First computer build

[shaneinsane]

Hey everyone im new to this website but im building my computer for the first time on a 800 dollar budget and id like to show you guys what I have came up with please voice your opinions

I pretty much want this strictly for gaming

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=11057007&WishListTitle=shanes+comp

[steve81]

Sweet! I hope to build my own comp soon too. Nice graphics card!!

[Ajmukon]

For gaming?
Get windows VISTA x64 Bit Home Premium.
if you need support for older games, Dual Boot XP and Vista. (Install XP first on one HD and install Vista on another HD. Vista will recognize XP install and set up a Dual Boot for you)

Why are you getting a Floppy drive?

For 50 bucks, buy 2 HD, or for a little more money, double it to 250GB for about.. $20 more. and partition it in half

that processor is equivalent to the Celeron of the Pentium 4 days.

Mobo is "iffy". 790i sli is the best right now, and even that is "old."

And i would feel "safer" with a 600W PSU, but that 500W should handle everything.

Links to "better" HDs:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145215

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262

Links to "better" CPUs:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115047

Link to better mobo:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=790i&x=0&y=0

Remember:
your highest priced objects should be the GPU, mobo, and CPU. (i tend to think the motherboard is the most important thing in a computer, for it connects all the things together.)

[shaneinsane]

okay i changed it to this

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06

Thermaltake M9 VI1000BWS Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

EVGA 512-P3-N861-AR GeForce 9600GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

COOLER MASTER eXtreme RP-500-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 500W Power Supply

mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996527

ASUS P5K SE LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6750

Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack


Subtotal: $795.91

[Ajmukon]

better.
but this is a gaming computer, why not go with VISTA 64-BIT?

Newer games are taking advantage of DX10 based graphics and Some new games DO NOT HAVE AN XP version...
(tabula Rosa is one such game)

[shaneinsane]

Microsoft Windows Vista?

I herd alot of negative from vista

[mjc]

For gaming, Vista is the way to go...if the machine is n[t being built to primarily play games on, then Vista is not the way to go.

Vista/DX10 is the state-of-the-art for gaming...and yes, most of what you heard was valid, at one point in time. Most of the driver issues are now a thing of the past (except, for Creative sound cards other than the latest/newest...but that is another story).

[Heartborne]

I have to strongly disagree with everyone touting the virtues of vista, only because it's not a strong OS yet. It needs a few more patches before it can be trusted for anything. Vista has a nasty habit of "forgetting" about your video drivers for a moment, causing games to momentarily black out. As "state of the art" as it's supposed to be, that's more advertising hype than actual performance. DX10 is no big deal. It is really not any better than 9.0c and it's pretty glitchy.

Off that topic, the 9600 GT will be adequate, but for a true gaming machine you want a true gaming card, not a multi-purpose card with some gaming ability, which is what the 9600 is.

Your best value for a gaming card right now is the 8800 GT. It will outperform that 9600 GT in every case. Don't be fooled by the "9" series versus "8" series. ?800 is better than ?600 even if it is from the previous series. Do a google search for benchmarks of these cards and you will see what I mean. Even on a budget, the 8800 GT is the best way to go.

[Ajmukon]

Vista has had problems in the past... and still does.

my friend said once "its all about the install, some installs have no problem, others never work"

it is stable, and has had very few problems with it. It is more stable than XP was in 2002.

[Heartborne]

as for me, I'll use vista when it's as stable as XP is in 2008.