Hello! A friend and I were casually talking about him getting a new PC that'd be good for some of the up-and-coming games that we like to play (SC2 and D3, whenever that is). Anyway, he just threw it out that there he wouldn't mind putting one together for less than 1k and I thought... why not?
Purpose: Gaming @ high quality to max settings for majority of up-and-coming games
Budget: 1000
Location: Canada, willing to buy online
Old parts: mouse + keyboard, monitor, speakers
OS: don't have
Cooling: preferably nothing beyond what comes stock
So... what I came up with on the fly and I'd like your advice on is this...
cooler master scout @ $100
Corsair TX750 750W PSU @ $95
Phenom II x2 555 @ $125 (why's there no BE on NCIX?)
OCZ 1333MHz 9-9-9-20 2x2GB Memory @ $110
Radeon 4870 @ $195 (not necessarily at ncix for that price)
Gigabyte MA770T UD3P Mobo
Western Digital 1TB Black @ $96
Windows 7 OEM @ $118
Any DVD ROM @ $30
Comes to under 1000.
Some thoughts to begin with... I would have liked to throw in a quad core processor (or core i CPU) as well as a 5000 series GPU . but the budget told me to stick with a dual core AMD and a cheaper graphics solution. not sure if that's realy the right sacrifice... but that's what i did.
PSU... not sure how much wattage i need. just pulled 750 out of the air.
Case... not sure what's really necessary.. but the Scout looks pretty cool =\
I'd really appreciate some your input on this one. Thanks =]
Purpose: Gaming @ high quality to max settings for majority of up-and-coming games
Budget: 1000
Location: Canada, willing to buy online
Old parts: mouse + keyboard, monitor, speakers
OS: don't have
Cooling: preferably nothing beyond what comes stock
So... what I came up with on the fly and I'd like your advice on is this...
cooler master scout @ $100
Corsair TX750 750W PSU @ $95
Phenom II x2 555 @ $125 (why's there no BE on NCIX?)
OCZ 1333MHz 9-9-9-20 2x2GB Memory @ $110
Radeon 4870 @ $195 (not necessarily at ncix for that price)
Gigabyte MA770T UD3P Mobo
Western Digital 1TB Black @ $96
Windows 7 OEM @ $118
Any DVD ROM @ $30
Comes to under 1000.
Some thoughts to begin with... I would have liked to throw in a quad core processor (or core i CPU) as well as a 5000 series GPU . but the budget told me to stick with a dual core AMD and a cheaper graphics solution. not sure if that's realy the right sacrifice... but that's what i did.
PSU... not sure how much wattage i need. just pulled 750 out of the air.
Case... not sure what's really necessary.. but the Scout looks pretty cool =\
I'd really appreciate some your input on this one. Thanks =]