1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
gaming, watching movies, school work
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$1200
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
canada / ncix
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.
n/a
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
n/a
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
yes
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
moderate overclocking
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
within 1 month
I've picked out the following parts so far. I need help picking out a motherboard. I won't be using crossfire. I will want to do some overclocking by hopefully getting the cpu to run at around 3.8-4 GHz on air.
Is there any noticable performance differences between the companies that make the ati boards like sapphire, his, asus, etc?
Also, I'm not entirely sure about the Lian Li case. Anyone have this particular case? I might just use the Antec case from my current PC since $260 is a lot of money for a case.
How is the heatsink / fan that comes with the retail E8500 box? Is it good enough to get 3.8-4ghz?
$210 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 6MB 1333MHz LGA775
$125 Corsair XMS2 Dominator TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF 4GB 2X2GB PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 240PIN Memory Kit
$304 SAPPHIRE RADEON HD4870 512MB DDR5 DUAL DVI-I TVO PCI-E LITE RETAIL
$170 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-300 32MB 7200rpm ST31000340AS
$145 Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W ATX Triple 12V 50A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply 120MM Fan 2X PCI-E
$260 LIAN-LI PC-A10B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Case
gaming, watching movies, school work
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$1200
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
canada / ncix
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.
n/a
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
n/a
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
yes
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
moderate overclocking
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
within 1 month
I've picked out the following parts so far. I need help picking out a motherboard. I won't be using crossfire. I will want to do some overclocking by hopefully getting the cpu to run at around 3.8-4 GHz on air.
Is there any noticable performance differences between the companies that make the ati boards like sapphire, his, asus, etc?
Also, I'm not entirely sure about the Lian Li case. Anyone have this particular case? I might just use the Antec case from my current PC since $260 is a lot of money for a case.
How is the heatsink / fan that comes with the retail E8500 box? Is it good enough to get 3.8-4ghz?
$210 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 6MB 1333MHz LGA775
$125 Corsair XMS2 Dominator TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF 4GB 2X2GB PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 240PIN Memory Kit
$304 SAPPHIRE RADEON HD4870 512MB DDR5 DUAL DVI-I TVO PCI-E LITE RETAIL
$170 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-300 32MB 7200rpm ST31000340AS
$145 Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W ATX Triple 12V 50A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply 120MM Fan 2X PCI-E
$260 LIAN-LI PC-A10B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Case