Help wif building up a CPU

• ShinDoBoIx

  7 Jan 09, 14:49

  I would like to build my own CPU which is geared more towards entertainment. Mayb like watching movies, playing games and stuff.

  What are some of the parts do i need to buy ?

  Roughly how much everything costs ?

  Is Creative GigaWorks T3 worth buying ?

  http://sg.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=789&product=18043&nav=0&listby=usage

• LatecomerX

  8 Jan 09, 13:06

  And your budget is?

   

• ShinDoBoIx

  8 Jan 09, 14:29

  hmm.. let's juz say money is not a factor.

  i juz wna noe roughly how much it would cost for the whole thing done up

• Anonymous User

  8 Jan 09, 18:07

  Since it's more towards playing games & entertainment, then you might need to splash a bit for the graphic...

  Take mine for example:

  Intel C2D E7300 2.66Ghz

  Gigabyte EP43-D3SL

  Kingston 2Gb 800Mhz ram

  Seagate 320Gb

  Coolermaster xtreme power 460W

  Casing + Vista Home Premium

  + ATI 4850 under $1k...

   

  If budget is no problem then put a bit more into sound department lor...

  End of the day you can get quite a good one for under 1.5k + ur speaker & Flat display...

  But warranty is either component warranty or provided by the shop u brought it from...

  Might wanna wait for window 7 if u want... or get a quad core or i7 

• LatecomerX

  8 Jan 09, 18:18

  Originally posted by ShinDoBoIx:

  hmm.. let's juz say money is not a factor.

  i juz wna noe roughly how much it would cost for the whole thing done up

  With everything nicely beefed up, it will be around $6,000. Maybe our little Pillow could come over and give you a detailed breakdown for this (he always have this nitrogen-cooled system in mind), or you may want to check out some of the SLS pricelists online to do your own research.

  http://pricewatch.vr-zone.com/previewpricelist.php

  You'll need to consider the following components:

  1. CPU
  2. Motherboard
  3. Power supply unit (PSU)
  4. Casing
  5. RAM
  6. Hard disk drive / solid state drive
  7. Optical drive
  8. Graphics card
  9. Sound card
  10. LCD monitor
  11. Speakers
  12. Other peripherals (eg. keyboard, mouse)
  13. Network devices (eg. modems, routers)
  14. Backup power supply
  15. Operating system (eg. Linux, Windows)

  
  

   

• SBS7484P

  8 Jan 09, 20:27

  T3 is okok nia..

  pick up one of the higher end Edifier or Altec Lansing systems u can find.

• ShinDoBoIx

  9 Jan 09, 21:37

  thx for the help guys

• Deviancez

  10 Jan 09, 22:43

  Or Go for Bell Systems if you ;looking for good casing.

  My CPU:

  MSI Neo-2-FR C2D E8400 3.0Ghz

  Kingston DDR2-800 2x2GB Kit.

  Hitachi 500GB HD

  CoolerMaster M520 520W PSU

  Coolermaster Centurion 590

  PowerColor HD4870 DDR5 512MB( KenaScam, aweek later 1GB come out,F****)

  LG 22x DVD Drive.

  Thermaltake XF II Orb (Black)

  Keyboard+Mouse+Speaker=Logitech(All under $30)

  21.6' Samsung LCD

  Total: $1973

• MyPillowTalks

  10 Jan 09, 22:54

  Entertainment
  
  What you need might be HDMI. The ATI radeon HD series will do 1080p
  
  For movies all these the 3800 series will do you well,if into latest games, the 4850 or 4870. Powercolor graphics card are cheaper, however, i heard that there are RMA issues.
  
  If budget allows, get Quadcore, if nt dualcore will be fine
  
  HDD bigger if u are storing movies, speaking of that, if you are into 1terabyte HDD, the msi mobos have some bios problem. Today i was just flashing the bios of the MSI mobo, cos the bios dun support 1 Terabyte

• ShinDoBoIx

  12 Jan 09, 21:40

  hmm thx for the tips guys