Building a Mid-Range Gaming Rig

[cyrax]

I'm in New Zealand, and I can't get stuff from newegg. Warranties aren't still valid if the items are shipped to different countries I think, and I heard that newegg doesn't ship outside of the US.

EDIT: Also, I was just checking out some prices, would it be worth it to upgrade to a 3700+? It's about $50 more than a 3500+. Would there be that much more performance that it could dish out, and would it last me longer?

 

[aliasaid]

i don't have experience with cooler master and enermax, but antec i know first hand is a solid PSU. even a 400watt would be sufficient i would think. raidmax has a few psu's out there.. so depends which one you got.. i couldn't find a 500watt one, just make sure there's enough amperage on the 12V rails.

3700 has double the L2 cache of the 3500; i'd try to get it. when you say $50 more, you mean 50 newzealand dollars right? not US dollars... still tho.. on newegg the diff is like USD$12 which is like $18 newzealand dollars.. but anyways.. you already explained that..

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

I have a cooler master power supply. They work. They're not designed for overclocking or anything along those lines, but they work. It's very reliable.

Ryan

 

[cyrax]

Yeah, I'm not going to be overclocking, so that's fine. I might see if I can go with the 3700+ then, would it work well witha 6800GS? And would that mobo still be ok for it?

 

[Nitestick]

3700+ will work brilliantly with the 6800gs and so would the 3500+. my personal choice between the 3500+ and 3700+ would be the 3700+ not because it has a higher rating but because it is a san diego core and as pointed out has double the L2 cache.

 

[cyrax]

Oh ok then. So my decision is final on the CPU and video card now. Is that mobo still ok? It's a nice price to fit in my price range. I'm going to upgrade the PSU maybe to a Cooler Master PSU, or an Antec one. Depending on what cash I have left over.

What about that ram in the builds too. Is the OCZ ram better than that Kingston ram?

 

[cyrax]

Bump.

 

[Kazama]

Australia has real cheap stuff. You can get a dual 6800 for the price of one
( Am i seeing double :O?)
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[cyrax]

Um.. off-topic? Lol.

That's weird, since a x2 6800's cost as much as a 6800 x2 over here.

So, what about the question about that ram then? OCZ or Kingston? Which is the better memory in my two builds in my first post?

 

[Kazama]

I'll go with Kingston (Value if your on a tight budget like me )