Help Please
 

ok i am going to eather buy or build a new pc

i can eather buy a new imac or

i can build a new pc

eather way i can spend about 1500.00

i would like some imput on what type of cpu to get a amd or intel

and also would like to know what model of cpu

and also a mobo what name brand of model #

and a GPU also what type for Gameing and rendering movies and pic's


Please tell me what yall think

i think this is the best place to get help with this because yall test all types of cpu's and gpu's

thanks for any help with this

:welcome: cowboy :) If you are going to game any then I would pretty much scratch Apple. Really you are going to get more bang for the buck buy building your own. Do you do any encoding? Out of the three task that you named can you put them in order of importance and maybe give us a list of what games you play? You can actually have a killer little setup with your budget. It would blow any consumer Mac away.

AMD = FAIL ........

There is only one clear choice in the market today unfortunatly

i will be doing pretty much everything with this pc
music movies and pic's

games
Grand Theft Auto IV
Crysis
Counter Strike Source
Just all Dif kind of games
and also all dif kinds of software

Software
FXhome Photokey 3 Pro
FXhome VisionLab Studio
all Adobe CS5
MS Office

you name it i will be running it

Also Why Does AMD=Fail

I would check over at EVGA ... they were selling X58 boards for $ 99

and MC has $ 180 i920's ... grab a B if you can ... low volts

Your first two games rule out getting a mac for sure. What resolution monitor do you plan on getting and how picky are you with eye candy? Plus if you do a ton of CS5 work that's gonna pretty much put you in the i7 category because the triple channel and amount of ram will help.

I was going to argue with you until you posted up those prices. :shock: The new AMD's are formidable for a daily rig and gamer. I think so anyways.

i am getting a 27" display and 4 to 8 gb of ram

I got a 27" Sammy ..... freakin awsome LCD ...

Saw an Acer 24 LED on sale for 249 at da egg

what gpu are you planning on? that will weight heavily on psu choice... also sli/cf?

He doesn't know. We need to help him with that ;) I'm thinking i7 920, lower end X58 (micro ATX maybe?), 6GB of some ok 1600mhz ram, and 460 1GB or 470?

depending on demand maybe sli 460

Welcome to the forum...

If you PM me your email address I can work you up a complete build @ the egg and email you the cart. I can do that in my sleep.

Does the $1500 need to cover monitor/mose/kb?

no AMD please

cpu 920 2xx$
mobo evga ftw x58 2xx$
ram 1600 c7s corsair 2xx$
vc evga 480s 4xx$
ssd 128gb wd 199$
psu hx850 1xx$
viewsonic 27inch 3xx

i was thinking about the 460 the other night

i think that will be my gpu

Here is the Gpu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130562

what do yall think about the 960

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115224

The 1500.00 has to include everything mobo,cpu,ram,h/d,k/b,mouse,tower,psu,monitor

i mean everything

i dont need to sli 2 video cards just one good card will do the job

The EVGA deals were for b stock items that only have 90 day warranty and are board only. Also, all MCs are sold out of 920s, just the $200 930s left.

For rendering the AMD X6 Thuban really could be better for him. It depends if he intends to OC, what cooling he uses, how much or what he is rendering etc... But when the app uses all cores the 1090T can beat the 920/930.

Two options would be,

1090T + Corsair 850HX for $420 AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.432027

Gig 890FXA-UD5 + Antec 900 $235 AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.435405

Gskill Eco 4gb 1600s $105
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-321-_-Product

Mushkin Calisto 60Gb SSD $160
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-151-_-Product

Gigabyte 5850 OC $280 AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-318-_-Product

WD 1tb Black $95
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...3&Tpk=WD%201tb

About $1300, add a monitor


Or for Intel swap board, vid card, and ram to a combo like this,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.448451
$590 AR

i7 930 plus Corsair 950TX $385 AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.431967

At $~1250 with same drives from above, just pick a case and your monitor.

I would not rule out AMD for a gamer...for sure he can build a great rig for less money going that route. How AMD fares with the other tasks I will have to defer to someone else's expertise.

For just gaming I am a Dual Core junkie myself. My i5 670 is just fantastic at everything I have thrown at it. I much prefer it to the 920 it replaced. With the current GTX 280's sli'd or a 5870 alone it is a beauty to use for my 24/7/gamer.

cowboy I would stick to a 930 if you are going i7, you wont get any higher on water/air with the higher multiplier.

I agree with rick, p55 and i661 is really an awesome rig and less expensive. Spend the extra on a gtx-480 or 5870 with the high res monitor.

if interested I have a 960 i am gonna throw on ebay.... send me a PM if interested :thumbsup:

Case $ 50.00 Pick up
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0283272
CPU $ 200.00 Pick up
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0331303
MB $ 210.00 free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423
Memory $ 155.00 free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231304
HD $ 75.00 free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319
PS $ 150.00 $ 12.00 shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087
Vid $ 330.00 after $ 20.00 MIR & free crap ass game
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130549
LED $ 250.00 free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009206
Mouse $ 40.00 after $ 20.00 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826104318
Grab a plank for 28 bucks at MC while you are there

With the $ 28.00 plank it comes to $ 1540.00 shipped with $ 40 coming back in MIR’s
To bring to complete awesomeness as a gaming rig add better CPU cooler than stock, 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 for OS and fav game
Creative Titanium positional sound ….. ahhhh ……speakers would be cool & Second 470