tvalenti Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Im building my first custom computer soon and im looking for advice on how to make it better. I plan to use it as a gaming rig (FSX) as well as an everyday fast computer that i can burn and watch DVD's on. Ive come up with these components so far:Vista Home PremiumDual-Core Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz (im waiting for it) WD Raptor X 150GBASUS p5k deluxe motherboaardOC Radeon HD 3870 512MB videocardLogitech X-230 32 watts RMS 2.1 speakersOCZ Gold 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) RAMLian-Li PC7H+ w/ Window (black) CaseAuzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 SoundSeasonic 550W High-Efficiency Power Supply Dell 22" Widescreen Flat-Panel Samsung DVD burner w/ Lightscribe x1Asus DVD-ROM driveThe price i have now is around 1700. Is there anyway to save money without sacrificing speed? Also havnt quite figured out a heatsink for the CPU..Thought id ask the more experienced as this is my first build, does anyone have any suggestions? for anything?Thanks so much!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clidx Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...eezer%2b7%2bpro for a heatsink.since you're only using 2.1, i'd skip on the sound card, onboard will be good enough.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827129009 i don't know if it saves money on the asus drive but you haven't shown the site you're getting it from, so i don't know the price and imo, lightscribe does not beat printing on cd/dvds. not through experience, but through pictures.and now the price has FINALLY gone down, the 8800GT is A MUCH better choice than the HD3870.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130318 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvalenti Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 Im going almost exclusivly with newegg ive done my research, i might upgrade to a 5.1 for the soundcard, anything worthwhile without spending too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Not bad indeed, you did your homework.But, I would start, like clidx also stated, with the onboard sound.Why do you want to have the DVD reader by the way? Just to copy a DVD-/+R directly? You will be better of using just the DVD-RW and make the image on your hard drive.The P5K is a wonderful board but IMHO the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 Rev. 2.0 would give you the ICH9R in comparison with the ICR9 found on the P5K. This gives you the option to upgrade to RAID0 and use 2 less expensive drives in RAID or even 2 raptors in raid for a higher (mostly) read performance. Stock cooling on the Gigabyte gives you better cooling then the Asus. The price isn’t that much higher, if you like to stay with Asus then look at the P5K Deluxe/WIFI-AP. BE AWARE!: With the new CPUs you need to upgrade the BIOS, so there is a BIG chance that the CPU out of the box doesn’t work with the motherboard. Using a second and older S775 CPU properly is needed!The CPU cooler: Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme.For the VGA card, I would take a look at tomshardwareguide in his VGA chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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