flashystylez Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 Hello again all, as usual I turn to you, the experts on these such matters! My brother is going into college next month, and has allotted me 1100.00 to build him a strictly gaming rig. He has the OS and Monitor, as well as the surround speaker setup. He even has a case and power supply! lol, he has almost everything little, just needs the major stuff. He isnt scared of overclocking, and would even like to, so I was thinking a venice core A64, which I dont know, but he has his heart set on the DFI NF4 setup (lanparty). He told me that he wants no lag in games, and no stuttering. I was thinking about a Geforce 6800 GT in PCI-X form, but I also heard that ATI X800XL is better? I never dealt with either of those cards, just the 6800 O/C bfg, not the GT model. I want to use all the money that he has in his budget, and make it go into the system, but I dont know what components would give the overall "gaming" a meaning. I read alot about the TCCD ram, after posting on here with a question about it. I am thinking of getting 1 gig of some g.skill running in that DFI board for him. My main concern is the Hard Drive, what is the best for running games? I heard with SATA drives, that after a certain amount of OC, they start to corrupt and not work/post/ANYTHING. lol. I am just stumped.. If you had 1100 and just needed mobo, ram, cpu, vid. card, and hard drive, what would you get? Is IDE 133 obsolete already? or should I get 2 raptor 36 gig 10K drives?? Or SATA? Darn, Im lost here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuJuMaN89 Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 1 gig ram sata hdd 3400+, 3500+, something along those lines *WARNING*ATI FANBOY*WARNING* ATI x800xt or x800xtPE if u can *WARNING*ATI FANBOY*WARNING* LAGG FREE is impossible. u will always have some lag due to connection and just cpu's taking usage. what type/wattage power supply does he have? if its crap/low wattage, might need a new one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashystylez Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 1 gig ramsata hdd 3400+, 3500+, something along those lines *WARNING*ATI FANBOY*WARNING* ATI x800xt or x800xtPE if u can *WARNING*ATI FANBOY*WARNING* LAGG FREE is impossible. u will always have some lag due to connection and just cpu's taking usage. what type/wattage power supply does he have? if its crap/low wattage, might need a new one. 505054[/snapback] He has an ocz powerstream 520 watt psu. I think it should be enough, but would the X850 be better than the 800PE? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugbug3311 Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 I would reccomend the 3700+ san diego, I have heard nothing but good things about that chip. Also 939 is pretty much a must. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuJuMaN89 Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 that PSU is fine then, the x850 can clock higher and yea it should be better, try and get the platinum editon, u will notice a difference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BionicSniper Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103535 processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813136152 mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144417 hdd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102509 video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820227206 ram (i suck at picking ram so..) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashystylez Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 that PSU is fine then, the x850 can clock higher and yea it should be better, try and get the platinum editon, u will notice a difference. 505063[/snapback] sweet, it looks like its in budget, will that ram be good for overclocking? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuJuMaN89 Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 (edited) XT is higher than XL im pretty sure, could go higher on proc, hdd is a bit pricy, u need all those gigs? corsair has like 1 gig sticks for 70 each, pick up 2 of those Edited July 8, 2005 by GuJuMaN89 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 i haven't looked at prices recently, but my computer in my sig was about that price like 6 months ago or so...maybe longer. So I think GuJu is actually shooting too low. You should be able to do better than what he listed. but yeah, definitely go sata over 133 (unless you want to get like a 300gb ide drive for storage to go along with your main sata drive). and I still think the 6800GT is the best value, but you should be able to fit an ultra in your budget...if you want to squeeze every last penny out of the $1100. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashystylez Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 but how will that corsair do on overclock with tight timings? I have a few sticks of them, and they cant overclock too well, *pc3200*, unless its the junky asus board im on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold_snipe Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 I'd go with BionicSniper, except a 3500+, a Seagate HD, and this ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820145523 About the same prcie, but i <3 tccd ^_^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuJuMaN89 Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 (edited) ^^ good ram for overclocking, its all ur choice, get a 6800ULTRA or a x850XT Platinum here is a nice gfx: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102474 Edited July 8, 2005 by GuJuMaN89 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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