Help me build a gaming computer

[superkrm]

Probably.

But I'm still considering spending the money for my G15 on getting a DX10 graphics card instead of the DX9 one...that way I'll be able to hold out on upgrading a tad longer.

u have to get at least an 8800gts man if u want some longevity with dx10

otherwise x1950pro is the best deal for your money

 

[Mewgia]

well ok, but I'm not sure about not being able to play DX10 games for a while

my budget for a GFX card is now around $200...

 

[Salamantis]

Yep, get those Altec Lansing speakers (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836113138&Tpk=VS4121). I have them too, and believe me, for the price they rock. I don't think you'll find 60$ speakers at that quality.

 

[amptor]

$900 and you only have an E4400? COME ON MAN. I was getting ready to drop some coin into a system and it was going to have at least an E6750 if not a Q6600. Also was thinking about 8800gts and such but then I bought a laptop and forgot all that stuff. Build up for Crysis but otherwise it's not really worth the money. also I think lower-end systems than what I was planning will be running crysis and starcraft 2 just fine (maybe just need an 8600 card or something). But well.. for non-portable systems I just stick with xbox360.. having this huge block of steel on my desk is kinda annoying me now since I got a laptop that is about 3x faster than my pentium 4 including the video for under $1200.

 

[BoneMonkey]

Antec Sonata III Case and 500 Watt PSU 129.95
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811129024

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor 198.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115016

ASUS P5LD2 R2.0 LGA 775 Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard 84.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131048

Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Memory 57.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820134046

WD Caviar RE 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive 74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136055

LITE-ON Black DVD Burner 25.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827106049

XFX PVT80GGHF4 GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 279.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150171


TOTAL 852.89

i did not include the price of

Windows
Keyboard
Mouse
Monitor
or tax or shipping

 

[cubin']

well ok, but I'm not sure about not being able to play DX10 games for a while

my budget for a GFX card is now around $200...

DX10 isn't really worth it at the moment. Take a look at some of the comparison screen shots and videos that are around the place...it's nothing special yet.

 

[BoneMonkey]

the setup i made has a dx 10 card and your getting a good processor and your getting 2 gigs of ram

your going to need to aquire some form of windows

 

[Mewgia]

well ok, but I'm not sure about not being able to play DX10 games for a while

my budget for a GFX card is now around $200...



DX10 isn't really worth it at the moment. Take a look at some of the comparison screen shots and videos that are around the place...it's nothing special yet.

It's worth it for the games that require DX10.

@amptor: are those really within a $900 budget? I mean, the quadcore you referred to is like $280 on its own, and so it that GFX card. that's more than half of my money gone right there. $400-$180 for an LCD= $220 for RAM, a PSU, keyboard and mouse, case fans, hard drive, speakers, and motherboard.

mobo and hard drive are about $100 apiece

500-600w PSU is $60-100
2GBs of good 800MHz RAM is about $75
Speakers are 30-60

all of that >>>>>>$400

not sure I follow your logic here amp

[EDIT] but I do want to build up for Crysis, it's the main reason I want DX10.

 

[BoneMonkey]

you didnt like the items i posted i think its the best soo far ?

 

[cubin']

You don't need DX10 for Crysis, it looks really good in DX9 if you get a half decent card. If you save a fair bit of cash with just getting a DX9 card you could put the savings away for the nvidia 9 series cards which will be awesome

 

[Mewgia]

not really the best list because a monitor is a large chunck of the money, nearly $200. 250GB HDD=phail, I already have a case, 667 RAM=phail... I do want that graphics card though ;_;


As for Windows? What price? Do you really think I'm going to buy Windows if I'm budgeting this much? Really now.

 

[Mewgia]

You don't need DX10 for Crysis, it looks really good in DX9 if you get a half decent card. If you save a fair bit of cash with just getting a DX9 card you could put the savings away for the nvidia 9 series cards which will be awesome

Wait...really?

I have been sorely misinformed then O.O

Would the GFX card that I was originally going to get (the Sapphire one) be good enough?

 

[superkrm]

if ur referring to the x1950pro
should be with the right settings but we wont know till a demo comes out for benchmarking

 

[BoneMonkey]

you really should go with nvidia ........

 

[mfpants50]

The X1950XT will be good for Crysis, I can run the COD4 demo and WIC on the highest settings 1280x1024 at 40 or higher FPS. It won't be that much worse, and hopefully it will be optimized like Bioshock is.

 

[superkrm]

isnt 1950xt around the 200 dollar price range?

might as well get the 8800gts

 

[mfpants50]

$170 for X1950XT. $270 for 8800GTS
That's quite a difference. Especially for a budget PC

 

[superkrm]

$170 for X1950XT. $270 for 8800GTS
That's quite a difference. Especially for a budget PC

naw d9 for 170 not a good deal IMHO
if ur gonna do 170 might as well take the plunge to 270, but im a cheap bastard
i wont buy a vc over 150

@mew newegg has an openbox x1950pro for 109

 

[Mewgia]

Yeah I was talking about the X1950PRO, not the X1950XT. I'll check out that openbox one, saves me $30.

When will benchmarks for Crysis be available? Are they planning to release a demo in the near future? because if not I'm just going to probably go ahead with the X1950Pro.

 

[Sonicslasher]

how the hell do you get $900 for your b-day? I only got $110.