Building my own (help)

massy086

whats ur old monitor no probs man greart pc there you will love it

gamer_Niall

it use to be my lil bro's tv but its my monitor now lol

i think its a 24 inch not sure wide screen

Finlux is the make

massy086

and is it alright to game on ye no point in having a 400 euro gpu and a crap monitor

gamer_Niall

ye i play Crossfire on it, its a fps, my fps in game ranges from 50-100 depends on size of map/how many players, but i want it better!

Noodleworm

I'm currently in the process of waiting for all my parts to come. Its turned out a bit closer to 1800 than my original 1500 budget, I think thats mostly due to the 60GB SSD and the extra monitor.

heres some of my parts

motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A UDR3
processor: intel i7 930
graphics: ati radeon 5850
case: Lian Li PC-7FNWB Black Aluminium Case with Side Window
PSU: Corsair 750W HX Modular PSU
RAM: Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz
monitor: Samsung Lavendar P2250 22" LCD HD Monitor
hardrive: Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB SATA II 32 mb cache

gamer_Niall

nice man! can't wait to get mine!

DaveyDave

Noodleworm wrote: »

I'm currently in the process of waiting for all my parts to come. Its turned out a bit closer to 1800 than my original 1500 budget, I think thats mostly due to the 60GB SSD and the extra monitor.

heres some of my parts

motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A UDR3
processor: intel i7 930
graphics: ati radeon 5850
case: Lian Li PC-7FNWB Black Aluminium Case with Side Window
PSU: Corsair 750W HX Modular PSU
RAM: Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz
monitor: Samsung Lavendar P2250 22" LCD HD Monitor
hardrive: Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB SATA II 32 mb cache

Should have got the Core i7 920, the 930 is just a factory overclocked 920. You can clock the 920 from 2.66GHz to 2.80GHz easily and have saved yourself €40 or so, it can get up to 4GHz easily actually. The HX650W would have also been sufficient if you're not going Crossfire.

gamer_Niall

tweaked my build a lil need someone to look and check if everything is ok

Cooler Master HAF 922 PC Tower Case - black

+ GX 750W PC Power Unit (RS-750-ACAA-E3)

1 ASUS P7P55D - Socket 1156 - Chipset P55 Express - ATX

1 Intel Core i5-750 - 2.66 GHz - 8MB L3 Cache - Socket LGA 1156 (box)

1 SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 5870 Toxic - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (11161-10-50R)

1 Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C - 1 TB - 7,200 rpm - 32 MB - SATA-300 Hard Drive

Corsair RAM 4 GB - 2x 2048 MB

LG GH20NS15 Super Multi - Disk drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - 20x/20x/12x - Serial ATA -...

im missing my OS i know but i'll buy that in a store when these parts arrive, if someone can check this build for me please

gamer_Niall

tweaked my build a lil need someone to look and check if everything is ok

Cooler Master HAF 922 PC Tower Case - black

+ GX 750W PC Power Unit (RS-750-ACAA-E3)

1 ASUS P7P55D - Socket 1156 - Chipset P55 Express - ATX

1 Intel Core i5-750 - 2.66 GHz - 8MB L3 Cache - Socket LGA 1156 (box)

1 SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 5870 Toxic - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (11161-10-50R)

1 Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C - 1 TB - 7,200 rpm - 32 MB - SATA-300 Hard Drive

Corsair RAM 4 GB - 2x 2048 MB

LG GH20NS15 Super Multi - Disk drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - 20x/20x/12x - Serial ATA -...

im missing my OS i know but i'll buy that in a store when these parts arrive, if someone can check this build for me please


Total of your order:
€ 1 401,74 Inc. VAT

VenomIreland

Nice, but if I was you I'd get the 1GB Vapor-X version of that card for less, the 2GB will rarely have a noticeable advantage over the 1GB.

gamer_Niall

will it help at all when playing my fps games?

the 1gb is like only 100 less, but i dunno if it's not worth it?

VenomIreland

gamer_Niall wrote: »

will it help at all when playing my fps games?

the 1gb is like only 100 less, but i dunno if it's not worth it?

You probably won't notice any difference as I'm almost 100% certain the FPS increase would be either nothing or very little.

gamer_Niall

ok thanks for that man!!

everything else is fine? gonna order it tonight if it is ^^ lol

VenomIreland

Personally, I'd wait until you get more opinions, also, make sure you are ordering everything you need.

