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Well, now that I have a job (and I'll be able to pay for most of this in the next 7 days work), I think it's high time to replace this old Dell of mine. This time around, I'm going to build it myself. I'm operating around $2000 CDN (give or take) budget for this. I know we have some local tech gurus who are really good at this sort of thing and I'd like some advice on what specific parts would be best. This is for gaming, btw, and I'd like to shop from MemoryExpress as I'm less trusting of the internet, and everyone I know that I've asked on the subject has recommended them.
Having a good monitor is fairly important to me, as it's a big part of getting nice visuals from the graphics card. Now, I've heard good things about LG LCDs, and I was eyeing up this model, but I plan on actually going to the store to check out a couple different models.
http://shrinkster.com/ovb (text in the real URL is blocked) (what's up with emb*d being blocked?)
I think 320GB of hard drive space should be plenty for my needs, but brands, RPM, and the difference between SATA II, ATA100... what-have-you... is beyond me.
As far as RAM goes, I'm thinking of getting 2GB PC2-6400 RAM. I've had OCZ recommended to me, so I was looking at this:
http://shrinkster.com/ove
Now, the graphics card is quite important, so naturally I'd like to get something good. Preferably, I'd go with ATI, but their lack of having a DX10 graphics card is going to lose them another portion of market share. I was looking at this one, but am open to suggestions. It seems like the best choice; the GTX is too much more for the gain in performance, and the 640 MB version likely doesn't justify the extra $120 price difference either. I don't have my heart set on eVGA, so if there are better alternatives, I'm open to suggestion.
http://shrinkster.com/ovf
In addition to preferring ATI, I would also like to have an AMD CPU, but as with ATI, AMD just isn't cutting it these days. Same as the rest, I've been looking at the E6600, but am open to suggestion.
http://shrinkster.com/ovg
I need a motherboard too, and I haven't a clue what to get. I was thinking of spending around $200 on one, but I'm not sure whether that's too much or not enough or what. Overclocking would be nice, but it is by no means a priority. I don't need SLI, either.
I really don't know a whole lot about cases, but I'm looking for something that is functional more than flashy. So long as it does what it's supposed to, and is mainly black, I don't care. I mainly just need to know how powerful a PSU I'm going to need to run all this, because many cases come with a PSU.
Cooling too, I'm going to need something, probably air cooling, but don't know much on the subject beyond larger fan = fewer RPMs = less noise.
Windows, speakers, a mouse, a keyboard, and a sound card I have already, so no worries there.
Thanks for the help, it is certainly appreciated. If I've missed anything, please let me know, and if anything needs clarification, I'd be happy to answer questions.
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Having a good monitor is fairly important to me, as it's a big part of getting nice visuals from the graphics card. Now, I've heard good things about LG LCDs, and I was eyeing up this model, but I plan on actually going to the store to check out a couple different models.
http://shrinkster.com/ovb (text in the real URL is blocked) (what's up with emb*d being blocked?)
I think 320GB of hard drive space should be plenty for my needs, but brands, RPM, and the difference between SATA II, ATA100... what-have-you... is beyond me.
As far as RAM goes, I'm thinking of getting 2GB PC2-6400 RAM. I've had OCZ recommended to me, so I was looking at this:
http://shrinkster.com/ove
Now, the graphics card is quite important, so naturally I'd like to get something good. Preferably, I'd go with ATI, but their lack of having a DX10 graphics card is going to lose them another portion of market share. I was looking at this one, but am open to suggestions. It seems like the best choice; the GTX is too much more for the gain in performance, and the 640 MB version likely doesn't justify the extra $120 price difference either. I don't have my heart set on eVGA, so if there are better alternatives, I'm open to suggestion.
http://shrinkster.com/ovf
In addition to preferring ATI, I would also like to have an AMD CPU, but as with ATI, AMD just isn't cutting it these days. Same as the rest, I've been looking at the E6600, but am open to suggestion.
http://shrinkster.com/ovg
I need a motherboard too, and I haven't a clue what to get. I was thinking of spending around $200 on one, but I'm not sure whether that's too much or not enough or what. Overclocking would be nice, but it is by no means a priority. I don't need SLI, either.
I really don't know a whole lot about cases, but I'm looking for something that is functional more than flashy. So long as it does what it's supposed to, and is mainly black, I don't care. I mainly just need to know how powerful a PSU I'm going to need to run all this, because many cases come with a PSU.
Cooling too, I'm going to need something, probably air cooling, but don't know much on the subject beyond larger fan = fewer RPMs = less noise.
Windows, speakers, a mouse, a keyboard, and a sound card I have already, so no worries there.
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Thanks for the help, it is certainly appreciated. If I've missed anything, please let me know, and if anything needs clarification, I'd be happy to answer questions.