i made a thread a few months ago about building a Pc for the budget around $1,000. well i had to use that money, and now iam thinking about making one with the budget beeing $500 - $700. ive been looking through Ebay and have found Some GEAT DEALS.
I was wondering if people could give me there advice on some parts
Originally posted by fun2000: Your friend in nam is not lying. She has a modded PS2, and the modder was generous enough to relabel the PS2 to PS3.
Then the pirate selling games relabeled Assassins Creed 1 and called it Assassins Creed 2. This is called marketing.
Your friend is honest and thinks she plays AC2 on a PS3. In reality she is playing AC1 on a PS2.
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First of all what do you want to do with the computer? Do you want to play games? Do video editing? Just having a plain computer?
I see you have SOME idea of the parts. The Antec 900 is a good case, and the Q6600 is a good choice. Unfortunately in that budget you cant afford the High end Asus motherboard, and for the more budget based motherboard I would recommend a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R instead. Also you DONT want 4 sticks of ram. If you want 4GB then get 2x2GB sticks.
Also they have a updated version of the Raptor out. I would still recommend just sticking with a regular 7200RPM drive. Something like this.
The 150GB Raptors are unreliable and nasty, especially the X versions. There's a 300GB velociraptor out, but on your budget it's just not realistic. I own an HD753LJ and confirm they're great drives, use one of those. The case choice is fine (though an NZXT Tempest is a similarly styled offering that's generally a bit better). The CPU is fine, use Abuzar's motherboard, it's better than cheap Asus boards by a long way. Also use 2x2GB of RAM, it just makes more sense these days.
Have you considered what graphics card you're going to use?
I typically recommend Corsair PSUs, but which one depends on which GPU you use.
Sony/NEC Optiarcs are good DVD Writers.
Originally posted by abuzar1: First of all what do you want to do with the computer? Do you want to play games? Do video editing? Just having a plain computer?
I see you have SOME idea of the parts. The Antec 900 is a good case, and the Q6600 is a good choice. Unfortunately in that budget you cant afford the High end Asus motherboard, and for the more budget based motherboard I would recommend a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R instead. Also you DONT want 4 sticks of ram. If you want 4GB then get 2x2GB sticks.
Also they have a updated version of the Raptor out. I would still recommend just sticking with a regular 7200RPM drive. Something like this.
sorry i havent responded, i just started using my computer again. ive decided to take your advice on that motherbaord. but now i dont know when i will actually order the parts since i had to use $200. thanks again guys
Originally posted by fun2000: Your friend in nam is not lying. She has a modded PS2, and the modder was generous enough to relabel the PS2 to PS3.
Then the pirate selling games relabeled Assassins Creed 1 and called it Assassins Creed 2. This is called marketing.
Your friend is honest and thinks she plays AC2 on a PS3. In reality she is playing AC1 on a PS2.
