smileybobs Posted February 27, 2007 CID Share Posted February 27, 2007 Greetings all. Basically, to make a short story shorter, Im wanting to upgrade my pc. Im currently at @ 2.0 mhz amd, 2 gigs ram, 300 gh 7200 rpm hd, geforce 6800 gt 256k, with a Nvidia nf4 motherboard. Im currently wanting to keep everything but the Video card, motherboard, and processor. Im gonna list the 3 items I wanted to purchase and put together to build a beast machine, and here they are The three components I would like to purchase are http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130079 Seem to be a top card, thought putting this in my machine should help the cause http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103759 Seems like a solid processor. Sure be a decent upgrade from what I have now. Now, the motherboard is where I am unsure of. Getting the processor and video card are fairly straight forward, but I would love suggestions on a nice board to put them on. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131593 This is a board that I found that I liked. So there ya have it. That is what Im wanting to have as the core of my machine. Any good? Have better ideas? Any constructive advice would be great My brother just got his friends computer (he is a marine now) and he can play games like oblivion max settings and resolution with smooth as butter framerates. So Im basically trying to one up his parts a bit to make sure I can do the same. If you guys have a better build for a machine (processor, video card, motherboard only) that could knock my socks off, post your ideas. Though, I am working with a budget of 1200. So have at it, and thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted February 27, 2007 CID Share Posted February 27, 2007 if you're building a new computer go with core 2 duo instead of AMD. also the 8800GTX is the most powerful card out with now and it gets bottlenecked by any processor out right now, but as new games emerge it'll take the full adventage of it. so it's a great choice. i would get the e6300 or e6700 processor and overclock it. i would build you something right now but im tired of it. all my friends ask me to build them stuff and im tired of looking on it for newegg. here it is: processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003 vid card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130072 for mobo i'd take asus 650i or 680i i have a 4200+ with 8800GTS and it goes through any game i throw at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted February 27, 2007 CID Share Posted February 27, 2007 those are all nice parts. but i have one question. on the motherboard you chose, is your ram you already have compatible? the motherboard you chose takes 240 pin DDR2 800. for cpu and grapihcs card, i wish i had them in my system right now. if you're building a new computer go with core 2 duo instead of AMD. also the 8800GTX is the most powerful card out with now and it gets bottlenecked by any processor out right now, but as new games emerge it'll take the full adventage of it. so it's a great choice. i would get the e6300 or e6700 processor and overclock it. core 2 duo's are nice, but i am still an amd person..untill i get my intel parts in later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileybobs Posted February 27, 2007 Author CID Share Posted February 27, 2007 Thanks for the help so far. I have 2 184 pin gig sticks. So most likely have to update the ram? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145034 for example? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted February 27, 2007 CID Share Posted February 27, 2007 those on the newegg's link will work fine. but if you keep the motherboard you posted above your 184 pin ram wont work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted February 27, 2007 CID Share Posted February 27, 2007 firestix ftw. wait for them to come back in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted February 27, 2007 CID Share Posted February 27, 2007 firestix ftw. wait for them to come back in stock. why...getting kinston or corsair would work fine...i got A-DATA and they work perfect. and they have heatspreader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted February 28, 2007 CID Share Posted February 28, 2007 any ram really works if you're not overclocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 28, 2007 CID Share Posted February 28, 2007 go with a intel core 2 duo over the AMD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileybobs Posted February 28, 2007 Author CID Share Posted February 28, 2007 Thanks again everyone, after looking at budget, and realizing I can eat ramen fora week, I think I will go ahead and go with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003 for the processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130072 for the video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131073 for the mobo and either http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145034 or the fire stix for the ram. Im thinkin that sounds pretty solid, and should run anything I could want to throw at it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted March 1, 2007 CID Share Posted March 1, 2007 Ramen kicks ass. Hey lets us know when you get it and how you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileybobs Posted March 1, 2007 Author CID Share Posted March 1, 2007 Its funny, right as you posted that, i was finishing the last bite on some. And will do when I get it all I get my school check on the 5th of april, so that is when Im orderin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted March 1, 2007 CID Share Posted March 1, 2007 Awesome. Yea thats right... I still use the word Awesome... what the hell are you all looking at? Anyway AWESOME. Hope you like it. :icon_thumleft: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted March 1, 2007 CID Share Posted March 1, 2007 nice. hey when you order your stuff...mind paying for an extra 8800gtx graphics card for me ...and some ramen.... jk. hope you like your pc when you get it all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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