- Aug 31, 2005
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1. Gaming/entertainment
2. $1300 including monitor. Less is always better though
3. USA. Newegg, Fry’s and/or Microcenter
4. Not a fanboy but I want an Intel build this time
5. KB/mouse
6. Yes
7. Default speeds
8. 1920x1200 or 1080
9. Within a month
Individual components:
CPU – Want a Core i5 as the i7 seems overkill for me
Ram – 4gb+
HDD – 1TB, WD Caviar black most likely. Is there a noticeable difference between the 32mb cache, 3Gb/s and 64mb cache, 6Gb/s versions?
MB – A basic i5 motherboard is fine, don’t need any extra features such as Crossfire/SLI
GPU – I have no clue what I should get. Haven’t followed GPUs in years
Case – Don’t need anything fancy, something black/generic is fine
Optical – Basic DVDRW drive
PSU – 500watt should be enough, correct?
OS – Win7 Home Premium
Monitor – 24” 1920x1200 or 1080. I prefer 16:10 over 16:9. Definitely don’t want to skimp on the monitor
Are there any combo deals going on right now? I read about a i5 CPU/mobo deal at Microcenter recently but couldn’t find it again.
Thanks in advance
2. $1300 including monitor. Less is always better though
3. USA. Newegg, Fry’s and/or Microcenter
4. Not a fanboy but I want an Intel build this time
5. KB/mouse
6. Yes
7. Default speeds
8. 1920x1200 or 1080
9. Within a month
Individual components:
CPU – Want a Core i5 as the i7 seems overkill for me
Ram – 4gb+
HDD – 1TB, WD Caviar black most likely. Is there a noticeable difference between the 32mb cache, 3Gb/s and 64mb cache, 6Gb/s versions?
MB – A basic i5 motherboard is fine, don’t need any extra features such as Crossfire/SLI
GPU – I have no clue what I should get. Haven’t followed GPUs in years
Case – Don’t need anything fancy, something black/generic is fine
Optical – Basic DVDRW drive
PSU – 500watt should be enough, correct?
OS – Win7 Home Premium
Monitor – 24” 1920x1200 or 1080. I prefer 16:10 over 16:9. Definitely don’t want to skimp on the monitor
Are there any combo deals going on right now? I read about a i5 CPU/mobo deal at Microcenter recently but couldn’t find it again.
Thanks in advance