Need help with a build

What's your price range? And do you have any idea at all as to what you want? You didn't really give much to go on lol

 

Don't buy a preassembled computer.. You can spend $700 on www.newegg.com and get what would cost 1500 on a website.

 

This is just a quick build I put together, it doesn't include a case, monitor, cd/dvd drives,input devices or anything as those are kind of based on preference or just cheap and not worth mentioning. It's $620 for the following:

Hard Drive:
Newegg.com - Western Digital WD AV-GP WD10EURX 1TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Processor:
Newegg.com - AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8120FRGUBOX

Motherboard:
Newegg.com - ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Power Supply:
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M2 RS720-SPM2D3-US 720W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

RAM:
Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

The graphics card is decent but definitely nowhere near top of the line. Your budget is a little low for a really good one:
Newegg.com - PNY VCGGTX550TVXPB GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

 

[quote name='"StickyFingered"']Thanks crane, I'll take a look at those. I would still have money to spare on a better graphics card, are there any better ones you would recommend?[/quote]

Well the thing is you still have to factor in a case, monitor, optical drive and keyboard/mouse into that. If that's not a problem then I'd probably say the evga geforce gtx 560Ti.

 

Don't get a 1 gig graphics card if you can help it. 2 gigs makes a world of difference as long as it's a powerful enough card.

 

An 8 core cpu is overkill for your price range, get something a bit cheaper and spend the extra cash on gfx card. Gaming uses the gfx card more than cpu for the most part.

 

[quote name='"Broseph Radson"']Don't get a 1 gig graphics card if you can help it. 2 gigs makes a world of difference as long as it's a powerful enough card.[/quote]

[quote name='"BP to the DP"']An 8 core cpu is overkill for your price range, get something a bit cheaper and spend the extra cash on gfx card. Gaming uses the gfx card more than cpu for the most part.[/quote]

Both true. I tend to always want a really good processor but it isn't necessary for gaming. A 3.0+ ghz 4 core should be fine.

 

Id get this if i was you:
Newegg.com - MSI N660 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card


or something close to it. check out the new 660 line. cheaper than 660 ti and still preforms really well

alot newer than 560ti.

that HDD he listed is expensive because its made for very write intensive work. its a security system hdd. you could get blue series for like 20$ less or so. I do like WD the best though. click this for blue drive

that PSU is nice, but expensive for 720 watt. silent pro is new series, you could find one for cheaper.

and i strongly dislike that Motherboard. but if you like its design and look then go for it. i personally would never buy that.

also i recommend cooler master or NZXT for cases. their shits so nice and really quality built. if you cant afford it just go for a cheap case but realize you are going to be looking at this baby every day, you want it to visually please you and not be an eye sore.

if you got any questions just ask.

 

That WD blue HD is nice. Basically the same specs as my hard drive. Map loading in games is really fast.

 

I agree with NZXT, I have one of their cases and its very nice.

 

This is what i would do:

HDD: Newegg.com - Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

GPU: Newegg.com - MSI N660 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

PSU: Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M2 RS620-SPM2E3-US 620W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186

Mobo: Newegg.com - MSI Z77A-G41 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

CPU: Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

Total right now on new egg is $779 + Shipping (16.25 for me) and there is 35$ in Mail in rebates.

This is on top of your budget but it is a hell of a lot better than that AMD build the other guy posted. that CPU is not good. lol

this computer will play any game out right now id imagine.... any most games to come.

and if you go this far, id recomend saving up another 2 bills to get a nice case, a cpu cooler, case fans, sound card and an eighth of dank to smoke while you build it lol

let me know if you want something cheaper or different ill make a list, it took me a couple minutes to think of this one. these are all brands i trust and i would buy these parts for myself if i was going to build a PC for under a grand...

good sound card: http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Channel-...TF8&qid=1350933528&sr=8-1&keywords=Asus+Xonar
free shipping on amazon.

 

^that is no doubt a better computer. I was trying to be more budget friendly hence the amd. If you can afford it though definitely go with his over mine.

 

Doesn't look bad. Two things that I see:

1. There's no processor (I assume you just forgot to add the link)

2. That power supply is pretty small. It might work though, I'm not great at estimating how much power you need. Jumbo is probably better with that.