Ph?bus' Build Thread

[Ph?bus]

For my brother:

Budget: ~1k
Connecticut 06801
Purpose: Gaming, Music (Playing bass, mixing)
No Overclocking
Just the OS and a cheap mouse/keyboard.
Should last another 3-4 years.
Just needing a reliable computer than can do what I said.

He wants a laptop and I need to talk him out of it somehow.

Okay. I'll do that soon.

 

[JavaBasher]

Around 2000$ Canadian

Because my current computer is "crappy".
I don't want to overclock.
T6C 3J1

Website of choice is www.memoryexpress.com
(Preferably a GPU that is a XFX ATI card)

 

[Ph?bus]

Around 2000$ Canadian

Because my current computer is "crappy".
I don't want to overclock.
T6C 3J1

Website of choice is www.memoryexpress.com
(Preferably a GPU that is a XFX ATI card)

The only ATI cards I recommend are 5770, everything above that is nvidia's turf IMO, which is based on several reviews.
So I will probably get you 2 470's, maybe 3, if 2, then an i5 760, if 3 then a n i7 930. Hm.
Any case preference?

Ugh that site sucks. They have a very limited selection. Can I use newegg.ca or is it a must that I use that site?

 

[SingularPoint]

Ncix.com has weekly sales for Canada, check that out.
Newegg has some bad shipping options right now.

 

[JavaBasher]

The only ATI cards I recommend are 5770, everything above that is nvidia's turf IMO, which is based on several reviews.
So I will probably get you 2 470's, maybe 3, if 2, then an i5 760, if 3 then a n i7 930. Hm.
Any case preference?

Ugh that site sucks. They have a very limited selection. Can I use newegg.ca or is it a must that I use that site?

Yea you can use newegg.ca, uhh perfered case is coolermaster (anyone but colour being blue). I checked it out and saw a XFX 5870 and a I7 870 2.93GHz.

 

[Storm7117]

Hey im looking for a computer to build im going to spend about 2k i would like a i7 and dual nivida gpus and a cool master full tower haf and thats all

 

[Ph?bus]

Hey im looking for a computer to build im going to spend about 2k i would like a i7 and dual nivida gpus and a cool master full tower haf and thats all

I need more information then that.
What website can I use?
Do you just need the tower?
Do you need an OS?

 

[Storm7117]

amy website is fine i would like it to all come from 1 thou and i would like windows7 hp64

 

[Ph?bus]

amy website is fine i would like it to all come from 1 thou and i would like windows7 hp64

Where are you located? Give postal code, so I can calculate shipping and possibly tax.

 

[Storm7117]

30909 Augusta Georgia

 

[Aerostat]

Budget-1400 USD
Texas-75051
Purpose-Gaming,Video Editing,Music
Overclocking?-No
Decent Keyboard and Monitor Speakers and Windows 7
3 to 4 years
Not to Huge not concenred about noise but it would be nice for it to be reasnoably quiet LED's would be a nice addon

 

[Ph?bus]

30909 Augusta Georgia

Do you need monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers?

Budget-1400 USD
Texas-75051
Purpose-Gaming,Video Editing,Music
Overclocking?-No
Decent Keyboard and Monitor Speakers and Windows 7
3 to 4 years
Not to Huge not concenred about noise but it would be nice for it to be reasnoably quiet LED's would be a nice addon

Will do this after Storm's

Don't think I haven't forgotten about your requests. I will do TremendiousLion's first, then yours, Aerostat.

You never clarified, though. Can I use newegg?

For my brother:

Budget: ~1k
Connecticut 06801
Purpose: Gaming, Music (Playing bass, mixing)
No Overclocking
Just the OS and a cheap mouse/keyboard.
Should last another 3-4 years.
Just needing a reliable computer than can do what I said.

He wants a laptop and I need to talk him out of it somehow.

Around 2000$ Canadian

Because my current computer is "crappy".
I don't want to overclock.
T6C 3J1

Website of choice is www.memoryexpress.com
(Preferably a GPU that is a XFX ATI card)

 

[Ph?bus]

Omg I love that tool. Awesome Screenshot. If you have Chrome, get it. If you don't have Chrome, get Chrome, get Awesome Screenshot. Amazing. Instead of taking a picture of your screen, it takes a picture of the webpage. And it has a built in editor, if you didn't notice.


So this doesn't max out your budget, but it is a damn good build. You can add whatever you want to that, but that is like the best you can get for that price.

 

[Ph?bus]

I refuse to pick out keyboards and mice. Why? It's a personal preference. There is no performance going with one or the other, like hardware. I left a good chunk of the budget for keyboard/mouse.

 

[TremendousLion]

Epic build. Probably gonna throw another 5770 on there and a 'cooler' (lol) case.

 

[Aerostat]

yah you can use newegg on mine

 

[Handoffate]

1a. $500-600
b. 01950 (6.25% tax)
2. Gaming (CS:S with fraps recording)
3. No
4. Nothing but the tower/contents within
5. Until it breaks
6. It doesn't overheat/black/minimal maintenance

 

[Ph?bus]

yah you can use newegg on mine

[strike]Will do first[strike[/strike]
Okay, actually, yours is after you answer this question:
Which is more important: Gaming or Video Editing?

1a. $500-600
b. 01950 (6.25% tax)
2. Gaming (CS:S with fraps recording)
3. No
4. Nothing but the tower/contents within
5. Until it breaks
6. It doesn't overheat/black/minimal maintenance

[strike]Then second.[/strike]
Doing yours now.

 

[Ph?bus]

1a. $500-600
b. 01950 (6.25% tax)
2. Gaming (CS:S with fraps recording)
3. No
4. Nothing but the tower/contents within
5. Until it breaks
6. It doesn't overheat/black/minimal maintenance

If you buy before the 23rd, you get $25 off of everything. Pretty beast build for $550 imo.

 

[jCorr]

1a. $400-700
b. 01453
2. Video Games, Photoshop, Sony Vegas, Folding@home (BC2 maxed or close too, preferably.)
3. If I learn how I will be.
4. Just the tower, and a copy of win7
5. 2 years
6. medium, a couple fans, preferably black, throw on some LED's.

I could do this myself, and I have plenty of times, I just would like to see what you throw together and either mix/match or pick mine>yours or yours>mine.

Thanks for your time phobus, and it can be 700 before shipping also, and try to get as close to 700 as you can, you can go over it about 100 bucks also. make it performance crazy.