Building a computer. What parts should I get for this?

**pevergreen** · 01-21-2010, 00:21

$802.92 USD (excluding shipping, dunno about taxes and so forth)
But, with a $25 mail in rebate

edit:

Originally Posted by newegg

Tax: All customers outside of California, New Jersey and Tennessee will not be charged any tax. Therefore, customers in those locales do not need to fax or set up any reseller tax exemption form.

Thermaltake TR2 W0388RU 600W
Plus
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $109.98

Intel Core i5-750 - 199.99

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0GB/s - 74.99

Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA - 27.99

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - 104.99

ASUS ENGTS250 DK/DI/1G GeForce GTS 250 1GB
plus
ASUS P7H55D-M EVO LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX
plus
ASUS Power of 3 Game Coupon ($50 game download voucher, for SFIV, RE 5 or Dark Void) - 284.98

You're not giving me a lot of money to play with.

Decent RAM, good HDD, and an okish video card.

**Lemur** · 01-21-2010, 01:21

Originally Posted by pevergreen

ASUS ENGTS250 DK/DI/1G GeForce GTS 250 1GB
plus
ASUS P7H55D-M EVO LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX
plus
ASUS Power of 3 Game Coupon ($50 game download voucher, for SFIV, RE 5 or Dark Void) - 284.98

I don't understand why you'd opt for the GTS 250 when for ten dollars more you could get the 5850, a substantially more powerful video card. Are you worried about the power supply?

**pevergreen** · 01-21-2010, 01:30

Irrational ATI hate.

And, the 5850 is $289.99 by itself.

The mobo, the graphics card and the voucher together cost less. Hes on a tight budget.

**antisocialmunky** · 01-21-2010, 02:05

I dunno, I always skimp on the other parts:

-Mid-Range CPU
-Overclocking Mobo
Overclock the CPU like crazy
-2 sticks of ram
-Blow everything else on a graphics card

**pevergreen** · 01-21-2010, 02:14

Why bother to overclock an i5/i7. It isnt gunna help much...

**Belgolas** · 01-21-2010, 05:41

O.K. You best bet is to go AMD for the CPU with DDR3 as it is cheaper and go with the most expensive GPU you can afford because that is where you need the performance in 90% of the games out there. So the faster the GPU the better.

I say the Phenom 2 550 BE is a good CPU and if you are lucky it can be unlocked to a quad core. I would also try and get a DX 11 GPU just so you can at least stay with the latest DX.

Although by far the greatest advice right now is to WAIT for an upgrade as nvidia will be releasing their next GPU line-up in a month or 2 which will lower prices for ATI.