New rig

[sc00byy]

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.

Web, email, photo and gaming

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread

1500$

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

Canada

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.

Asus-Fanboy

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

Nothing

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.

Yes

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

No overclocking

8. WHEN do you plan to build it?

Today :)


I need a monitor and windows. I'm replacing an old Dell Pentium 4.

Thanks for your help

[Perineum]

$112.99 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Dual Core Processor Socket AM3 3.1GHZ 7MB Cache 80W Retail Box SKU: 39335
$132.99 Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P AMD790X ATX AM3 DDR3 2PCI-E SATA2 RAID Sound GLAN Motherboard SKU: 36174
$56.99 Antec Three Hundred Mini Tower Gaming Case 300 ATX 3X5.25 6X3.5INT No PS Front USB & Audio SKU: 29812
$114.99 G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Ripjaws PC3-12800 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Core I5 1.5V Memory Kit SKU: 42745
$89.99 Seasonic S12 Energy Plus 650W EPS12V 20/24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 80PLUS 6PIN PCI-E 120MM SKU: 30143
$34.48 Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22X DVD+-RW SATA DVD Writer Black OEM SKU: 41501
$68.99 Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200RPM 32MB Dual Proc 3.5IN SATA Hard Drive OEM 5YR Mfg Warranty SKU: 34286
$31.01 Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366 LGA775 LGA1156 120MM SKU: 41337

+ whatever video card you want.....

+ unlock that dual core into a quad....

Should work out to be about $800 or so with taxes, etc depending on what video card you get.

[sc00byy]

Is core i5 any good ?

[Perineum]

That's a pretty loose definition.... yes, it's good, but so are all the others.

What games do you actually play?

[sc00byy]

Originally Posted by Perineum

That's a pretty loose definition.... yes, it's good, but so are all the others.

What games do you actually play?

Well, going to play all fps. I'm just looking for a pc with the best performance for 1500$.

[martin_metal_88]

Well for now core I7 920 have a price tag you cant go away! I'm curious to see what you would do by yourself using NCIX. the truth is that now I have no time to show you a part list with a price -_-hehe

[sc00byy]

I did some research.. Here's my first draft from NCIX

1 x Intel Core i7 920 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 2.66GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S
1 x Noctua NH-U12P SE2 LGA775/1156/1366 AM2/AM3 I7/I5/PHENOM Heatpipe Cooler W/ 2XNH-P12 120MM Fans
1 x ASUS P6T X58 ATX LGA1366 DDR3 3PCI-E16 PCI-E1 2PCI CrossFire SLI SATA2 GBLAN Motherboard
1 x Corsair XMS3 TR3X6G1333C9 6GB DDR3 3X2GB DDR3-1333 CL 9-9-9-24 Core i7 Memory Kit
1 x Radeon HD 5770 850MHZ 1GB GDDR5 4.8GHZ PCI-E 2XDVI HDMI Display Port
1 x Antec Three Hundred Mini Tower Gaming Case 300 ATX 3X5.25 6X3.5INT No PS Front USB & Audio
1 x Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 140MM Fan
1 x Samsung 2443BW-HAS 24IN LCD Black 1920X1200 20000:1 DC 5ms VGA DVI HDCP Pivot Height Adjustable
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT French DVD OEM
2 x Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive OEM 3YR MFR Warranty
1 x Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22X DVD+-RW SATA DVD Writer Black OEM
1 x Logitech SBF-90 Black Optical Wheel Mouse USB OEM
1 x Logitech Classic Keyboard 200 Spill Resistant USB Black Keyboard

Total price : 2120.80$

[martin_metal_88]

At NCIX you will save by pricematch and bundle like this one. Take a closer look at this week sale also. Only using the sales item I have a total of 1519.91 ( excluding KB and mice ) there is also some price you can price match or get down.
Antec Truepower750
Bundle 920 D0+EX58-UD3R
Samsung DVD DL
G.skill f3-12800CL9T 6GB
WD 640 32M cache
Samsung 2443BW
Windows 7 HP 64bit
HD5770
Three hundred
Add 30$for KB + MICE and 80$ for cooling if you plan to OC only. There is also some part that you can go lower like PSU a 650 would do the run no prob. Or, you can take a look at lower I7 ( socket 1156) or I5 ( 1156 to ).
Remember, week sales and pricematch are your friend;) You have see 500$ lower.

[sc00byy]

Okay here's my second draft

NCIX.com - Buy Intel Core i5 750 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.66GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box - BX80605I5750 In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy Kingston ValueRAM KVR1333D3N9K2/4G PC3-10666 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1333 CL9 240PIN DIMM Memory Kit - KVR1333D3N9K2/4G In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy Gigabyte Radeon HD 5850 725MHZ 1GB GDDR5 4.0GHZ 2XDVI HDMI Display Port DIRECTX11 PCI-E Video Card - GV-R585D5-1GD-B In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy ASUS Maximus III Formula P55 3PCI-E16 PCI-E1 2PCI SLI Crossfirex 6SATA Supreme FX Audio Motherboard - Maximus III Formula In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy Intel X25-M 160GB 34NM Postville 2.5IN SSD SATA Solid State Disk Flash Drive - SSDSA2MH160G2C1 In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy Corsair Professional HX850W 850W ATX 12V 70A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply Active PFC 140MM Fan - CMPSU-850HX In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy Cooler Master Haf 932 Full Tower Black EATX Case 6X5.25 1X3.5 5X3.5INT No PSU USB eSATA 1394 Audio - RC-932-KKN1 In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT French DVD OEM - GFC-00602 In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy Samsung 2443BW-HAS 24IN LCD Black 1920X1200 20000:1 DC 5ms VGA DVI HDCP Pivot Height Adjustable - LS24MYKRBQA/ZC In Canada.
NCIX.com - Buy Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22X DVD+-RW SATA DVD Writer Black OEM - SH-S223B/BEBE In Canada.

I'm still lookin for a smaller case (mid-tower). Any though?

[martin_metal_88]

Haf 922, CM690 or look at the lancool. Lian-li are awesome case to. It's really depending on what you like from a case. You would be better to drop out the SSD and get 2 X640 in raid 0. Te SSD will be faster but do few second are worth 560$ for 160GB? I would drop it put 2 disk in raid get better ram + a cpu cooler and a I7 860.