How's this for a computer I'm going to build soon?

**Moogy** · 08-24-2004, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by emccky

what computers do you like? dell?

It's called BUILDING YOUR OWN.

THAT IS THE POINT OF THIS TOPIC

CONGRATURATION YOU HAVE FAILED AT INTERNET

**tnyhwk900** · 08-24-2004, 05:32 PM

I really have a feeling this topic is about to go to hell...

**QreepyBORIS** · 08-24-2004, 06:59 PM

Alienware is great, if you get mid-range everything. Then its not too expensive.

BTW, that looks a little pricey. You could probably do a little better for that much.

And when a new Graphics card from Nvidia or ATI comes out, which will happen within a year or so, get it because it will be awesome and worth it.

I wish I knew what I were talking about.

**ddrking133** · 08-24-2004, 07:06 PM

may i suggest a different color case. or are u gettin it inff color?

**tnyhwk900** · 08-24-2004, 07:07 PM

"inff"? What?

**Anticrombie0909** · 08-24-2004, 09:46 PM

Uh, couple of suggestions for you.

1. Drop the FX-53 and go for something more affordable (and worth the money), such as a 3400+, which will still provide all the gaming power you'll need, but will save you around $600. The performance difference between the two is negligible enough for the $600 to be counted as wasted money.
2. Grab an X800 XT P.E. instead of the 6800. Contrary to popular belief, on super high end gaming systems (like the one you're building), with settings maxed and AA and FSAA enabled, the X800 actually performed better than the 6800 in many popular benchmarks (Far Cry, UT2k3, Halo). Beyond that, you won't need to get that behemoth of a 560 watt PSU and can settle for osmething more reasonable, like a 450 Watt PSU (ATI recommends 350 Watts for the card, no OC).
3. Drop the raptor. 7200 RPM Drives are the standard and will remain that way for awhile, there's absolutely no reason to warrant the gigantic price you'll pay for a Raptor. You'll get a bit faster load times, and that's about it.
Edit: 4. I've been thinking about it, and while this isn't that big of a deal because you won't save more than a couple hundred bucks and it's worth it, you really don't need 2 gigs of RAM, especially if you're going for high end DDR533/PC4200 stuff (or XMS RAM with LEDs and built in heat sinks- *squeal*). There comes a point where it's just superfluous. Yeah, it's fun to say "Dude, my computer has MEGA amount of RAM", and you'd certainly have no problem running six versions of photoshop at once, the standard is still at 512, and even 1 Gb isn't necessary for today's games.

Now, obviously you don't have any sort of price cap here, so most of my money saving tips aren't going to be useful. But I've done the math, and there's absolutely no reason you can't build a top of the line gaming PC for $15-1700 (not including shipping, and assuming you have a monitor/keyboard/mouse, etc.)