Asking for advice on $700-800 Gaming Rig Build

[ubersoldier87]

After some advice I scaled down my build, because I have a 1280x1020 res monitor, I will be playing the games on my 720p widescreen tv.

This is what I've come up with so far, if anyone would like to give some advice, I would also like a suggestion for a wireless keyboard and mouse with decent range that I could use in the room (it would be like 8-10 feet away from the pc). Thank you!

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135204

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181

MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130275

XFX HD-567X-ZNF3 Radeon HD 5670 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150467

PQI TURBO 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PQI26400-4GDB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141366

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871

XFX Black Edition P1-750B-CAG9 750W ATX12V v2.2 / ESP12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular .../ Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.492896

M$ Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109048

EDIT: Fixed the links, sorry about that!

 

[dndhatcher]

u can unlock 2 more...

There is no guarantee. Generally its about 50/50 odds. Even if you can unlock a core or two, its probably not going to OC as fast as if leave it 2 core. The reason its being sold as 2 core and not a 4 core is that something failed testing.

 

[ubersoldier87]

SO I've gotten all the parts, I decided to go with the EVGA superclocked GTX460, seemed like an awesome deal with the lifetime warranty. Now I just need to find 4 hours to set aside and a really good pc building guide on the net, if anyone could recommend one I'd appreciate it, since having all separate parts I doubt their users guides go much into fitting/attaching to each other.

 

[calguyhunk]

Assembling a comp is not at all difficult if you do just a little research on the net. Get your Windows 7 OS from the net for free, burn it on a DVD & you're good to go.

PC building guide - maximumpc.com

You Tube Videos - youtube.com

Tom's Hardware guide - tomshardware.com

EDIT : So what is your final config like?

 

[ubersoldier87]

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[calguyhunk]

Cheers, mate

 

[ubersoldier87]

Thanks, so here's what I ended up with:


NZXT M59 - 001BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
EVGA 768-P3-1362-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video ...
MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ600MXSP 600W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC ...

 

[ubersoldier87]

Well I've hit my first snag, I got the cpu and ram installed to the mobo, layed the mobo down into the case and lined it up with the input cover, but none of the holes in the mobo are line up with the holes in the case.

The case came with 8 plastic sticks that I'm guessing are the spacers but I have no clue how to attach them to the case or line them up with the mobo, the instructions didn't come with any pictures of how to do this.

edit: those plastic sticks are drive rails, not spacers. Those I'm missing completely.

edit2: I also just realized I didn't buy a hard drive :facepalm: Unless I just use the one I got in my old pc, I don't know how much that would bottleneck the new system, its 160 GB.

 

[calguyhunk]

The size of the HDD will never bottleneck the system. The speed might. But not to a large extent. So use the old HDD for the time being. You should have an IDE cable with your Mobo (the flat one that resembles a radiator belt) - I'm guessing your older hard drive is IDE. If it's SATA, then those pink/red little ones should do the trick.

 

[ubersoldier87]

The size of the HDD will never bottleneck the system. The speed might. But not to a large extent. So use the old HDD for the time being. You should have an IDE cable with your Mobo (the flat one that resembles a radiator belt) - I'm guessing your older hard drive is IDE. If it's SATA, then those pink/red little ones should do the trick.

Gotcha. I still can't figure out the mobo installation, the case didn't come with what I've looked up to be spacers, and none of the holes match up...is my case not compatible with my mobo?

I've uploaded pictures of what I'm working with, maybe someone can tell me if I'm missing something:

http://s888.photobucket.com/albums/ac87/ubersoldier87/

 

[calguyhunk]

An ATX spec case is always compatible with standard ATX & Micro ATX Mobo's. There's absolutely no reason as to why the Motherboard mounting bracket wont have holes that'll line up.