Thinking about building a computer soon, any suggestions on hardware?

[DarkOps]

I'm probably going to be buying and building a computer over the course of the next few months. Give me some suggestions for good hardware at a good price please.

[sunny946]

Give us a budget, or we cannot really help.
Save your money up, and read the rules.
If you buy it gradually the stuff you have will be outdated by the time your finished.
Edit: Wanted to quote the rules.
Don't make a thread for a build you plan to purchase in half a year.

[DarkOps]

Around $500 being the budget, could you calculate me a build from that amount of money? I'm new to this hole computer building thing, all I know is how to put it together. None of the specs.

[Kaarristu]

[QUOTE=DarkOps;33944943]Around $500 being the budget[/QUOTE]

Is that starting from scratch? No hard drive, monitor, os

For example.

[DarkOps]

Just the computer. I have disk drives and the hard drive already.

[sunny946]

Do you have anything to work with, OS's Monitos speakers hard drive ect?
Do you need keyboard and mouse ect?

[editline]29th December 2011[/editline]

Tell us EXACTLY what you have to reuse.

[Kaarristu]

[QUOTE=DarkOps;33944984]Just the computer. I have disk drives and the hard drive already.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&Tpk=haf%20912"]COOLER MASTER HAF 912 [/URL] ~$50 [Case]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078&Tpk=i3-2100"]Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz[/URL] ~$125 [CPU] (10% off till 12/31 on Newegg!)

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271"]ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155[/URL] ~$125 [Motherboard]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371031"]Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W[/URL] ~$60 [Power Supply]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908"]SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB[/URL] ~$150 [GPU]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313072"]Team Elite 4GB (2 x 2GB)[/URL] ~$25

Edit: $35 over budget, but price drop probably will come by the time you purchase

[sunny946]

I would suggest a value system or the likes
But if you really want to build it go amd.

[hipp0]

[QUOTE=sunny946;33945005]Do you have anything to work with, OS's Monitos speakers hard drive ect?
Do you need keyboard and mouse ect?

[editline]29th December 2011[/editline]

Tell us EXACTLY what you have to reuse.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=DarkOps;33944984]Just the computer. I have disk drives and the hard drive already.[/QUOTE]

[img]http://puu.sh/bORb[/img]

get rid of the case and get a 560ti if you can re-use your old one

[editline]29th December 2011[/editline]

well shit posted right before i managed to make the build

oh well

[sunny946]

What about an APU?

[Kaarristu]

[QUOTE=sunny946;33945139]What about an APU?[/QUOTE]

I really doubt he would want an APU haha, that's terrible

[sunny946]

CPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996[/url]
GFX: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125401[/url]
PSU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044[/url]
RAM: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231519[/url]
MOBO: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128529[/url]
Reuse HDD, Case and Optical Drive.

[Kaarristu]

[QUOTE=sunny946;33945286]CPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996[/url]
GFX: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125401[/url]
PSU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044[/url]
RAM: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231519[/url]
MOBO: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128529[/url]
Reuse HDD, Case and Optical Drive.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't cheap out on the mobo like that, the FX-4100 is pretty terrible compared to the i3-2100 at the same price too, the gtx 560 ti is out of his/her budget range the 6850 is a great price to performance card though.

[DarkOps]

What's an APU?

[sunny946]

Gigabit is reliable enough too me, but if you wait a month the prices of the 6XXX will crash and he could get a good card.
An apu is a CPU and GFX Card together

[Kaarristu]

[QUOTE=DarkOps;33945395]What's an APU?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_processing_unit[/url]

But I wouldn't go that route, stick with a dedicated GPU unless you're not planning to do 'hard core' gaming

[DarkOps]

[QUOTE=Kaarristu;33945079][URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&Tpk=haf%20912"]COOLER MASTER HAF 912 [/URL] ~$50 [Case]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078&Tpk=i3-2100"]Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz[/URL] ~$125 [CPU] (10% off till 12/31 on Newegg!)

