Building A Gaming PC?

KZ

I am planning to buy the following Items. I would like some opinons from all you PC savvy people; also, i would like to know if a certain product dosent work with another one... Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600, ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard, Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory, HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000 HDS721010KLA330 (0A35155) 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM, XFX PVT94PYDDU GeForce 9600GT XXX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card, LITE-ON Black SATA Blu-ray DVD-ROM Drive Model DH-4O1S-08, LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE Combo, RAIDMAX Scorpio ATX-868WBP Black 0.8mm Japanese SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 420watts PS2 ATX12V Power Supply, SAMSUNG 2043BWX High Gloss Piano Black 20" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height & Pivot Adjustments and 2-port USB
Thank You!
KZ
I can't afford another Video Card at this time, but thank you!
Oh, an i will most def. gat a bigger power supply!!
Thx again Luke

Deja-Vu, what do you mean by The card needs 500+ and adding the processor?
Quad-Core or Dual-Core?? Which one??

Answer
I'd recommend visiting the Ars Technica system guide for some ideas on components for your build. You should find it useful. http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200803.ars

Just some other thoughts; since this is a gaming PC, your better off sticking with the cheaper dual core processor and getting yourself a better graphics card (8800GT or better), or dual cards. Mostly because most programmes (including games) out there today have barely started using dual cores, much less four, so you wont actually see any kind of improvement in terms of gaming performance. You will, however, if you put that money into a better graphics card (and really, you can't go wrong with a shiny new 8800GT!).

Another thing, June should see the release of ATi's next-gen card, which is looking to be quite a monster, and shortly after Nvidias next card should also be released (ahh, competition!), which is looking to be a monster as well. Either way, you may be better off waiting a month and getting one of those two (tentatively, the Radeon 4800 series and the geForece 9900).

Power supply is quite important, it's important to get yourself something thats good quality. I'm quite partial to the Corsair VX550W, which is a very high quality PSU for its price, along with Corsairs excellent customer service. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004
review here http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQyMCwyLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

Have fun with your build, and good luck!

Gaming Pc Help!!!!!!!!!?

Max

Hi im going to build a gaming pc that will be able to play all of the latest games on max. He is what I have so far:

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Z68 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard
Arctic Power 700W PSU - 4x SATA 1x PCI-Express
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Sony Optiarc AD-7260B 24x DVD±RW & DL SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black
Seagate 1TB 3.5" Sata-III 6GB/s Barracuda Green Hard Drive - 5900RPM 32MB Cache
D-Link Gigabit PCI Card
G Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333mhz Ripjaws Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V
Sweex All-in-1 Internal Card Reader. OEM
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB DDR5 PCIe

is this all compatible? if not what would be?

all I need now is a computer case which one would you recommend? (i dont need the greatest one in the world just one that will do the job!)

thanks
oh yes almost forgot, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 OEM PCI Soundcard thanks. any ideas on computer case?

Answer
For gaming that build is one of the best you can get, there are a few things I will point out though:

1. I don't really recognize Artic power supplies so I will only recommend what I know: the Corsair TX650 would be a great choice, so would any other 600W+ power supply from good brands like Antec or Seasonic. If you are planning in later adding a second GTX 580 you should get something like a Corsair TX850 instead to provide enough power;

2. Make sure the memory modules you've chosen are designed for your motherboard (check within the motherboard supported and recommended RAM as well in the actual RAM specs). Also, higher speed and lower timings is always welcome;

3. As for a case, if money isn't an issue the Antec Twelve Hundred, Cooler Master HAF-X, Corsair 600T, Corsair 800D, Silverstone RV03 and Silverstone FT02 are all excellent choices. However, if your budget is tighter you can choose a quality mid tower like the Antec Nine Hundred Two, Cooler Master 690 II Advanced, Thermaltake Element G, Lian-Li K58/W and Lian-Li PC-K62, which are all very good options;

4. Don't care about the people that tell you to get an Extreme Edition i7 processor, that's just useless, stupidly expensive and will actually perform worse in gaming than the i5 2500K because it's an older and outperformed technology;

I think this is all I had to mention about your build, hope it helped.

Cheers,
Vatanan.

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