1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Gaming
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
1.2k-1.5k
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
Nvidia (not me, but I like EVGAs support so I tend to want to stick with them)
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
DVD drive/harddrive, sound card
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
A little. I'm setting up a build for a friend, and I'm out of the loop for hardware this is kind of a preliminary build.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Probably going to do a small overclock. Just what can be done at stock voltage (maybe a slight voltage boost).
Case: Coolermaster 690 $69.99
Video Card: EVGA 8800 GTS (G92) $339.99 (309.99 after rebate)
RAM: G.Skill DDR2 1000 $114.99 (Room for overclocking worth it?)
Motherboard: ASUS P5E Intel x38 $229.99 (I've generally been happy with ASUS; don't know a lot about new chipsets)
Processor: Q6600 $277.99
Power Supply: Corsair 550VX $89.99 (69.99 after rebate) (He has an old 500 or 550W PSU, but it's 4 years old. Figuring it's a good idea to get a new one)
The whole thing comes out to 1,122.94 before rebates. Pinching pennies shouldn't be important. He's only got a 200gig 8meg cache drive; I don't know if it'd be worth getting another better drive for his OS/programs. The extra space gained from another drive wouldn't go to waste either. He has some cheap DL DVD burner; I assume that's still fine to have.
Gaming
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
1.2k-1.5k
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
Nvidia (not me, but I like EVGAs support so I tend to want to stick with them)
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
DVD drive/harddrive, sound card
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
A little. I'm setting up a build for a friend, and I'm out of the loop for hardware this is kind of a preliminary build.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Probably going to do a small overclock. Just what can be done at stock voltage (maybe a slight voltage boost).
Case: Coolermaster 690 $69.99
Video Card: EVGA 8800 GTS (G92) $339.99 (309.99 after rebate)
RAM: G.Skill DDR2 1000 $114.99 (Room for overclocking worth it?)
Motherboard: ASUS P5E Intel x38 $229.99 (I've generally been happy with ASUS; don't know a lot about new chipsets)
Processor: Q6600 $277.99
Power Supply: Corsair 550VX $89.99 (69.99 after rebate) (He has an old 500 or 550W PSU, but it's 4 years old. Figuring it's a good idea to get a new one)
The whole thing comes out to 1,122.94 before rebates. Pinching pennies shouldn't be important. He's only got a 200gig 8meg cache drive; I don't know if it'd be worth getting another better drive for his OS/programs. The extra space gained from another drive wouldn't go to waste either. He has some cheap DL DVD burner; I assume that's still fine to have.