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271"]ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155[/URL] ~$125 [Motherboard]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371031"]Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W[/URL] ~$60 [Power Supply]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908"]SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB[/URL] ~$150 [GPU]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313072"]Team Elite 4GB (2 x 2GB)[/URL] ~$25

Edit: $35 over budget, but price drop probably will come by the time you purchase[/QUOTE]

I added all this to my cart for future reference. Might take a while before I get everything.

What games could I run with this build? I'm planning on getting the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. pack.

[Kaarristu]

[QUOTE=DarkOps;33945470]I added all this to my cart for future reference. Might take a while before I get everything.

What games could I run with this build? I'm planning on getting the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. pack.[/QUOTE]

You could pretty much play any game at med-high

What's your screen resolution?

[DarkOps]

[QUOTE=Kaarristu;33945477]You could pretty much play any game at med-high

What's your screen resolution?[/QUOTE]

1024 by something... Its in the garage, don't wanna get it out. Its more of a square than a rectangle though. Not widescreen.

[Kaarristu]

[QUOTE=DarkOps;33945503]1024 by something... Its in the garage, don't wanna get it out. Its more of a square than a rectangle though. Not widescreen.[/QUOTE]

Hell then you are most likely able to Ultra haha, if you plan to stick with it

1024 x 768

What do you mean your monitor is in the garbage OH NOES

You can med-high recent games with 6850 on 1680x1050

If it's that low of resolution [1024x768] Then I'm pretty sure it will go maxed settings

[DarkOps]

[QUOTE=Kaarristu;33945521]Hell then you are most likely able to Ultra haha, if you plan to stick with it

1024 x 768

What do you mean your monitor is in the garbage OH NOES

You can med-high recent games with 6850 on 1680x1050

If it's that low of resolution [1024x768] Then I'm pretty sure it will go maxed settings[/QUOTE]

[B]Garage![/B] Not garbage.

[editline]29th December 2011[/editline]

I'm going to sleep. Keep posting help if you want.

[sunny946]

I think you could get a 6870 if your not getting it for a while.

[DarkOps]

Is there any cheaper build that will still play games well? 500$ is fine but I wanted to know if I could get almost the same thing cheaper.

[Kaarristu]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131728"]ASUS M5A78L-M LX AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard[/URL] ~$60 [Mobo]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103995"]AMD Phenom II X4 960T Zosma 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor[/URL] ~$110

It's worse then intel but go for that if you want budget, but if you're running on such a small display you should probably just go with AMD, they're more budgety

[DarkOps]

Okay, I replaced the motherboard and processor on my list to those. Any bad things about them that I should know about?

[Kaarristu]

[QUOTE=DarkOps;33954721]Okay, I replaced the motherboard and processor on my list to those. Any bad things about them that I should know about?[/QUOTE]

Well for what you're doing it shall suit you well, most games aren't very CPU dependent anyways, well for now.

There's not a huge difference between the i3-2100 but it's more reliable, but the 960t can have 2 more cores unlocked, possibly.

As for the motherboard, it seems okay. You wanted cheaper and that board is a pretty good deal but you won't have as many features

[DarkOps]

What kind of features would I be missing out on?

[hipp0]

If you go with am3 then you're killing off all means of future upgrading.

I'd much rather go for a solid z68/p67 motherboard with the i3 2100, and swap out that i3 with an i5 2500k once you have 200 bucks to blow. Do note that within games, the i3 2100 performs just as well as a phenom 980

[Juggernog]

Yeah by going AM3 you're more likely to have to do a big update in the future.

[DarkOps]

I switched back to the original build because the budget went back up.

This:
[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&Tpk=haf%20912"]COOLER MASTER HAF 912 [/URL] ~$50 [Case]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078&Tpk=i3-2100"]Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz[/URL] ~$125 [CPU]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271"]ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155[/URL] ~$125 [Motherboard]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371031"]Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W[/URL] ~$60 [Power Supply]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908"]SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB[/URL] ~$150 [GPU]

[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313072"]Team Elite 4GB (2 x 2GB)[/URL] ~$25