Thread: future build

Originally Posted by finc.hairy

Originally Posted by bust331

This is just what I have been told.

And I hope you are being sarcastic about your last line, considering, that PC would be an amazing piece of machinery once it's completed.

Nope, no sarcasm.

If you can build a kick ass performance demon for less than a grand than props to you.

The build I sent him isn't the 'performance demon' but it is a big step up from his box (gateway i think he said) computer that he overpaid for. This is an upgrade on the cheap that can/will run the games of today at decent speeds though not the 'super speeds' that are available for more than I would ever care to spend. I have something similar and it runs fine with all the games currently out. I'm not maxing out settings, but that isn't as important to me as actually having money to buy games.

I'm pretty sure you gotta worry more about the chipset on the mobo and the GPU being compatible. CPU to North/South Bridge to PCI buses.

Not 100% sure on this. Correct me if I'm wrong.

And BTW, running two XFX nVidia 7600GTs with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and no problems.

CPU Socket Type LGA 775 - Taken from the CPU specs page.

CPU Socket Type LGA 775 - Taken from the mobo specs page....seems to fit fine.

Interface PCI Express 2.0 x16 - Taken from the GPU page

PCI Express 2.0 x16 1 - Taken from the mobo page....

me and blakeman made sure everything fit...

Yeah the interface is all good. (the physical connection).

I was saying sometimes there are issues with the mobo chipset and the GPU. I'm sure everything will work, I would just double check and do a google on the chipset and gpu compatible. I've never built an Intel machine. Cost too much for what it does. You can get an AMD that will be just as good that costs less. They are built on a better architecture.

Alright, point me in the direction of a good AMD CPU then...you have peaked my interest.

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103471

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166

Combo Deal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.201176 $239.98

GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128387 $109.99

SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102801 $169.99

or

XFX GX260NADFF GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150329 $179.99

Same case and psu

Total: $674.94 (add ten dollars for GTX 260)

$40 more for a quad core? hmmm

Gigabyte mobo....i dont know about that one...

Next to ASUS, Gigabyte is one of the most respected mobo manufacturers.

Look at the reviews on Newegg, 78% gave it 5 eggs.