Good >$600 build?

[TehNomad]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishL...WishListNumber=9083911

1. Will be used for gaming and general computing
2. Preferably as cheap as possible without skimping
3. Buying in USA
4. No preference for brands
5. Reusing monitor/mouse/keyboard, hard drive. The monitor is a 22" 1680x1050
7. Probably not going to OC, maybe to experiment
8. Sometime before February

 

[Blain]

You might want to look at the Antec 300.
The build quality will probably be a bit better than the CM.
I'm not saying CM builds crap.

 

[DSF]

Unless "some time before February" means in the next two weeks, there's no reason to fill out a specific wish list. Prices and specials change week to week, and your final build will almost certainly be different than that one in a few places.

If you need to put a list together to give people Christmas ideas I understand, but ideally you'd be building the machine within 30 days of the purchase of the parts.

 

[Blain]

You might also check the For Sale/Trade forum for deals over the next few weeks.

I'm hungry for the C2D deals from i7 upgraders! :laugh:

 

[thescreensavers]

Originally posted by: Blain
You might want to look at the Antec 300.
The build quality will probably be a bit better than the CM.
I'm not saying CM builds crap.

I find CM's to be built well. Theirs no problem with that case in his checklist

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers

Originally posted by: Blain
You might want to look at the Antec 300.
The build quality will probably be a bit better than the CM.
I'm not saying CM builds crap.

I find CM's to be built well.

So do I

 

[bob4432]

from your list here is what i would change -

4850 - pick one up from ebay from a place like zipzoomfly's ebay store and get the 30% discount through ms cash, possibly get more from them and get the $$$

e8400 - good cpu but not necessary for what you are doing. hell, i am running a e2160 @ 3GHz and the only time it is lacking is when i am doing some rendering, other than that it is more than enough for games and stuff. for ~1/2 the cost, you may want to look at some of the lower end e4xxx series too.

you also may want to quantify gaming a bit.

 

[BladeVenom]

I wouldn't trust an Apevia PSU for your PC. Check Hot Deals until you find a sale on a good PSU or Case w/ PSU. It seems like a decent one is on sale every other week.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
I wouldn't trust an Apevia PSU for your PC. Check Hot Deals until you find a sale on a good PSU or Case w/ PSU. It seems like a decent one is on sale every other week.

Yea that PSU sucks.

Try this Seasonic unit
Or you can get this Antec Sonata III case with a 500W Earthwatts PSU

 

[TehNomad]

I'm sort of editing along the day.

My plan for buying is to look for deals on the stuff so that by February I can play Empire: Total War on it.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: TehNomad
I'm sort of editing along the day.

My plan for buying is to look for deals on the stuff so that by February I can play Empire: Total War on it.

if you aren't going to build within the next 15-30days, this post is a waste - so many things change on nearly a weekly basis....