aeirion
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System Name | Gaming Rig |
---|---|
Processor | E5200 Wolfdale @ 2.5ghz :*( |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L |
Cooling | Stock (2 80mm case fans, 1 120mm rear fan, Exhaust fan from PSU, and CPU fan) |
Memory | 2x2GB Corsair DDR2800 |
Video Card(s) | Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX+ |
Storage | 500GB Western Digital Caviar |
Display(s) | :*( |
Case | Raidmax Tornado with the blueness |
Audio Device(s) | :P |
Power Supply | Raidmax 530w (shut up its awesome) |
Software | Vista Home Premium x64 |
Benchmark Scores | Um.. none I can't overclock this shit for some reason.. :( |
This is my first post on this forum, and I'm hoping my experiance goes well here, as it comes highly recomended by a friend of mine for great tech advice.
This also happens to be my first build Which is the reason I'm posting this in the first place. I've been working on computers for years, replaced many parts, and have upgraded just about every system I've owned at one time or another, but this will be the first system I've built *entirely* from scratch. I'd really appreciate it if I could get some feed back on my plans, specifically in the areas of any compatability issues that may arise, and any important building tips.
My main goal for this system is to build a decent gaming rig for as little as possible. I know that probably sounds like an oxymoron to alot of you, but the way the economy is, I'm in a pretty tight spot at the moment, and don't have the 1-2k to invest in something crazy-good.
I will accept donations!
Anyway the main thing I'll be using this system for is playing various MMORPGs (WoW, age of conan, and Warhammer), as well as a few decent RTS, and SIM games I like. But I also hope to use this as a multimedia platform for watchin HD content, and possibly as a DVR (I'm not really sure how to accomplish that at this point, so any advice in that area would be nice as well).
So here comes the specs!
Hard Drive:Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS 500GB
PSU:RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W
Video:EVGA 512-P3-N873-RX GeForce 9800 GTX+
Memory:CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
Mother Board:Foxconn G31MV-K LGA 775
Processor:Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz
Probably overclocked to around 2.8 - 3.0ghz
Optical Drive:LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black
Case:RAIDMAX Tornado ATX-238WU
O.S:Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit This is the 'System Builder' Edition, as far as I know that just means it comes without tech support from microsoft, which I dont' care about, if I'm wrong about that please correct me.
Like I said earlier my main thought on this is money consumption, I've gotten pretty good deals on a few of the parts (like the GeForce 9800 GTX+ for example), but if you know of a cheaper part that has either similar, or increased functionality, or something that I've left out please note this as well. I'm trying to keep the cost of this less than $600. I'm sure that budget is funny to many, and I'll probably get a few comments about my idiocy, but thats what I have to work with
I'll check back here in a few hours, and I look forward to the flood of responses that I'll hopefully recieve
Regards,
Brad
p.s.
The system I layed out with shipping and everything tallies up to 625.78 cents including shipping, and it comes with $60 bucks in rebates So.. 565.78
This also happens to be my first build Which is the reason I'm posting this in the first place. I've been working on computers for years, replaced many parts, and have upgraded just about every system I've owned at one time or another, but this will be the first system I've built *entirely* from scratch. I'd really appreciate it if I could get some feed back on my plans, specifically in the areas of any compatability issues that may arise, and any important building tips.
My main goal for this system is to build a decent gaming rig for as little as possible. I know that probably sounds like an oxymoron to alot of you, but the way the economy is, I'm in a pretty tight spot at the moment, and don't have the 1-2k to invest in something crazy-good.
I will accept donations!
Anyway the main thing I'll be using this system for is playing various MMORPGs (WoW, age of conan, and Warhammer), as well as a few decent RTS, and SIM games I like. But I also hope to use this as a multimedia platform for watchin HD content, and possibly as a DVR (I'm not really sure how to accomplish that at this point, so any advice in that area would be nice as well).
So here comes the specs!
Hard Drive:Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS 500GB
PSU:RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W
Video:EVGA 512-P3-N873-RX GeForce 9800 GTX+
Memory:CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM
Mother Board:Foxconn G31MV-K LGA 775
Processor:Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz
Probably overclocked to around 2.8 - 3.0ghz
Optical Drive:LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black
Case:RAIDMAX Tornado ATX-238WU
O.S:Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit This is the 'System Builder' Edition, as far as I know that just means it comes without tech support from microsoft, which I dont' care about, if I'm wrong about that please correct me.
Like I said earlier my main thought on this is money consumption, I've gotten pretty good deals on a few of the parts (like the GeForce 9800 GTX+ for example), but if you know of a cheaper part that has either similar, or increased functionality, or something that I've left out please note this as well. I'm trying to keep the cost of this less than $600. I'm sure that budget is funny to many, and I'll probably get a few comments about my idiocy, but thats what I have to work with
I'll check back here in a few hours, and I look forward to the flood of responses that I'll hopefully recieve
Regards,
Brad
p.s.
The system I layed out with shipping and everything tallies up to 625.78 cents including shipping, and it comes with $60 bucks in rebates So.. 565.78
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