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Majingbu · 05-28-2009, 06:23 PM

Hiyas,

I was recommended to this tech forum by a friend of mine and she said I could probably get some good pointers on how to build a new computer. I'm in the market, as it were, for a new gaming computer with a total price tag up to 1500 dollars. I've got a few ideas on where I want to go with it, as well as what I've found so far. But I need everything, and any help anyone could provide would be awesome. I don't speak a heck of a lot of "computer speak" so plain terms are going to benefit me the most. To give you a ballpark of the kind of things I want to push, I play things like World of Warcraft, Crysis, Gears of War, Dawn of War 2, etc. Here's what I've got so far. Recommendations or help would be very much appreciated.

Processor - $279.99 Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
Processor Cooling: NEED ADVICE
Motherboard - $187.00 ECS X58B-A (1.0) Core i7/ Intel X58 / DDR3/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard
RAM - $82.99 OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
Video Cards - $269.99x2 BFG GeForce GTX 280 Video Card - OC Edition, 1GB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0 x16, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support, VGA Support
Sound Card: On Board
Fans: $2.99x2 GlacialTech 120mm Case Fan
Case: - $39.99 Power Up Black Gamer ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB, Audio Ports and 450-Watt ATX Power Supply (Swap out for 600W power supply?)
Power Supply - $28.99 New V2 Viotek 600W 20/24 Pin High Quality Power Supply with PCI Express & SATA - New Revision for Advanced Cooling
Monitor: - $149.00 Acer V223WBD 22inch Black Widescreen LCD Monitor #16780
Keyboard - $28.99 Logisys KB608BK Black Multimedia Pro Backlit Illuminated Keyboard
OS - $95.00 Vista 64bit

Final Price: $1437.91 (Before shipping)

I'm big on price-saving (who isn't?) and advice, so if you've got a comparable killer rig, please let me know. I'm not quite to the "ordering parts" phase, so advice right now could make or break this thing. Thanks a ton in advance!

Jimmy

05-28-2009, 06:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Majingbu Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 24 OS: Vista	Need some "new guy" help... Hiyas, I was recommended to this tech forum by a friend of mine and she said I could probably get some good pointers on how to build a new computer. I'm in the market, as it were, for a new gaming computer with a total price tag up to 1500 dollars. I've got a few ideas on where I want to go with it, as well as what I've found so far. But I need everything, and any help anyone could provide would be awesome. I don't speak a heck of a lot of "computer speak" so plain terms are going to benefit me the most. To give you a ballpark of the kind of things I want to push, I play things like World of Warcraft, Crysis, Gears of War, Dawn of War 2, etc. Here's what I've got so far. Recommendations or help would be very much appreciated. Processor - $279.99 Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Retail Processor Cooling: NEED ADVICE Motherboard - $187.00 ECS X58B-A (1.0) Core i7/ Intel X58 / DDR3/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard RAM - $82.99 OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail Video Cards - $269.99x2 BFG GeForce GTX 280 Video Card - OC Edition, 1GB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0 x16, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support, VGA Support Sound Card: On Board Fans: $2.99x2 GlacialTech 120mm Case Fan Case: - $39.99 Power Up Black Gamer ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB, Audio Ports and 450-Watt ATX Power Supply (Swap out for 600W power supply?) Power Supply - $28.99 New V2 Viotek 600W 20/24 Pin High Quality Power Supply with PCI Express & SATA - New Revision for Advanced Cooling Monitor: - $149.00 Acer V223WBD 22inch Black Widescreen LCD Monitor #16780 Keyboard - $28.99 Logisys KB608BK Black Multimedia Pro Backlit Illuminated Keyboard OS - $95.00 Vista 64bit Final Price: $1437.91 (Before shipping) I'm big on price-saving (who isn't?) and advice, so if you've got a comparable killer rig, please let me know. I'm not quite to the "ordering parts" phase, so advice right now could make or break this thing. Thanks a ton in advance! Jimmy