Help building a CPU

[akinlxl]

Hey everyone, Can you guys please provide me with your expert advise as far as, what components, mobos, processor, video card, etc... i should buy to build a fast pc.....My price limit is $1100.00 provide me with your best advise please.........i want to get AMD processor....thanks alot :knock:

 

[PanicX]

I'd recommend you read a little bit around these forums. Theres lots of discussions on the best of this and that for what prices.

Besides that, you don't say anything about what you will use this PC for. Designing a "fast" pc on a $1100 budget can be highly speculative. I can sell you a computer that runs calc.exe really fast for that much money. Oh, perhaps you have a pocket calculator which would make this machine unnecessary...

 

[vnf4ultra]

Without knowing what your using it for, here'd be a system that'd handle most anything well.

Cpu: 3800+ X2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103562
Mobo: Biostar Tforce SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138272
Video card: 6800gs pci-e sli ready
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130271
Ram: 2gb value
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145579
Hard drive: Seagate 160gb sata 3gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148105
Dvd burner: Nec 3550
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152058
Case: Coolermaster atx tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068
Power supply: Fortron 400W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104953
OS: Win xp home sp2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102059

That should come out at a little less than $1100 usd including shipping, and should be a good system for most anything, you may like a bigger hd depending on your desired use.

 

[akinlxl]

thankds

thanks guy...anyone else recommend anything different????
looking for amd processor x64 3000 or more
250gb harddrive or more
cdrw/dvd rom
dvd+ - rRw
1 gb ddr or more
hm.........case with clean window with blue light or red
must have sata option on the mobo
hm.....must have atlest more than 4 or 6 usb on board



thanks in advance

 

[CrossFire851]

Above has everything you may need. You may want a different case.

 

[vnf4ultra]

From your specs, I'd just upgrade the hd to a 250gb model, like this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701
And get a case like this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811124111

 

[spartanslayer]

I recommend that you get a ASUS A8N-SLI mobo. Also, upgrade that 6800GS to a 6800GT. Better performance and not much price difference. What are you going to be doing with the comp?

 

[akinlxl]

thanks

well computer is going be used as gaming pc and entertainment and school work...

 

[spartanslayer]

Sounds like the ASUS A8N-SLI is perfect. If you have the cash, get the ASUS A8N32-SLI version. It has true dual 16x lanes. Good Luck. And also, your not trying to build a CPU, like your thread says, your trying to build a computer. A CPU is the Central Processing Unit, such as the Pentium 4, or the Athlon 64. Not the whole thing. Good Luck!

 

[someone124]

actaully, the 6800GT and 6800GS are really the exact same performance. sometimes the GT wins benchmarks, and sometimes the GS wins, however, XFX and other brands are selling OC models of the GS, which will beat the GT.

however, both of those cards will get beaten by the X850XT, which if you can fit it into your budget, would be the best choice. it's only about $20 more than the 6800GS, and about $30 less than the 6800GT, but it is faster than both of them.

 

[Row1]

intensive gaming?

if you plan to play intensive gaming like a lot of people on this site do, then i would suggest building your computer around your video card choice, since that will be a major expense AND the mb will need to support the format (PCI-E, AGP, etc.). you could spend hundreds on that one component alone. you will need to read a lot to figure out what vid card will satisfy you.

after that, let other things fall into place. if budget gets limited, you can choose to go with a smaller hard drive (smaller doesn't affect gaming speed) or choose a generic, uncool but technically great case (those cool lights all over the case don't make the games run faster).

i am not an intense gamer. i built my comp (see my profile) for $1k not including monitor and OS (which I already had). Prices have dropped since I built mine. So a good gaming comp is definitely possible for $1100. Do a LOT of research before you buy.