800-1500 USD Rig

spearman914 · Oct 4, 2008, 01:04 AM

E8500 With S1283
Maximus Formula X48
G.Skill 2x2 GB 800Mhz 5-5-5-15
WD Velociraptor 150 GB 10,000 RPM
Lite On Black CD/DVD Drive
Creative Sound Blaster Fatat1ty Xtreme Gamer
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Watts
Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
Sapphire Radeon HD4870
Samsung 226BW 22" 1650 x 1080

Any more suggestions?

niko084 · Oct 4, 2008, 02:00 AM

Step down to an e8500 or even an e3110 Xeon model of the e8400 which handles more heat.
E8600 isn't worth the price tag...

Mainboard is overkill if you don't plan on clocking like a complete nut!

That point on looks good, what do you plan to do with it?
I would venture a GTX260 or HD4870 personally.

3870x2 · Oct 4, 2008, 02:01 AM

yea, in fact, studies have found that for some reason the e8500 performs slightly better than the e8600 on games, even at lower clock speeds...

JrRacinFan · Oct 4, 2008, 02:03 AM

Why not a Maximus flashed to Rampage, Spearman? Save you a few bucks there.

3870x2 · Oct 4, 2008, 02:09 AM

niko084 · Oct 4, 2008, 02:19 AM

I would surely go with 4gb of ram these days if you're going 64bit...

3870x2 · Oct 4, 2008, 02:24 AM

2gb is all you need these days, and i thought more ram actually slows you down on benches? i forgot where i read that at...ill see if i can look it up.

niko084 · Oct 4, 2008, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3870x2

2gb is all you need these days, and i thought more ram actually slows you down on benches? i forgot where i read that at...ill see if i can look it up.

4gb is really starting to show in 64bit, and will show more and more in the nearing days.

spearman914 · Oct 6, 2008, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3870x2

2gb is all you need these days, and i thought more ram actually slows you down on benches? i forgot where i read that at...ill see if i can look it up.

I really need 3GB+ because vista will idle at 1GB and the GFX will take some of the memory and probably I'll be using photoshop for a while and the rest is left for games.

DonInKansas · Oct 6, 2008, 09:45 PM

Are you going to have a second large drive for storage? 150GB can go pretty quick, especially with VIsta.

spearman914 · Oct 6, 2008, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

Are you going to have a second large drive for storage? 150GB can go pretty quick, especially with VIsta.

Maybe, it depends. I bought one first then if its not enough I buy an extra one so I don't accidently waste my money.

BrooksyX · Oct 7, 2008, 08:41 PM

Looks to be like a pretty solid rig for the money.

KBD · Oct 8, 2008, 12:20 AM

what happened to your old rig? i remember it was a beast.

PennySavre · Oct 8, 2008, 07:35 AM

You could skip on the sound card unless you really want it or have reason for needing it... I have no problems with onboard sound myself, but I don't have high quality speakers or high quality headphones either.

KBD · Oct 8, 2008, 03:37 PM

it depends, some mobos have crappy onboard and some people just like the sound cards better. My only recomendation would be to get a PCI-e X-Fi Titanium Pro card instead, it costs the same as the one u want but it works better in Vista from what i've read and it has something the Xtreme Gamer Fatality Pro doesnt have: 2x 5pin front panel connectors for mic and headphones. Other than those cards are basically the same, both have 64MB of X-RAM and so on. Plus i figure a PCI-e card would be more futureproof. I actually have one and it works great.

spearman914 · Oct 12, 2008, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KBD

what happened to your old rig? i remember it was a beast.

Nah it was broken. I went on a trip and when I came back finding it was overheated. Dunno why?

Lucky I got back $700

Oct 4, 2008, 01:04 AM	#1
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3870x2 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Joplin, Mo Posts: 4,543 (2.37/day) Thanks: 175 Thanked 691 Times in 557 Posts System Specs	2gb is all you need these days, and i thought more ram actually slows you down on benches? i forgot where i read that at...ill see if i can look it up. __________________ A+, N+, S+, MCSE. Heatware STEAM ID Name: furi0nst0rmrage (0s are zeros) M O D E R N\|\|W A R F A R E \|\| 2 \|\| CLUBHOUSE // TEAM “The amount exaltation of the processor cores can brings amazing floating” -sparkle

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KBD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The Rotten Big Apple Posts: 2,416 (1.06/day) Thanks: 423 Thanked 291 Times in 273 Posts System Specs	what happened to your old rig? i remember it was a beast.

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Oct 8, 2008, 07:35 AM	#14
PennySavre Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 246 (0.14/day) Thanks: 35 Thanked 28 Times in 28 Posts	You could skip on the sound card unless you really want it or have reason for needing it... I have no problems with onboard sound myself, but I don't have high quality speakers or high quality headphones either.

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KBD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The Rotten Big Apple Posts: 2,416 (1.06/day) Thanks: 423 Thanked 291 Times in 273 Posts System Specs	it depends, some mobos have crappy onboard and some people just like the sound cards better. My only recomendation would be to get a PCI-e X-Fi Titanium Pro card instead, it costs the same as the one u want but it works better in Vista from what i've read and it has something the Xtreme Gamer Fatality Pro doesnt have: 2x 5pin front panel connectors for mic and headphones. Other than those cards are basically the same, both have 64MB of X-RAM and so on. Plus i figure a PCI-e card would be more futureproof. I actually have one and it works great.

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