Need some Help Customizing A Gameing PC.

[ThereIsASpoon]

Hello all im new to these forums. I am trying to custoize a gaming PC and need adivce from people who know about PC's.

Here is the Case i Really Like: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...145-052&depa=1

-I am debating between a Intel or AMD Mobo(MotherBoard)Advie would be greatly appreaciated

-CPU(need Advice)

-Ram 1 Gig(need advice on wich kind to get)

-HardDrive 60-80 wich ever is suggested

-Any other helpfull info would be really reall great.

Thanx to those who help me and if im doing something wrong on these boards please let me know. I would prefer not to be flammed at.

[sirchumpalot]

Originally Posted by ThereIsASpoon

Hello all im new to these forums. I am trying to custoize a gaming PC and need adivce from people who know about PC's.

Here is the Case i Really Like: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...145-052&depa=1

-I am debating between a Intel or AMD Mobo(MotherBoard)Advie would be greatly appreaciated

-CPU(need Advice)

-Ram 1 Gig(need advice on wich kind to get)

-HardDrive 60-80 wich ever is suggested

-Any other helpfull info would be really reall great.

Thanx to those who help me and if im doing something wrong on these boards please let me know. I would prefer not to be flammed at.

It ultimately depends what you want to play.

I use this:

Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
Athlon XP 3200+ 400mhz FSP, Barton Core
Maxtor 120GB SATA Hard Drive
OCZ Premier 512x2 PC-3200
ATI Radeon x800 XT Platinum Edition 256MB DDR
Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1
Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive(useless)
LG 16X IDE DVD-ROM Drive
LG 52x32x52 CD-RW
Creative Labs Inspire i5200 5.1 speakers
Chenbro Scorpion-S case /W 420W PSU
7x Cooler Master 2700RPM LED cooling fans. 4x red, 3x blue.

This alone gets me maximum graphics on HL2, but DOOM3 ultra settings are insane. The video card costed me over $650 canadian at the time, but its dropped to around $450-500.

The A7N8X-E Deluxe has dual SATA drive attachments, has gigalan, capable of dual channel pc3200 memory, has a load of other features.

If you were looking for something different like AMD 64, then dont listen to me. Just know this, AMD and ATI are the gaming thing to do. Do not go with Intel and Nvidia when gaming, i find everything is smother, and alot better.

When going with RAM, i tend to stick to dual channel when buying sticks of RAM. Dual channel is smoother and a bit faster.

With this Chenbro case, it comes with 3 cooling fans, one on the side and two on the back. As well as, 4 free fan bays on the inside front of the case, which is fucking sweet.

[gigadave]

If you want an excellent gaming PC and not for stupid money (it's one hell of a lot - but you COULD spend more!) I'd recommend:

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 939pin
MoBo - MSI K8N Neo series
RAM - Crucial Ballistix 1GB DDR400
HDD - Raptor SATA 74GB 10,000rpm, plus a 200GB SATA drive for storage.
GFX - Radeon X800 (XT preferably but XL will do) PCI-Express
Mouse - Logitech MX518. Designed especially for gaming.
Case - This is a taste thing but you need to make sure it can keep this thing cool. 3 large case fans will be a must.

The best advice I can give you is to stick with AMD and ATI for gaming. NVidia cards are bloody excellent too but I will choose ATI every time (too many bad NVidia memories). And above all else, KEEP IT COOL! I cannot stress enough the importance of preventing overheating! Liquid cooling is good but I still get nervous exposing a grands worth of kit to a water supply. Obviously you can get cheaper versions of things on this list but ultimately you get what you pay for!

Oh, and I've never had anything but problems with Q-TEC power supplies. 3 blown units, 2 fried mobo's and 2 processors later I've finally learnt my lesson.

[gigadave]

D'oh!

Just read Sirchumpalot's post and totally forgot to mention a decent soundcard! It's amazing what performance increase you can get from farming out the sound processing to a sound card.

[ObiWanHasNoFun]

Well, it all depends on your budget. Budget machine would look somthing like this:

CPU: 3000-3200 AMD 939
RAM: There are some cheap dual cosairs out there ranging from 200-300
HHD: Seagate 120gb 7200rpm
M-BOARD: MSI K8N Neo series
GX- 9800pro, 6600GT, X700
Well that's all I can think of right now

sirchumpalot: "7x Cooler Master 2700RPM LED cooling fans. 4x red, 3x blue." What temp your PC gets load? And what size?

EDIT: While on them subject would this be alright for this?:

-CPU: 3200+ AMD
-RAM: CORSAIR XTREME MEMORY SPEED 1024MB TWINX-3200 (400MHz) DDR RAM CAS2
-HDD: Seagate 120gb 7200prpm
-MBOARD: MSI M8 neo platinum
-PSU: Thermalteke W0030 POLO12 410W Silent and Powerful with Blue LED Light 12cm Fan (Black)
-CASE: THERMALTAKE Gaming Tower XaserV Series-WinGo V8000A Aluminum Series+XaserV Transparent Side Panel

Now that case supports 3x - 90x90x25 fans which is top, front and rear. Would that be enough for this system and what you guys think load would be? If it's not enough I could probably stick another fan anywhere on the 'X' Window.

[gigadave]

That is 99% the same as my case (mine looks worse - crap flashing graphics on the front). The cooling is superb. I'm sure there is space to add a 4th fan (mine came with 4 as standard, are you sure this doesn't). I'm currently running:
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
MSI K8N Neo PE
ATI Radeon 9800Pro
1GB SAmsung Ram
40GB+60GB IDE HDD
200GB SATA HDD
Thermaltake Xaser LAN Fire
The case keeps it at a steady 45 degrees (64 bit seems to run high temps) increasing to 55 under EXTREME load. I would heartily recommend any Thermaltake case (the Tsunami range is v. nice)

Hope this helps.

[ThereIsASpoon]

Ok well I built eveything and the cdrw for some reason is making a noise. why would that be?

[gigadave]

Is it properly mounted and screwed in? If it is then I guess you have a noisy drive! Take it back and get a replacement if it is that annoying.