New build... good to go?

JeffK91 · 03-10-2008, 09:58 PM

My friend recently asked me to pick out the parts for his new PC and build it for him. His budget is $1000~$1500 with the monitor and it's a full build (needs everything except OS).

He'll be using it for a lot of movie watching, music, and gaming. I came up with this build but feel free to make any revisions before I place the order.

Wish list details

almightyobo · 03-10-2008, 10:04 PM

looks pretty good, does he plan on doing any OCing?

JeffK91 · 03-10-2008, 10:05 PM

Yeah, I forgot to mention that. He's looking to push it to 3.0.

almightyobo · 03-10-2008, 10:07 PM

looks good all around, you could always do minor upgrades on them if he wouldnt mind spending a little more but nothing too necessary

JeffK91 · 03-10-2008, 10:09 PM

I guess I should also note that he wants this to be future proof for a bit. Ideally he still wants it to play on high settings on new games two years from now with minor upgrades here and there along the way. Is that mobo a good choice for that?

thirdshiftdj · 03-10-2008, 10:17 PM

that board is fine as long as he doesn't need/want to do crossfire

luke992006 · 03-10-2008, 11:16 PM

i doubt he could still play games on high in two years but its a nice build.

Pdawg · 03-11-2008, 03:26 AM

^^^ That sounds close to right. Maybe 2.5 years. Hard to say. I bet a GPU switch though at 2 - 2.5 years would give him some more longevity.

Good Build. Although, I would get a Tuniq or TU120 cooler instead to go past 3.0 on the Q6600. When needed I'll do a CPU switch and/or GPU switch to delay buying a new build so expect that.

Redmo0n · 03-11-2008, 03:44 AM

Make sure he has a 64bit os to support 4gig

krazyq · 03-11-2008, 03:56 AM

if he wants...im selling the q6600, brand new with the heatsink and fan for $245 shipped.
pm if interested.
And yes, its the G0 slacr edition.

03-10-2008, 09:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
JeffK91 Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 358	New build... good to go? My friend recently asked me to pick out the parts for his new PC and build it for him. His budget is $1000~$1500 with the monitor and it's a full build (needs everything except OS). He'll be using it for a lot of movie watching, music, and gaming. I came up with this build but feel free to make any revisions before I place the order. Wish list details __________________ CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester @ 2.5GHz Power Supply: Antec Trio! 550W PSU Mobo: Biostar TForce4SLI 939 Memory: 2GB (2 x 1GB) XMS Corsair DDR400 Video Card: 2X EVGA 7800GT 256mb (SLI) Hard Drive: 2X 7200.2 Seagate Barracuda 160GB Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy X-Fi XtremeMusic Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 ATX Case Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2 Monitor: ViewSonic VX924 3DMark06: 7148

03-10-2008, 10:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
almightyobo True Techie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 211	Re: New build... good to go? looks pretty good, does he plan on doing any OCing? __________________ MB - DFI LP DK P35-T2RS CPU - Q6600 @ 3.0 atm HSF - Lapped TRUE + Scythe RAM - 2x 1G Ballisitx Tracers GPU - MSI 8800GTS 512 (G92) HD - 500G Barracuda + 320G Ext PSU - PC P&C Silencer 610 OS - Windows XP 32-bit SP2 OEM Case - Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Monitor - Hanns-G 19" Widescreen LCD Headset - Sennheiser PC151 3DMark06 - 14186 (3.0 / stock gpu) You must try some of my purple berries...

03-10-2008, 10:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
JeffK91 Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 358	Re: New build... good to go? Yeah, I forgot to mention that. He's looking to push it to 3.0. __________________ CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester @ 2.5GHz Power Supply: Antec Trio! 550W PSU Mobo: Biostar TForce4SLI 939 Memory: 2GB (2 x 1GB) XMS Corsair DDR400 Video Card: 2X EVGA 7800GT 256mb (SLI) Hard Drive: 2X 7200.2 Seagate Barracuda 160GB Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy X-Fi XtremeMusic Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 ATX Case Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2 Monitor: ViewSonic VX924 3DMark06: 7148

03-10-2008, 10:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
almightyobo True Techie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 211	Re: New build... good to go? looks good all around, you could always do minor upgrades on them if he wouldnt mind spending a little more but nothing too necessary __________________ MB - DFI LP DK P35-T2RS CPU - Q6600 @ 3.0 atm HSF - Lapped TRUE + Scythe RAM - 2x 1G Ballisitx Tracers GPU - MSI 8800GTS 512 (G92) HD - 500G Barracuda + 320G Ext PSU - PC P&C Silencer 610 OS - Windows XP 32-bit SP2 OEM Case - Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Monitor - Hanns-G 19" Widescreen LCD Headset - Sennheiser PC151 3DMark06 - 14186 (3.0 / stock gpu) You must try some of my purple berries...

03-10-2008, 10:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
JeffK91 Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 358	Re: New build... good to go? I guess I should also note that he wants this to be future proof for a bit. Ideally he still wants it to play on high settings on new games two years from now with minor upgrades here and there along the way. Is that mobo a good choice for that? __________________ CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester @ 2.5GHz Power Supply: Antec Trio! 550W PSU Mobo: Biostar TForce4SLI 939 Memory: 2GB (2 x 1GB) XMS Corsair DDR400 Video Card: 2X EVGA 7800GT 256mb (SLI) Hard Drive: 2X 7200.2 Seagate Barracuda 160GB Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy X-Fi XtremeMusic Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 ATX Case Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2 Monitor: ViewSonic VX924 3DMark06: 7148

03-10-2008, 10:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
thirdshiftdj teh Official Crysis Hatah Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lowell,Ma Posts: 2,525	Re: New build... good to go? that board is fine as long as he doesn't need/want to do crossfire __________________ Q9550 / HD 4850 Lian Li V2000+ / 2x2GB Corsair Dominators 1066 ABS Tagan BZ700W / NEC 2080UX+ Edirol UA-25 EK Supreme Plexi / MCP355 w/ XSPC Res Top DD Xtreme III 360 / 3 Panaflo 86 CFM DD MPC Universal

03-10-2008, 11:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
luke992006 Wizard Techie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 3,092	Re: New build... good to go? i doubt he could still play games on high in two years but its a nice build. __________________ What To Look For When Buying computer Components Infernodeals\|My NWN2 Module Project\|Recommended PC Component's

03-11-2008, 03:26 AM	#8 (permalink)
Pdawg Super Techie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: American in Hong Kong Posts: 386	Re: New build... good to go? ^^^ That sounds close to right. Maybe 2.5 years. Hard to say. I bet a GPU switch though at 2 - 2.5 years would give him some more longevity. Good Build. Although, I would get a Tuniq or TU120 cooler instead to go past 3.0 on the Q6600. When needed I'll do a CPU switch and/or GPU switch to delay buying a new build so expect that. __________________ 3dMark06 = 13,687 Futuremark - ORB - Project Comparison Antec 900 (Modded) Q6600 G0 @ 3.3GHz (8multi x 413FSB; 1.3375v) Asus P5K Deluxe Tuniq Tower 120 (Lapped) XFX 8800GTS @ 703/1,008 (ATItool) 2G Corsair XMS2 DDR2-826 2T 4-4-4-12 Seagate 7200.10 320G LiteOn 20x DL DVD-Rw Acbel 607W Windows XP Pro 32bit

03-11-2008, 03:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
Redmo0n Techalicious Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 1,527	Re: New build... good to go? Make sure he has a 64bit os to support 4gig __________________ I gorge of your kudos.

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