PCMech Forums - View Single Post - New build for around $1,000, need some suggestions.

Matt_Smi · 10-08-2006, 03:03 PM

Alright here is what I got so far, the build will prob end up being closer to $1,200 but that’s ok with him.

Case – Lian Li PC-61
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811112025

Power Supply – Enermax Liberty 500W
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817194003

CPU – Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819115004

Hard Drives – Seagate 7200.10 320 GB X2
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148140

Video Card – Sapphire X1900 or Evga 7900GTO, both seem like a great value so I don’t think I can go wrong either way here.

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814102051

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814130065

Optical Drive – Lite-On DVD Burner with lightscribe
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106015

Floppy Drive – Sony

So far this puts me at around $900, I am having a really hard time deciding on a mobo that is going to be fully compatible and not give me a headache setting up, once I decide on the mobo I will also just pick out a 2 GB ram set that matches the MB’s DDR2 standard, prob the Corsair XMS2. And then from there I will be pretty much done. Also the OS does not need to be included in this price so I don’t need to worry about that. So Any recommendations on a good Mobo/Memory combo? It seems that most of the reviews I read on newegg for boards that look nice are negative.

10-08-2006, 03:03 PM	#4
Matt_Smi Member (10 bit) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 583	Alright here is what I got so far, the build will prob end up being closer to $1,200 but that’s ok with him. Case – Lian Li PC-61 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811112025 Power Supply – Enermax Liberty 500W http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817194003 CPU – Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819115004 Hard Drives – Seagate 7200.10 320 GB X2 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148140 Video Card – Sapphire X1900 or Evga 7900GTO, both seem like a great value so I don’t think I can go wrong either way here. http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814102051 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814130065 Optical Drive – Lite-On DVD Burner with lightscribe http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106015 Floppy Drive – Sony So far this puts me at around $900, I am having a really hard time deciding on a mobo that is going to be fully compatible and not give me a headache setting up, once I decide on the mobo I will also just pick out a 2 GB ram set that matches the MB’s DDR2 standard, prob the Corsair XMS2. And then from there I will be pretty much done. Also the OS does not need to be included in this price so I don’t need to worry about that. So Any recommendations on a good Mobo/Memory combo? It seems that most of the reviews I read on newegg for boards that look nice are negative. __________________ Desktop 1: Custom Built in 2005 and still going strong! Will run Windows Home Server in the Future for now still XP 3.0 GHz P4 Prescott (Zalman CNPS9500 HS) l Intel D915GAG Mobo l 3.0 GB PC3200 Kingston Value Ram l EVGA 7900GS l Nvidia NVS 280 l WD 3200KS 320 GB l Seagate 7200.10 320 GB l Lite-ON DVD-RW l Lite-ON CD-RW l Corsair HX520 PSU l Mitsumi Floppy l Antec 900 Case (With Custom Paint/Lighting) Desktop 2: HP xw8600 Workstation Work In Progress Running Windows 7 64 Bit Xeon 2.5 Ghz Quad Core (2nd being added soon!) l 32 GB DDR2 667 ECC l EVGA 9800 GT l PNY FX 570 l 2 Seagate 7200.12 500 GB RAID1 l 2 Seagate 7200.10 750 GB l SATA DVD-RW l Delta 800 Watt PSU (68 Amp 12 V Rail) Laptop: HP 2510p Running Windows Vista 32 Bit (For Now) 1.4 Ghz C2D CPU (OC'd) l 4 GB DDR2 (Single DIMM) l Mtron 32 GB SLC SSD