Building my own (help)

gamer_Niall

I've decided to get a new pc for gaming, i here it's much cheaper to build your own, I've a little experience building them so i think i could do it

my budget is around 1500 euro

i play a lot of first person shooter games and the pc i have atm is rely old... it's a Dell DIMENSION 5150 lol bought it a few year back for 1500 :S

anyway i don't know much about the parts i need like what works with what ect

if anyone could give me some tips that would be great!

thanks!

massy086

will you need a operating system and a monitor in the 1500 budget

gamer_Niall

yep pretty much everything!

stephenmarr

this is what i built

CASE: Cooler Master HAF 932 Big Tower Black

MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD5 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3

CPU: Intel Core i5 750, S 1156

PSU: Corsair HX 750W PSU

GPU: XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 XXX 1024MB GDDR5

RAM: Corsair Dominator XMS3 4GB DDR3 16000C9D Twin3X (TW3X4G1600C9D)

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

HDD 1:Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache

HDD 2: Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache

CPU COOLER: Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler Socket LGA7751156

OPTICAL DRIVE:Sony Optiarc DRU-870S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter

MOUSE: Logitech G15

KEYBOARD: Logitech Wave

MONITOR: Dell 2407WFP-HC

runs games perfect @ 1920x1200
eg. Bad Company 2 average 80fps with most settings on high
cannot remember the overall price but not far off €1500
already had the mouse,keyboard and monitor

gamer_Niall

ok thanks for that!! i will look up prices =p

gamer_Niall

anymore builds?

VenomIreland

gamer_Niall wrote: »

anymore builds?

Tell me what site you'd prefer to order from and I'll see if I have time to come up with something

gamer_Niall

komplett.ie mate

VenomIreland

I'll see what I can do when I get back at half one today

gamer_Niall

thanks!!

VenomIreland

Sorry for not having it up yet, will have it done soon.

VenomIreland

****, I forgot to add a DVD drive, but you can add one yourself or maybe salvage one from an old PC.

gamer_Niall

nice!

some questions though, why the i5 and not i7? whats the difference between the 2?

and i can use the key board mouse and speakers from my old pc so - them =p

how good is that graphics card?
in my pc i got now i have an GeForce 9400 GT 1GB and i average around 50-100 fps on the first person shooters i play how much better would the 5830 do?

thanks a lot man!

seraphimvc

there is hardly any performance difference between i5 and i7, it is just the i7 has the lower power consumption(google for the advantage of this :pac:).for us normal consumers would rather spend the extra bucks on the other parts for teh build.

little tips for the saphire 5830, last time i bought it for 180e from pixmania. beside of the price wise , 5830 is known to have some driver issue for some owners,beware tho.

gamer_Niall

thanks for that!

gamer_Niall

I've got a build here i just made myself i need someone to just have a look, I'm not that experienced at picking parts but i had a go take a look tell me what you think if i need anything else added or taken away.

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 - Full tower - extended ATX

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 - Motherboard - ATX - iP55 -
LGA1156 Socket - UDMA133, SATA-300 (RAID), eSATA -

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate - Licence and media -
1 PC - OEM - DVD - 32-bit - English

Processor: 1 x Intel Core i5 670 / 3.46 GHz

Graphics Card: Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0

Memory: Corsair Dominator - Memory - 6 GB : 3 x 2 GB -
DIMM 240-pin - DDR3 - 1866 MHz / PC3-15000 - CL9 -

Hard Drive/Disk Drive: Hard Drive: WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar Green 2TB - SATA - 64MB - Hard Drive
SAMSUNG SH-B083L Bluray, DVD/CD Rewriter

Monitor: LG W2243S-PF 22'' wide TFT Screen (5 ms)
5 ms, VGA

Power: CoolerMaster Silent Pro M700 700watt


think thats it.

deceit

As its only dual channel ram would remove 2gb of the 6 and put the extra towards getting a 24" monitor http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/3115539/art/lg/w2443t-pf-24-tft-screen-5.html

gamer_Niall

ok so 4gb it is, is everything else ok? will it all work together?

massy086

no you want the i5-750 as the one you picked is only 2 core,s were the 750 has 4 core,s much better mother board is overkill to

deceit

They will but I would choose an i750 instead as the benifit of the 670 is wasted as you would have no real use for the graphics core and its only a dual core cpu but does have a lower power output. I would prefer the quad as alot of programs and some games are taking advantage of the quads now.

gamer_Niall

ok so what do i need to change lol name the parts if you can =p

massy086

hang on 1 sec im doing a build now 4 you are u buying from pixmania do u need a dvd drive

gamer_Niall

im buying from there and kompett

and yes

my budget is under 1500

massy086

[IMG][/img] well thats a great build i have the same but a different graphics card its a great build in my option

gamer_Niall

mite have to tweek that a lil gimme sec

what card you got?

what games you play?

massy086

iv a gtx295 but it would be somewere near yours but yours would be better were do u have to tweak?????

gamer_Niall

needs to be less than 1500 lol

including shipping :S

massy086

i would take from the graphics card then it mad money and not needed try this http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/5050029/art/sapphire-technology/radeon-hd-5870-1-gb-gddr5.html

gamer_Niall

look at this

massy086

nah i would leave the build i said but change the gpu the msi gd 45 would not be a gret board

gamer_Niall

ok i'll go for the 1GB and im going to leave the monitor out and use my old one i have, see how much it all costs then. i'll put it up when i sort it all out thanks a lot for your help man!

massy086

whats ur old monitor no probs man greart pc there you will love it

gamer_Niall

it use to be my lil bro's tv but its my monitor now lol

i think its a 24 inch not sure wide screen

Finlux is the make

massy086

and is it alright to game on ye no point in having a 400 euro gpu and a crap monitor

gamer_Niall

ye i play Crossfire on it, its a fps, my fps in game ranges from 50-100 depends on size of map/how many players, but i want it better!

