Lookin too get a new computer...

[PussymOneyWeed]

Hmmm decisions, decisions. They both have there advantages but the final decision is up to you. How much money do you have to spend?

I really not lookin too spend more than $650 shipped. So basically the $600-$620 range.

 

[DaBong]

IMO the best bang for your buck is to build your own. Doing that, you know what quality parts your getting and you can decide what areas you want more resources in (like ram or HDD storage space). If you want, I will try to look around for the minimum hardware you will need and post you some links via PM. Might go a little over your budget depending on what you want though.

 

[DaBong]

Actually unless you have your own operating system and other software you might need, having to purchase all of that as well might bring the cost over what you would be willing to spend.

 

[PussymOneyWeed]

Actually unless you have your own operating system and other software you might need, having to purchase all of that as well might bring the cost over what you would be willing to spend.

Actually I have the operating system already. I'll be using a partitioned harddrive running windows 7 ultimate and some form of Linux as it's free and I've always wanted to try it for shits and giggles haha. So that's not gonna be a price factor as it's owned =P

 

[metalp]

Check newegg for anything computer related. I honestly saved $200 because they were having a sale on what I needed, now I tell everyone about them. Pretty much everything on there is cheap and you can tell what's good by the reviews.

 

[DaBong]

Check newegg for anything computer related. I honestly saved $200 because they were having a sale on what I needed

IMO I think they have the lowest price anywhere for most computer hardware. It's like they make sure they their prices are just under any competitors.

 

[StonedPony]

look at price watch.com if you are going to build one.........nice prices on bare bones and Hardware

 

[Dropastone]

IMO the best bang for your buck is to build your own. Doing that, you know what quality parts your getting and you can decide what areas you want more resources in (like ram or HDD storage space). If you want, I will try to look around for the minimum hardware you will need and post you some links via PM. Might go a little over your budget depending on what you want though.

I totally agree with you on that. Although if your on a budget and have to order everything separate the shipping and handling can really start to rack up the costs of the build.

 

[DaBong]

I totally agree with you on that. Although if your on a budget and have to order everything separate the shipping and handling can really start to rack up the costs of the build.

That's correct. You also run into problems trying to decide what parts to get, like hmmmmm this is only $50 more but it's alot better, so you end up getting the better hardware...lol I didn't even add the cost of a monitor to his total either, forgot about that, that will add an extra $150-$200. Would prob take closer to $1000 total IMO, but like I said, you will know that you have quality parts, AND excellent warranties. My MB has a lifetime warranty as well as my RAM modules. EVGA makes great boards that have awesome overclocking capabilities and their customer support is the best in the business IMO.

I tore down and re-built so many of these things over the past few years I guess I just assume that everyone knows exactly how to do it. Here is a pic of my rig I built a couple of years ago along with a vid to show the LED's. I spent a little over $1000 on it though.

[video=vimeo;18814996]http://vimeo.com/18814996[/video]

 

[PussymOneyWeed]

That's correct. You also run into problems trying to decide what parts to get, like hmmmmm this is only $50 more but it's alot better, so you end up getting the better hardware...lol I didn't even add the cost of a monitor to his total either, forgot about that, that will add an extra $150-$200. Would prob take closer to $1000 total IMO, but like I said, you will know that you have quality parts, AND excellent warranties. My MB has a lifetime warranty as well as my RAM modules. EVGA makes great boards that have awesome overclocking capabilities and their customer support is the best in the business IMO.

I tore down and re-built so many of these things over the past few years I guess I just assume that everyone knows exactly how to do it. Here is a pic of my rig I built a couple of years ago along with a vid to show the LED's. I spent a little over $1000 on it though.

[video=vimeo;18814996]http://vimeo.com/18814996[/video]

haha nice man! Yeah ive already got my monitors and O/S and keyboard/mouse. Just need the actual rig itself. And yeah i have the same problem since ive been tearing apart and building these things for a long time, somebody will call me and ask a problem, ill be like "hey just take out the ____ and let me know how it works" and there like "...what?" LOL


So yeah i have alot of experience with building them, Just never with all brand new higher end parts, and certainly not recently haha. Anyways =P I just got your pm and hell yeah id love to see what you would buy given the price.

Id love too see what computer any of you guys would build for the price of say $650. Go at it if you're bored and want something too do haha.

 

[DaBong]

Aight, I'll look around and see what I can do. Will let you know this evening probably.

 

[Dropastone]

Nice looking rig you got there. I build all my own rigs too. Mines not quite as elaborate as yours but it does the job. I got about grand into mine, but I built about 2 years ago and prices were much higher for those parts back then.

2 XFX GeForce 9500 GT 512 MB PCIe W/Duel Link DVI
XFX nForce 680i LT SLI Socket 775 Motherboard
Intel Quad Core Kentsfield 2.4 Ghz Q6600 CPU
4 gigs OCZ Vista Upgrade Edition 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MH
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 16MB Cache Sata Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 16MB/SATA-3G
Ultra X-Wind Copper Fan 2200 rpm cools up to 3.8 Ghz
Ultra LSP750 750-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, SLI-Ready
Acer 24 inch 1080P wide screen monitor
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit Edition

Building your own computer is the way to go, but It can get pricey.

 

[DaBong]

Thanks! Here are the full specs of mine if anyone was wondering.

