$1000 multitasking/gaming pc

brokencomputer · 09-22-2008, 07:00 PM

hardware

part price model
CPU $190 intel quad q6600
mobo $220 xfx 780i
gfx $200 xfx 9800gtx+ 512mb
ram $74 CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
hdd $85 Western Digital Caviar 640gb 7200rpm
psu $120 CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W
case $75 RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black
heatsink$32 ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
grease TBD Arctic silver 5

everything from newegg except arctic silver 5

1. Is the quad q6600 better or the duo e8500?(same price)
2. Are there any better and cheaper heatsink, case, and psu?
3. Would the nforce 750i be better? I don't see any advantage the nforce 780i has.
4. Am I missing any parts? i already have a cd/dvd drive, monitor, mouse, keyboard, and OS cd.
5. Would setting the swap or virtual memory in a ssd be smart? i'll be getting a ssd later anyway
6. What is the size of an uncompressed 1080p video from a blu-ray disk?

**tosh9i** · 09-22-2008, 07:23 PM

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W $83 AR

http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-tx-7...206178325.html

**tosh9i** · 09-22-2008, 07:27 PM

CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $60 AR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184

**tosh9i** · 09-22-2008, 07:29 PM

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=FAN...41f9fp0c0s1056

brokencomputer · 09-22-2008, 07:37 PM

i dont really care about buying from different stores; this configuration is not final so i got everything at newegg for simplicity

**tosh9i** · 09-22-2008, 07:40 PM

You could save $100-$200, maybe even more.

**tosh9i** · 09-22-2008, 07:41 PM

And get the dual core CPU. There are only a handful of games that know how to ulitilize quadcores.

joshvette001 · 09-22-2008, 10:08 PM

tosh you always ******* rape prices down lol I swear man should have asked you to look for the parts I wanted your hella good at it lmfao

**tosh9i** · 09-22-2008, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshvette001

tosh you always ******* rape prices down lol I swear man should have asked you to look for the parts I wanted your hella good at it lmfao

LOL...Thanks. If you want to find good prices on products, you should "frequently" visit this website: www.slickdeals.net

Last year, they was a special where I got a 6.3 MP Kodak digital camera and a CX8400 Canon Multifunction Printer (retail price for both was $280), but I managed to get them for only $17.81 after taxes and rebates.

joshvette001 · 09-22-2008, 10:17 PM

That upsets me Tosh lol It truly does :( Meh im upset with my laptop anyways shitty performance for the hardware it has in it lol running 4 gigs of ram and a dual core processor at 3.12 mhz and has 6 meg cache beleive its a wolfdale core and the thing lags opening anything in vista lmfao Dell xps ftl

brokencomputer · 09-23-2008, 12:17 AM

about the dual core vs quad: i'll be getting this computer in the future
when do you think games will start supporting quadcore processors?

if i could save more than $100, which part should i upgrade?
maybe i should get a water cooling system so i can OC more

**Pauldo** · 09-23-2008, 12:18 AM

I saw that it was 11 Gig for a 1080p movie. Depends, I imagine, on what extras you want left on there.

I will second that Dual Core advice. I think it's going to be awhile yet for software to catch up to Quad core (unless you are doing 3D design, Cad work which they are already optimized for Quad Core).

I've also heard that the 780i's are quite buggy right now.

Are you going 64 bit? 32 bit OS's are only going to recognize 3 GB of memory and 2 is just fine for games.

GTX 260 is less than a $100 more than the 9800 GTX+. Put that savings to work:).

Pauldo

**Pauldo** · 09-23-2008, 12:20 AM

Man, not quick enough.

Those intel dual cores are oc'ing really nicely and most people are able to do quite a bit with stock HSF. Water cooling might be overkill.

Pauldo

brokencomputer · 09-26-2008, 06:05 PM

would quad be an advantage in video editing/rendering?

btw, do you mean 110 gb for a 1080p, cus blu ray disks are already 25 gb

how about EVGA 132-YW-E179-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard

i'll be adding sli later so intel boards won't work

**tosh9i** · 09-26-2008, 06:10 PM

Only "if" the software knows how to utilize the quadcores. Otherwise, it might only use two of them.

**tosh9i** · 09-26-2008, 06:12 PM

4GB Crucial DDR2 PC6400 $30 AR FS Frys.com
http://shop2.frys.com/product/5530560

**tosh9i** · 09-26-2008, 06:20 PM

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.13ghz $149.99 + s/h
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=933201

**wrench97** · 09-26-2008, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brokencomputer

would quad be an advantage in video editing/rendering?

btw, do you mean 110 gb for a 1080p, cus blu ray disks are already 25 gb

how about EVGA 132-YW-E179-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard

i'll be adding sli later so intel boards won't work

Only if your idea of good gaming is troubleshooting the PC.

**Pauldo** · 09-26-2008, 10:53 PM

That's what I meant about all the extras. Although I got that number by clicking on the first link that came up, it appears that might be a tad low. I was in a hurry and it made some sense since a normal dvd is 2-3 GB stripped, roughly 7 GB with all the extras. Sorry about that.

I went back to avsforum, which is incredible when it comes to home theater stuff, and you should probably bank on 15 - 20 GB per movie without all the extras. If you just want to rip an iso than easily double that. They were talking about 20-30 movies per 1TB. One guy was even talking about putting in his second 10TB server! 10 Terrabytes. Wow.

