Going to build a custom gaming desktop.

durbin209 · Mar 8, 2012

When I get enough money I'm going to build a custom gaming desktop. However it will be my first custom PC, so I will need some help. I'm going to post the items I would like in the PC. But I need to know if they are able to work together, thanks!

My custom PC.
http://ark.intel.com/products/52213/Intel-Core-i7-2600-Processor-(8M-Cache-3_40-GHz) processor. $305
http://www.staples.com/PNY-MD6144KD3-1600-X8-RAM-Module-6-GB-DDR3-SDRAM/product_330941 RAM. $42.
http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Radeon-MINIDP-PCI-E-HD687AZDFC/dp/B004O0OKXK/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1331260566&sr=1-3 video card. $193.
http://ark.intel.com/products/56461/Intel-Desktop-Board-DZ68BC motherboard. $218.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139012 power supply. $130.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827100067#top DvD ROM. $25.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136513 Hard-drive, internal. $120.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129087 Tower, comes with fans. $130.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236204 monitor. $100.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823114011 keyboard. $80.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826153055 mouse. $55.
All of this is rounded to approximation, thanks for the help.

SWAT_Glock · Mar 9, 2012

1) You want the i7-2600k instead of the i7-2600. Can be overclocked and very stable.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070

2) I have used a few brands. I personally like Corsair Dominator Ram. Get whatever speed your MB can handle without overclocking it too much. EX: 1866/1600 Mhz is fine.

3) I been using nVidia cards for the last few years. My last ATI card was a 4870X2, and I had probs with it. The GTX 580 is one of the coolest and quietest GFX cards I have every owned.

4) For motherboards, I have always used ASUS and never had one problem. I really like their boards. This is my personal choice of course. I also like m-atx boards too. But any of these boards are good IMO.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131806
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131700
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131760

5) Your power supply leaves little room for running two cards if you ever should choose too. For one card, its a good choice.

6) DVD ROM - fine

7) For hard drives, if you have the $$$ get a 240GB-256GB SSD for the OS and applications. And get a 1TB or more for your storage drive. If you can only afford a single HDD, I like Western Digital VelociRaptor 10K RPM drives.

8) Personal style/choice. I like the Corsair 600T case for my custom builds.

9) 18.5" ??? For $80 more you can get that 24" Asus monitor that I posted about. It;s on sale, $20 off, with free shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236049

10) How dare you not get a TactX keyboard!! LOL

11) Logitech Performance MX is my choice. It is a good mouse for everything. Gaming, Web design, etc.

durbin209 · Mar 9, 2012

Tommy said:
1) You want the i7-2600k instead of the i7-2600. Can be overclocked and very stable.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070

2) I have used a few brands. I personally like Corsair Dominator Ram. Get whatever speed your MB can handle without overclocking it too much. EX: 1866/1600 Mhz is fine.

3) I been using nVidia cards for the last few years. My last ATI card was a 4870X2, and I had probs with it. The GTX 580 is one of the coolest and quietest GFX cards I have every owned.

4) For motherboards, I have always used ASUS and never had one problem. I really like their boards. This is my personal choice of course. I also like m-atx boards too. But any of these boards are good IMO.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131806
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131700
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131760

5) Your power supply leaves little room for running two cards if you ever should choose too. For one card, its a good choice.

6) DVD ROM - fine

7) For hard drives, if you have the $$$ get a 240GB-256GB SSD for the OS and applications. And get a 1TB or more for your storage drive. If you can only afford a single HDD, I like Western Digital VelociRaptor 10K RPM drives.

8) Personal style/choice. I like the Corsair 600T case for my custom builds.

9) 18.5" ??? For $80 more you can get that 24" Asus monitor that I posted about. It;s on sale, $20 off, with free shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236049

10) How dare you not get a TactX keyboard!! LOL

11) Logitech Performance MX is my choice. It is a good mouse for everything. Gaming, Web design, etc.

LOL If i win the tactX keyboard i will use it

but i'm just going off of the deals i can find, thanks for the help tommy! i will check them out and modify my ETA of money to buy the parts.

durbin209 · Mar 9, 2012

Dantheman221 · Mar 9, 2012

I'd buy a Area-51 case from eBay for $350-400 which, includes the 1100w psu and motherboard.
I'd get a 990x or equivalent processor. The 990x cost about $1k, even though its getting old!
32gb of RAM or something like that. (about $200 max)
Corsair H100 or some sorta liquid cooling if it doesn't come in the case.($100)
The HD7970 in x-fire

($500 each, will be cheaper)
Blu-Ray/dvd/cd drive(if needed) $85
Fatal1ty soundcard $150, i think.
Razer Tiamat 7.1 Elit3 audio