Lu Tze

Check the resolution of the tv/monitor, if it is 720p there is no point spending more than 100 quid on a graphics card.

DaveyDave

Yeah, 2GB is a bit overkill unless you're gaming at 2560x1600, for 1920x1200 or under it's not really worth it.

gamer_Niall

i have monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, gonna buy the OS later on, am i missing anything?

was kinda hoping to hook it up to a big plazma tv lol

VenomIreland

gamer_Niall wrote: »

i have monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, gonna buy the OS later on, am i missing anything?

http://www.davesite.com/computers/system/checklist.shtml

gamer_Niall

things i didn't know i needed lol

• _ Network Interface Card(like the eithernet thing? for the internet?)
• _ Wi-Fi
• _ USB2 card

could the ones from my old desktop be used?

VenomIreland

don't worry, you don't need them

An NIC is built into the MoBo, as are USB2 headers and ports.

You don't need a Wi-Fi card.

gamer_Niall

haha ok grand, i was thinking about going with the 1GB Radeon 5970 card

but i don't know which is better that or the Nvidia GTX 480, any thoughts on the 2?

VenomIreland

gamer_Niall wrote: »

haha ok grand, i was thinking about going with the 1GB Radeon 5970 card

but i don't know which is better that or the Nvidia GTX 480, any thoughts on the 2?

5970 is a waste of money unless you are running at 2560X1600 or above through Eyefinity.

Lu Tze

VenomIreland wrote: »

5970 is a waste of money unless you are running at 2560X1600 or above through Eyefinity.

You seriously need to check what resolution you tv/monitor is. You will see no benefit spending all that extra cash on a graphics card if it is 720p. You would be better off buying a monitor and cheaper graphics card (5850 or something) in that case.

gamer_Niall

what would a 40" tv be?

Lu Tze

gamer_Niall wrote: »

it use to be my lil bro's tv but its my monitor now lol

i think its a 24 inch not sure wide screen

Finlux is the make

gamer_Niall wrote: »

what would a 40" tv be?

I was querying it on the first quote above, a 24" would likely be 720p. The 40" would likely be 1080p (worth checking though!)

gamer_Niall

would it work ok with the card do you think?

VenomIreland

gamer_Niall wrote: »

would it work ok with the card do you think?

The cards even have a HDMI out so all you'd need is a HDMI cable

They may also come with DVI -> VGA adaptors, for older TV's/Monitors

gamer_Niall

this tv has a HDMI port i also have the cable i use it with my ps3

i think that's my build done now


thanks a lot for all your help everyone who replied!!
feel free to post anymore suggestions!

coolbreeze01

gamer_Niall wrote: »

I've got a build here i just made myself i need someone to just have a look, I'm not that experienced at picking parts but i had a go take a look tell me what you think if i need anything else added or taken away.

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 - Full tower - extended ATX

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 - Motherboard - ATX - iP55 -
LGA1156 Socket - UDMA133, SATA-300 (RAID), eSATA -

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate - Licence and media -
1 PC - OEM - DVD - 32-bit - English

Processor: 1 x Intel Core i5 670 / 3.46 GHz

Graphics Card: Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0

Memory: Corsair Dominator - Memory - 6 GB : 3 x 2 GB -
DIMM 240-pin - DDR3 - 1866 MHz / PC3-15000 - CL9 -

Hard Drive/Disk Drive: Hard Drive: WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar Green 2TB - SATA - 64MB - Hard Drive
SAMSUNG SH-B083L Bluray, DVD/CD Rewriter

Monitor: LG W2243S-PF 22'' wide TFT Screen (5 ms)
5 ms, VGA

Power: CoolerMaster Silent Pro M700 700watt


think thats it.

you should go for 64 bit os to make use of your ram

DaveyDave

A HD5870 is a bit much for 1920x1080. It does well over 60FPS in games like CoD, DiRT 2, STALKER, Far Cry 2, HAWX and Company of Heroes. Maybe look at the HD5850.

You could also get the Core i5 750 and overclock it to 3.46GHz, you might need an aftermarket cooler though, you can get one for about €30-40 or just crank up your fans and apply good thermal paste.