Building My First Gaming PC

[hellokitty[hk]]

HD 4650 or are there better deals around the $60s.

The $4670 is a significant improvement over the 4650, for $10 more.

 

[evilsmith]

O my mistake I think I meant to say 4670 not 4650. Anyways http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161262 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102820. Or do you have another suggestion for another brand.

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

I like the saphire, good pricing and decent quality.
The brand won't matter too much, there are few "horrible" brands, going with the cheapest won't kill your computer, after all, ATI is ultimately the one making the chip.

 

[Quantex_rox]

Thank you spending your time and providing a list of items. So I tried putting your items all in cart and added up the prices with a mouse, keyboard, tax and shipping. The total came out to be $653.09. Its only about $38 more. I might consider your items because I don't really trust in the PSU that come with the case. Also have you built with all these parts before? because I don't want to buy them and find out that they all aren't compatible or don't work.Anyways thanks again for your help.

Edit: Instead of getting Antec 430 Watt and the Antec Three Hundred separately. Would it be better to get the a Antec 500 Watt PSU and Antec Three Hundred as a combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.193752 ?

Stay away from Basiq line of antec. The higher end antecs are good to excellent, but the basiqs are typically CWT based, which CWT's lower end is terrible.

 

[evilsmith]

Too late already bought the Basiq Antec :/

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Stay away from Basiq line of antec. The higher end antecs are good to excellent, but the basiqs are typically CWT based, which CWT's lower end is terrible.

The Basiqs are not CWT-made but are FSP and Delta units, and while they lack the high efficiency of the Earthwatts units (now also made by Delta; some are still Seasonic but getting rarer by the minute), they are still a fantastic choice for a budget or mid-range system. Certainly much better than most other units in the same price range.

And FYI, CWT does not make any PSUs for Antec anymore. Especially not after the fiasco over the use of Fuhjyyu caps in the CWT-produced SmartPower 2.0 and TruePower 2.0 series, among others.