I'm totally new at this. can anyone give me a list of components from scratch, including monitor and keyboard that will get me into a descent system with quality parts for around $1000 canadian. thanks
ok. a few things I know I want. intel quad core q6600 seagate barracuda hd (500 gig or more) dual layer burner 20 inch monitor other than that I'm a little lost especially when it comes to compability issues or quality. Any help would be appreciated
Hmm. Well see if this will fit your budget. Q6600 Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R ATI HD4850 4GB RAM(PC-8500, cas5) Corsair 550VX See if you can get a Dell 20inch.
HD4850, hehe. Thought I'd point that out. It's vastly better than the 8800GT. Also, get Corsair RAM, specifically.
Cooler Master RC690 or the NZXT Tempest. You also need a CPU cooler. I would suggest the Tuniq Tower or the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme.
The NZXT Tempest and Ultra-120 cooler is a superb combination. if you get the latter though, remember to get a 120mm fan to use with it. I recommend Scythe.
you need a keyboard and mouse, like in your original post. but your uses may vary so you can simply get some cheap ones or ebay them. for the dual layer burners, you can get something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136144 theres a bunch of different ones you can get, i just picked one that was cheap, good dvd burner brand,and had the DL you wanted. dell monitors do look nice, i actually have the 2008wfp one myself. but i recently searched around monitors and i found out that there are actually different types on lcd monitors. and almost all dell monitors are TN panel monitors. and are cheap and are supposedly for 'gamers' because of the quick response time, but they lack color saturation. i just wanted to give a note. ffonlly, if your really in a pinch and play games, then TN panels are for you because of their price and such. but if you have a little more money to spend, this is just a little heads up on whats out there. just incase you plan on like using multimedia or photo editing and such, then you want one with better colors. http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/speccontent.htm#panel type
S-PVA panels I think are exclusively samsung, so perhaps unlikely to feature in dell monitors, but a large proportion of them are S-IPS, not TN, which is the best picture quality of all.
ok guys. I was gonna build it myself but I found a guy who just built this set up and it seems cheaper than what i can buy all the parts for. tell me what you think of this combination, it's pretty close to what i was gonna do, just the motherboard, hd, and case are different. I can get it for $1000, no taxes. Motherboard: Gigabyte P35 DS3R LGA775 P35 ATX DDR2 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E 2PCI SATA2 RAID High DEf Sound GBLAN RAID Motherboard CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor LGA775 2.40GHZ 1333FSB 8MB Video Card/ GPU: ATI Radeon 4850 512 MB HDMI PCIE 2.0 System Memory/RAM: G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400 PC2-80000 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-1000 at CL5-5-5-15 and DDR2-6400 at 4-4-4-12 Dual Channel Memory Kit Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 2500RPM LGA 775 50CFM Case: Antec Sonata Designer 500 White ATX Tower Case 4X5.25 4X3.5INT 500W 120MM Fan Front USB & white LEDs Power Supply: Antec NeoHE 430 High Efficiency 430W Power Supply DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223F Black DVD Drive SATA 22X8X16 DVD-RW
I don't like the case and PSU. Also the CPU cooler, while good, is not on par with the other ones. How much is he selling this for?
