[Mease87]

Hello,

I am building my first Gaming rig and would like your help. Here are some thing i know i want in my system. I would like for someone to fill in the blanks beccause i know nothining about it. Basically, I Dont need to have the best gaming rig around. I just want to be able to buy any game and be able to play it on my 22 inch 1680X1050 monitor with graphics i would be happy with. I dont need it to play on ultra high settings but high settings would be nice for all the popular games ( modern warefare, crysis, mafia ect... And dont want to spend a ridiculous amount, dont need the HIGH END parts but i dont want LOW end either. Just reliable. If you cant help out i would at least like a good motherboard recomendation for what i have listed so far. thanks


Case= Coolermaster HAF 922 Blue led MId tower ( ALready bought $118 newegg)

Processor= AMD phenom II x4 965 3.4GHz ($165 newegg)

Graphic Card= ATI Radeon 5770 ( possibly 5850)

MOtherboard= ?

Cpu Fan/cooler = ?

opticle drive = ?

Ram= ?Not sure what kind but i know i want 4gb

powersupply= ?Not sure how many watts i will need

Harddrive= ?

OS= Windows 7 Home Premium

[rickoles]

Originally Posted by Mease87

Case= Coolermaster HAF 922 Blue led MId tower ( ALready bought $118 newegg)

Processor= AMD phenom II x4 965 3.4GHz ($165 newegg)

Graphic Card= 6850!

MOtherboard= No help here.

Cpu Fan/cooler = Stock

opticle drive = LGs are always best. Dun really matter.

Ram= 4g G.Skill ripjaws (a set with low lat)

powersupply= Corsair 500TX

Harddrive= Samsung F3 (insert size)

OS= Windows 7 Home Premium

[Mease87]

thanks for the reply. Anyone else have a sugesstion on a mother board. Im highly relying on you guys . once i get a good idea from this fourm im going to buy the parts. i just dont know what motherboard would be good and reliable at supporting the parts i know i want so far,




Case= Coolermaster HAF 922 Blue led MId tower ( ALready bought $118 newegg) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-224-_-Product

Processor= AMD phenom II x4 965 3.4GHz ($165 newegg) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-727-_-Product

Graphic Card= Sapphire ATI Radeon 5770 ( $154) ( possibly 5850) Not sure which is best manufactuer http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-898-_-Product

MOtherboard= ?

Cpu Fan/cooler = ?

opticle drive = ?

Ram= 4gb Ripjaws http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231277 ($74)

powersupply= CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ($79.99) ( Im assuming this is enough watts ?) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139004

Harddrive= ?

OS= Windows 7 Home Premium ($109 from tiger direct)

So far my total price is $699

[Mease87]

ANYONE????? At least just a mother board recomendation?

[${freak}]

Nvidia >>>> ATI IMO

and for mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128441

[UrbannGuerilla]

Originally Posted by Mease87

Hello,

I am building my first Gaming rig and would like your help. Here are some thing i know i want in my system. I would like for someone to fill in the blanks beccause i know nothining about it. Basically, I Dont need to have the best gaming rig around. I just want to be able to buy any game and be able to play it on my 22 inch 1680X1050 monitor with graphics i would be happy with. I dont need it to play on ultra high settings but high settings would be nice for all the popular games ( modern warefare, crysis, mafia ect... And dont want to spend a ridiculous amount, dont need the HIGH END parts but i dont want LOW end either. Just reliable. If you cant help out i would at least like a good motherboard recomendation for what i have listed so far. thanks


Case= Coolermaster HAF 922 Blue led MId tower ( ALready bought $118 newegg)

Processor= AMD phenom II x4 965 3.4GHz ($165 newegg)

Graphic Card= ATI Radeon 5770 ( possibly 5850)

MOtherboard= ?

Cpu Fan/cooler = ?

opticle drive = ?

Ram= ?Not sure what kind but i know i want 4gb

powersupply= ?Not sure how many watts i will need

Harddrive= ?

