Help with custom PC

[TKHawke]

Had other thread about if I needed to upgrade motherboard/processor. I thought it'd be best to start a new one for advice on building a completely new PC.

 

Anyways I want to build a completely new custom PC instead of trying to upgrade my current. I'm trying to build the best gaming computer I can get with a budget of about $1,100. I know nothing about any of this so I really need help. I need the stuff from newegg too so no other sites please. I prefer using ATI/AMD cards and Intel processors. Thanks in advance to any who helps.

Edited November 15, 2011 by TKHawke

[hoofhearted4]

do you already have accessories like monitor, keyboard, mouse, Windows 7 etc?

 

assuming you have those already (since your previous thread was about your current set up) here is a theoretical list, comes up to exactly $1100 :P

 

Case

Mobo

CPU

GPU

RAM

PSU

HDD

 

as i said, this comes up right to $1100. the HDD may be small, but its faster then a 10k RPM drive. if you would rather have size over speed, this HDD will work too. unfortunately there was an HDD crisis recently, and any and all HDDs have rise in price quite a lot. normally for that price youd be looking at 2tb ez.

 

lastly i recommend a 3rd party heatsink as the stock heatsinks that come with CPUs usually stink. this is even more true if you ever plan on OCing. of course getting one would put you over $1100, but here are two options for you if you would like to get one.

 

air cooled

liquid cooled

Edited November 15, 2011 by hoofhearted4

[TKHawke]

do you already have accessories like monitor, keyboard, mouse, Windows 7 etc?

 

assuming you have those already (since your previous thread was about your current set up) here is a theoretical list, comes up to exactly $1100 :P

 

Case

Mobo

CPU

GPU

RAM

PSU

HDD

 

as i said, this comes up right to $1100. the HDD may be small, but its faster then a 10k RPM drive. if you would rather have size over speed, this HDD will work too. unfortunately there was an HDD crisis recently, and any and all HDDs have rise in price quite a lot. normally for that price youd be looking at 2tb ez.

 

lastly i recommend a 3rd party heatsink as the stock heatsinks that come with CPUs usually stink. this is even more true if you ever plan on OCing. of course getting one would put you over $1100, but here are two options for you if you would like to get one.

 

air cooled

liquid cooled

honestly I'd prefer the AMD Radeon HD 6950. I've just always stuck with AMD/ATI. One of my friends suggested this GPU to me. The other things I like but I think I'll look at different graphics card. I say my budget is around $1,100 since that's about the lowest I believe my budget will work out to be so it might be fine going a bit above. And where's the sound card? And out of curiosity would it be possible to have two HDDs? You know, have 2 fast HDD instead of 1 big slow one?

Edited November 15, 2011 by TKHawke

[hoofhearted4]

you are welcome to change out whatever you want

 

you dont NEED a sound card. unless you plan on hooking up surround sound or something. for just 2.0 or 2.1 or whatever, the integrated sound on the mobo will be fine.

 

and yea, you can have as many HDDs as you want lol. :thumbsup:

 

you could always consider getting a small SSD and then a big HDD. because HDDs cost so much right now, it wouldnt be much more expensive really. you could for example get the 1tb HDD i listed and a nice 128gb SSD. or you can get two of the 500gb Hybrids. all up to you. you could get a smaller SSD then that too, i just like the price per gb ratio on that SSD, and its a highly recommended one.

Edited November 15, 2011 by hoofhearted4

[dorkSIDES]

Hey here are a few builds featured in PCGAMER magazine over the last few months.(They all cost less than 1000)

 

BUILD #1

i5 2500k

G.Skills RipJaws [email protected]

GigaByte GA-Z68A-DX(z67 with 2500k=plenty of OC'ng)

Cyberpower 850watt psu

GTX Evga 570 1.3GB.

 

BUILD#2

Cooler Master 692 green case

AMD Phenom ii x6 1100T-Black Edition

Asus M4A88TD-M EVO

WD 640GB@7200rpm

Corsair Vengeance 8GB@1600mhz

GTX 560 Ti

 

Hope this is helpful start point to move things around and customize it to you preferences.

 

MY BUILD=roughly 1100EUR

i5 2500K

GigaByte UD3-B3

GTX 570 Palit Sonic

OCZ 600W ModXStream

12GB RipJaws @1600mhz-1.5v

HDD-WD-1TB/Samsung-500GB.

Antec 300 (switched back from NZXT Phantom-I just love the 300)

Coolit CPU cooler.

 

PCGAMER featured some more builds from 500-2200=if you would like to me to dig them out for you. They also have many useful tips and ideas in Custom PC magazine every month, so you should check them out.