johnhardy1
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By searching the forum I've seen a number of similar posts but I thought I'd ask for myself. Im asking for opinions/suggestions for my $800 box. I'm not talking about monitor, mouse, keyboard, floppy, OS or even a sound card.
I'm certain theres many out there who are very knowledgable and up to date on things so I'm asking you to take a few minutes and inform me/everyone where the greatest values lie in hardware today. I just need the basics.
Here's what the $800 needs to pay for:
Case w/PS
MB
CPU
Memory
HD
Video
CD
Here's what I'm looking at now, what changes would you make?...
Case w/PS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144076
MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131578
CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116198
Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227060
(Am I making a mistake here? Should I buy less of a more higher performance RAM?)
HD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144010
(Thought I'd try and stay small to conserve some money)
Video http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130263
(Are there better choices?)
CD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135046
(ooops, almost forgot this)
This budget system needs as good video performance as the money allows. I'm thinking an sli board, one vid card for now, with the idea of buying a matching card later. Does that sound right? The last few machines I put together all were AMD based. Not sure why Im going Intel other than for the best Sli. Am I making a mistake? It's been 4 years since I built my current system and things have changed quite a bit so I could really use some help here. Thanks again.
-John
I'm certain theres many out there who are very knowledgable and up to date on things so I'm asking you to take a few minutes and inform me/everyone where the greatest values lie in hardware today. I just need the basics.
Here's what the $800 needs to pay for:
Case w/PS
MB
CPU
Memory
HD
Video
CD
Here's what I'm looking at now, what changes would you make?...
Case w/PS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144076
MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131578
CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116198
Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227060
(Am I making a mistake here? Should I buy less of a more higher performance RAM?)
HD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144010
(Thought I'd try and stay small to conserve some money)
Video http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130263
(Are there better choices?)
CD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135046
(ooops, almost forgot this)
This budget system needs as good video performance as the money allows. I'm thinking an sli board, one vid card for now, with the idea of buying a matching card later. Does that sound right? The last few machines I put together all were AMD based. Not sure why Im going Intel other than for the best Sli. Am I making a mistake? It's been 4 years since I built my current system and things have changed quite a bit so I could really use some help here. Thanks again.
-John