$180
Yeti Pro USB mic + pop filter ~$200
Some SSD 128gb $200
2X HDD Baracuda XT 2tb. Dont know how much they cost. Probably $200 for both.
RAT 7 Mouse $90.
I'll find a keyboard to use

durbin209 · Mar 9, 2012

Reminder Dan: my income will be at most 15 dollars a week. I can't go all out until im 16 and get a job that pays me decently. haha

Dantheman221 · Mar 9, 2012

durbin209 said:
Reminder Dan: my income will be at most 15 dollars a week. I can't go all out until im 16 and get a job that pays me decently. haha

How about making games? Thats the direction I'm going in

Plus, my prices are too high. And, this IS one of the best rigs you can buy for the money

Stupid me, forgot monitor! xO

15 bucks a week? How many hours do you work?

durbin209 · Mar 9, 2012

Dantheman221 said:
How about making games? Thats the direction I'm going in
Plus, my prices are too high. And, this IS one of the best rigs you can buy for the money

Stupid me, forgot monitor! xO

15 bucks a week? How many hours do you work?

lol i can't make games! lol im 13 no one will give me any help with it and i have no software for it. and i wouldn't get payed xD oh and i work at my friend's sandwich shop every saturday. and my mom pays me 5 dollars for doing chores. Not much money lol.

Dantheman221 · Mar 9, 2012

durbin209 said:
lol i can't make games! lol im 13 no one will give me any help with it and i have no software for it. and i wouldn't get payed xD

You cant underestimate yourself or you will fail before you even started!

I am making a game right now but, I dont care if I get payed, I will live off of donations

durbin209 · Mar 9, 2012

Dantheman221 said:
You cant underestimate yourself or you will fail before you even started! I am making a game right now but, I dont care if I get payed, I will live off of donations

really? where can i get software?

Dantheman221 · Mar 9, 2012

durbin209 said:
really? where can i get software?

Unity = free 3d engine. Very nice and it works with xbox, win phone, ps3, etc.
Thats one of the tools. There is also a program called blender. If I recall correctly, its free. It is a program used to model 3d objects.
A lot of people created different scripts so you wont have to really program anything

durbin209 · Mar 9, 2012

Dantheman221 said:
Unity = free 3d engine. Very nice and it works with xbox, win phone, ps3, etc.
Thats one of the tools. There is also a program called blender. If I recall correctly, its free. It is a program used to model 3d objects.
A lot of people created different scripts so you wont have to really program anything

Free is just what i need! xD thanks Dan. Ill take a look at it. If i think i made anything good would you mind looking it over?

Dantheman221 · Mar 9, 2012

Sure why not

Although, if you find it too difficult, try finding something else you like to do. Maybe, making movies or game reviews? If you get enough youtube fans, there's this website called, King Of The Web. Mostly, you need above 1mil votes to win. Every person can vote 10 times a day. So, you will need max of 100,000 people to win ^^ But, if you have 2 weeks, like the ordinary king of the web schedule, all you need is 7000 people voting each day

Or was it a month, which requires even less? You get something like, 7000 bucks for being king

And a gaming card or amazon $100 card according to your category!

durbin209 · Mar 9, 2012

Nah the only youtube vids i have are of me shooting a winchester lever action and an M1A lol and i don't think ill find it too difficult, lol i have art class now

SWAT_Glock · Mar 9, 2012

I've seen the i7-2600k chips equal to or beat the i7-980/990 chips in various apps and game tests. $300 vs $1,000. You decided.

I had the i7-965, i7-980, great chips for their time, but the i7-2600k is the winner and much better price IMO today.

$300 for chip
$300 for SSD
$300 for video card

= just one i7-980/990.

Dantheman221 · Mar 9, 2012

Tommy said:
I've seen the i7-2600k chips equal to or beat the i7-980/990 chips in various apps and game tests. $300 vs $1,000. You decided. I had the i7-965, i7-980, great chips for their time, but the i7-2600k is the winner and much better price IMO today.

$300 for chip
$300 for SSD
$300 for video card

= just one i7-980/990.

I'm saying this because the area-51 case is pretty old and the mobo has that socket. I'd definitely get a 2nd gen instead! I'm pretty sure they offer cases with just psu's in them

So yeah, you can save some money.

durbin209 · Mar 9, 2012

$1,912.88 to buy the parts from newegg.com But of course dumb CA sales tax of 7.5% or what not. So about 2k. Hopefully i can get a job that will pay me about 100 a week.

Dantheman221 · Mar 10, 2012

durbin209 said:
$1,912.88 to buy the parts from newegg.com But of course dumb CA sales tax of 7.5% or what not. So about 2k. Hopefully i can get a job that will pay me about 100 a week.

haha, you'd have to work 24/7 to get that kind of money xD

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