New desktop

[myidisbb]

i built a computer in 2003. agp stuck at 9800pro. very hard to find a replacement for the newer games.

not counting monitor, im looking at $2,000 to $2,500 range.

mother board

power

cpu

internal dvd burner

case

ram

sound card or intergated on mother board?

im guessing pci ex 2.0 x 16

for lcd monitor should i go with a tv hd version or stick with gaming? what specs shou8dl i look for?

did dirext x 10 games for vista ever catch on? i look around but didnt see any requiring it. i know direct x 10 grapchis suppose to be more real like and better then direct x 9.0c

cooling fan or something that workings fine also.

thanks for any ideas or links to a setup. im looking at building it in dec or if not then ill have to wait until feb. (jan ill be in MS training people)

thank you

[eBait]

Depends, do you want a high-end core i7 system?

[myidisbb]

Depends, do you want a high-end core i7 system?

like i said 2 to 2.5 is price

[eBait]

For under 2k you have a badass system:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16883239004

[_Fallen_]

Memory Slots (Available/Total) 1/4

Don't understand why, but with new Triple Channel technology, I think X58 motherboards should have 6 slots for RAM, but here is 4

and

HD Capacity	  500GB

I think 1TB is much better, maybe you want to use RAID with another HDD

[sumant30]

For under 2k you have a badass system:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16883239004

I think tht system is good but better to go for 4870 rather than 4850 if you want a good gaming system.

[shought]

On the other end of your budget is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16883227119

Nice PC, but you can get the same much cheaper, is there any site from the country where you live(US?) where you can custom build a PC? I'd make one for you if you wish ;)

[eBait]

It was just a +- for the parts involved. Mainboard should be one with 3 or 6 dimm slots, and I think for a proc the i920 will do. Then you can go for a GTX260/280 or a HD4870(x2) and have the gaming covered. Prolly grab one or two 1tb spinpoints from samsung and run them in RAID. 3 or 6gb ram would be the way to go with the triple channel involved with the x58 chipset motherboard of your choice.

[shought]

You want an operating system or not? I'd go with no ;) And Blu-ray or not?

Does this look like something you're looking for, it's fully customizable so if you want to see anything changed, talk to me baby :D

In words: Intel i7 Quad-Core @ 3 GHz, Gigabyte Intel X58, 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz RAM, eVGA NVIDIA 280 GTX @ 621 MHz with 1GB GDDR3 @ 2268 MHz, Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio, 2 x WD 500GB RAID 0(or 1 if you wish), 2 x Samsung Super-WriteMaster DVD-RW (Dual-Layer), Coolermaster Cosmos S Black tower case(4 system fans), Thermaltake Toughpower 750W(should be sufficient), No operating system.

• INTEL, Core™ i7-940 Quad-Core 2.93GHz, LGA1366, 6400 MT/s QPI, 8MB L3 Cache, 45nm, 130W, EM64T EIST VT XD, Retail
  
• GIGABYTE, GA-EX58-UD5, LGA1366, Intel® X58, 6400 MT/s QPI, DDR3-2000MHz 24GB /6, PCIe x16 SLI CF /3, SATA 3 Gb/s RAID 5 /10, HDA, GbLAN /2, FW /3, ATX, Retail
  
• CORSAIR, 6GB (3 x 2GB) XMS3 PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz CL9 (9-9-9) 1.5V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC
  
• eVGA, GeForce GTX 280 SC, GTX 280 621MHz, 1GB GDDR3 2268MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, DVI /2, HDTV Out, Retail
  
• CREATIVE, Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio, 7.1 channels, 24-bit 96KHz,
  
• 2 x WESTERN DIGITAL, 500GB WD Caviar® SE16 (WD5000AAKS), SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200-RPM, 16MB cache
  
• RAID, RAID 0 (striping), min 2 hard drives required
  
• SAMSUNG, Super-WriteMaster™ SH-S223 Black 22x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner w/ LightScribe, SATA, w/ Software, OEM
  
• SAMSUNG, Super-WriteMaster™ SH-S223 Black 22x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner w/ LightScribe, SATA, w/ Software, OEM
  
• COOLERMASTER, Cosmos S (RC-1100-KKN1-GP) Black Tower Case, EATX, No PSU, Aluminum
  
• THERMALTAKE, Toughpower, 80 PLUS®, 750W Power Supply w/ Modularized Cable Management, 24-pin ATX12V EPS12V, Quad +12V, SLI Ready / CrossFire Certified
  
• NONE, No Operating System (Choose OS or subject to Limited Support)
  
• Price: $2499.35 (Everything included)
  

If you're making it yourself I'd order the parts at separate places, but this is just to show you what you can do with this kind of money(nearly anything).

