Project The "Zee"

[techdude]

The Zee

So alright guys, as i've mentioned b4. I want to build a RIG for the summer. Want do some gaming in the heat here in NY cuz i can't join u guys this year for tropical island parties and such.

EDIT: Straight to point, I wanna work under a budget of US$1000 or a lil higher. (Pocket nuh so deep u kno)

**THIS IS MY FIRST BUILD SO BEAR WITH ME WITH WHAT I POST AS THE COMPONENTS FOR THE ZEE** (noob u guys would say)

Here are the parts i have off my head so far. Some still undecided.

Case is the Antec Three Hundred Picked this case becuz i was looking for mid-tower that i liked and i saw it in another thread and LOVed it
Antec Three Hundred

Still undecided on which CPU i'm gonna use but i think i'm gonna try out AMD
AMD Phenom 9550 Agena 2.2GHz AM2+ Quadcore

OR Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2GHz AM2

Motherboard
Not sure about this yet, any recommendations guys?
ADDED: ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570

Hard drive
WD- Caviar 250GB 500 3Gb/s Hard drive + another 160GB 250GB later. Both gonna be 7200RPM

RAM
Corsair Dominator 2GB (2x 1GB) DDR2 240-Pin SDRAM pc2 8500 (this can be changed since Motherboard is undecided)
Corsair Dominator 2GB

Video Card
This is the most undecided right now.Not even sure if i'm to go SLI or xFire.

Cooling Gonna go air and yall should kno the reason. (And no its not that Water vs Electricity crap)
Zalman 9500a
Antec 120mm Led TriCool Case Fan (x 2)

]b]PSU[/b]
I'm looking forward to even 650 Watt on this.

Monitor
Looking Around the 21" region. Oh LCD too.



*The rest i'm gonna sort out mean while i see what yall think*
PCe out

[Gladiator]

dont bother with any hard drive less than 500GB. theyre around $80 now and falling. i have an X2 but lord X2s are so old now. dont even bother with that. and they want $150 for an 6400+ for that money you can get a E8200 which kicks its *** every day of the week. if you do AMD its gotta be Phenom. nothing else is worth it. in about a month new videocards gonna be out which are gonna make the older cards even cheaper than they are now and the new ones will probably be twice as fast. i'd wait that out unless you find a 8800GT 512MB for US$100.

[pezz]

people nuh badda rush di man wid nuh intel..... as for the processor i would go with the quad...as for video card some will say w8 for ati 4000 series but I would go with this radeon http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127315 go with radeon for the direct x 10.1 feature

[T-Zero]

first thing techdude try and stretch you pocket some more about a $300 an set the budget to $1000 ($700+$300= $1000) as a back up trust me you might need it.

now i see you have select case already, good choice+nice cooling system. there is no looking back, all you need for it now is two more tri-cool 120mm fans,


case
2 tri-cool 120 mm fans

i choose a cpu heat sink and fan (hsf) for you thermal grease is arctic silver


that done now for memory and cpu + mobo, these you need to consider clearly, listen to your conscience and feed your desire

[DJ_WOW]

DJ_WOW's best choices!

first read this:

CPU SCALING IN GAMES!

http://www.guru3d.com/article/cpu-sc...re-processors/

that said

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115052

Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 45nm CPU clocked at 2.53Ghz.

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128059

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L

Best budget board out there, google reviews for it.

I would get the GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L since its to replace the previous one, but thats me.

It is better to go intel, better bang for ur bucks, especially looking at that article about CPU scalling. CPU's are becoming VERY IMPORTANT for games, the trend is changing.

Also, review of the E7200!!!
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...duo-e7200.html

Board Review!!!
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mai...-p35-ds3l.html

This is by far THE MOST POPULAR intel motherbord currently.

[techdude]

dont bother with any hard drive less than 500GB. theyre around $80 now and falling. i have an X2 but lord X2s are so old now. dont even bother with that. and they want $150 for an 6400+ for that money you can get a E8200 which kicks its *** every day of the week.

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Alright i hear ya right there. No less than 500GB. Drop the X2
Leaning towards the Phenom for processor tho, cuz i've been living around Intel too long now and i just wanna try out AMD.

people nuh badda rush di man wid nuh intel..... as for the processor i would go with the quad...as for video card some will say w8 for ati 4000 series but I would go with this radeon http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127315 go with radeon for the direct x 10.1 feature

Kool like the thinking there. Thats a fairly new vid card right?

[B]first thing techdude try and stretch you pocket some more about a $300 an set the budget to $1000 ($700+$300= $1000) as a back up trust me you might need it.

now i see you have select case already, good choice+nice cooling system. there is no looking back, all you need for it now is two more tri-cool 120mm fans,

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T-Zero, u sure u don't kno me man?. Picked up two Tri-cool Already at Circuit City, but i think i have to go change them for the Antec 300. (Bought 80mm) HSF U got it on the nail there too yo. Go up date the 1st post.

I like the advice on the Memory, Processor + Mobo. Got some time to think thoroughly, so i'm gonna do that.

DJ_WOW's best choices!

first read this:

CPU SCALING IN GAMES!

http://www.guru3d.com/article/cpu-sc...re-processors/

clipped for brevity

DJ. Yo a very good article on the Processors. Just simple sweet. Thnx Much bro.
But let me quote myself on this one:

Leaning towards the Phenom for processor tho, cuz i've been living around Intel too long now and i just wanna try out AMD.

[DJ_WOW]

well, u have seen it for urself. if u are getting a new system get either the Phenoms or Core 2's. NEVER EVER get an Athlon 64 X2.

[pezz]

dont bother with any hard drive less than 500GB. theyre around $80 now and falling. i have an X2 but lord X2s are so old now. dont even bother with that. and they want $150 for an 6400+ for that money you can get a E8200 which kicks its *** every day of the week. if you do AMD its gotta be Phenom. nothing else is worth it. in about a month new videocards gonna be out which are gonna make the older cards even cheaper than they are now and the new ones will probably be twice as fast. i'd wait that out unless you find a 8800GT 512MB for US$100.

I wouldnt get a 500 GB Hdd for OS still........

[Gladiator]

that mobo is an AM2 one. it doesnt have HT3 or split power planes. doesnt enable all the features of the Phenom. you need an AMD 780G, 770, 790X or 790FX board. or Nvidia 780a. boards with those chipsets are AM2+. which is what the phenom is.

Asus M3A Deluxe Wifi - $230

Fry's had that board for $100 yesterday. Killer deal.

AMD 770 boards

790x boards

790fx boards

nvidia 780a

nvidia 750a

[pezz]

well, u have seen it for urself. if u are getting a new system get either the Phenoms or Core 2's. NEVER EVER get an Athlon 64 X2.

suh weh yah try seh?????