New Build, Under 1000$ Need Opinions

blaackoran · 03-21-2006, 06:03 PM

Heres what im thinking, everything that has a price is what i can get it for...anything without a price is stuff i already have.

What you do think?

Monitor: Sharp 17" Widescreen LCD
Speakers: Monster Game 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
Case: Comp USA ATX Mid-Tower
PSU: Comp USA 500watt
CPU: AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core $325
Motherboard: DFI Lanparty UT Ultra-D $125
Video Card:nVidia Geforce 7900gt $300
Sound Card:Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic $120
Optical Drive:16x DVD+-R $40
Hard Drive:WD Raptor 74GB $160
RAM:Corsair 1gb (2x 512) ddr 400 $70
Floppy: Standard Floppy Disk Drive

cvb724 · 03-21-2006, 06:04 PM

good build

nice job

blaackoran · 03-21-2006, 06:19 PM

heh thanks, think a 74gb will be enough for a while though? Im going to be using this comp for Gaming mostly....high quality hopefully. Anyone know if any current video cards will be dirextx10 compatible?

cvb724 · 03-21-2006, 06:27 PM

none right now since dx10 isnt availible but the nvidia g80s will have it. and ya 74 gigs is pretty tiny considering some of the sizes of games now. but the raptors r crazy expensive. maybe just get another 200gig drive for storage @7200rpm and use that for games u dont care about loading times on so much or music, videos etc. gl!

xXx-Tricky-xXx · 03-21-2006, 06:42 PM

wait so what kind of harddrive specs is good for gaming pc. The RPM or cache or something?

blaackoran · 03-21-2006, 06:44 PM

faster RPM's mean faster time the hardrive can access data stored on it.. so yeah it affects gaming..

5000=slow
7200=standard
10000=fast
15000=retarded

am I right?

Running · 03-21-2006, 08:31 PM

yea except 15,000=sweetness if you have the money. ill just suggest a fortron psu the 450w one, not sure if that 500w can handle it all, just check your amps on your 12v rail

john3 · 03-21-2006, 10:40 PM

yeah but the more RPM ur Hard drive has the more heat it creates, meaning you are going to need better cooling. Everything looks good, but you shouhld check the specs on the Monitor makes sure response time is under 8ms, and it has more than 500:1 contrast ratio, those are good. You could save a lot of money and have A LOT more hard disk space if you get one thats 7200RPM, i really dont understand why its worth paying like $100 more for just 2800RPM, its not that much, and compromise a lot of disk space.

truebe · 03-22-2006, 12:12 AM

I would go for 2GB of RAM.

I'm not sure if I would trust a CompUSA PSU with all of that nice stuff.

fr34ky · 03-22-2006, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cvb724
none right now since dx10 isnt availible but the nvidia g80s will have it. and ya 74 gigs is pretty tiny considering some of the sizes of games now. but the raptors r crazy expensive. maybe just get another 200gig drive for storage @7200rpm and use that for games u dont care about loading times on so much or music, videos etc. gl!

No just get a 74gb for right now becuase the performance over a 7200rpm HDD is huge.Most games are like 5 gigs.COmpusa is just like newegg they probaly have the same companies.My best buy sells antec and one time they had a 350watt trupower PSU cheaper than newegg.Go Figure.Just spen $20 for HDD cooler.There's other places than newegg that have the same or better prices.

03-21-2006, 06:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
blaackoran Super Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 444	New Build, Under 1000$ Need Opinions Heres what im thinking, everything that has a price is what i can get it for...anything without a price is stuff i already have. What you do think? Monitor: Sharp 17" Widescreen LCD Speakers: Monster Game 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Case: Comp USA ATX Mid-Tower PSU: Comp USA 500watt CPU: AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core $325 Motherboard: DFI Lanparty UT Ultra-D $125 Video Card:nVidia Geforce 7900gt $300 Sound Card:Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic $120 Optical Drive:16x DVD+-R $40 Hard Drive:WD Raptor 74GB $160 RAM:Corsair 1gb (2x 512) ddr 400 $70 Floppy: Standard Floppy Disk Drive

03-21-2006, 06:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
cvb724 Monster Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,738	good build nice job __________________

03-21-2006, 06:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
blaackoran Super Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 444	heh thanks, think a 74gb will be enough for a while though? Im going to be using this comp for Gaming mostly....high quality hopefully. Anyone know if any current video cards will be dirextx10 compatible? __________________ Alienware m5550 Intel Core Duo T2300 ATI Radeon x1400 256mb 2x 512mb Ram Logitech G7 Creative GigaWorks T-20 --------------------------

03-21-2006, 06:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
cvb724 Monster Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,738	none right now since dx10 isnt availible but the nvidia g80s will have it. and ya 74 gigs is pretty tiny considering some of the sizes of games now. but the raptors r crazy expensive. maybe just get another 200gig drive for storage @7200rpm and use that for games u dont care about loading times on so much or music, videos etc. gl! __________________

03-21-2006, 06:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
xXx-Tricky-xXx True Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 119	wait so what kind of harddrive specs is good for gaming pc. The RPM or cache or something? __________________ DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3808110AS 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Platinum System Memory Model OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K eVGA 256-P2-N563-AX Geforce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Thermaltake Big Typhoon CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan with Heatsink

03-21-2006, 06:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
blaackoran Super Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 444	faster RPM's mean faster time the hardrive can access data stored on it.. so yeah it affects gaming.. 5000=slow 7200=standard 10000=fast 15000=retarded am I right?

03-21-2006, 08:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
Running Ultra Techie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 550	yea except 15,000=sweetness if you have the money. ill just suggest a fortron psu the 450w one, not sure if that 500w can handle it all, just check your amps on your 12v rail __________________ 3200+ A64 skt 754 ASUS K8N4-E Deluxe 2x 512mb corsair value X1800XL 512mb@X1800XT 2x 80g WD SATA X-FI Platinum Antec P180b

03-21-2006, 10:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
john3 Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,133	yeah but the more RPM ur Hard drive has the more heat it creates, meaning you are going to need better cooling. Everything looks good, but you shouhld check the specs on the Monitor makes sure response time is under 8ms, and it has more than 500:1 contrast ratio, those are good. You could save a lot of money and have A LOT more hard disk space if you get one thats 7200RPM, i really dont understand why its worth paying like $100 more for just 2800RPM, its not that much, and compromise a lot of disk space.

03-22-2006, 12:12 AM	#9 (permalink)
truebe Super Techie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 303	I would go for 2GB of RAM. I'm not sure if I would trust a CompUSA PSU with all of that nice stuff. __________________ 1GB DDR333 7600GS AGP PCP&C 410w Silencer Saitek Eclipse / Razer Copperhead

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