Over budget need help and opions (gaming system)

 

Silver Member
Username: Motomattic3

Post Number: 571
Registered: Oct-06
ok so i have a laptop but its just not power hungry enough for me so im gunna try and sell it and buy an ultimate gaming pc cept heres the thing abot $355 over budget and even then thats high i want to stay as close to $1400 as possible these are the iteams im thinking of getting I just spent the last 4hrs trying to decided and i just don't know so please tell me what you think, the games i want to be able to play one top or near that graphic wise are unreal 3,crysis,gears of war, or should i just buy a gaming system and a cheap laptop. anyway here are the specs.


Product Description QTY Price

T925-1199 :: Thermaltake / V1 / Multi-Socket 775/AM2/939/754 / Copper / CPU Cooler 1 $59.99

P67-1304 :: Plextor PX-810SA/SW-BL SuperMulti Retail DVD Burner - 18x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 10x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, SATA, Black 1 $89.99

C13-2020 :: Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 2048MB PC8500 DDR2 1066MHz E.P.P. Memory (2 x 1024MB) 1 $164.99

MBM-P5K3-Q6600 :: Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi Motherboard CPU Bundle - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor 2.40GHz OEM 1 $569.99

A177-2900 :: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT / 512MB GDDR3 / PCI Express / Dual Link Dual DVI / HDTV / CrossFire Ready / Video Card 1 $449.99

TSD-500AS4 :: Seagate / Barracuda 7200.10 / 500GB / 7200 / 8MB / Serial ATA-300 / OEM / Hard Drive 1 $109.99

ULT40054 :: Ultra Black Aluminus ATX Full-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire, Audio Ports and Ultra 700-Watt XVS Power Supply 1 $149.99

A179-2204 :: Acer AL2216WBD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Ultra-fast 5ms, WSXGA+ 1680x1050, DVI, VGA, Black, VESA 100mm 1 $249.99
 

Bronze Member
Username: Thunderb

Post Number: 79
Registered: Sep-07
Kyle I can help you out big time with this!!!

First thing are you building or are you buying this cause that pricing looks high as hell.


First thing FIRST

T925-1199 :: Thermaltake / V1 / Multi-Socket 775/AM2/939/754 / Copper / CPU Cooler 1 $59.99

Why wold you buy an after market cpu cooler and void the warranty on your new cpu? Unless your Overclocking there is no need for this expense.

Second thing

P67-1304 :: Plextor PX-810SA/SW-BL SuperMulti Retail DVD Burner - 18x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 10x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, SATA, Black 1 $89.99

Ok I know Plextor is a great brand but it doesn't do anything a $40.00 Lite-On will not do.

Third thingy

C13-2020 :: Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 2048MB PC8500 DDR2 1066MHz E.P.P. Memory (2 x 1024MB) 1 $164.99

Well I cant say anything here Corsair is geat memory and very important in game system builds , Nice Ram

The thing that really Sucks

MBM-P5K3-Q6600 :: Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi Motherboard CPU Bundle - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor 2.40GHz OEM 1 $569.99

Ok this is not good at all. I can buy this combo with a retail processor for about 450. That also gives you a 3 year warranty on the Processor, Instead of 30 or 90 days like the oem from above. Secondly why would you build a gaming system that the motherboard did not support crossfire or SLI.

A177-2900 :: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT / 512MB GDDR3 / PCI Express / Dual Link Dual DVI / HDTV / CrossFire Ready / Video Card 1 $449.99


This Card is Pretty good but the Nvidia 8800gtx spanks it by far. Its also about the same price.

The Only other thing I would suggest to you is get the same seagate drive but with the 16mb cache instead of the 8mb cache

The rest of your build looks fine
 

Silver Member
Username: Motomattic3

Post Number: 572
Registered: Oct-06
i was having a hard time finding a crossfire board in the firstplace or on the site that i was looking on but I think im going to go with the nvidia which would recomend out of this list

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/compare.asp?CatId=28

the reason i picked out a cpu fan was because the mb and cpu set didn't come with one but now that im thinkin of just going with the orginal plan of nvidia how about this set up

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=33292 06

it includes the fan and is sli ready

i wanted to buy everthing from tigerdirect but if you know of a better place im all ears
 

Bronze Member
Username: Thunderb

Post Number: 80
Registered: Sep-07
Go to www.Newegg.com

They have better service and better pricing.
 

Silver Member
Username: Motomattic3

Post Number: 573
Registered: Oct-06
ok i think i have it pretty much figured out heres what I got

Seagate / Barracuda 7200.10 / 500GB / 7200 / 16MB / Serial ATA-300 / OEM / Hard Drive 1 $119.99
Plextor PX-800A/SW-BL SuperMulti Retail DVD Burner - 18x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, Black 1 $69.99
Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 2048MB PC8500 DDR2 1066MHz E.P.P. Memory (2 x 1024MB) 1 $164.99
Acer AL2216WBD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Ultra-fast 5ms, WSXGA+ 1680x1050, DVI, VGA, Black, VESA 100mm 1 $249.99
Ultra Black Aluminus ATX Full-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire, Audio Ports and Ultra 700-Watt XVS Power Supply 1 $149.99
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC / 768MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card 1 $524.99
680ISE-Q6600 :: EVGA nForce 680i SE SLI Motherboard CPU Bundle - TR Version, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor 2.40GHz Retail 1 $459.99


http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=22733 93&sku=TSD-500AS2
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=29786 31&sku=P67-1298
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=22064 70&sku=C13-2020
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=24306 47&sku=A179-2204
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=24869 91&sku=ULT40054
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=28420 55&sku=B52-8014
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=33292 06&sku=MBM-680ISE-Q6600

total comes to $1830 shipped and 1675 after mail in rebates not sure on tax was also woundering if instead of a full tower would all of this work in a mid and later on add another 8800gtx would that be a cooling problem? anyway let me know what you think I'm going to go on newegg and see what there prices are thank you for you help :-)
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