Time Frame: Soon, around this week. Can't wait. So excited.
Budget Range: $650 before rebates, shipping and taxes. Though, I am looking for cheaper because...
This price is not including a monitor, windows 7, and wireless keyboard/mouse which I will also need but haven't concerned myself so much with as of yet. I will probably shop locally for a cheap monitor and keyboard. This will probably tack on an extra $300~500?
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Light gaming, watching movies, web surfing/programming.
Parts Not Required: Speakers, CD rom drive (I have old ones but I dunno if connections will work and this is not a big deal), corded mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I’ve dealt with Newegg and Amazon. Will consider others.
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: Quad core processor (may consider tri), Mid to high tower. Graphics card must be able to hook up to led lcd.
Overclocking: Maybe but unlikely
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe but unlikely
Monitor Resolution: Will eventually output to a 1920x1080 led lcd when watching videos.
Additional Comments:
Looking for a computer to last 4-6 years and perhaps upgrade if necessary. I am used to gaming by sacrificing graphics for smoother gameplay. I would like to watch videos using my system. I am also concerned with all the parts I order working and fitting together correctly.
Background:
I am coming from a six year old inspiron 9300 laptop. It has served me well, games I play at are with a mobility radeon 128mb 64bit? x300. Family computers use integrated graphics and vista takes 3 times as long to load compared to my laptop. Done some tinkering around and I have built one dinosaur (800mhz, 396mb ram) computer before. Surprised how fast windows xp loaded...
Questions:
1. Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit or Windows 7 Professional 64bit? Full or OEM? I may need windows xp mode but I am not quite sure. Can I play most windows xp games anyway?
2. Quad or Tri core? Would I generally get better performance from a faster clocked tri than a slower clock quad?
3. Should I get a 750w or 600w power supply? I found a cooling master one for about the same price as combo below. Would I save a lot of cash from power usage from the 600w or 750w? (roughly same efficiencies)
4. Should I bite the bullet and get the radeon 6850 for $200 as opposed to the radeon 5770 for ~$150? Worth the $50? Price/Performance.
5. Well this is a budget gaming computer. But I am out of touched with games. Starcraft II and Diablo III are probably on my list. Any good online fps with decent community around? Think of quake III, s4 league, unreal tournament; that sort of gameplay appeals to me. Single player fps not so cool unless there's a coop or "firefight" from halo (love that).
6. I heard shipping from newegg is weird. What would my shipping cost for all this be?
Here's what I've put together.
GIGABYTE GV-R577SO-1GD Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125327 – 149.99
GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard &
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.524277– 176.98
Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case &
Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V version 2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC ...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.514513 – 134.98
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 – 54.99
Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148323 – 99.99
SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151175 – 17.99
= 634.92
Hope I wasn't too long/unclear and thanks ahead of time.
Budget Range: $650 before rebates, shipping and taxes. Though, I am looking for cheaper because...
This price is not including a monitor, windows 7, and wireless keyboard/mouse which I will also need but haven't concerned myself so much with as of yet. I will probably shop locally for a cheap monitor and keyboard. This will probably tack on an extra $300~500?
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Light gaming, watching movies, web surfing/programming.
Parts Not Required: Speakers, CD rom drive (I have old ones but I dunno if connections will work and this is not a big deal), corded mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I’ve dealt with Newegg and Amazon. Will consider others.
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: Quad core processor (may consider tri), Mid to high tower. Graphics card must be able to hook up to led lcd.
Overclocking: Maybe but unlikely
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe but unlikely
Monitor Resolution: Will eventually output to a 1920x1080 led lcd when watching videos.
Additional Comments:
Looking for a computer to last 4-6 years and perhaps upgrade if necessary. I am used to gaming by sacrificing graphics for smoother gameplay. I would like to watch videos using my system. I am also concerned with all the parts I order working and fitting together correctly.
Background:
I am coming from a six year old inspiron 9300 laptop. It has served me well, games I play at are with a mobility radeon 128mb 64bit? x300. Family computers use integrated graphics and vista takes 3 times as long to load compared to my laptop. Done some tinkering around and I have built one dinosaur (800mhz, 396mb ram) computer before. Surprised how fast windows xp loaded...
Questions:
1. Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit or Windows 7 Professional 64bit? Full or OEM? I may need windows xp mode but I am not quite sure. Can I play most windows xp games anyway?
2. Quad or Tri core? Would I generally get better performance from a faster clocked tri than a slower clock quad?
3. Should I get a 750w or 600w power supply? I found a cooling master one for about the same price as combo below. Would I save a lot of cash from power usage from the 600w or 750w? (roughly same efficiencies)
4. Should I bite the bullet and get the radeon 6850 for $200 as opposed to the radeon 5770 for ~$150? Worth the $50? Price/Performance.
5. Well this is a budget gaming computer. But I am out of touched with games. Starcraft II and Diablo III are probably on my list. Any good online fps with decent community around? Think of quake III, s4 league, unreal tournament; that sort of gameplay appeals to me. Single player fps not so cool unless there's a coop or "firefight" from halo (love that).
6. I heard shipping from newegg is weird. What would my shipping cost for all this be?
Here's what I've put together.
GIGABYTE GV-R577SO-1GD Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125327 – 149.99
GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard &
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.524277– 176.98
Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case &
Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V version 2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC ...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.514513 – 134.98
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 – 54.99
Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148323 – 99.99
SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151175 – 17.99
= 634.92
Hope I wasn't too long/unclear and thanks ahead of time.