*Guide to Choosing Parts*

[silent_744]

Was skimming through mainly, I saw someone point out that your post is more intel oritented, maybe you should update your second post and make it an AMD build for extreme budget?

 

[V3NOM]

do i hear sticky anyone?

 

[V3NOM]

This has really given me confidence in my picks for my first build: Antec 900, Antec TPQ-850W, P5Q-E, E8400, G.Skill pi Black PC6400 DDR2, Palit HD4870 1GB Sonic Dual Edition... and of course I picked up a hot 22" HDMI ASUS LCD for cheap (rebate$) on Newegg. God, I love Newegg. Tho I do disagree with you about the WD hdd. Grab the Seagate version. 640GB, 32mb cache (twice the WD) PLUS the AWESOME 5 YEAR WARRANTY on Seagate hdds. WD has only a ONE YEAR WARRANTY.

well after you get to 16mb cache, any more becomes virtually useless, its basically a marketing ploy. i mean the fastest mechanical drives on the market, the velociraptors "only' have 16mb cache. WD 640GB AAKS drive is fast as it uses two platters don't worry about the extra cache in drives, its unnecessary.

 

[olddman]

Thank you Proximon. While reading up on everything and trying to decide on my parts for my first build, I ran across this thread. Was a life saver in the time of things. Rather then reading all the 'check my builds' this was like a index to all the good choices out there. It sure made it easier for me to check parts out and decide.

Kudo's to you my man, and all that may have helped

 

[3lvis]

Yeah not sure how that's going to work... just a rumor at this point.

I added an EVGA 780i as the SLI board. Seems the best bet with their superior support and warranties.

FYI EVGA 780i ship with poorly made Sata cables that cant handle being bent. If your going to go this route factor in new sata cables in your budget.

 

[Proximon]

FYI EVGA 780i ship with poorly made Sata cables that cant handle being bent. If your going to go this route factor in new sata cables in your budget.

I've heard some people vote for XFX... not really sure.

 

[Proximon]

Added a brief description of x58 and i7.

 

[zenmaster]

For the Power Supply Section, you should add that the PSU should have "Active PFC".

Any Good PSU will have that, but it will help some readers weed out the bad ones.

 

[jimbob_693]

Im currently building my first PC and have chosen these components, would these work well or are there some obvious things i could do to improve it/make it slightly cheaper?

- Intel core 2 quad Q6600 GO Stepping 2.4Ghz 1066mhz 8mb cache
- ASUS p5Q SE ip45 socket 775 8 channel audio ATX motherboard
- EVGA 8800GT superclocked 512mb GDDR3 DVI HDCP HDTV out PCI-E
- Seagate ST350032OAS 500GB HD SATA II 7200rpm *32mb cache - OEM
- OCZ 2gb kit (2x1Gb) DDR 2 800mhz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 platinum XTC

I would like it to run current top of the range games and be possible to upgrade well in the future.

 

[Proximon]

For the Power Supply Section, you should add that the PSU should have "Active PFC".

Any Good PSU will have that, but it will help some readers weed out the bad ones.

You bet! And 80 Plus as well.

 

[Proximon]

Jimbob, please start your own thread for build discussions 😉

 

[Proximon]

Removed my parts list to a separate thread. Made various changes.

 

[Silverion77]

I kno this is irrelevant
BUT

STICKY STICKY STICKY

 

[DeadCat]

thanks man
great review
helps me a lot

 

[antiacid]

time to update for nov. 08 best vid card for the money article
Thanks for your write-up, it's quite convenient and answers a lot of the "noob" questions.

IMO, you could discuss the monitors a bit, just as you do the rest of the components. This becomes especially important with the reduced prices on larger WS monitors, general availability of SLI/XF boards and whatnot.

 

[Proximon]

Thanks for the reminder! Right on it.

 

[Proximon]

Minor updates.

 

[Silverion77]

For Liquid cooling i recommend linking ppl to xtreme systems. They are very good source for any would be liquid coolers out there

This mainly:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=70

But specifically this thread:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/showthread.php?t=202394

Otherwise very good Proximon

And at Moderators STICKY BOTH OF HIS THREADS PLZ!!!!
They are very helpful to this forum

 

[Proximon]

Linked.

 

[Silverion77]

Very good i love the guide it will be perfect once admins sticky it hopefully 😛

Also i didnt see it but link ur parts list to it, the other guide u made. So they read this and then link straight to the lsit

 

[Proximon]

I wish they hadn't broken my signature 😛 Every time I even edit a post that had my sig the sig disappears.

Anyway, when was the last time you saw someone official post in this forum or respond in the "bugs" forum? granted it's a well-behaved community, but I think the whole moderator/admin thing is a myth here

 

[Silverion77]

No its not just u...

I think i have the same problem because my sig disappears too.

 

[Proximon]

I'll be updating this with i7 info and DDR3 stuff to go along late tomorrow.

 

[Proximon]

Updated. As always please post suggestions here, or point out typos, or whatever 😉

 

[slomo4sho]

We have a 9 month old thread that is stickied which no longer has valid information but we can't seem to get this thread a sticky~

Are the forum mods on a indefinite vacation?