Noodleworm

I'm currently in the process of waiting for all my parts to come. Its turned out a bit closer to 1800 than my original 1500 budget, I think thats mostly due to the 60GB SSD and the extra monitor.

heres some of my parts

motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A UDR3
processor: intel i7 930
graphics: ati radeon 5850
case: Lian Li PC-7FNWB Black Aluminium Case with Side Window
PSU: Corsair 750W HX Modular PSU
RAM: Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz
monitor: Samsung Lavendar P2250 22" LCD HD Monitor
hardrive: Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB SATA II 32 mb cache

gamer_Niall

nice man! can't wait to get mine!

DaveyDave

Noodleworm wrote: »

I'm currently in the process of waiting for all my parts to come. Its turned out a bit closer to 1800 than my original 1500 budget, I think thats mostly due to the 60GB SSD and the extra monitor.

heres some of my parts

motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A UDR3
processor: intel i7 930
graphics: ati radeon 5850
case: Lian Li PC-7FNWB Black Aluminium Case with Side Window
PSU: Corsair 750W HX Modular PSU
RAM: Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz
monitor: Samsung Lavendar P2250 22" LCD HD Monitor
hardrive: Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB SATA II 32 mb cache

Should have got the Core i7 920, the 930 is just a factory overclocked 920. You can clock the 920 from 2.66GHz to 2.80GHz easily and have saved yourself €40 or so, it can get up to 4GHz easily actually. The HX650W would have also been sufficient if you're not going Crossfire.

gamer_Niall

tweaked my build a lil need someone to look and check if everything is ok

Cooler Master HAF 922 PC Tower Case - black

+ GX 750W PC Power Unit (RS-750-ACAA-E3)

1 ASUS P7P55D - Socket 1156 - Chipset P55 Express - ATX

1 Intel Core i5-750 - 2.66 GHz - 8MB L3 Cache - Socket LGA 1156 (box)

1 SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 5870 Toxic - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (11161-10-50R)

1 Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C - 1 TB - 7,200 rpm - 32 MB - SATA-300 Hard Drive

Corsair RAM 4 GB - 2x 2048 MB

LG GH20NS15 Super Multi - Disk drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - 20x/20x/12x - Serial ATA -...

im missing my OS i know but i'll buy that in a store when these parts arrive, if someone can check this build for me please

gamer_Niall

tweaked my build a lil need someone to look and check if everything is ok

Cooler Master HAF 922 PC Tower Case - black

+ GX 750W PC Power Unit (RS-750-ACAA-E3)

1 ASUS P7P55D - Socket 1156 - Chipset P55 Express - ATX

1 Intel Core i5-750 - 2.66 GHz - 8MB L3 Cache - Socket LGA 1156 (box)

1 SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 5870 Toxic - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (11161-10-50R)

1 Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C - 1 TB - 7,200 rpm - 32 MB - SATA-300 Hard Drive

Corsair RAM 4 GB - 2x 2048 MB

LG GH20NS15 Super Multi - Disk drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - 20x/20x/12x - Serial ATA -...

im missing my OS i know but i'll buy that in a store when these parts arrive, if someone can check this build for me please


Total of your order:
€ 1 401,74 Inc. VAT

VenomIreland

Nice, but if I was you I'd get the 1GB Vapor-X version of that card for less, the 2GB will rarely have a noticeable advantage over the 1GB.

gamer_Niall

will it help at all when playing my fps games?

the 1gb is like only 100 less, but i dunno if it's not worth it?

VenomIreland

gamer_Niall wrote: »

will it help at all when playing my fps games?

the 1gb is like only 100 less, but i dunno if it's not worth it?

You probably won't notice any difference as I'm almost 100% certain the FPS increase would be either nothing or very little.

gamer_Niall

ok thanks for that man!!

everything else is fine? gonna order it tonight if it is ^^ lol

VenomIreland

Personally, I'd wait until you get more opinions, also, make sure you are ordering everything you need.

Lu Tze

Check the resolution of the tv/monitor, if it is 720p there is no point spending more than 100 quid on a graphics card.

DaveyDave

Yeah, 2GB is a bit overkill unless you're gaming at 2560x1600, for 1920x1200 or under it's not really worth it.

gamer_Niall

i have monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, gonna buy the OS later on, am i missing anything?

was kinda hoping to hook it up to a big plazma tv lol

VenomIreland

gamer_Niall wrote: »

i have monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, gonna buy the OS later on, am i missing anything?

http://www.davesite.com/computers/system/checklist.shtml

gamer_Niall

things i didn't know i needed lol

• _ Network Interface Card(like the eithernet thing? for the internet?)
• _ Wi-Fi
• _ USB2 card

could the ones from my old desktop be used?

VenomIreland

don't worry, you don't need them

An NIC is built into the MoBo, as are USB2 headers and ports.

You don't need a Wi-Fi card.