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[myrgo_31]

What do you guys think of this build?

Case: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811105114

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817153023

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131569

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819103539

HD: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148065

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820145440

Video: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814131317

Optical: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827152060

Monitor: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16824179015

Mouse: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16826104178

KB: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16823144006

Speakers: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16836121118

I have a copy of Windows, so don't worry there. Total of everything (monitor, speakers, mouse, kb, etc) must be 1200 US dollars max.

The latest gaming I want to do with this is play World of Warcraft, and if i do, it won't be all the time (few times a week). I will also play older games, such as starcraft, half-life, warcraft 3, etc. Non-gaming apps will include dvd editing, watching, burning, stuff like that, as well as macromedia, programming, other office apps, and internet/music. If anyone has suggestions as to what is better, or can give me advice, please let me know.

This will be my first ever build, hopefully. I had a couple other PC ideas in mind, but I wanted to cut the budget to only 1200 dollars max, instead of 1800. I'd appreciate any input. Thanks.

[flanzig1]

Noticed that the video card you selected is out of stock.
Also, the case you selected comes with a PSU, maybe find one without a PSU and save a few bucks. I think that you need to go to a ATX 2 PSU.

[myrgo_31]

um thats why i have the thermaltake PSU listed...

and i know the card is out of stock... i want to know if all the parts are compatable, and if they will work. also i wanna know if i can hook up the front audio ports and front usb ports on my case with this setup.

and i want to know if these parts will do what i want to do

[Darkkon]

Like flanzig1 said get a case with out a PSU and get one that has a 24 pin conector to the motherbaored going to need one for that build. But everything else looks goood to me looks like it will play anything you throw at it.

[myrgo_31]

that case is one that i really like, and has nice features (extremely nice looks and front audio ports and usb are important as hell to me)... and that PSU has a 20+4 main pin connector, so i should be fine... just one question about the video card though... i notice its only 128 bit on the memory interface... would the really high speeds be able compensate for that, or do you think i should get this one?:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131311

i notice this one has only 8 pipelines, and has slightly slower speeds, but is 256 bit... heres another one i was looking at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102589

the only problem with this card, is i dont know the speeds on it... i dont know which one to get... im a little confused with pixel pipelines, core clock, memory clock, and all that stuff

[Stevevai9]

^ which is exactly the reson why he has a third party PSU listed. Everything looks fine, that will be nice build.

[myrgo_31]

think you could explain the pixel pipeline information to me?... as well as the memory clocks, core clocks, and all that other stuff on a video card, im a little confused on that.

[flanzig1]

Think of the number of pixal pipelines as the number of lanes on a road. More lanes or pipelines the bigger volume of video info that can be pushed out. Higher the clocks number, faster the video is processed and sent out.

[myrgo_31]

so do you think a card with really high speeds at 8 pipelines will be better than a card with 12 pipelines at lower speeds?

[flanzig1]

Here's a comparision chart on video cards http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/