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Hi everyone, does this look fine for a gaming PC? Is everything compatible and reliable here?
Sony OptiArc Drive - $31 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827118030
Most other DVD drives seem more expensive and less reliable than this one. Where are the reliable drives when you need one....
WD Caviar 1TB Drive - $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136284
Hopefully this one's reliable.
Gigabyte Mobo - $80 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128392
Good rating, not too expensive, and supports 4890 and DDR3.
Sapphire 4890HD 1GB - $190 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102830
I keep hearing that crossfired 4850's are better, well for that I'd have to spend extra money for a good mobo with 2+ PCI 2.0 x16 slots, right? 4850x2 have horrible reliability compared to this thing.
Corsair 520W PSU - $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817139001
VERY low failure rate from reviews, cause unlike other computer parts, a PSU can fry everything if it fails (I think)!!
Crucial 2x2GB 1333 DRR3 - $58 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820148262
Fast, cheap, great rating. What else could I need? I'll just stick in a couple more later if it's not enough. 4 GB sticks are so expensive that it would make more financial sense to throw these out and buy them in a couple years, than to buy them now.
Phenom II X4 3GHZ + COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 case - $315 ($90 off!!!) http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?ItemList=Combo.208484
The case is the biggest one that I found with a good rating, so hopefully that will make it easy to cool and easy to manage everything in.
OS: I'll use Windows 7 RC for now, then buy the OEM when it comes out to save money. From what I read, it doesn't look like I'll be able to save money by using the upgrade trick, since the only copy I have of XP is the one that came with my Dell laptop (and I don't think it transfers).
Shipping: $40
Total on Newegg: $933.77
What's really bugging me is the PC building topic says that heatsinks are a core component. But I can't find any heatsinks with AM3 compatibility on Newegg. Could someone please help me with this issue? Or do I not need a CPU heatsink with my setup?
As for the rest of the stuff, I already have a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse that I'm currently hooking up to my 2-year old laptop (which runs DOOM 3 in 512x384 at about 30 fps, by the way, so you can see why I'm building my first desktop).
Thanks much for your time, everyone!
edit:
Added appropriate questions and answers.
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
All kinds of gaming - I'll be downloading a demo of every game I couldn't play on this laptop! Probably buying a couple once I'm sure which I like. And keeping about 10 windows of Google Chrome open at a time, each with 5 tabs. I like to multitask.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
Around $1000
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United States of America
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.
I'm probably sticking to AMD/ATI this time around
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
SONY CPD E500 flat CRT monitor, 1400x1050@100hz / 1600x1200@89hz. Anything above that flickers too much. I got it for $50 on Ebay, so I don't regret getting it instead of a normal LCD monitor like everyone else.
Standard keyboard/laser mouse (I might buy a better mouse later on, but I'm not going to build my computer based on which mouse I'm going to use)
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Yeah, but I want to be sure these parts work together.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speeds for now, since I'm a n00b to all this and my goal is just to get it working. Maybe I'll overclock eventually.
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
As soon as possible, though I don't plan to pay extra for fast shipping =P
Sony OptiArc Drive - $31 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827118030
Most other DVD drives seem more expensive and less reliable than this one. Where are the reliable drives when you need one....
WD Caviar 1TB Drive - $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136284
Hopefully this one's reliable.
Gigabyte Mobo - $80 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128392
Good rating, not too expensive, and supports 4890 and DDR3.
Sapphire 4890HD 1GB - $190 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102830
I keep hearing that crossfired 4850's are better, well for that I'd have to spend extra money for a good mobo with 2+ PCI 2.0 x16 slots, right? 4850x2 have horrible reliability compared to this thing.
Corsair 520W PSU - $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817139001
VERY low failure rate from reviews, cause unlike other computer parts, a PSU can fry everything if it fails (I think)!!
Crucial 2x2GB 1333 DRR3 - $58 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820148262
Fast, cheap, great rating. What else could I need? I'll just stick in a couple more later if it's not enough. 4 GB sticks are so expensive that it would make more financial sense to throw these out and buy them in a couple years, than to buy them now.
Phenom II X4 3GHZ + COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 case - $315 ($90 off!!!) http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?ItemList=Combo.208484
The case is the biggest one that I found with a good rating, so hopefully that will make it easy to cool and easy to manage everything in.
OS: I'll use Windows 7 RC for now, then buy the OEM when it comes out to save money. From what I read, it doesn't look like I'll be able to save money by using the upgrade trick, since the only copy I have of XP is the one that came with my Dell laptop (and I don't think it transfers).
Shipping: $40
Total on Newegg: $933.77
What's really bugging me is the PC building topic says that heatsinks are a core component. But I can't find any heatsinks with AM3 compatibility on Newegg. Could someone please help me with this issue? Or do I not need a CPU heatsink with my setup?
As for the rest of the stuff, I already have a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse that I'm currently hooking up to my 2-year old laptop (which runs DOOM 3 in 512x384 at about 30 fps, by the way, so you can see why I'm building my first desktop).
Thanks much for your time, everyone!
edit:
Added appropriate questions and answers.
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
All kinds of gaming - I'll be downloading a demo of every game I couldn't play on this laptop! Probably buying a couple once I'm sure which I like. And keeping about 10 windows of Google Chrome open at a time, each with 5 tabs. I like to multitask.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
Around $1000
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United States of America
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.
I'm probably sticking to AMD/ATI this time around
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
SONY CPD E500 flat CRT monitor, 1400x1050@100hz / 1600x1200@89hz. Anything above that flickers too much. I got it for $50 on Ebay, so I don't regret getting it instead of a normal LCD monitor like everyone else.
Standard keyboard/laser mouse (I might buy a better mouse later on, but I'm not going to build my computer based on which mouse I'm going to use)
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Yeah, but I want to be sure these parts work together.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speeds for now, since I'm a n00b to all this and my goal is just to get it working. Maybe I'll overclock eventually.
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
As soon as possible, though I don't plan to pay extra for fast shipping =P