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My PS3 recently broke and my laptop is just awful, I've also recently come into quite a bit of money so I've decided to build a computer.
I know how everything goes together, essentially, and I know most of the stuff I need.

I just want to know if anyone here has ever built a computer and if so, will all of this hardware work together?

Motherboard

CPU

PSU

Graphics Card

Case

RAM

BluRay/DVD Drive

Hard Drive

I'm looking for a Network Interface Card.

The main things I want to know are:

1) Will everything work properly together?
2) Will the motherboard fit in the case?
3) Does the Motherboard have the correct inputs for the hardware?
4) Does the Motherboard have enough PCI/PCIe slots?
5) What version of Windows would best suit it?
6) Is there anything else I need to buy to build a working gaming computer?


If anyone can answer any of these questions, I will be sincerely grateful.
Thanks!

download windows xp gamer edition and run it on any pc

I just ordered my gaming computer parts yesterday, it came to 1,800$ I cant wait for it to come. Also if you are in Canada I would suggest using directcanada or newgg.ca.

I can not see your cpu, but why are you cheaping out on your video card? It is almost the most important thing for a gaming computer and make sure you do not cheap out on the power supply like that, it can ruin your hole computer. I would cheap out on the case because you want a computer to run good just not look good. Whats your budget anyways, because I can whip you up a list and get you low prices.

Bought this about two months ago: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/print_summary_details_popup.aspx?~lt=print&c=us&cs=19&l=en&model_id=alienware-m17x-r3&oc=dkcwvp3u&s=dhs&fb=1&vw=icon&leadtime=3/23/2012&showleadtime=True

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400 watt aint enough for a gaming system, get atleast 800 watt psu

few things, buy a ssd for your OS, moving parts is bad in a pc so minimize that, get better GPU, dont cheapen out... when buying parts for a gaming PC dont go below a thousand bucks or ur pc will not be up to date for gaming...

specs aren't good at all, compared to the gaming pc's i seen built here... if im right you can ask Divine for questions about this.. he shared his beast pc build a year ago XD

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Queen posted: (13th Mar 2012, 04:57 pm)

400 watt aint enough for a gaming system, get atleast 800 watt psu

I would suggest,  http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339002 for a low budget.

lol, alienware is cool but u will get more for ur money by just build it or something i bought and computer  witch i build by my self like parts for 2000$ and i can say that i costed 2500 if i didnt make it and alienware is kinda waste its justt because of the note.. so i recomend find any good trusted site where u can buy on net like i  did and put i toghter ;D

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Queen posted: (13th Mar 2012, 04:57 pm)

400 watt aint enough for a gaming system, get atleast 800 watt psu

few things, buy a ssd for your OS, moving parts is bad in a pc so minimize that, get better GPU, dont cheapen out... when buying parts for a gaming PC dont go below a thousand bucks or ur pc will not be up to date for gaming...

specs aren't good at all, compared to the gaming pc's i seen built here... if im right you can ask Divine for questions about this.. he shared his beast pc build a year ago XD

Don't listen to this, What she says about the power supply being not enough is true. But not all the facts are. You do not need an 800 watt PSU in the slightest. 800 watts would be if you plan to crossfire or SLI your cards in the future. If you plan to only use a single card then a 600-700 watts would be ideal. As for the GFX card you have chosen to go with. I would recommend a 550 watt. Also never buy a generic cheap PSU. They might say they have a high wattage but the rods, voltage etc are not the same and are made cheap. They will blow under a lot of strain. But video cards are really cheap right now. Like you can get an ATI 6870 for about 170 dollars over at newegg. And you will not be diss appointed. Depending on the type of games you actually plan to play on the system that is.

I would highly recommend you go with Intel over AMD though. Get something like this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131705R and a CPU like this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115073 Do not buy the i5-2500K unless you know how to manually overclock your system. If you have no plans to overclock your system there is no point in buying an unlocked CPU for the extra cash.

As for your RAM you have chosen, it's actually too slow for the motherboard you have chosen. Your gonna need at least 1333 or higher. You can actually buy RAM extremely cheap from somewhere like newegg. 8GB of 1600 RAM for around 50 bucks if that.
As for your disk drive any will work, depending on what you want out of it. Same goes for your Hard Drive. Although you will not need a Solid State Drive. At the moment unless you have a ton of cash and are serious about your gaming PC. SSD's are a wast of money for what you get. You can get SATA6drives now that are not that much slower then SSD's for 3x less of the cost.

I would recommend you do some more research on what you really want along with your balance you are willing to spend on a gaming PC.

