Gaming/PC Setups

[thaima1shu]

Re: Gaming/PC Setups

Anyone willing to help me out here? I'm a total noob at this but want to build a PC (well, I guess I should say purchase the parts so that my friend can help put it together )

My intention is to build something that can literally run anything I throw at it like Crysis, then Starcraft II, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Crysis 2, etc. This should hopefully be a machine that can last for a while, to say the least.

So here's what I got so far pretty much just from reading NewEgg reviews and all that. I'm not 100% sure if this setup actually works, which is why I'm asking for some help here. Any input is appreciated. Thanks!

Alrighty, so this is what I came up with. Granted, I pretty much have no idea what I'm doing and kind of just went off reviews on NewEgg, so .. yeah. But here's just an idea, I guess:

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129043

CPU: Intel i7 920 2.66 ghz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115202

GPU: EVGA GTX 295 - w/ free copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130504

Motherboard: EVGA X58
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188049

Memory: Corsair Dominator 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145224

Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-1000TX 1000W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139007

Cooler: Cooler Master V8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103055

Hard Drive: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136296

CD/DVD Drive: Samsung 22x DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151187

Monitor: ASUS VH226H 21.5" 2ms HDMI Widescreen LCD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236051

Anyone see any potential problems with this build?

Cost: $1,949.88
Mail in rebates: $80
10% Bing.com search PayPal Cashback (if it works): $194.99
Total Cost: $1674.89

[KENYON06]

Re: Gaming/PC Setups

Yeah it is great. I'm not big on dual GPU's though, and that's pretty much what a 295 is. It's like 2 260's or 275's, i don't remember which, bolted on 1 pcb. You may have a micro stutter problem with it, and you may not.A lot of people have reported issues with microstuttering and 295's. And games that don't support SLi (most newer games do so don't worry too much) will kill your performance.

But yeah, it will work, and it should work great. I've got a similar setup but with a 9800gtx+ I just bought only to do the EVGA step up program when the 275 was coming out. But I never really needed the performance boost so I never did it.

[Blzer]

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I have a few pictures I posted for something else once, but here was my set up in my dorm last year:











And you'll see a front-right in the next picture, and surround-right speaker in the picture below that:













So I have a nice little HTiB setup with my PS3 and 23" Sammy LCD.

Never did find a way to hide my wires.

[bball_1523]

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I have a few pictures I posted for something else once, but here was my set up in my dorm last year:

What dorm was this? Are you still living in the dorms this year? I used to live in University Towers.

[Blzer]

Re: Gaming/PC Setups

What dorm was this? Are you still living in the dorms this year? I used to live in University Towers.

That was Maya. I lived in Chapultepec the past two years before and I'm living in Zura this year.

[vinny]

Re: Gaming/PC Setups

Anyone willing to help me out here? I'm a total noob at this but want to build a PC (well, I guess I should say purchase the parts so that my friend can help put it together )

My intention is to build something that can literally run anything I throw at it like Crysis, then Starcraft II, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Crysis 2, etc. This should hopefully be a machine that can last for a while, to say the least.

So here's what I got so far pretty much just from reading NewEgg reviews and all that. I'm not 100% sure if this setup actually works, which is why I'm asking for some help here. Any input is appreciated. Thanks!

Alrighty, so this is what I came up with. Granted, I pretty much have no idea what I'm doing and kind of just went off reviews on NewEgg, so .. yeah. But here's just an idea, I guess:

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129043

CPU: Intel i7 920 2.66 ghz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115202

GPU: EVGA GTX 295 - w/ free copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130504

Motherboard: EVGA X58
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188049

Memory: Corsair Dominator 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145224

Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-1000TX 1000W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139007

Cooler: Cooler Master V8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103055

Hard Drive: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136296

CD/DVD Drive: Samsung 22x DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151187

Monitor: ASUS VH226H 21.5" 2ms HDMI Widescreen LCD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236051

Anyone see any potential problems with this build?

