I'd really appreciate any input I can get from any of you as I have been out of touch with pc building for a few years. I've always been a Pentium person but I have decided to make the jump to AMD and make me a new gaming pc. Now here is the problem. Since I have always been with Pentium I have no idea where to even start with AMD and to be quite honest it is pretty daunting for me.
I am trying to get the best I can with around $2.2k but will spend another couple hundred if I have to. My biggest challenge right now is the motherboard and cpu, the rest I can pretty much get through. I have always been an Asus guy for motherboards but if anyone knows of anything better for gaming let me know. Also with the cpu I am wondering if dual core would be best or if I should go with something else.
Other components I will be picking up for this will be:
Maxtor MaxLine III 300GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA133
Asus EN7800GT DUAL/2DHTV/512M Dual Geforce 7800GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Dual Core Video Card
SONY 16X DVD±R, 5X DVD-RAM Write DVD Burner
Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Platinum
I already have a Sceptre X20G-Naga III 20.1" Widescreen LCD that I will be hooking up to this thing as well as a RAIDMAX RX-9 GT ATX-911WR case and ASUS Atlas A-55GA 550W Power Supply combo to put it in.
I'll worry about the memory after I have some idea of what motherboard to get and will most likely slam about 2GB into it. I'd also like to know anyone's thoughts on fan versus liquid cooling as I am leaning towards liquid to keep this thing cool. Not sure if I will be overclocking but since it is AMD and I am told they are easy to over then I may step into that arena soon.
I am trying to get the best I can with around $2.2k but will spend another couple hundred if I have to. My biggest challenge right now is the motherboard and cpu, the rest I can pretty much get through. I have always been an Asus guy for motherboards but if anyone knows of anything better for gaming let me know. Also with the cpu I am wondering if dual core would be best or if I should go with something else.
Other components I will be picking up for this will be:
Maxtor MaxLine III 300GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA133
Asus EN7800GT DUAL/2DHTV/512M Dual Geforce 7800GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Dual Core Video Card
SONY 16X DVD±R, 5X DVD-RAM Write DVD Burner
Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Platinum
I already have a Sceptre X20G-Naga III 20.1" Widescreen LCD that I will be hooking up to this thing as well as a RAIDMAX RX-9 GT ATX-911WR case and ASUS Atlas A-55GA 550W Power Supply combo to put it in.
I'll worry about the memory after I have some idea of what motherboard to get and will most likely slam about 2GB into it. I'd also like to know anyone's thoughts on fan versus liquid cooling as I am leaning towards liquid to keep this thing cool. Not sure if I will be overclocking but since it is AMD and I am told they are easy to over then I may step into that arena soon.