Recommendations $1200-$1800 PC

Hello everyone at OCForums,

This is my first post, and I must say these forums look great(lots of info, and people seem nice).

Ok, I have been looking into building a desktop for couple of months now. I am not yet sure when I will build one(mabey this year, mabey next year... I am not sure yet, I am in no hurry, I currently use a P4 2.4ghz dell).

And I thought mabey I would ask you: What do you think would be a good gaming rig around $1200-$1800 USD. With LCD Monitor.


Thanks

Lets see...
3200+ Venice or 3700+ San Diego
DFI Ultra-D mobo
7800GT
OCZ Platinum Rev2 1GB
OCZ Powerstream 520W
Dell 20" Widescreen LCD

Ah,

I was looking online, and I heard alot of good things about these parts:
NEC Beige IDE DVD Burner -$45 or so
3200+ Venice -$190 (newegg)

I need a case too... but I would rather spend my money on a graphics card chip and a bad looking case, then to have a good looking case, and bad looking games(lows FPS).

I would get the LG (I forgot the model number) DVD-burner. It burns much more nicely than the NEC. And is onyl a couple of bucks more expensive.

Gaming:
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Motherboard $103.00
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core Processor $372.52
OCZ Technology PowerStream 520W $109.99
eVGA EGS Geforce 7800 GTX Video Card $498.00
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus10 250GB Hard Drive $104.99
Corsair Value 2x512MB Ram $89.00
NEC ND3540A Dual Layer DVD±RW $45.99
Lian-Li PC61 Black ATX Mid-Tower Case $103.00
Samsung SyncMaster 910T Silver 19" LCD Monitor $375.00
Total: $1799 w/o shipping+tax

Well, a big thing is what are you going to be doing with the computer.

I recommend not getting a DFI if your new to computers or OCing, because the DFI may have a set of problems for beginners.

For gaming: X2 3800+ and 7800GTX and 1GB Value ram
For multitasking: X2 4400+ and 6800GT and 2GB ram
For gaming/multitasking: X2 3800+ and 6800GT and 1GB OCZ ram
For OCing: DFI and 3700+ and 7800GTX and 1GB OCZ ram

I was thinking overclocking would to to "Risky" and that I would fry my pc. But after reading 20+ reviews about overclocking Venice chips, it sounds like it is rather "safe", and not difficult to overclock.

More info:

I have not built a computer before. I would be ok with overclocking a Venice.

darlsparkz,

The pc build you recommend sounds very good to me, but I would rather save some cash then getting an dual core chip(mabey a venice? perhaps overclock? I dont know...).

The 7800GTX video card sounds great too. But I would probably save some cash there and get another card.(I would like the cost to be, if possible, under 1800 USD with shipping and tax)

Thanks for the help.

m3x1c4nj3w said:

I would get the LG (I forgot the model number) DVD-burner. It burns much more nicely than the NEC. And is onyl a couple of bucks more expensive.

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model # is LG GSA-4163. I recommend this burner also.