Need help finding computer parts.

[Otis Da HousKat]

Sorry for double toast, but will the PSU handle all those well?

I don't want mine blowing up!

Your video card still shows an AMD model and the PSU is fine. You don't need more than 750 unless you plan to connect a lot of stuff like extra hard drives or run more than one video card. Nvidia's 400 series are very power hungry though so you might want to look up their usage compared with the rest of your parts just to be safe. Hell if I know their exact usage offhand and I am going to bed now.

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[Jorici]

Your video card still shows an AMD model and the PSU is fine. You don't need more than 750 unless you plan to connect a lot of stuff like extra hard drives or run more than one video card. Nvidia's 400 series are very power hungry though so you might want to look up their usage compared with the rest of your parts just to be safe. Hell if I know their exact usage offhand and I am going to bed now.

Ahh whatever. Will this work if I assemble it?

[Righteous One]

Ahh whatever. Will this work if I assemble it?

Yes it will work.

I would like to offer more input...

First, before you buy the 950 please tell me why you want that over the i5 760.

And again, the GTX 470 is a much better deal and about $20 cheaper or so.

If you don't have a valid reason for getting the i7 950 then I will shun you.

[Jorici]

If you don't have a valid reason for getting the i7 950 then I will shun you.

Because Otis reccomended me a motherboard and said it worked with that, I don't know much about motherboards so I leaped on it.

Will the i5 760 work with this?

Edit: Hot damn that is a better deal.

[Righteous One]

The only real advantage is the the ability to support two way x16 PCI-E. Other than that it would be hyperthreading (Useless in gaming and most tasks anyways) and triple channel RAM (As if 16gb is not enough). It is certainly cheaper and probably more worth your money. Assuming that you intend to spend less then $1000.


Here is a really nice combo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.519636

I personally prefer MSI but I do some heavy overclocking. If you did the math, the motherboard is only about $100. This is actually a good thing as you shouldn't dish out too much on motherboards unless you absolutely need a specific feature.


Here's some RAM. And holy stuff, when I built my computer the cheapest DDR3 set was about $95. Ram won't do very much for you performance and most of it you will need to overclock it to the listed frequency anyways.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231180


And finally the video card. The 470 is about the same as the 5850 performance wise. I should let you know that the 470 is more or less over-kill for your first system. I own the 460 and I was able to overclock almost 40% and it performs about the same as the 5850. If you chose to get the 460 make a topic or PM me if you want the run down on overclocking a GPU. (I linked to the 460) The 460 I chose is the EVGA model. EVGA has fantastic service and lifetime warranty. They also allow you send in the card if it doesn't perform as you thought and they will send you a 470 if you pay the difference.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130562

[Captain Crazy]

if some smart cookie could prepare me a computer "recipe" (simply having a list of parts that I can just buy and assemble without any original thought) for a real good gaming computer that'd be pretty cool

[Jorici]

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So... wil it work?

[Righteous One]

maybe you should make a topic  

[Jorici]

So... will it work?

[Otis Da HousKat]

If you don't have a valid reason for getting the i7 950 then I will shun you.

Valid reason: it's not his own money. If it was I certainly wouldn't be pushing higher end stuff on him.

[Jorici]

Valid reason: it's not his own money. If it was I certainly wouldn't be pushing higher end stuff on him.

Technically, about half - 3/4 of it would be. The rest would be my parents present to me.

So... which processor should I get? The i7 is faster, but like 100 dollars more.

[Otis Da HousKat]

Technically, about half - 3/4 of it would be. The rest would be my parents present to me.

So... which processor should I get? The i7 is faster, but like 100 dollars more.

Oh, you should have made that more clear. Ya, go with something lower end like Righteous One suggested.

[Jorici]

Oh, you should have made that more clear. Ya, go with something lower end like Righteous One suggested.

It will be able to run games like TF2 insanely still though, right?

[Otis Da HousKat]

It will be able to run games like TF2 insanely still though, right?

I was able to run TF2 fine on my old 8800GTS and dual core AMD 5500+ at 1920x1200. You'll be fine.

On that note, what size is your monitor?

[Jorici]

I was able to run TF2 fine on my old 8800GTS and dual core AMD 5500 at 1920x1200. You'll be fine.

On that note, what size is your monitor?

Naw, actually, i haven't picked one out yet. Suggestions?