Hey guys,
I'm building my first PC for gaming ... inspired by The Witcher 2 lol... I've put together a tentative list of components and would really appreciate everyone's feedback.
Let me first mention that performance is important to me as is keeping the price as low as possible, so I've cheaped out on a lot of stuff and went more top of the line on Processor/Video card/RAM.
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Motherboard:
ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - $200 including Processor below
Processor:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Quad Core - $200 including Motherboard above
Video Card:
AMD Radeon HD 6950 - $214.99
RAM - 8GB total:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBRL - $38.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBRL - $38.99
Case:
Thermaltake V3 Black Edition VL80001W2Z Black SECC / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $39.99
Power Supply:
Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - $64.99
Drives:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $60.99
Gear Head 24X DVD Burner (I need a Dual Layer burner) - $38.99
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All in all, comes out to ~$690.00 total + shipping. I already have a Sharp 60" LED TV which will be the monitor, hooked up via HDMI.
Some questions:
- Will this rig be able to run new games i.e The Witcher 2, Starcraft 2 (a bit older but still..), eventually Star Wars: The Old Republic when it comes out, etc, at high quality??
- Do I need to purchase a sound card or is the integrated audio okay (I really don't care much about sound... nothing special needed)
- What other components (cables, etc) do I need? I don't know what comes with the components I'm ordering, but I assume they'll have at least the required cables to hook up to the motherboard or w/e. I have a HDMI cable obviously... have Windows 7, keyboard, mouse, so that's taken care of.... anything else I'm missing? I'd hate to fully assemble the PC and realize I need to order some small part to get it running :/
Thanks a lot for any and all feedback... I'm not the type to just order all these parts blindly without getting some expert advice.
I'm building my first PC for gaming ... inspired by The Witcher 2 lol... I've put together a tentative list of components and would really appreciate everyone's feedback.
Let me first mention that performance is important to me as is keeping the price as low as possible, so I've cheaped out on a lot of stuff and went more top of the line on Processor/Video card/RAM.
-----------
Motherboard:
ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - $200 including Processor below
Processor:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Quad Core - $200 including Motherboard above
Video Card:
AMD Radeon HD 6950 - $214.99
RAM - 8GB total:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBRL - $38.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBRL - $38.99
Case:
Thermaltake V3 Black Edition VL80001W2Z Black SECC / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $39.99
Power Supply:
Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - $64.99
Drives:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $60.99
Gear Head 24X DVD Burner (I need a Dual Layer burner) - $38.99
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All in all, comes out to ~$690.00 total + shipping. I already have a Sharp 60" LED TV which will be the monitor, hooked up via HDMI.
Some questions:
- Will this rig be able to run new games i.e The Witcher 2, Starcraft 2 (a bit older but still..), eventually Star Wars: The Old Republic when it comes out, etc, at high quality??
- Do I need to purchase a sound card or is the integrated audio okay (I really don't care much about sound... nothing special needed)
- What other components (cables, etc) do I need? I don't know what comes with the components I'm ordering, but I assume they'll have at least the required cables to hook up to the motherboard or w/e. I have a HDMI cable obviously... have Windows 7, keyboard, mouse, so that's taken care of.... anything else I'm missing? I'd hate to fully assemble the PC and realize I need to order some small part to get it running :/
Thanks a lot for any and all feedback... I'm not the type to just order all these parts blindly without getting some expert advice.