OS= Windows 7 Home Premium

Although this is MY first custom build, this is not my first custom built computer. Most of my builds were based on Asus Motherboards. I have never had any real problems (knock on wood) with them, although some inherent problems/defects/DOA's exist with all boards and electronic products. You do NOT need an "extreme" or otherwise noted "special" mobo to overclock if thats your intention. (which I assume because you asked about a cooler) Almost all aftermarket mobos have some overclocking ability, only burn the money on an extreme board if you plan to absolutely push the limit of reality. (which I assume is not the case)

Motherboard:
Look for an Asus board with the AMD platform you're using. (I'm not sure with AMD) I looked your CPU up, its an AM3 platform. Look for an Asus (or Gigabyte) Motherboard for the AM3 platform. The board you choose really depends on the features you're looking for, whether it be just overclocking (or not), or usb 3.0, or Sata 6GB, or whatever. You really just have to look at the boards and decide for yourself, but please believe me on the "extreme" high priced boards. If you're asking about computer parts, then there is absolutely no need for you to buy an extreme MB right now. The money "wasted" could be better spent in other places of your system at this point in time.

Like this one, for instance.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131406

Memory:
Whatever you get, get a matched pair.
I went with G.Skill RipJaws 2x2GB, DDR3 1600
Other memory manufacturers with good products I would consider
G.Skill
Patriot
Kingston
Crucial
Mushkin
Super Talent
You can expect to pay 75-125'ish on decent DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) memory.

CPU cooler: Check Newegg for AM3 socket coolers and have a look around. I purchased a Zalman, but it doesn't get here until Friday so I can't comment on how effective it is. Egg ratings are often a reasonable gauge of how good products are, just look for the lower percentage numbers of 1 egg ratings.

PSU (pwr supply)
Google search "PSU Calculator" and it will take you to a number of numerous sites where YOU can enter the information about your proposed system and then make a good estimate on how much power you will effectively need. For my I5 750 system I went with an Antec Earthwatts 650.

Optical:
Doesn't really matter. Most of them are alright. I have an HP lightscribe DVD/CD RW I bought for 25$, but LG are also good, or many others. This particular component wouldn't be that important to me personally.

Hard Drive:
Depends on how much money you want to drop on it and how fast you are trying to push things. If you are not trying to push everything to the limit, I would say a 10,000rpm Velociraptor would be nice, but a 7200rpm Western Digital or Seagate would probably be just fine. (they also come in 5400rpm speeds, but I wouldn't mess with those.) If you have plenty of cash to blow, get a SSD (Solid State Drive) Hard drive. They're pretty expensive right now in comparison to disc style hard drives, but quite fast. I'd wait until the prices drop a bit, they're still somewhat "new". I have a Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 3GB/s HD. They also make 6gb/s hard drives now though, but I'm not sure how they compare to the SSDs without googling it.

EDIT: FORGOT GPU

GRAPHICS:
I went with a Sapphire Radeon 6850. The 6xxx series is brand new and I dont think it's in (walk-in) stores yet, but IT IS on newegg. They're faster and better than the 5xxx series, they run cooler, and I think off less total energy. I got mine for 199$.

[Prunecandy]

let me help you out. lets see you have a great cpu for gaming so keep that. if you are planning to oc i would go with a 890fx board like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138193
which is a great board if you want to spend more go for the one in my sig.
for the gpu if you can go for a 6870. they compare to the 5850 now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161349 for example if you cant spend that much go ahead and grab the 6850
memory i would go with 4gb ripjaws like others have mentioned
if you plan on overclocking or live in a hot place i would grab http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103065 great cheap cooler..but it is not needed
for psu corsair high end antecs sea sonics are all great heres what i would get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139012

[Marshmallow64]

If you plan on overclocking get the 890fx motherboards, either gigabyte or asus. If not just get a decent asus motherboard.

For the harddrive I recommend the western digital black series, the size is up to you.