custom pc

only13butlovesbuildingpcs New user 5 posts Posted: 05/10/2009 7:10 PM

hi im only 13 but i wanted to see if any of u guys out think of this pc i made its a bit costy thohere it is: CPUIntel Core I7 920 2.66GHZ CPU! MEMORY6GB DDR3 RAM 1333MHz! TRIPLE CHANNEL!!! HARD DRIVE1.5 TB HDD OPTICAL DRIVEDUAL LAYER DVD BURNER GRAPHICS CARDATI RADEON HD 4870 (Dedicated 1024Mb Graphics) NETWORKON BOARD GIGABIT LAN DISPLAY24” LCD (3 YR WARRANTY) OPERATING SYSTEMWINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM 64 BIT PERIPHERALS WIRELESS LASER KEYBOARD/MOUSE

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DandamanV Hello darkness, my old friend... New user 1 posts Posted: 05/10/2009 9:10 PM

Hi! Look, im currently making my own pc and im 15 and i have a few pointers to give you! The i7 is maybe a little expensive for what you are expecting to do and will be absolute overkill even if you are going to be installing games like Crysis. I would recommend the new i5, unless of course you have a really good reason to use the i7. Even considering that you're 13, there aren't going to be too many things you can do that will need ALL of that RAM and that processor! Graphics... have you considered NVidia? If you haven't, a GeForce GTS 260 would be cool for you. Networking; you should find a motherboard that has ethernet in it and get a cheaper wireless console that also has BlueTooth (if it exists). Finally, OS; are you getting Vista because of the free Windows 7 upgrade? You won't have too much fuss running Vista but you'll want to squeeze the most out of your system, in that case, get Windows 7. What a mouthful, DandamanV

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bloodknife New user 5 posts Posted: 07/10/2009 6:10 PM

First of all, does it really matter how old we are? if so, im 17 lol and i've been building PCs for quite some time now. Straight to buisiness; the i7 is as dandamanv said, a little too much. second, some people like to know what brands of ram, harddrive, and video card you're using. third, i think you should get an nvidia, cos personally, i think they work better with the i7, as ati with amd(but thats just me), also you should probly consider getting an xfx or msi nvidia card, as they're well cooled, well priced, and pretty powerful for the prices. if you want, you can email me at chris_payneful@hotmail.com, and i can help you build a pc, as well as recomend a good place to buy your parts. thanks for reading.

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IvorEecheeBum New user 1 posts Posted: 07/10/2009 8:10 PM

Looks like a fairly awesome build! Mine is similar and I got a decent overclock out of the i7 920 too! http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=753277 Gigabyte EX58-UD3R i7 920 @ 4GHz Corsair TR3X6G1600C8 6GB (3x 2GB) PC-12800 @1600MHz DDR3 ASUS Dark Knight EAH4870 1GB OCZ Vertex 2 X 60GB SSD RAID 0 WD Caviar Black 1TB Noctua NH-U12P SE Corsair HX 620W PSU Antec 1200 WIN 7 RTM If your budget can stretch to it, get a 2nd gen SSD as your boot drive.

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Fornax User 15 posts Posted: 09/10/2009 5:10 PM

Its nice looking build. Stay with ATI 4870 its very good value card especially with the price drop since the release of the new 5870 and 5850. Depending on how much cash you will have in the future stay with the i7 920 if you want upgrade options because you will have hex core upgrades on next year on that socket and chipset. also you have two full speed pci express lanes for crossfire. if this is a one off cash splash buy the i7 860 its a faster processor than the 920 but costs the same. You will need to select another mother board to suit this socket and they are about $100 cheaper so you can go bigger on the gpu if you want. Either of these cpu aren't over kill either Tomshardware has done reviews to show how some games were cpu limited on core i7 extreme overclocked to 4ghz. To be honest if you have a fixed budget though go the i5 and spend the extra cash on a ATI 5850 it has directx 11 so you will be right for the next 3-4years especially if you get your olds to give you another graphics card to put into crossfire for your birthday. with ATI the cards dont have to match the cards like nvidia Also consider the size of your power supply make sure you have at least 500watt to start you off but if you start adding more things later you will fall short so consider future upgrades and think about larger units if you think you might addinf extras like graphics cards

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