Yeah I know, there is 50,000 threads on this already, but this one is my thread :P

No real budget concerns but I don't want to spend thousands if I don't have to.

I need new everything, complete box, mouse KB, case, monitor etc

My questions are Core Duo or even quad OR i7 CPU? Raptor or standard SATA (not interested in SSD)?

I don't really play games (haven't for 3 years) but I bought TF2 when I was OS and it never played on my laptop for whatever reason, so I've never played it and I want to give that a lash.

So essentially I need an up-to-date PC that can handle some modern games, but without 4 million frames per second...

Ideally it'd be from MSY as there is a brand new one 10 mins from my parents place which is awesome :)

This machine is simply a day to day desktop jobby and I'll be throwing together a file server in a few months time.


Thanks!

CPU: i7-860 - $379.00
VIDEO CARD: - 896M GTX 275 Inno3D - $278

MSY

well.. do you just want the cheapest thing available? or something that won't be outdated in the next month?

If you call the guys at MSY and give them a budget they can find the best things for you.

Whingepool's suggestions are decent

dont get a SSD... by now you have probably just about mastered formatting a HDD, dont want to overcomplicate things. Baby steps mate, baby steps

Cheers Pinky

I like this one, but want Intel, no speakers needed, I want a logi KB and that mouse is good, was looking at that monitor anyway.

So what Intel CPU/Mobo combo would you recommend?

$1,250 "Best Bang-For-Buck Gaming System": updated 22/09/09

CPU: AMD AM3 Phenom II x3 720BE $158
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770-US3 $92
RAM: Kingston 4GB DDR2-1066 $88
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB $61
GPU: HIS 1GB ATI Radeon HD4890 $236
Case: Lian Li Lancool PC-K56 $95
PSU: Vantec ION2+ 600W $83
Optical Drive: Sony-NEC Optiarc AD-7240S (24x) $55
Monitor: 21.5" Samsung 2233SW+ $221
Speakers: Logitech X230 2.1 $53
K/B: Microsoft X6 Sidewinder Gaming $69
Mouse: Logitech MX518 $34

Total: $1,245

crushar I don't intend on building or installing anything on this sucker, I am going to pay some bastard I am past building PC's and installed operating systems!

Whats the best Soundcard ?
Like for a Home Studio ?
would like one that came with quality SoundBanks

Yeah I'd go the i7 Heardy, the one with more pins (triple access bandwidth one). As for a mobo, dunno. Recommend ASUS though which were my last two boards which were tops - particularly my current Maximus Formula has been top notch.

I am thinking of going the i7 920 over the i7 860

aside from the number of pins, memory bandwidth along with lower clock speed (2.666ghz vs 2.8ghz) are there any other major differences?

It's more future-proof, because it can use triple channel memory. I have the 920, and it never gets close to full capacity.

It's more future-proof, because it can use triple channel memory

Might be a bit noob on this. So if you get 1156's you can't use those 6gb ddr3's?

What motherboard did you go? I am looking at P6T or the SE version of the same board

If you're going to go ATi, at least get the latest gen.

and hope for the best

bump

please help :)

Try posting it in the Whirlpool Hardware Forum.