Pauldo

brokencomputer · 09-27-2008, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrench97

Only if your idea of good gaming is troubleshooting the PC.

huh, what do you mean

09-22-2008, 07:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
brokencomputer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 79 OS: nothing My System	$1000 multitasking/gaming pc hardware part price model CPU $190 intel quad q6600 mobo $220 xfx 780i gfx $200 xfx 9800gtx+ 512mb ram $74 CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 hdd $85 Western Digital Caviar 640gb 7200rpm psu $120 CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W case $75 RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black heatsink$32 ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro grease TBD Arctic silver 5 everything from newegg except arctic silver 5 1. Is the quad q6600 better or the duo e8500?(same price) 2. Are there any better and cheaper heatsink, case, and psu? 3. Would the nforce 750i be better? I don't see any advantage the nforce 780i has. 4. Am I missing any parts? i already have a cd/dvd drive, monitor, mouse, keyboard, and OS cd. 5. Would setting the swap or virtual memory in a ssd be smart? i'll be getting a ssd later anyway 6. What is the size of an uncompressed 1080p video from a blu-ray disk? __________________ ... Last edited by brokencomputer; 09-22-2008 at 07:17 PM.

09-22-2008, 07:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,835 OS: Windows XP	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W $83 AR http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-tx-7...206178325.html __________________ Tosh Last edited by tosh9i; 09-22-2008 at 07:43 PM.

09-22-2008, 07:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,835 OS: Windows XP	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $60 AR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184 __________________ Tosh Last edited by tosh9i; 09-22-2008 at 07:43 PM.

09-22-2008, 07:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,835 OS: Windows XP	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=FAN...41f9fp0c0s1056 __________________ Tosh

09-22-2008, 07:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
brokencomputer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 79 OS: nothing My System	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc i dont really care about buying from different stores; this configuration is not final so i got everything at newegg for simplicity __________________ ...

09-22-2008, 07:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,835 OS: Windows XP	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc You could save $100-$200, maybe even more. __________________ Tosh

09-22-2008, 07:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,835 OS: Windows XP	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc And get the dual core CPU. There are only a handful of games that know how to ulitilize quadcores. __________________ Tosh

09-22-2008, 10:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
joshvette001 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 8 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit/XP/Linux	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc tosh you always ******* rape prices down lol I swear man should have asked you to look for the parts I wanted your hella good at it lmfao

09-22-2008, 10:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
joshvette001 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 8 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit/XP/Linux	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc That upsets me Tosh lol It truly does :( Meh im upset with my laptop anyways shitty performance for the hardware it has in it lol running 4 gigs of ram and a dual core processor at 3.12 mhz and has 6 meg cache beleive its a wolfdale core and the thing lags opening anything in vista lmfao Dell xps ftl

09-23-2008, 12:17 AM	#11 (permalink)
brokencomputer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 79 OS: nothing My System	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc about the dual core vs quad: i'll be getting this computer in the future when do you think games will start supporting quadcore processors? if i could save more than $100, which part should i upgrade? maybe i should get a water cooling system so i can OC more __________________ ...

09-23-2008, 12:18 AM	#12 (permalink)
Pauldo Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 1,444 OS: winXP Pro sp3 My System	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc I saw that it was 11 Gig for a 1080p movie. Depends, I imagine, on what extras you want left on there. I will second that Dual Core advice. I think it's going to be awhile yet for software to catch up to Quad core (unless you are doing 3D design, Cad work which they are already optimized for Quad Core). I've also heard that the 780i's are quite buggy right now. Are you going 64 bit? 32 bit OS's are only going to recognize 3 GB of memory and 2 is just fine for games. GTX 260 is less than a $100 more than the 9800 GTX+. Put that savings to work:). Pauldo

09-23-2008, 12:20 AM	#13 (permalink)
Pauldo Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 1,444 OS: winXP Pro sp3 My System	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc Man, not quick enough. Those intel dual cores are oc'ing really nicely and most people are able to do quite a bit with stock HSF. Water cooling might be overkill. Pauldo Last edited by Pauldo; 09-23-2008 at 12:28 AM. Reason: Whoops meant Dual Core

09-26-2008, 06:05 PM	#14 (permalink)
brokencomputer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 79 OS: nothing My System	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc would quad be an advantage in video editing/rendering? btw, do you mean 110 gb for a 1080p, cus blu ray disks are already 25 gb how about EVGA 132-YW-E179-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard i'll be adding sli later so intel boards won't work __________________ ... Last edited by brokencomputer; 09-26-2008 at 06:17 PM.

09-26-2008, 06:10 PM	#15 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,835 OS: Windows XP	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc Only "if" the software knows how to utilize the quadcores. Otherwise, it might only use two of them. __________________ Tosh

09-26-2008, 06:12 PM	#16 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,835 OS: Windows XP	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc 4GB Crucial DDR2 PC6400 $30 AR FS Frys.com http://shop2.frys.com/product/5530560 __________________ Tosh

09-26-2008, 06:20 PM	#17 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,835 OS: Windows XP	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.13ghz $149.99 + s/h http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=933201 __________________ Tosh

09-26-2008, 10:53 PM	#19 (permalink)
Pauldo Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 1,444 OS: winXP Pro sp3 My System	Re: $1000 multitasking/gaming pc That's what I meant about all the extras. Although I got that number by clicking on the first link that came up, it appears that might be a tad low. I was in a hurry and it made some sense since a normal dvd is 2-3 GB stripped, roughly 7 GB with all the extras. Sorry about that. I went back to avsforum, which is incredible when it comes to home theater stuff, and you should probably bank on 15 - 20 GB per movie without all the extras. If you just want to rip an iso than easily double that. They were talking about 20-30 movies per 1TB. One guy was even talking about putting in his second 10TB server! 10 Terrabytes. Wow. Pauldo