Hoplight

Alright my goal was around $2,500 and I have hit it, but im wanting to make sure with some people before I actually purchase it. I opted to go with this over AMD/ATI but it you fell otherwise let me know. If you have any suggestions then please feel free. Thank you.



LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS120-04
$24.99


Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$104.99

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive)
$179.99

Acer P243WAid Black-Silver 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP Support
$359.99

Killer NIC M1 Gaming Network Card – 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Network Adapter -- Less Game Lag, Smoother Gameplay
$229.99

EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
$269.99

Antec TPQ-850 850W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

$209.99

Saitek PZ30AUR Red USB Wired Slim Eclipse Keyboard
$34.99

Logitech MX518 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB + PS/2 Wired Optical Gaming-Grade Mouse
$37.99

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF
$149.00

EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard
$269.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q9300
$259.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 English NA DVD
$277.49

steelseries 61001SS 3.5mm/ USB Circumaural 5H v2 Professional Gaming Headset
$84.99

Subtotal: $2,494.37

1. Budget: How much money are you willing to spend on the new build? $2500

2. Brands: Are there any brands of components you want or don't want? Im open to suggestions

3. Multitasking: Will you be multitasking with this computer and if so, how much? Not that much.

4. Gaming: Will you be gaming and if so, how much and how new are the games? Yes, World of Warcraft mostly but new games as well.

5. Calculations: Will you be doing any intense calculations or media encoding? no

6. Overclocking: Do you plan on overclocking and if so, how much? No

7. Storage: How much storage will you need and what will you be storing? Not much storage at all

8. Legacy Support: Will you need support for older hardware like parallel, serial, or PS/2 devices? No

9. Operating System: Do you want Windows XP or Vista, or Linux compatibility? Look up top

10. Case: Do you want help selecting a case and if so, how big do you want it? N/A

11. Accessories: Do you want a keyboard, mouse, or other items included? N/A

12. Recycled Components: Will you be reusing any components you already have? No

13. Monitor: If you want a monitor, what size do you want and should it be widescreen?N/A

14. Stores: Do you have any online stores that you prefer to purchase from? Newegg

15. Location: What country do you live in? USA

dai

are you going to run vista 64x
unless you are the ram will be a waste of money 32x will not see it

Toucan Sam

Ummm...that's not exactly mid-range. You're definately in the high range :)
Drop the Q9300 processor. Games will not use 4 cores of your processor for a lonnnng time. They're just beginning to use 2 cores. Get an e8500, which is 660mhz faster in each of its two cores, and much cheaper.

Also, the Killer network card you have on your list is a total waste of money unless you are downloading stuff almost 24/7. That "less lag + smoother gameplay" applies to when you are downloading huge files while you're playing games. The same $200+ is better used for a new graphics card down the road.

wrench97

Try this for power > http://www.provantage.com/corsair-cm...x~7CSMC068.htm
One of these for a MB > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...el%20X38%2fX48

CPU > One of these I'd use the E8500 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115130

wrench97

Drop the Raptor their not worth the extra money for the small performance gain over the Sata Perpendicular drives, > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148335

You don't need that nic card you never use it's capabilities on a home/campus network.

Hoplight

Thanks for all of the great suggestions. I will be switching CPU, Mobo, Hard Drive and Power Supply. Im wondering on that MB link you suggested which motherboard would you go? Also with the killer networking card I play WoW and CSS in a military barracks on 5mb internet and its horrible so I need as low of a latency/ping as possible but I may rethink it. Also should I just go with 2gb of ram if im going to run 32bit?

wrench97

Internet connection speed = 5mbs onboard nic = 100mbs an add on card is not going to improve the ping rate which has more to do with modem/router and your ISP's server.

One of these two they are both good, If you never want to crossfire then look at a P45 chipset like a P5Q Pro

Hoplight

Have any suggestions or a gaming Modem and Router? Not interested in Wireless.

wrench97

What kind of connection is it DSL,Cable, Fios? What Modem/Router do you have now?

Hoplight

Im using Charter Cable internet, with the rented modem and a linksys router (In iraq atm so not exactly sure on model)

wrench97

Yes that would make it hard to get the numbers, The best course of action when you get home is to check your connection speeds and maybe bypass the router and check the speed, it may or may not show a difference. then If necessary we kind find out what Charter requires in a modem and go from there.