Cost: $1,949.88
Mail in rebates: $80
10% Bing.com search PayPal Cashback (if it works): $194.99
Total Cost: $1674.89

That setup will kick ***. I might however suggest waiting till the directX 11 cards come out this fall as it seems that price is not too big of a factor for you. I'd also go with a different heatsink if you are planning on going for any kind of high overclock unless you are going for the look with the V8. (which imo looks badass)

[RAZRr1275]

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I'm looking at building a pc and i'm not exactly sure what would be a good set up so if any of you guys have any extra time could you link me to things to build a pc that

- Can multitask well (playing music while having 15-20 tabs open online and downloading files)

- Has a good graphics card that can handle games like Dirt and GTR 2

- A good moniter for the same as above

For about 800-1,300 if possible.

EDIT: And also if one exists could you also suggest a laptop that could do the same for around the same price range.

[vinny]

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Never got around to posting my build

ASUS M4A79 Deluxe

Phenom II X4 940 @3.0 OC'd to 3.7GHz cooled by Xigmatek's Thors Hammer with a Scythe Ultra Kaze fan

2X HIS iceQ 4+ radeon 4870 1gb in crossfire (OC'd)

6gb ddr2 800

1 640gb 7200rpm and 1 320 gb 7200 rpm HDD's

Ultra X3 1000 watt fully modular PSU

Antec 1200 Case

Samsung T220 Monitor

[vinny]

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To thaima1shu, I would also get the 300gb VelociRaptor HDD in place of the 150gb model you have posted as 150 is not a ton of space the the 300 model is only $50 more.

[eDotd]

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Thread revival!



Just got this, my 8800 was starting to take a turn for the worse. Also got two externals on the way..otherwise my setup is still the same.

Anyone upgrade?

[Cyros]

Re: Gaming/PC Setups

Thread revival!



Just got this, my 8800 was starting to take a turn for the worse. Also got two externals on the way..otherwise my setup is still the same.

Anyone upgrade?

Mmm, sexy...

BTW, how're your arcade stick skills coming along?

[youvalss]

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I'm planning on buying a desktop PC. I've seen some PC's at Future Shop and BB, but I thought of replacing the video cards they have with other ones. What is considered a good video card for games, but one that's not gonna cost more than $100-$130? I'm used to having GF, but I'm sure there are some decent ATI's too. What do you think?

[Gotmadskillzson]

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you not going to get no good graphics card for $130 that is for sure. None of those cards will run Dragon Age at all, let alone NBA 2K10 or Modernwarfare 2.

[Valdarez]

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I didn't realize it was so long ago, but the last PC I built was towards the end of 2005.

• APEVIA X-QPACK-BK/420 Black Aluminum 1.0 w/ ABS plastic front panel MicroATX Desktop Computer Case ATX 420W power supply Power Supply
• APEVIA Chameleon ATX-AS550W-BL 550W ATX12V v2.03 Power Supply
• GIGABYTE GA-K8N51GMF-9 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2.0GHz Socket 939 Dual-Core Processor
• 2x Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB SATA
• DIAMOND Viper 3870PE31G Radeon HD 3870 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (this is the upgraded card)
• Intel Pentium 4 3.2E Prescott 3.2GHz Socket 478 Single-Core Processor
• 2x Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
• PLEXTOR 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model PX-740A/SW-BL
• LINKSKEY LKA-CR15B 19-in-1 USB 2.0 Black Card Reader/Writer
• Dell 2408WFP Ultrasharp 24 Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor (main monitor)
• ViewSonic X Series VX924 Black/Silver 19" LCD Monitor (side monitor)
• Maxtor 1 Touch 250 GB External Hard Drive
• Eclipse keyboard

Running a Raid 0 configuration. This system was built in 2005 and still rocks to this day (thanks to the Raid 0 RAPTORs) and the video card upgrade (already listed).

[youvalss]

Re: Gaming/PC Setups

you not going to get no good graphics card for $130 that is for sure. None of those cards will run Dragon Age at all, let alone NBA 2K10 or Modernwarfare 2.

So what card do you recommend and how much can it cost? I don't need to play games on the highest settings, it can be medium-high.