe money on things you won't need.

[Vero]

Hello,

I want to get a PC, sick of my laptop.

Budget: 50,000 - 70,000 Yen (Basically 500-700 dollars)
Primary use is gaming. I don't need a hard drive as I have 4 satas.
Secondary use is for recording so I require a pretty decent sound card and firewire. (Separate to the budget listed above, just need a recommendation)

Your help would be very appreciated.

[Hippo]

Core i5 or cheap AMD processor (like the Athlon II X3 435).
For graphics, probably the HD 4850 or GTX260.

[backlash15]

Is there a way I can buy a usb 3.0 add on and add it onto my asus eee 1000he?

[Slickerey]

Would this make for a good budget gaming rig?

MSI 790XT-G45 AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard $89.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 $99.99
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache $99.99
HIS H467QS1GH Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 $82.99
COOLER MASTER GX Series RS750 750W PSU $79.99
Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower Case $139.98

Grand Total: $592.93

I mean, I don't think it will be the greatest thing in the world, but when it comes to the price/performance ratio, I'd say that it's damn right worth it.

[7th]

Detale and others, what to do with $500/600?

A friend of mine, coming from the US, is going to bring me some hardware parts.
In brief, I need a new Mobo, processor and Memory kit and I don't have more then $600 to spend.
I'm checking prices at newegg.com

The parts I have:
- Tower Case;
- Corsair TX850W Power Supply;
- GeForce 9800GT;
- GeForce 8600GT (PhysX);
- Monitor (res:1920x1200);

Parts I want to change:
- Mobo M2N32-SLI Delux;
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 (always running at stock 2.6 GHz);
- Memory: 2GB G.Skill (I never understood the timing things).

What I do:
- I play games but the config I have today is already "almost" enough for me.
- I work with Adobe appz (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).
- I'm thinking about start playing with AfterEffects too.

What I prefer:
- AMD!
- I love Asus Mobos. I would go with EVGA too, but it's Intel only and I think I don't have money for that.
- I have big problems to decide between memories (timings and compatibility) but I prefer Corsair or G.Skill.

edit: well, I had just a few hours to decide and I ended up getting the following config:
- ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX
- AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz
- DDR3 4GB 1600MHz DUAL GT CORSAIR CMG4GX3M2A1600C7

I just have some doubts about the memories (if they will work with the mobo) and I'll be able to keep my video cards config (9800GT + 8600GT for phisyX) when the motherboard was made for crossfire config. =/

Thank you very much for your time!