before I start I apologize for my grammar I didn't feel like spending a lot of time replying I just wanted to help quickly
At 10/28/09 01:09 AM, SevasTra wrote:
Well I'm in the market for a new PC because my current one is going to be 7 years old in January. I had a friend send me a wishlist he made form Newegg and I was wondering what you guys thought.
DVD Drive. Too cheap to pay for a Blu-Ray drive.
Power Supply Unit
Graphics Card.
CPU
Case
RAM
HDD
Mother Board
DVD drive is okay
PSU I'd get something like a corsair: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as px?Item=N82E16817139002
maybe be a bit expensive but i'd rather get a quality PSU because they feed your components power + it has a rebate. you can go with the cheaper psu if you want to save cash because it doesnt seem that bad
GPU GTX 260 is okay, but I suggest getting a DX11 card. Nvidia's dx11 isn't out until a month or two but you can get a ATi DX11 card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as px?Item=N82E16814121350
It performs on par with the card you linked and if you ever want more performance you can just buy another one and crossfire it
CPU/RAM/MOBO
ram has really gone up in price, the ddr2 set you linked used to cost $50. For this price I suggest doing DDR3 because it costs about the same and better performance
since you need a motherboard/cpu I suggest AMD as it is cheaper than Intel and performs just as well. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as px?Item=N82E16819103649
mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as px?Item=N82E16813128378
hdd is good, i've got the 1tb version
case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as px?Item=N82E16811119137
it has better airflow and cable management. overall a great case
To my slightly amateurish eye it all looks good. It all casts just under $800 USD.
I'm also looking for a monitor as well. Some I was looking at are:
get this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as px?Item=N82E16824001275
I am also looking for a nice mouse. Preferably a 7 button mouse. I am partial to the glow of Razers but I may be willing to change.
I'm using a logitech mx518, $40 and a VERY good mouse. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as px?Item=N82E16826104178&Tpk=mx518
Also I need to get a new keyboard seeing as my current one is the one that shipped with my PC back in '03 so it is way more important than a mouse. The only thing I am really looking for in a keyboard is backlighting.
i use a very simple logitech keyboard so I can't really help you here
Obviously I'll need an OS and of coarse I'll get Windows 7 but I was wondering if there is anyway I could get it cheaper than the $189.99USD Home Premium retails for, because the more money I save on that the more I can spend on a monitor.
1. pirate it
2. you can get it cheap if you are a student
3. some other various ways im not sure of (legal)
4. find someone who is selling it for cheap but legit, I know someone who offered to sell me at half price