Beginner Gaming Computer

[Kevin0ne]

Putting together a system for my SON as a reward for making High Honners in 6th grade
A little more than I wanted to spend but I dont' want him to grow out to soon. He is just getting into playing games like World of War craft and others. I am sure he will soon be playing other higher end games.

PLease help me tweak these items to ge the most for the money.

Thanks




Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM $52.99

SAPPHIRE 100265HDMI Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Built-in HDMI Port w/ 7.1 $79.99

Antec TruePower New TP-650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7" Power Supply - Retail $ 109.99

Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5K2/4G - Retail $50.99

ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Xtreme Phase w/ CrossfireX and TurboV for easy OC $129.99

Intel Core2 Duo E7500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail $139.99

Sunbeam Transformer Case - Black at Xoxide! http://www.xoxide.com/sunbeam-transformer-case-black.html[/URL] $69.99

[Khalil]

That processor is over kill for a Beginner gamer. An E5300 is all you need the ATi 4830 is surprisingly fast but a 4870 will game much better. For gaming you always want more video card than CPU.
The power supply is over kill unless you plan on doing lots of upgrading in the future. If you go with the 4870 this is all you need Sea Sonic 550W Power supply.
Now you will have a very good gaming computer for the same kind of money you were looking to spend.

[Kevin0ne]

Thanks for the recomendation. I changed my shopping cart

Do you think the Sea Sonic is as good as Antec?

[shadowpr]

Seasonic makes excellent power supplies.

Don't forget an operating system, and dvd drive.

[Khalil]

Yes I recommend using the windows 7 Beta and not wasting your money on vista or xp

[glc]

Let's do a bit of adjustment for most bang for the buck.

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131347 (P5Q SE Plus)
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116091 (Pentium E6300)
Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184 (Corsair 2x2 DDR2-800)
Hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136319 (WD Caviar Black 640gb)
Power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005 (Corsair 650TX)
Video: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161269 (HD 4870 1gb)

You need an optical drive. Newegg's stock of SATA DVD burners is bad right now, look for LG, Lite-On, or Asus.

Reason for the Corsair PSU: it's a steal at that price. Corsair PSU's are extremely high quality.

[Khalil]

I totally agree with glc on Corsair power supplies. I recommend Sea Sonic because I buy them in volume and they are exceptionally reliable, out of over 5000 I have bought so far I only RMA 2.

[nicolaus corelius]

right now corsair gives you the best value. antec and enermax are a little overprices.
if you wanna go modular, this seventeam is also great value. sevemteam is unknown as a retailer, but has been making PSU for silverstone (which are also exellent)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817176006

[Kevin0ne]

[QUOTE=glc;1425321]Let's do a bit of adjustment for most bang for the buck.

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131347 (P5Q SE Plus)
QUOTE]

This board does not offer "crossfire"
Do you think Dual video cards is overkill ?

[Khalil]

Yes

[Kevin0ne]

Ok, so based on glc's recomdation and others approval this is the new system.
$534 with free shipping

Just need an optical drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136319 Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161269 HIS Hightech H487FN1GP Radeon HD 4870 1GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005 CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184 CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131347 ASUS P5Q SE PLUS LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131347 Intel Pentium E6300 Wolfdale 2.8GHz 2MB

[Kevin0ne]

Hello
So I finally purchased all the components, including a Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD and I upgraded to Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

So I pu it in to a Sunbeam Transformer Case - Black at Xoxide! http://www.xoxide.com/sunbeam-transf...case-black.htm

Installed some additional green light effects. Its all assembled and I am loading VISTA

Looks Good with the lights and colored fans

Thanks again for the recomendations