New Gaming Rig

WaterColdOne SG

hi all , would like to have some pros here to put me in the right direction to go about building my own gaming rig.

Firstly , lets start with the budget . I don't have any parts in mind yet... but my budget is around 2.5k? so hope you all can help me work with that to get the best bang for buck ! will be needing to buy everything including case , os , monitor etc . hope you guys will help me , thanks.

WaterColdOne SG

bump , help pls :D

maskedangel SG

lotsa existing thread which will fit nicely with ur budget

jonchao72 SG

Intel Core i7-930 with evga x58 SLI-LE mobo $860

team xtreem 6GB (2X3GB) ddr3 rams 1600mhz $275

sapphire HD5850 1GB DDR5 $419

samsung HDD 1TB $118

NZXT Lexa S steel mid tower chassis $135

andyson F500M power supply $95

windows 7 home premium OS $158

samsung P2350 LCD monitor $308

total damage = $2368 WITHOUT MOUSE+KEYBOARD (got $132 to spare)

p.s. all prices taken from PCThemes pricelist

mouse and kb can just grab some logitech one la cheap cheap so you can buy a cpu cooler with the leftover cash in case u want to OC

WaterColdOne SG

Intel Core i7-930 with evga x58 SLI-LE mobo $860

team xtreem 6GB (2X3GB) ddr3 rams 1600mhz $275

sapphire HD5850 1GB DDR5 $419

samsung HDD 1TB $118

NZXT Lexa S steel mid tower chassis $135

andyson F500M power supply $95

windows 7 home premium OS $158

samsung P2350 LCD monitor $308

total damage = $2368 WITHOUT MOUSE+KEYBOARD (got $132 to spare)

p.s. all prices taken from PCThemes pricelist

mouse and kb can just grab some logitech one la cheap cheap so you can buy a cpu cooler with the leftover cash in case u want to OC

thanks , hm... about how long will that last till I have to change ? oh btw , no parts clashing or anything?

jonchao72 SG

thanks , hm... about how long will that last till I have to change ? oh btw , no parts clashing or anything?

no i doubt so... can check with shop uncle before u buy...

if u want it to last for gaming, drop the i7-930 with evga mobo and switch to an i5-750 with evga P55 FTW mobo ($678), which will reduce the cost by $182, then change the GPU to sapphire HD5870, which will cost approximately 200 dollars more

but still, a HD5850 will last u about 3 more years

should also change the psu to andyson F600M just in case need more power heh

WaterColdOne SG

no i doubt so... can check with shop uncle before u buy...

how long it will last will depend on your monitor.. what size?

the one u recommended is 23 " :D

jonchao72 SG

the one u recommended is 23 " :D

refer to my edited post above ~

WaterColdOne SG

refer to my edited post above ~

so it should look like this ?

Intel Core i7-930 with evga x58 SLI-LE mobo

team xtreem 6GB (2X3GB) ddr3 rams 1600mhz

sapphire HD5870 1GB DDR5

samsung HDD 1TB

NZXT Lexa S steel mid tower chassis

andyson F600M power supply

windows 7 home premium OS

samsung P2350 LCD monitor

so based on this , it will roughly cost 2.7k ? or more?

btw , will it run crysis on max settings?

Raraken SG

so it should look like this ?

Intel Core i7-930 with evga x58 SLI-LE mobo

team xtreem 6GB (2X3GB) ddr3 rams 1600mhz

sapphire HD5870 1GB DDR5

samsung HDD 1TB

NZXT Lexa S steel mid tower chassis

andyson F600M power supply

windows 7 home premium OS

samsung P2350 LCD monitor

so based on this , it will roughly cost 2.7k ? or more?

btw , will it run crysis on max settings?

The million dollar question eh?

At 1080p/1200p, yes. Anything higher, get 2.

I would have liked to suggest Seasonic's M12II 620W, but whatever.

jonchao72 SG

so it should look like this ?

Intel Core i7-930 with evga x58 SLI-LE mobo

team xtreem 6GB (2X3GB) ddr3 rams 1600mhz

sapphire HD5870 1GB DDR5

samsung HDD 1TB

NZXT Lexa S steel mid tower chassis

andyson F600M power supply

windows 7 home premium OS

samsung P2350 LCD monitor

so based on this , it will roughly cost 2.7k ? or more?

btw , will it run crysis on max settings?

should be less than 3k...

can run on max but dont expect high frames-per-second (FPS) for it, meaning it should lag... no computer has been able to play it smoothly at max settings if im not wrong...

WaterColdOne SG

The million dollar question eh?

At 1080p/1200p, yes. Anything higher, get 2.

I would have liked to suggest Seasonic's M12II 620W, but whatever.

any difference between the 2 ? O.o

WaterColdOne SG

btw, will I be able to fit in a wireless network card? any to recommend? or is there a way I can connect to my modem through wires cos my modem is quite far away from where my setup will be ...

Raraken SG

any difference between the 2 ? O.o

The Not really, though Seasonic has a very good reputation with it's power supplies. Also, their distro in SG (Corbell) is probably the easiest to get to (AMK). The Andyson is fine too, but I just have a preference for Seasonic. If noise is of concern to you, then the Seasonic is quieter than the Andyson. If you want cheap(er), the Andyson will suit you just fine.

As for wireless capabilities, you can get a Wireless-G PCI card pretty easily for ~$60. Wireless-N costs more, and very unlikely that your modem has support for it.

WaterColdOne SG

As for wireless capabilities, you can get a Wireless-G PCI card pretty easily for ~$60. Wireless-N costs more, and very unlikely that your modem has support for it.

haha the seasonice is $6 more expensive :D ill take it LOL

so get the wireless-G PCI card? will I have rm for it?

Raraken SG

haha the seasonice is $6 more expensive :D ill take it LOL

so get the wireless-G PCI card? will I have rm for it?

As long as you've got an empty PCI expansion slot. Which I doubt you DON'T have. So yeah.

SBS7484P SG

The million dollar question eh?

At 1080p/1200p, yes. Anything higher, get 2.

I would have liked to suggest Seasonic's M12II 620W, but whatever.

I would have liked to suggest the PC Power & Cooling.. Oh.

It's loud as hell and shops don't stock it.

Maybe because it's loud as hell.