Friend Needs Help

[RiotSniperX]

My friend needs help, ive helped set him up with a budget gaming pc, for his WoW and other stuff, but idk how much wattage is needed, im thinking around 500 to 650 but im not sure.

Evga 750i Motherboard
Evga 9800 GTX+ SSC Edition
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (No OC)
Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 (1066)
Lite-On Black iHas DvD Burner
Either Antec 900,Antec300,or Apevia X jupiter, help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Mrbumbum]

Have these components been purchased so far? Motherboard / Memory / GPU?

A quality 450watt will power it but most only have 1x pcie epress power connector

500watt from pc power and cooling will work well, or the 550watt from corsair, or the 750watt from pc Power and Cooling for $99 if you want to keep crossfire/sli possible.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703015
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341011


I would really consider a different graphics card, Either a 4830, 4850, 4870 1gb, or gtx 260 core 216.

I would consider a P45 based board unless your certian your friend wants to keep SLI option open on the LGA 775 platform.

GA-EP45-UD3R if he wants to keep single nvidea or ati card

GA-EP45-UD3P if he wants to keep crossfire open if he selects a 4830/4850/4870 instead of 9800 gtx

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358


A budget case that will work well with almost anything would be the CM RF-690
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137

The 300 is good aswell but it will barely hold a 4870, the 690 has more room for just a little more.

I would list your friends budget / resolution.

 

[RiotSniperX]

Have these components been purchased so far? Motherboard / Memory / GPU?

A quality 450watt will power it but most only have 1x pcie epress power connector

500watt from pc power and cooling will work well, or the 550watt from corsair, or the 750watt from pc Power and Cooling for $99 if you want to keep crossfire/sli possible.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703015
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341011


I would really consider a different graphics card, Either a 4830, 4850, 4870 1gb, or gtx 260 core 216.

I would consider a P45 based board unless your certian your friend wants to keep SLI option open on the LGA 775 platform.

GA-EP45-UD3R if he wants to keep single nvidea or ati card

GA-EP45-UD3P if he wants to keep crossfire open if he selects a 4830/4850/4870 instead of 9800 gtx

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358


A budget case that will work well with almost anything would be the CM RF-690
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137

The 300 is good aswell but it will barely hold a 4870, the 690 has more room for just a little more.

I would list your friends budget / resolution.

Yea, he isnt planning to go SLI or maybe he is, i was looking at the UD3R but idk, he wants a "good looking" pc case...im probably going to get him the AntecEarthWatt 650watt, he isnt a "super gamer" like him, majority of his time will be on WoW so he doesnt want anything "overdoing it"

$800 budget

dang that 690 looks good AND good for cooling, defenitly that he'll want.

 

[captaincharisma]

if he isn't going to be a super gamer then maybe try to save some cash on it and get an AMD CPU instead. just because AMD's are cheaper than intels and still get some good performance out of them

 

[RiotSniperX]

if he isn't going to be a super gamer then maybe try to save some cash on it and get an AMD CPU instead. just because AMD's are cheaper than intels and still get some good performance out of them

The E8500 is better then most AMD duo cores...

 

[xthekidx]

SLI chipsets for LGA 775 suck, they have lots of issues so I would encourage you (or him) to get a P45 or P43 chipset if the board hasn't already been purchased. The only reason to get an Nvidia chipset is if you really want SLI on LGA 775, otherwise a P45 will work with 1 Nvidia card, just not 2.

 

[Mrbumbum]

Yea, he isnt planning to go SLI or maybe he is, i was looking at the UD3R but idk, he wants a "good looking" pc case...im probably going to get him the AntecEarthWatt 650watt, he isnt a "super gamer" like him, majority of his time will be on WoW so he doesnt want anything "overdoing it"

$800 budget

dang that 690 looks good AND good for cooling, defenitly that he'll want.

Does that $800 include or exclude an Operating System?

 

[RiotSniperX]

Does that $800 include or exclude an Operating System?

ah **** i 4got about that...srry i didnt post i cut my finger bad, but no, excluding the OS...damn!

 

[Mrbumbum]

Antec 300 and Antec EA650 Combo $124.94
Sapphire 4870 1gb $224.99
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P $134.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 $119.99
G Skill PI Black $54.99
Western Digital Caviar Black 640gb $79.99
LG Black 22X dvd drive $24.99

Total with shipping $772.80

This setup will play almost all modern games on Max or high settings at 1920x1200, even better performance on lower resolutions. If his goal is to just play WoW, he can save money by downgrading the graphics card to a Sapphire 4850 $144.99

 

[shortstuff_mt]

I like the above build.

What resolution will your friend be gaming at? If it's a fairly low resolution, I'd swap to the 4850 and pick up an E8400 with the extra cash.