paintball745
Member
okay so i am seriously considering building a new pc to game on.but the problem is i have been out of the pc scene for about 2 years now and i would like to build one for around $700 so can you guys help me out i was looking at these two things as a start.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3901231&CatId=333
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3732815&Sku=P56-9802
I'm sure Joseph will respond soon with some advice. I would definitely not buy a motherboard with onboard video if you want to game a lot. But it looks like you have a video card picked out there too. Man PC's have really come down in price.
paintball745
Member
doesn't every motherboard come with on board video. idk but i have never used it before on my current computer. also i hope Joseph hurry's with the advice i get paid Thursday lol.
Sorry I was late to the party. First off, you do not want any onboard video. If a board has it, you want to make sure it also has a 16x PCI-e slot, preferably a version 2.0 slot.
For $700, you can build a decent rig. You might have to use some of the parts from your old computer, like if you already have an LCD or a keybard and mouse. CPU, Motherboard, RAM and Video card need to be your focus.
Are you looking to build a PC rig or put it together yourself. Just need to know what you want to do. Give me and idea of some of the games you are looking to play and whic way you want to approach it, and I think we can hammer out the specs for a great gaming PC. Welcome into the PC gaming fold. We will assimilate all soon enough.
paintball745
Member
i got a acer al1916w lcd monitor a 5.1 speaker system from logitech a 5.1 soundcard and my keyboard and mouse i will probably be getting new ones of,also i have a 200 gig hard drive i will be using as a slave.as far as games i would like to play most all of them but im not looking to play crysis on full settings by any means.i am really into rts and fps type games though.
Sorry for my delay. It has been hectic with work and then editing video all evening, plus train lag. Okay, you will need a case. I would go with an Antec case that has a power supply already in it, preferably a 500 watt or larger. As for a motherboard, processor, RAM combo, I would go wtih the following choices:
Gigabyte Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128337
Intel Quad Core Q6600 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
OCZ Solid 2GB of DDR2 1066 RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227239
These are all just starting points. Look around the web and I am sure you can find cheaper. I would also look at the Geforce 8 series of cards. They are super cheap and are still running games quite nicely. My setup is similar, and I can run Crysis on High with 30+ frames per second. If you have any other questions, feel free to email tips@aeropause.com or post in here. I will be less busy in a few days.
paintball745
Member
no problem about the delay but i think i got all the parts mostly if you can look over them and help me find a good fan for the CPU it would be awesome.also i really didn't want to purchase another optical drive but mine is dying so its necessary now.
mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128337
case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129037
cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017
ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148070
video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150304
hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
optical: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156
Unless you are looking to overclock, I would say the stock CPU fan is fine. It is rather beefy and just seems to cool the hell out of my CPU just fine. If you are overclocking, I think I recommended a fan to Eric Kranz, the Arctic Cooler 7. I may be screwing up the name, but if you listen to Podcast 25-28, there is mention of the CPU fan in question in there.
Also, just a heads up, I have the non-energy compliant version of that Gigabyte board, and I love it. But I had to fix the memory speed manually in the BIOS. My memory would not read as 1066, but as 800. Just something to watch out for.
paintball745
Member
ok so i figured this needed a little update i finally bought all the stuff last night but changed a few thing around.
case: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=T925-4100
psu: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=T925-1177
video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150316&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-N82E16814150316
with the cheaper case i was able to upgrade the videocard which is always nice and it came with a free copy of cod4. oh also i boughr some thermal paste.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200040
paintball745
Member
ok i got it all put together but i have no video when i boot it up i boot it up i put the xp cd in and it spins in the driver but no video shows up on screen nothing could it be the fact that it is my backup copy of my original (yes my key is legal) on the box of the motherboard it says certified for windows vista also could the videopcard be dead how do i tell what is wrong.
paintball745
Member
sorry about the double post but i couldn't find a edit button ok so it starts up now and it get to a black screen that at the bottom says veryfying dmi data pool and stops there it went to start the windows install process once. so i was thinking if i installed a small 3 gig linuix partion first that it would work then i could install windows.
It could have to do with not enough juice going to the mobo. I had that happen to me, and it ended up being a bad power supply was not supplying the juice that the system wanted.
Here is a page that can help troubleshoot the error.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000474.htm
paintball745
Member
OK im pretty sure it was the hard drive cause i solved that problem and it gave me some other error while trying to install xp but i plugged in my old ide hard drive and it works fine and i put all the drivers on that and everything works fine now.im gonna try and set up my sata drive as a slave and see what happens.but thanks for all your help Joe i really do appreciate it. i played half life 2 last night on full settings and it looked really nice Tuesday i will run crysis.im gonna pick up 2 more gigs of ram and a second fan though.thanks again man.
I am happy to hear that it is all working great. It takes some time tinkering with it all, but once it is up and running, the games you play will look amazing. I cannot wait for upcoming PC titles like Dawn of War II, Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, Far Cry 2, Fallout 3 and a little title known as Grand Theft Auto IV.
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