gettin a new desktop

[StarsMine]

anex whats with that pos gtx 465? why would you spend more on something worse then the gtx 460?

[anex]

I was assuming the gtx 465 was good because it was superclocked and it had a full five eggs rating with positive reviews. :'(

You are right though. The 460 is better than the 465. 465 is a pos.

For the same price you can get the superclocked 460 here : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130568

[hallwagner]

what about this? picked from my local computer store.

motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H LGA 1156 H55 ATX Motherboard
hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST310005N1A1AS-RK 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
ram: OCZ Technology Gold Series XTC Cooler 4GB DDR3-1333 (PC3-10666) Dual Channel Memory Kit (Two 2GB Memory Modules)
graphics card: EVGA GeForce GTX460 SuperClocked PCIe 2.0 x16 Graphics Card
power supply: OCZ Technology ModXStream Pro 700W Modular ATX Power Supply
case: Xigmatek Asgard II Mid-Tower Gaming Case
sound card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
monitor: LG W2040T-PN 20" Widescreen LCD
keyboard: SIIG USB Low Profile Multimedia Keyboard
mouse: Razer Abyssus Optical Gaming Mouse
optical drive: I/O Magic 22x Internal DVD-RW Drive with LightScribe

all for a subtotal of $ 1252.86. i can do this price, just wondering what u guys thought of the parts since i can pick these up right from my store :P

[anex]

Looks like a decent setup, but you would still need a cpu.

[hallwagner]

Looks like a decent setup, but you would still need a cpu.

oh i thought i put what i had on there.....wow it was the first one on my wishlist and i didnt copy it :/. here

Intel Core i7 875K Unlocked 2.93GHz LGA 1156 Boxed Processor

edit, for some reason it wasnt in the total...... new total around 1400, still do-able

[StarsMine]

Anex, protip, dont buy superclocks or factory OC, you can OC your card just as high or higher and still be under warranty

I assume you dont want blueray.
Hall go with a different mobo, you want a p55 chipset not h55, why? so you can get a second 460 down the line. also BUILD IT YOURSELF!

also do you really wany yo go $400 over budget? with 1400 you could get an x58 mobo with ubs 3.0 and all that jaz along with a more powerful GPU then the 460, like a 470 or 5870


Very very OCable, and comes with a copy of Metro 2033


edit: awesome thats a 30 pound case XD

[Jeimuzu]

Leave hallwagner alone. D=.. He doesn't understand computer lingo. He just wants to buy a computer from Amazon or something.

Seriously though, build your own. Way better.

[StarsMine]

Leave hallwagner alone. D=.. He doesn't understand computer lingo. He just wants to buy a computer from Amazon or something.

Seriously though, build your own. Way better.

if he doesnt understand then the CPU fan and thermal paste in that build is useless D:

[Fluffy Frufflebottoms]

If you aren't up for building it yourself, and just want something that works out of the box, one decent option is this. Select "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card" as the video card, and "600 Watts - XtremeGear Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready" as the power supply. Should end up at $1,016. Free shipping to boot. That's a very decent price for a very decent pre-built system. i7-950, 1 TiB hard drive, 6 GiB of RAM, and a very good video card. That should cover the listed requirements.

[hallwagner]

Leave hallwagner alone. D=.. He doesn't understand computer lingo. He just wants to buy a computer from Amazon or something.

Seriously though, build your own. Way better.

i know to a pretty good extent what the terms mean. so far i've understood most of what u guys said. i've just never done this sort of thing b4 and needed advice as to what i should be doing. i've "recruited" one of my friends to come over and help me pick out things and put it together. it'll help to have his input as a instructor on the scene per say. so i guess i'll keep u guys updated, not that u really care :P