building a pc.need advice

[dirtybird78]

Wel first off i dont know much about building a computer,and i will be having a friend put it together and show me.Also,this pc will be for everything,not just gaming.(music/studio recording,video editing,gaming)
Money is no issue since i will be buying it one piece at a time.I am going to start buy ordering the case and something else.What should i get first besides the case? I'm looking at the i7 920(seen other i7 processors that were better,but far too expensive,around $1,200).I am looking to build a really badass pc and need some advice on the best gear.

I will post new topics for advice as i progress with the build,thanks for help.

[Ne0n]

Money is no issue since i will be buying it one piece at a time.
(seen other i7 processors that were better,but far too expensive,around $1,200)

tell me your budget.

[dirtybird78]

my budget is quite high since i am buying parts one at a time.i would say just for the tower about $ 1,200- $1,500.

I have done some research,and i think im going to get a asus PT6 deluxe,with a i7 920 (or 940) chip.
but is that pretty much the best i could get for my budget? i would like to stay around $300 for the motherboard and $300 for the cpu.I am also looking to get a geforce gtx 295 for my graphics card later on down the road,I am worried that i might need water cooling,but i don't want to because the prices for the water cooling cases are really expensive.is water cooling unnecessary,can i get away with not having it?

[FIGHTER]

my budget is quite high since i am buying parts one at a time.i would say just for the tower about $ 1,200- $1,500.

I have done some research,and i think im going to get a asus PT6 deluxe,with a i7 920 (or 940) chip.
but is that pretty much the best i could get for my budget? i would like to stay around $300 for the motherboard and $300 for the cpu.I am also looking to get a geforce gtx 295 for my graphics card later on down the road,I am worried that i might need water cooling,but i don't want to because the prices for the water cooling cases are really expensive.is water cooling unnecessary,can i get away with not having it?

IM AGAINST NVIDIA STUFF LOL BUY THE 59XX

[Mythic]

Yes, you're fine without water cooling. Also, there's no idea on buying NVIDIA's old cards as the new ones are coming, and have already came by AMD, Radeon HD 5000 series. I wouldn't buy i7-920 either.

bit-tech.net just relased this month's hardware-buying article yesterday, check it out. I prefer reading it and with that budget I'd go for the Gaming Workhorse shown on the article, enough for your needs.

And why the hell would you order parts one by one...? Just go for it and you'll save with the post costs.

E Actually, replace the 5850 with 5870 if the money is no issue.

[KillaMarci]

Here's a Rig I have build recently.



If that's too much you can also choose the HD5850, will be more than enough for all games out there and upcoming games. You can also choose a different Case, one for ~50-70€ should be sufficent aswell (the client wanted to have exactly that case)
With the Alpenföhn Brocken you can easily get your i7 to about 3.8GHz, which is very good for the price in my opinion. Just be sure that you get a D0 of the i7 920.

Another option would be to go with a Socket 1156 System, i5 / i7 that is. Would definately leave more room for the GFX Card and Case + additional stuff. Tell me if you're interested in that.

[ChriStunter]

Daffy will help you with this 
Well i got i5 750, Nvidia GTX 275, 6gb ram, 500gb HDD for 800€ and it owns

[dirtybird78]

awesome,thanks for the help guys,ill check this stuff out.

And KM,should i buy a mid level case? i suppose i should buy the biggest one for all the goodies i want to put in it.

Chris: nice set up,i like how that sounds,except only difference is im going i7 920.

[XTO --]

Wait for the new nVidia Series, they'll rape Ati as nvidia always did.

[dirtybird78]

Wait for the new nVidia Series, they'll rape Ati as nvidia always did.

Oh,thats one thing im already sure on..im getting nvidia 

[Dan]

Yeh because paying a ridiculous amount more for a tiny difference in performance is really worth it!

[Ne0n]

Yes, you're fine without water cooling. Also, there's no idea on buying NVIDIA's old cards as the new ones are coming, and have already came by AMD, Radeon HD 5000 series. I wouldn't buy i7-920 either.

bit-tech.net just relased this month's hardware-buying article yesterday, check it out. I prefer reading it and with that budget I'd go for the Gaming Workhorse shown on the article, enough for your needs.

And why the hell would you order parts one by one...? Just go for it and you'll save with the post costs.

E Actually, replace the 5850 with 5870 if the money is no issue.

so he can spend more on each part is why he is buying one by one

[dirtybird78]

Yes, you're fine without water cooling. Also, there's no idea on buying NVIDIA's old cards as the new ones are coming, and have already came by AMD, Radeon HD 5000 series. I wouldn't buy i7-920 either.

bit-tech.net just relased this month's hardware-buying article yesterday, check it out. I prefer reading it and with that budget I'd go for the Gaming Workhorse shown on the article, enough for your needs.

And why the hell would you order parts one by one...? Just go for it and you'll save with the post costs.

E Actually, replace the 5850 with 5870 if the money is no issue.

so he can spend more on each part is why he is buying one by one

Exactly

[Ne0n]

It's actually a smart idea too When I think about building a pc I would just buy all the parts and think nothing of it, but next time I'm going to do this.

[Cookie]

Wait for the new nVidia Series, they'll rape Ati as nvidia always did.

Oh,thats one thing im already sure on..im getting nvidia  

Waste of money, as Dan said, you wont notice the performance difference

AMD processors have the best Price-To-Performance ratio

An ATI 5000 series GPU can handle pretty much anything you throw at them (cheaper than an nvidia)

You wont really need water cooling unless you go for an i7


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