frankhuzzah
Weaksauce
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2007
- Messages
- 96
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
HTPC and Gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$300-400 - with shipping, I'm and Amazon Prime subscriber if that helps
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
US - South of Fargo, ND
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc.
Likely, CPU, RAM, and Motherboard
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Currenty own, Antec Fusion Case, EarthWatts 430W PS, ASUS EAH6770
6) Will you be overclocking?
No
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Panasonic Plasma TV - 1920x1080
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Not really any 'need', but I would like UEFI
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, Win7 64
I'm running a classic AMD 5000+ BE with 4GB of RAM currently for my HTPC. I bought the 6770 last year in the hopes that it'd make it a passable gaming PC and, for any older game, it has. With the recent Steam Holiday sale, I picked up some newish games (Saints Row 3, The Witcher 2, Deus Ex: HR, WoWandaria) and I'd like to actually enjoy them on my big screen. My current plan is to update the 'core' components now and await AMDs next iteration of graphics cards to get a new GPU and PSU.
Would an i3 suffice our would I be better served by upping it to an i5? What are your opinions of using a Xeon E3-1230v2 instead of an i5? Since I'm not an overclocker and the cost is about same, would the addition of hyperthreading help at all?
Thanks for the help.
HTPC and Gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$300-400 - with shipping, I'm and Amazon Prime subscriber if that helps
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
US - South of Fargo, ND
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc.
Likely, CPU, RAM, and Motherboard
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Currenty own, Antec Fusion Case, EarthWatts 430W PS, ASUS EAH6770
6) Will you be overclocking?
No
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Panasonic Plasma TV - 1920x1080
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Not really any 'need', but I would like UEFI
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, Win7 64
I'm running a classic AMD 5000+ BE with 4GB of RAM currently for my HTPC. I bought the 6770 last year in the hopes that it'd make it a passable gaming PC and, for any older game, it has. With the recent Steam Holiday sale, I picked up some newish games (Saints Row 3, The Witcher 2, Deus Ex: HR, WoWandaria) and I'd like to actually enjoy them on my big screen. My current plan is to update the 'core' components now and await AMDs next iteration of graphics cards to get a new GPU and PSU.
Would an i3 suffice our would I be better served by upping it to an i5? What are your opinions of using a Xeon E3-1230v2 instead of an i5? Since I'm not an overclocker and the cost is about same, would the addition of hyperthreading help at all?
Thanks for the help.