.:. Help Me Build Gaming Bomb Engine .:.

[MoB]

I Have 1000$ To Spend.
Gonna Buy From NewEgg.com

How should i spend that 1000$ to build an Awesome PC?

** I Wanna 5Box on It Or Play Games on Emulator (Ps2, Xbox360) so it need to be Good.

Thanks! (Btw i build it starting from scratch all i have is my 3x 24"Screen)

[elsegundo]

*REVISED* $2,800 Budgit. specs sound decent/compatable? (EDIT)-might go hardware instead, are these specs compatable/decent? *REVISED* ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=17423')

that... but tweak to your budget! lol


some important things to look for:
8gigs ram, 1000mhz or faster.
intel quad core.
2 videocards, with SLI/crossfire, though you dont need to have it set up this way for boxing. any of the latest ones would be fine.
a mobo that can fit all that.
good power supply. 600 watts plus. more is better.
good airflow through case. watercooled case will kill your budget.

reply for further details. there's plenty people here who know their hardware and can go into further details. =]

[Darelik]

quickly going through Newegg.com's Public Wishlist ('http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=9699672'), i found these setups that are under $1000 ordered according to my preference:

$1000 Gaming Computer ('http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=14141927') (ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard, SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16, CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500), SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive, COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply, AMD Phenom 9950 2.6GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core, SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe)

quad core rig ('http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=5805529') (Intel BOXDP35DPM LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard, RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-730SS 730W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Modular LED Power Supply, G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400), LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775, Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 for System Builders - OEM, SUPER TALENT INTAIN1MCR All-in-one Card Reader, Rosewill R5717-P BK 120mm Fan ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, with mesh air filters, adjustable vents & Tool-Free kits, Logitech EX 110 Black USB + PS/2 Standard Cordless Desktop Keyboard & Mouse Kit, SAPPHIRE 100233L Radeon HD 3450 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16, WD Caviar SE WD5000AAJS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s HD)

That One ('http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=9699672') (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard, SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express, CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500), PC Power & Cooling S75CF 750W, Tuniq Tower 120 Universal CPU Cooler 120mm Cooling Fan and Fan Controller/Heatsink, WD Caviar SE 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive, NZXT Guardian 921 CS-NT-GD921-B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case)

i suggest u make your own wishlist :)

[MoB]

Hehe nice but im not good with cpu pieces so i couldnt suit it for ~1000-1200$

[Yo-Yo Freak]

i kind of just threw this together ('https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=11905748') , i don't know much about AMD processors but it all seems compatible. if you are looking to spend another ~$230ish you could add another 4870 1G card and have a fairly decent gaming computer for games other then WoW (if you enable XFire on the 2 cards). if you want i can put together basically the same thing but with and intel processer/MoBo for around ~$1,100 or so. if so just ask. ^_^

i'm playing around on Cyberpowerpc.com ('http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/') , its a verey good site if you want to check it out, you can customize your pc just about however you want. could be something good for you to look at.

hope this helps some. ^_^

~YYF

[yourshadow]

here you go https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=7708014
Q6600 @ 2.4ghz
gtx260
8 gigs of ram
thermal take case armor series
dvd drive
650 w power supply
500gb hard drive
Gigabyte mother board

all that u need other then that is vista 64 byte and a monitor keypad and mouse

[pinotnoir]

I have a Q6600 and its laggy as hell in high pop areas. It will work but if you want smooth performance you need more. If you have a pc now I would run 2 accounts from it and 3 on the new pc. I dont know what you have now but I think running 2 accounts should be ok.

[Yo-Yo Freak]

all i have is my 3x 24"Screen just a quick question, do you mean you have three 24" monitors? because if so, you will need 2 graphics cards to run all of them. if you only have one 24" i would suggest getting a 17" or 19" and run your main off that and split the 4 slaves on the 24".

~YYF

[Bovidae]

First of all; $1000 =/= awesome pc. You can put together something decent, but don't expect 60fps in Dalaran.

The Q6600 is still the best budget processor available. Easily overclocked to 3.0 or 3.2 ghz, you will get the more per dollar than anything else out there. The downside is the future. The i7's are taking over and bring a new socket design with them.

Assuming you have a monitor, but need a mouse/keyboard:
<<Broken Link /sigh>>
If you don't need the mouse or keyboard, take that $50 and get a CNPS9700LED so you can confidently overclock that processor to 3.0+

[Yo-Yo Freak]

First of all; $1000 =/= awesome pc. You can put together something decent, but don't expect 60fps in Dalaran.

The Q6600 is still the best budget processor available. Easily overclocked to 3.0 or 3.2 ghz, you will get the more per dollar than anything else out there. The downside is the future. The i7's are taking over and bring a new socket design with them.

Assuming you have a monitor, but need a mouse/keyboard:
https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishLists.aspx?WishListNumber=11912748&WishListTitle=Sub%20%241k%20Boxing%20Rig
If you don't need the mouse or keyboard, take that $50 and get a CNPS9700LED so you can confidently overclock that processor to 3.0+i don't know if its just me but that link doesn't seem to be working =/

[Bovidae]

It's not you, it's not going to the public site, and this link is trying to log you into my account... I'll fizx it asap

[Bovidae]

double post ftl

[Yo-Yo Freak]

ok wasn't sure lol. i think i have done that a couple times with other stuff too lol.

[MoB]

Thanks alot for all response im considering some :)

Im wondering something that been said in one of the replys;

Is i7 Real Worth it more then q6600? If so , is it more expensive?

[Yo-Yo Freak]

i7 is (supposedly) the future of computers. with hyper threading it allows 1 physical core to act as 2 logical cores. however 2 logical cores can still only handle the same amount of load as 1 physical, this can provide for much faster performances in software that takes advantage of hyper threading. currently the i7 is ahead of its time by a couple years and not very many programs take advantage of hyper threading. one main thing about the i7 that makes it better then most current CPU's is that it take triple channel memory, verses older CPU's that only processes dual channel memory (3 is %50 more then 2 as you know, or should anyway =P). this provides much better performance then other processors, especially for WoW. WoW is a RAM hog as i'm sure you know and the faster the RAM can processes the better performance you can get out of the game.

i7 MoBo's only use DDR3 memory, meaning you will be spending probably ~$150 minimum for 6G of RAM. the cheapest i7 MoBo is ¿$200?, not sure exactly how much it is but a decent one is probably more along the lines of $250. now the cheapest i7 processor is $300, that means that with just the CPU, RAM, and MoBo you are already at ~$650 - $700; this means tat you only have (acording to your budget) ~$300 to spend on PSU, GPU, case, HDD's, a CD/DVD driver and a OS (hopefully you know what all these parts are). these will take you well over your budget, here is and example:
CPU: $300
MoBo: $225
RAM: $150 (6G)
Case: $60 (Antec 300)
PSU: $75 (650w - 700w)
GPU: $230 (Radeon HD 4870)
HDD's: $100 (2x 250G 7200 rpm HDD's)
CD/DVD Driver: $20
OS: $100 (Vista 64-bit)

Total: ~$1,260 give or take about $30 - $50 for better or wors stuff

so basicly if you were looking to spend maybe $300 more you could get a decent i7 build for multi-boxing.

Hope this helps some. ^_^

~YYF