Building PC

[-harry potter-]

So i'm building a Computer for 535$
Case:http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CA-SW2-K&cat=CAS&cpc=CASbs
Motherboard :Here
Video Card:Here
Hard Drive:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=THD-250A2
DVDRW:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...9&Sku=L12-1115
Processor:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=1778672
Don't worry about the memory got it covered :)

[megawhompertoo]

Re: Building PC

Don't spend $130 on a pentium d 920
Spend $85 on a pentium D 915 running @ the same speed, only thing missing is VT (you don't need it)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116253

If you're really wanting to spend $130 on a processor, strongly suggest this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115013

that's a very nice motherboard. it's also expensive, and you're also spending alot on stuff (sli, elaborate heatpipe cooling of the northbridge, southbridge, and caps) that it doesn't look like you'll be needing. If you got a more mid-end mobo, you could afford an E6300:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115005

here's a very good 965p motherboard on sale for $70 less than that 680i jobby.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128042

Don't get an x1650pro for $135 when you can get an x1950pro for the same price

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102061

x1950pro will absolutely run circles around the x1650pro.

That's the ugliest case I've ever seen, which doesn't really matter. What does matter is that the included PSU only supplies 22A to the +12V rail, one of those rails is only 10A, and the thing only comes with a 1-yr warranty. Which means the manufacturer isn't even trying to fool you--they're telling you its crap.

Stretch just a little:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129155

Even if the PSU goes, antec has a three year warranty, and their products are better at protecting the rest of your components if they do blow.

edit: the pentium d 915 is a great deal at that price, and it will do a decent job for gaming, especially if you overclock it (hope you've got some good RAM), but it does not hold a candle to the core 2's either before or after overclock. If you just want to build something very good for gaming, do yourself a favor and get the cheaper board and the E6300.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: Building PC

So i'm building a Computer for 535$
Case:http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CA-SW2-K&cat=CAS&cpc=CASbs
Motherboard :Here
Video Card:Here
Hard Drive:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=THD-250A2
DVDRW:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...9&Sku=L12-1115
Processor:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=1778672
Don't worry about the memory got it covered :)

First of all, that machine wouldn't even work. That case has to be one of the fugliest I've ever seen. You picked a great mobo to go with a crap proc, an agp graphics card that won't even work in the system, and a ide hd when what you really want is sata. Lemme guess, you're gonna try to cram some ddr memory in there too?

The case mega picked is fine, as well as the psu it has, so I won't worry about it.

Cpu: the c2d is great, but this is a budget machine, so you can go even cheaper on it by going amd:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103046

Only 70 bucks, and will oc great (2.8ghz practically guaranteed)

Mobo: one advantage of going amd is that the mobo's are usually cheaper than their equivalent intel counterparts.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131022

Only 10 bucks, but still cheaper. :p

Gpu:Same as mega's, the x1950pro is the best you can do with that budget and will blow away that x1650pro.

Optical drive: Here's the one I have, very quiet, can burn almost anything and is a great price:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151141

Save 10 bucks, and don't worry about the sata thing, it works just the same as a ide drive.

HD: Why choose a ide drive when everyone else uses sata?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148144

15 bucks more than the other drive, but with double the cache and about a year newer, it'll be faster than the one you picked.

I didn't total the price up, but it should be cheaper than both yours and mega's.