For the past few months I've been wanting to make myself a desktop (currently just have a laptop). This will be my first time building a PC so I'd like peoples opinions about what I'm planning on buying - I've been running it by a friend who's built a computer but would like another opinion.
I plan to buy through newegg since they sound pretty awesome, and I've read of problems from other sites.
The computer will be for college (if that matters) and I am basically looking for a great performing system for all current games, but that will be, at least slightly, future safe (I dont want to have to upgrade it for a while since I don't forsee recieving much money for about 5-6 years =)), but that is quiet enough for typing out essays too (hence the case =))
CASE: Antec Performance I P180 Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $149.00
MOBO: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - $135.00
GFX CARD: XFX PVT70GUDF7 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - $389.00
PSU: FSP Group (Fortron Source) FSP550-60PLN EPS12V 550W Power Supply - $96.00
PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor - Retail - $146.00
MEMORY: OCZ Performance Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model - $114.75
HD: Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JS 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $105.00
MONITOR: ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" CRT Monitor D-Sub - Retail - $219.99
DVD DRIVE: BenQ Black IDE DVD Burner Model DW1640 BK OEM - $46.99
And then the externals to go w/ the computer
HEADPHONES: SENNHEISER HD 280 3.5mm Connector PROFESSIONAL Headphone - $99.99
KEYBOARD: LITE-ON SK-1788/BS 2-Tone PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard - $5.25
MOUSE: Logitech MX518 931352-0403 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1x Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Mouse - $39.89
MOUSE PAD: STEEL PAD 4-D Mouse Pad - $19.99
TOTAL: $1,586.85
Which means about $1,800 with taxes and shipping
I'd really like to spend less than this, but dont want to compromise performance.
So, please let me know what you think, or if there are any problems with this system. I'm hoping to buy it within the next few days but can wait up to 2 weeks if something should be coming out in that time.
I appreciate you taking the time to read this and TIA to anyone who posts constructive thoughts/criticisms/etc.
EDIT: Changed PSU to a more powerful, $20 cheaper one which seems well recommended on forums =)
I plan to buy through newegg since they sound pretty awesome, and I've read of problems from other sites.
The computer will be for college (if that matters) and I am basically looking for a great performing system for all current games, but that will be, at least slightly, future safe (I dont want to have to upgrade it for a while since I don't forsee recieving much money for about 5-6 years =)), but that is quiet enough for typing out essays too (hence the case =))
CASE: Antec Performance I P180 Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $149.00
MOBO: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - $135.00
GFX CARD: XFX PVT70GUDF7 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - $389.00
PSU: FSP Group (Fortron Source) FSP550-60PLN EPS12V 550W Power Supply - $96.00
PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor - Retail - $146.00
MEMORY: OCZ Performance Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model - $114.75
HD: Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JS 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $105.00
MONITOR: ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" CRT Monitor D-Sub - Retail - $219.99
DVD DRIVE: BenQ Black IDE DVD Burner Model DW1640 BK OEM - $46.99
And then the externals to go w/ the computer
HEADPHONES: SENNHEISER HD 280 3.5mm Connector PROFESSIONAL Headphone - $99.99
KEYBOARD: LITE-ON SK-1788/BS 2-Tone PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard - $5.25
MOUSE: Logitech MX518 931352-0403 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1x Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Mouse - $39.89
MOUSE PAD: STEEL PAD 4-D Mouse Pad - $19.99
TOTAL: $1,586.85
Which means about $1,800 with taxes and shipping
I'd really like to spend less than this, but dont want to compromise performance.
So, please let me know what you think, or if there are any problems with this system. I'm hoping to buy it within the next few days but can wait up to 2 weeks if something should be coming out in that time.
I appreciate you taking the time to read this and TIA to anyone who posts constructive thoughts/criticisms/etc.
EDIT: Changed PSU to a more powerful, $20 cheaper one which seems well recommended on forums =)
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