The make a rig thread.

[PotshotPolka]

I think since we get enough requests in here it'd be practical to make some lists using newegg (since they rarely take parts down completely) for players for different needs and price ranges.

 

So I'll start with one I made for mNote I made the other night:

 

Processor $150

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

 

Motherboard $130

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131377

 

RAM $60 for 2X2GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146784

 

320GB HDD $50

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136098

 

DVD Burner $30

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030

 

450W PSW $65

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139003

 

Antec 300 Case $60

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129042

 

Radeon HD 4870 $165

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-825-_-Product

 

 

Grand total $710, shipping may cost extra.

 

Other thoughts: I can't see a lot of areas you'd want to downgrade on here, if anything one thing to look at is adding two antec fans to the front for more airflow, about $20 each with LEDS if you want, and for the GPU temperatures can also be dropped by putting on a third party fan if the heat gets to be a problem.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-081-_-Product

[Senior]

Meh.

 

Case $54.95 antec 300

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

 

Mobo $74.99 gigabyte ma-770-ud3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128376

 

GFX $164.99 sapphire 5770 1gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102864

 

PS $64.99 ocz 80+ certified

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016

 

CPU 102$ amd phenom 550

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103680

 

RAM 90.99$ 2 x 2GB 1066mhz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231226

 

HDD 69.99$ WDC blue 640GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218

 

DVD burner $26.99 SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151192

 

= $649.89

 

The cpu overclocks easily, got it up to 3.7ghz stable on the stock cooler, the graphics card, though in the weak end of the 5000 series, is more than enough for todays games.

 

If youve never built a pc yourself just have a look at this: http://www.pcityourself.com/building/processor.php

 

Its just like legos.

[mNote]

I bought a different case that was on sale and it was the same price as the one Potshot posted (and roomier).

 

Shipping costs on all of the items added together made the price come out to be: $751.43

 

I can imagine it would be cheaper on Christmas.

 

It took me 5 days to get the graphics card from Newegg mainly because they ran out of it in stock. After they got some in stock, I immediately jumped on it and ordered it. So far, I have it charged onto my debit card but they haven't shipped it out to me yet.

 

I hope they have some to send to me.

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Case - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

$59.99 ($40 Rebate)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

 

Motherboard - ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

$104.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131377

 

Graphics Card - SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

$164.99 (took 5 days to get)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102825

 

RAM - CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5

$85.99 (on sale)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184

 

Power Supply - Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W ATX 12V 2.0 Power Supply

$59.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153052

 

Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model

$149.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115055

 

Internal Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

$47.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136098

 

Disc Drive - Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B

$35.94

[no link - I ordered from a site other than newegg]

 

 

Okay, all of those added together is $709.87 and shipping comes out to be $757.43.

 

Blue means I got it while it was on sale.

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08 Dec 2009

 

 

More images here.

 

I finally got to putting my computer together. This is probably a computer for players who want to be able to just game without having to buy over-priced gear.

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Edit: I found out I bought the wrong RAM so I had to rebuy the correct ones.

Edit 2: Added some images.

[tinkerbell]

Budget Quad Core, 4gig Ram, 260GTX and 750gig HDD

 

 

Case: Linkworld 313-06-C2228 Blue

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811164094

$20.99

 

MoBo:GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128342

$49.99

 

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103706

$99.00

 

RAM: WINTEC AMPX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161183

$80.99

 

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

$89.99

 

HDD:Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136283

$64.99

 

GFX: Palit NE3X262SFHD94 GeForce GTX 260

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261053

$174.99

 

Subtotal: $580.94

 

 

 

 

Top End

 

 

Case:Antec Twelve Hundred

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043

$159.99

 

MoBo:ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131365

$289.99

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

$288.99

 

HSF:ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

$24.48

 

RAM:CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224

$258.99

 

 

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010090058%2050001459&name=Corsair%20Memory

$109.99

 

HDD:SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

$84.99

 

GFX: GIGABYTE GV-N295-18I-B GeForce GTX 295

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125254

$509.99

 

or

 

DIAMOND 5970PE52G Radeon HD 5970

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103088

$599.99

 

 

Subtotal: $1,737.41 GTX295 || $1,827.41 ATI 5970

 

 

 

Will Do a Mid Range At Some Point As Well

[Ultramarine]

Guess i'll post the one im planning to build..

