As the title suggests, this is nothing more than a new PC thread. Basically I want a computer that's powerful enough to play games smoothly at 1280x1024 as well as editing video and for general use. I don't have much of a budget, but I do already have the monitor, speakers, OS, printer and everything that's not inside the case. So moving on to the parts, I've been looking at these (the prices between brackets are the ones I can get them for):
CPU:
- Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors ($150)
- Newegg.com - AMD Phenom 9500 Agena 2.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors ($146)
- Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors ($137)
Video Card: I'm settled on the XFX NVIDIA 8800GT that comes with Company of Heroes for $190.
HDD: Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives ($48)
I'm not yet settled on a motherboard or RAM since I don't know which processor I'm getting, thought maybe you could recommend one according to the processor you think would be best. I'll look for the best RAM I can get once I know the motherboard.
About the case and PSU I've got it all settled, I don't know the models though.
Well, that's pretty much it. Any comments/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
CPU:
- Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors ($150)
- Newegg.com - AMD Phenom 9500 Agena 2.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors ($146)
- Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors ($137)
Video Card: I'm settled on the XFX NVIDIA 8800GT that comes with Company of Heroes for $190.
HDD: Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives ($48)
I'm not yet settled on a motherboard or RAM since I don't know which processor I'm getting, thought maybe you could recommend one according to the processor you think would be best. I'll look for the best RAM I can get once I know the motherboard.
About the case and PSU I've got it all settled, I don't know the models though.
Well, that's pretty much it. Any comments/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.