[PsychoticxBloodxLust]

I play few a direct 10x supported games Devil May Cry 4, Company of Heros, World in Conflict, Crysis, etc... the list goes on

don't ge ta evga card get XFX XXX edition i have been XFX XXX and they have yet to fail me on my gameing needs (Crysis my bad can only play medium casue of my CPU BLAH :huh:

[myidisbb]

I play few a direct 10x supported games Devil May Cry 4, Company of Heros, World in Conflict, Crysis, etc... the list goes on

don't ge ta evga card get XFX XXX edition i have been XFX XXX and they have yet to fail me on my gameing needs (Crysis my bad can only play medium casue of my CPU BLAH :rant:

im looking at going vista on the new system. should the quad x 64 actaully improve the game ect? is direct x 10 backwards cap to the older games (direct x 5-9?)

i hate it when one doesnt keep up witht he hardware i gets lost very qucikly

[sumant30]

I play few a direct 10x supported games Devil May Cry 4, Company of Heros, World in Conflict, Crysis, etc... the list goes on

don't ge ta evga card get XFX XXX edition i have been XFX XXX and they have yet to fail me on my gameing needs (Crysis my bad can only play medium casue of my CPU BLAH :rant:

im looking at going vista on the new system. should the quad x 64 actaully improve the game ect? is direct x 10 backwards cap to the older games (direct x 5-9?)

i hate it when one doesnt keep up witht he hardware i gets lost very qucikly

Quad core will support the new games in a better way if they utilize all the 4 cores but i doubt that 64 bit will actually improve ne performance.

[shought]

I play few a direct 10x supported games Devil May Cry 4, Company of Heros, World in Conflict, Crysis, etc... the list goes on

don't ge ta evga card get XFX XXX edition i have been XFX XXX and they have yet to fail me on my gameing needs (Crysis my bad can only play medium casue of my CPU BLAH :rant:

The eVGA card is fine, XFX is fine too but it had to fit into his budget, besides that he can probably overclock the eVGA card to the same level the XFX is on, which, I promise you, won't be needed because this card is fast as hell.

What do you think of my setup myidisbb?

[myidisbb]

I play few a direct 10x supported games Devil May Cry 4, Company of Heros, World in Conflict, Crysis, etc... the list goes on

don't ge ta evga card get XFX XXX edition i have been XFX XXX and they have yet to fail me on my gameing needs (Crysis my bad can only play medium casue of my CPU BLAH :rant:

The eVGA card is fine, XFX is fine too but it had to fit into his budget, besides that he can probably overclock the eVGA card to the same level the XFX is on, which, I promise you, won't be needed because this card is fast as hell.

What do you think of my setup myidisbb?

i never really mess with raid harddrives. my understanding that a raid can combine 2 harddrives to act as one or have a second harddrive as a image of the first incase of problems with the first.

2 dvd burners in it?

both these video cards are the version 2 of PCIe 16?

1 or 1.5 TB harddrives compared to 500GB ones?

i basically dont have a budget problem. just trying to keep it avg compare to what i paid before. i know i could go crazy in the 4+.

will look at the items later this weekend.

thank you all

[shought]

Don't mind the parts between ( ) for RAID, they're not meant for you myidisbb :smoke:

RAID1 is what you understand, but RAID0 will do this(simplified, so don't start messing :D): If you have a file of let's say 2 MB, RAID will make the OS split it into two pieces and place one piece on HD1 and one piece on HD2, this way your computer will take half the time(I told you, simplified!) to load a file and this should significantly improve performance. If you use RAID0 you have more safety but half the storage, but when you use RAID1 you keep the storage and have faster read times, so no loss, they will preconfigure it for you like that so you won't have to do it yourself :D

Do mind the parts between ( ) from now on :D

I selected 2 DVD Burners since a burner is nearly the same price as a reader only and you never know when you need two drives, if one burner for anyone reason would break you still have the other one, so it's multi functional and will only cost you like 3 dollar more(which is nothing when you have a look at your budget :D).

Yes, the GeForce 280 is PCIe x16 2.0.

I don't know how much storage you need, but I couldn't imagine anyone using more than 1 TB on a desktop computer, so I went for two 500 GB drives. If you think you would use more I can adjust them but something else has got to go then :cheers: (Since budget 2500 and I'm at 2499 :P)

That's all for now :D