CPU: Intel Core i7 CPU 920 (D0) @ 3.8 GHz 1.275v (24/7)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified (141-BL-E760-A1)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws (3 x 2GB) DDR3 (9-9-9-24 1T) 1815MHz
GPU: XFX HD-587X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5870
SSD: OCZ Vertex (F/W 1.5) 30GB x2 (Raid 0)
PSU: OCZ / GameXStream / 1010-Watt
Heatsink: Corsair H50 (Push/Pull)
Display: Acer 24" Widescreen 1920x1200
O/S: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

 

[DaBong]

PussymOneyWeed if you get some free time today, you might want to start looking through some cases you might be interested in. That's really a personal choice so you would need to pick that out yourself. I think a mid sized tower would be what you'll want to get.

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=7&name=Computer-Cases

 

[DaBong]

Motherboard: $140 ($40 Rebate) (Free Shipping)
EVGA P55 LE 123-LF-E653-KR LGA1156 Intel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188054

CPU: $200 (Free Shipping)
Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215
[Do you have any thermal compound like artic silver ? If not add that from somewhere.]


Heatsink: $15 ($3 Shipping) (Recommend Upgrade ASAP)
COOLER MASTER RR-H101-22FK-RI 80mm Long life sleeve bearing CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103074


RAM: $60 (Free Shipping)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231313


GFX: $140 ($30 Rebate) (Free Shipping)
EVGA 01G-P3-1452-TR GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) Superclocked 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130573


PSU: $90 ($20 Rebate) (Free Shipping)
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005


HDD: $43 (Free Shipping)
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAJS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136113


DVD Burner: $22 (Free Shipping)
LITE-ON Black 24X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335

Approx. Before Rebate: $715 After: $625

You would still need to get a case for it though.

 

[DaBong]

Motherboard: $370 ($20 Rebate) ($9 Shipping)
EVGA 141-GT-E770-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188069

CPU: $1000 (Free Shipping....how nice...lol)
Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115223

RAM: $160 ($3 Shipping)
G.SKILL Ripjaws + Turbulence II Series 6GB (3 x 2GB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231411

Heatsink: $102 ($10 Rebate) (Free Shipping)
CORSAIR Hydro H70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181013

GPU: $530 ($8 Shipping)
EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130590
[X 3 for triple SLI???? ....LOL]

PSU: $280 ($20 Rebate) (Free Shipping)
CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139014

SSD: $550 ($6 Shipping)
OCZ Colossus LT Series OCZSSD2-1CLSLT250G
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227513
[x2 for a raid0 config???? LOL]


Blue Ray Burner: $113 ($5 Shipping)
LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106346

Case: $200 (Free Shipping)
COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225

Approx: $3328 After Rebate $3278

 

[PussymOneyWeed]

Motherboard: $140 ($40 Rebate) (Free Shipping)
EVGA P55 LE 123-LF-E653-KR LGA1156 Intel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188054

CPU: $200 (Free Shipping)
Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215
[Do you have any thermal compound like artic silver ? If not add that from somewhere.]


Heatsink: $15 ($3 Shipping) (Recommend Upgrade ASAP)
COOLER MASTER RR-H101-22FK-RI 80mm Long life sleeve bearing CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103074


RAM: $60 (Free Shipping)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231313


GFX: $140 ($30 Rebate) (Free Shipping)
EVGA 01G-P3-1452-TR GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) Superclocked 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130573


PSU: $90 ($20 Rebate) (Free Shipping)
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005


HDD: $43 (Free Shipping)
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAJS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136113


DVD Burner: $22 (Free Shipping)
LITE-ON Black 24X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335

Approx. Before Rebate: $715 After: $625

You would still need to get a case for it though.

Wow not a bad price after the rebate! The only thing i'd have too say is i dont know if i need the 650 watt PSU(was thinkin 550) and im FORSURE gonna need more than a 250 gb HD. Instead of my 1tb im thinking im gonna get two 500's just incase i have a failure, i don't wanna lose all my data. Im gonna need to buy another stick of ram for whatever computer i get im sure, So you would reccommend ^that g SKILL brand?

 

[DaBong]

Yes, G skill, corsair, crucial, kingston, patriot, all of those are excellent brands with excellent warranties.

 

[PussymOneyWeed]

Motherboard: $370 ($20 Rebate) ($9 Shipping)
EVGA 141-GT-E770-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188069

CPU: $1000 (Free Shipping....how nice...lol)
Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115223

RAM: $160 ($3 Shipping)
G.SKILL Ripjaws + Turbulence II Series 6GB (3 x 2GB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231411

Heatsink: $102 ($10 Rebate) (Free Shipping)
CORSAIR Hydro H70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181013

GPU: $530 ($8 Shipping)
EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130590
[X 3 for triple SLI???? ....LOL]

PSU: $280 ($20 Rebate) (Free Shipping)
CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139014

SSD: $550 ($6 Shipping)
OCZ Colossus LT Series OCZSSD2-1CLSLT250G
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227513
[x2 for a raid0 config???? LOL]


Blue Ray Burner: $113 ($5 Shipping)
LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106346

Case: $200 (Free Shipping)
COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225

Approx: $3328 After Rebate $3278

Holy fucking processor and graphics card batman 0_o

 

[DaBong]

As far as the PSU:

Don't go too cheap on it. After all, it is sending all the power to all your new hardware. The more watts it can handle the better IMO, cause you never know what you might want to add later.

The one I posted is about as low as I would advise you to go on it actually.