Computer I'd like to build

[arcobaleno]

Constructive criticism is needed.

 

Motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130274

 

Power Supply:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182188

 

Computer Case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133176

 

DVD Burner:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

 

RAM(May change mind on this):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227289

 

Hard Drive:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148413

 

Video Card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133306

 

Processor:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

 

All in all it's a bit expensive. But I'd rather do this than buy a name brand gaming computer.

[cacophany]

Motherboards a bit expensive for what it is I think, and I've personally had Thermaltake cases break on me. What resolution will you be playing that at? You won't be maxing out any games on that graphics card. If you're on a really tight budget I'd suggest cutting back on the CPU and finding a better value motherboard and getting a better graphics card. Also, your PSU is RIDICULOUSLY overpowered. You have low end hardware there but have listed a very powerful PSU. It's substantially more powerful then mine and I have a top of the line CPU and Graphics card both heavily overclocked.

 

 

 

 

What's your budget?

[arcobaleno]

I haven't really looked into any monitors yet. Thanks for telling me about the case and the PSU what do you think it should be?

[superdeluxe]

Weird. Before even clicking on your motherboard link I had a feeling what it was going to be because my friend bought the same one 2 months ago. I'll comment more on it below

 

As for your build:

 

CASE: Thermaltake is a decent company. I've used 2 of their cases and for the most part they're pretty good but I know people who've had some problems with them. I personally prefer Coolermaster.

 

PSU: 1000w? Man this setup could probably run on 550w. In accordance to your motherboard, I'd suggest 600w at the least, or go higher than that if you want your computer to last. Rosewill and Corsair are both terrific.

 

GPU: Eh... Considering this is a forum revolving mostly around games, I would have thought you'd beef this up a bit. That won't get you very far and you'll be buying a new one pretty soon with that. My suggestion since it seems like you might be on a budget: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161338&cm_re=HD_5770-_-14-161-338-_-Product. It's on sale, HIS is a good company (and they overclock well). I'm using a 5770 myself (not that model, mine doesn't use 2 PCI slots and it doesn't have a casing) and it's great.

 

CPU: Solid choice. This goes well with your mobo because the GD70 requires X4's and up for all of it's features to work well. If you got a X3 720 or something I don't think it'd work well.

 

MOBO: Loads of features. Has a lot of the newest nick nacks so this will be something you can use for some years to come. I always thought people should spend the most money on motherboards in order to save money in the future on upgrades. If your motherboard can keep up to date, then you're gold.

 

RAM: Had a few sticks of these in DDR2 a couple of years ago. They were solid then but I haven't tried their new stuff. Very reliable and the sticks I had were good for overclocking. The only problem I could think of is when I didn't know how to do cable management and the pipes got in the way. =/

 

Also in your previous post you said you hadn't thought about monitors. My only advice is make sure there's a good response time and a good color contrast. 1000:1 and 2ms is ideal for gaming.

 

cheers. If you decide to buy all this stuff here's to hoping there's no DOAs. With this setup you could easily run any game on max settings. Some might have lower FPS than others for sure but this will be good bang for the buck.

[arcobaleno]

Yeah I've changed the video card as well, it will now probably be a MSI N460GTX CYCLONE. I also changed the psu to a XION PowerReal AXP-850R14N which is 850w.