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Zeroâ„¢ posted: (16th Mar 2012, 12:38 am)

Queen posted: (13th Mar 2012, 04:57 pm)

400 watt aint enough for a gaming system, get atleast 800 watt psu

few things, buy a ssd for your OS, moving parts is bad in a pc so minimize that, get better GPU, dont cheapen out... when buying parts for a gaming PC dont go below a thousand bucks or ur pc will not be up to date for gaming...

specs aren't good at all, compared to the gaming pc's i seen built here... if im right you can ask Divine for questions about this.. he shared his beast pc build a year ago XD

Don't listen to this, What she says about the power supply being not enough is true. But not all the facts are. You do not need an 800 watt PSU in the slightest. 800 watts would be if you plan to crossfire or SLI your cards in the future. If you plan to only use a single card then a 600-700wattswould be ideal. As for the GFX card you have chosen to go with. I would recommend a 550 watt. Also never buy a generic cheap PSU. They might say they have a high wattage but the rods, voltage etc are not the same and are made cheap. They will blow under a lot of strain. But video cards arereallycheap right now. Like you can get an ATI 6870 for about 170 dollars over at newegg. And you will not be diss appointed. Depending on the type of games you actually plan to play on the system that is.

I would highly recommend you go with Intel over AMD though. Get something like this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131705R and a CPU like this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115073 Do not buy the i5-2500K unless you know how to manually overclock your system. If you have no plans to overclock your system there is no point in buying anunlockedCPU for the extra cash.

As for your RAM you have chosen, it's actually too slow for the motherboard you have chosen. Your gonna need at least 1333 or higher. You can actually buy RAM extremely cheap from somewhere like newegg. 8GB of 1600 RAM for around 50 bucks if that.
As for your disk drive any will work, depending on what you want out of it. Same goes for your Hard Drive. Although you will not need a Solid State Drive. At the moment unless you have a ton of cash and are serious about your gaming PC. SSD's are a wast of money for what you get. You cangetSATA6drives now that are not that much slower then SSD's for 3x less of the cost.

I would recommend you do some more research on what you really want along with your balance you are willing to spend on a gaming PC.

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I read nothing except parts of the last posts and Queen saying to ask me, here is my opinion:

Intel is a greater choice than AMD.
A Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5Ghz (2 cores @ 2.5GHz) is better then a AMD Phenom 9870 X4 2.4Ghz (4 cores @ 2.4GHz), this is because of the instruction sets that are contained on the chip, as well as how they work with modern motherboard's North Bridge. I know the above comparison is a bit outdated, but it is the best comparison I can give because I have recently used both for servers.

Graphics card graphics card graphics card!
Never use onboard video, it will slow the entire machine down. Without a graphics card your motherboard and CPU will be replicating all the work a GPU could be doing, thus stressing them and slowing the machine down. In my opinion I prefer nVidia, but if you want a ATI card then go for it, it really is personal preference anymore.

Memory is important.
Choose as much as you think you need, than add another stick. Say you wanna do gaming, most gamers only need about 4GB of ram, well buy 8GB and make sure your motherboard supports 16GB+, it will help future proof your machine.

PSU is important.
Go to any high end cinema/television retail store in the united states and one of the most important things they tell you to buy is a good power strip that regulates power well, this is because the current that gets sent to the television itself actually can distort the sound and display if it is not stabilized or lowered to a certain point. The same goes for computers, buying a cheap ass PSU will actually hurt your PC's performance. I run on a 630 watt Rosewill (non-modular) with a 730 watt cap, and it supports a dual SLI of nVidia GTX 470's, around 12 fans in/on the case, leds, motherboard, 18gb of OC ram, i7-950 OC'ed to 4.2Ghz, 3 hard drives, 2 dvd drives, 1 blu-ray drive, and a fan controller/temperature monitor. A large PSU is not needed, but never buy one under 550 watts, and thermaltake, corsair, antec, coolermaster, and rosewill are the best PSU's and I wouldn't feel comfortable with any other brand.

Motherboard options.
Most important thing in your computer is your motherboard. It is like the body of every computer and if you cheap out on the motherboard you mine as well cheap out on the entire pc because it WILL bottleneck. Make sure you are buying a motherboard that has room for upgrading such as several PCI-E ports and SataIII(6.0gbs) and USB 3.0 technologies.

Airflow is important.
Make sure you buy a decent case that has good airflow and keeps your system cool or it will hurt your pc performance and possibly even destroy the pc itself.


There's my two cents on pc building, take it or leave it, just don't say I never helped anyone.

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