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Truthstar  5/10/08 11:28:36 PM

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Im building a PC purely for AoC..problem is I never built one before and I haven't a clue what parts to purchase.

I'm lookin for a gaming computer. On the scale of 1 -10; I'd like an 8.5 or 9.

Need help choosing:

MOBO

Chipset

Case

 

 

Thanks!

 
eric1000  5/10/08 11:40:32 PM

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Originally posted by Truthstar

Im building a PC purely for AoC..problem is I never built one before and I haven't a clue what parts to purchase.

I'm lookin for a gaming computer. On the scale of 1 -10; I'd like an 8.5 or 9.

Need help choosing:

MOBO

Chipset

Case

 

 

Thanks!

 

How much do you want to spend on it?

 
Ephimero  5/10/08 11:44:25 PM

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You gotta tell us what you've chosen already, cant recommend a mobo if you don't tell me which graphics card you'll have.


Truthstar  5/11/08 1:39:18 PM

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I have 2 8600 GT cards I'll link together.

 

Price isn't that much of a problem, but I dont want the absolute highend stuff.; waste of money imo. Probably the 2nd or 3rd best mobo/cpu combo would suffice.

 

THanks

 
gneto  5/11/08 2:26:11 PM

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I got my pc from cyberpower.com, it was actually cheaper to get it from here than getting the parts from newegg and building it yourself, I had 10% discount and free shipping and 3 year warranty.

 
keneda  5/11/08 2:31:41 PM

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you should go for 8800 instead of 8600 its much better.

 
SGoodyer  5/11/08 2:39:59 PM

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Case is pretty easy. Thermaltake make some excellent cases (I have the Soprano).

 

So Basically you want to know what motherboard to buy? I would say ASUS P5N-D. My buddy got it and SLI's 2 8800GTs and works nicely.

If you have a AMD CPU, I would buy a E8400 along with it since the board is INTEL/nVidia.

 
SGoodyer  5/11/08 2:41:25 PM

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2 8600GT = 1.2 8800GT.

 
Truthstar  5/11/08 4:04:59 PM

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OK so we have 1 setup suggested. Thanks. Im not upgrading the video cards yet. Just the mobo/cpu/case.

 
mrdoublerr  5/11/08 4:14:27 PM

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if it was for me i would buy:

motherboard: DFI lanparty x38-t2r

cpu: E8400 for dual , or Q6600 95w for quad

case: lian-li pc-7b plus II , (edit: you can buy a side window as well, if you like that and dont like modding yourself)

all that doesnt cost to much money either

 
daylight01  5/11/08 4:17:35 PM

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m8 you have to give more info,tbh running sli you will only see real improvement with a 24"screen for higher res,also you could do better using your cash on other system specs and going single card like the 8800gt or 8800gts.more is not always better.

eric1000  5/11/08 4:19:33 PM

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Asus RoG series motherboards are the best games boards on the market at the moment, from the 680 striker extreme, the 780 striker II formula ( northbridge runs ve