[magicjames92]

My friend is building his first PC and he wanted me to run his build by you guys. Does everything look good? Should all be compatible? Not forgetting anything? He already has mouse, keyboard, and speakers, and doesn't want a DVD drive. Thanks!

Case: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811121096
HD: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822148701
Monitor: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16824009299
Graphics Card: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130634
PSU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817139028
RAM: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231274 x2
CPU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819103808
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131402
DVD Drive: http://www.newegg.co...6-216-_-Product

This post has been edited by magicjames92: 16 June 2011 - 08:49 PM

[ibfreeekout]

Where is the motherboard? Also, if he doesn't have a DVD drive, he better have a copy of Windows 7 or whatever he is going to use on a USB drive. That or 100 floppy disks.

[magicjames92]

ibfreeekout, on 16 June 2011 - 09:20 PM, said:

Where is the motherboard? Also, if he doesn't have a DVD drive, he better have a copy of Windows 7 or whatever he is going to use on a USB drive. That or 100 floppy disks.

Lol, looking through so many parts the motherboard we grabbed got lost somehow. How's this look: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131402
Also, good point about the DVD drive.

[ibfreeekout]

Ditch the Triple Channel Memory. Just get two sets of dual channel. Also, the motherboard is compatible, but it is rather old. What kind of things is this computer going to do?

[magicjames92]

ibfreeekout, on 16 June 2011 - 09:27 PM, said:

Ditch the Triple Channel Memory. Just get two sets of dual channel. Also, the motherboard is compatible, but it is rather old. What kind of things is this computer going to do?

Why dual channel? He wants to play MMO's like old republic on highest settings and some shooters on medium-high.

[ibfreeekout]

magicjames92, on 16 June 2011 - 09:29 PM, said:

Why dual channel? He wants to play MMO's like old republic on highest settings and some shooters on medium-high.

AMD doesn't support Triple Channel memory. You would be slowing it down more than anything. If he wants to play those games on those settings, that should be able to do it, but it won't be able to last too much longer into the future, especially with Bulldozer/Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge E releasing shortly. Does he have any sort of a budget?

[magicjames92]

ibfreeekout, on 16 June 2011 - 09:31 PM, said:

AMD doesn't support Triple Channel memory. You would be slowing it down more than anything. If he wants to play those games on those settings, that should be able to do it, but it won't be able to last too much longer into the future, especially with Bulldozer/Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge E releasing shortly. Does he have any sort of a budget?

He's fine with the fact that he might be outdated in a little while he says. And his budget is around 900.

EDIT- that budget includes a monitor, mouse, speakers, and windows 7 which he already picked out, and those came out to 275ish

This post has been edited by magicjames92: 16 June 2011 - 08:36 PM

[ibfreeekout]

magicjames92, on 16 June 2011 - 09:35 PM, said:

He's fine with the fact that he might be outdated in a little while he says. And his budget is around 900.

EDIT- that budget includes a monitor, mouse, speakers, and windows 7 which he already picked out

Ah ok. It'll be good for a bit then. especially with that budget.

[magicjames92]

How's this for ram? http://www.newegg.co...1-122-_-Product

[ibfreeekout]

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231274

This is what I have in my machine, only two sets of it.

[magicjames92]

ibfreeekout, on 16 June 2011 - 09:45 PM, said:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231274

This is what I have in my machine, only two sets of it.

Ok, so with that ram, would everything be good?

[ibfreeekout]

magicjames92, on 16 June 2011 - 09:49 PM, said:

Ok, so with that ram, would everything be good?

Should be good for awhile. Like I said, certainly not top of the line, but it will be capable for what your friend needs.

[Thunderg0d]

Now a question would be: Does he plan on trying to upgrade this in a year? If so...I would consider finding an 1155 board and a cheap I3/I5 that'd work for now and upgrade to that I7 later on.

I.E. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115078
and
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813128487 or http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813128483

This post has been edited by Thunderg0d: 17 June 2011 - 05:43 AM