 

Case - Antec 300

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066

$69.95

 

MoBo - GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392

$84.99

 

CPU - AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition @ 3.2GHz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674

$165.99

 

Memory - CORSAIR XMS3 4GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) (2 x 2GB)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260

$99.99

 

PSU - Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015

$79.99

 

DVD - Sony Optiarc Black

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030

$31.99

 

HDD - Western Digital 750GB 7200 RPM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136294

$89.99

 

GPU - SAPPHIRE 100283-2L Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102864

$164.99

 

Grand Total: $787.88

[Red]

Stickied.

 

Update your rigs as new prices/parts come out. Will help people.

 

Also, maybe you can make 3 different rigs: Low end, middle and high.

[trakaill]

Quality with computer parts is rarely directly connected to price, if anything some of the most respected and trustworthy parts are usually significantly less expensive than others. Corsair power supplies for example as basically tied for perfect ratings from everyone everywhere with PC Power and Cooling and a 750 watt psu (easily 150 watts over what any non-sli gaming comp will EVER use) is only $110.

 

It's more knowing which names to buy than going by price. Since you're more intelligent than yeast and I haven't slept in too damn long thanks to finals week here's the sparknotes version, btw anandtech and tomshardware are good for benchmarks:

 

Motherboards: Gigabyte or Asus

Ram: Geil, mushkin, corsair, OCZ, gskill

Psu: Corsair, PC Power and Cooling (they're both pretty cheap anyway so why go elsewhere yknow?)

Graphics: XFX and EVGA the big two with lifetime warranties and 24/7 support plus overclocker friendly policies.

GraphicsATI: ATI first party or Sapphire are good, otherwise look at the heatsink and warranty information.

Soundcards: Some x-fi's are fakes without the real chip, check wikipedia for a list of the real hardware x-fi cards.

Heatsinks: Noctuas are suprisingly good, Thermalright (especially the TRUE) is the next best bet. Anandtech ftw.

Fans: Noctuas for dead silence at the cost of air, yate loons for a middleground, delta for "Screamers".

Thermalpaste: Arctic silver, Ceramique, IC diamond, arctic cooling mx2

Bling: Heatsinks, fans, and lights/accessories are cheapest from SVC.com instead of newegg.

CPU: Dependant on benchmarks and your budget.

Cases: Antec's got some good ones, Cooler Master is kinda the de facto leader. Look for steel and 120mm fans.

Peripherals: There's a reason the best warranty service is nicknamed a "Logitech lifetime warranty".

Screens: I've pasted a link to the thread on different flatpanel panel tech a dozen times. IPS or MVA/PVA is better.

Mousepads: Find an office depot and get a ~$10 "deskpad".

Headphones: Audio Technica or Sennheiser, don't buy into the surround sound or "gaming" BS. trust science.

 

Also it sounds ridiculous but if you get a less expensive case buy some fine grit sandpaper, cases without any rolled edges are like boxes full of razors.

This is shoadows post in another thread! I feel its valuable info that would fit here..I dont like having 20 stickies so I felt this should be pasted in this thread or the "helpful links" one for future references

[XeNo]

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/

 

Just go there if you have money to burn. Most high-end and easy to build computer site I've found. You select the base type of computer you want, then you can downgrade somethings and upgrade others. You can save your selections and post them here if anyone feels like making some real high end/expensive computers to show to people.

 

They also have options for a lot of subzero cooling systems that they install themselves, allows for hardcore overclocking and the works. They update their options as new cards/parts come out.