Forum Overview :: American McGee's Honda Civic
 
In any case, for a good semi-budget setup: by Eurotrash 03/06/2010, 12:13am PST
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965;

CPU cooler: many options, look up some reviews. Scythe coolers are good, but one of the best ones is a Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme Rev.C blabla + you'll need a fan for it, there are probably other good ones since the last time I researched;

Muthaboard: ASRock M3A770DE;

RAM: some of the cheap-series Corsair or maybe Kingston, the expensive series are for insane people. 2GB for XP, 4GB for Win7;

Video: ATi Radeon HD 4890 1GB, the cheapest you can find. If you care at all about noise, you'll want to get an Arctic Cooling Accelero TWIN TURBO cooler for it;

Sound: Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium, it's the same as the Fatal1ty Blabla, but much cheaper;

PSU: Corsair 850HX. I guess you could go for less, like a 850TX, but I'd spend a little extra and get the vastly superior HX. A good PSU is important;

HDD: anything with a label that says Western Digital and has at least 7200 RPM, I don't suppose you'll want to go for SSD;

Case: it's a case, who even cares;

Drives: see above;

Monitor: got an old CRT lying around that you like? Go ahead and use it. Another option is to be a man and get a Samsung XL2370.
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Well fuck. by Mischief Maker 03/05/2010, 6:46pm PST NEW
    ATI is price/performance king right now by Entropy Stew 03/05/2010, 6:49pm PST NEW
        $500-1000 by Mischief Maker 03/05/2010, 9:13pm PST NEW
            Integrated sound is fine. Sound doesn't get any soundier. NT by Awaiting ES's video card response. 03/05/2010, 10:19pm PST NEW
                No it is not. by Mischief Maker 03/05/2010, 10:52pm PST NEW
                    You should buy a soundblaster card then. That oughta clear up all your problems NT by Awaiting ES's video card response. 03/05/2010, 10:56pm PST NEW
                    I haven't had problems with mine by Entropy Stew 03/06/2010, 4:18pm PST NEW
                        never had hw/driver probs like MM, but lots of noise from HDD steppers and DVI NT by Ray of Light 03/06/2010, 4:45pm PST NEW
                VIDEO CARD RESPONSE by Entropy Stew 03/06/2010, 4:23pm PST NEW
    Do you intend to overclock or run everything stock? NT by Eurotrash 03/05/2010, 11:07pm PST NEW
        In any case, for a good semi-budget setup: by Eurotrash 03/06/2010, 12:13am PST NEW
    Start from here and work down by Ray of Light 03/06/2010, 1:15am PST NEW
        Re: Start from here and work down by Mr. Copy 03/06/2010, 1:23am PST NEW
        Ooh, it's like of those new iPods! by Jerry Whorebach 03/06/2010, 12:37pm PST NEW
        Holy shit, I have fallen behind the curve by Mischief Maker 03/07/2010, 9:56am PST NEW
            worse in some ways, better in others. They have a 3yr warranty (vs 5 for HDDs). by Ray of Light 03/07/2010, 11:08am PST NEW
                How did I miss SSDs? I just did an upgrade, didn't even think about hard drives by Rafiki 03/07/2010, 4:09pm PST NEW
                    I'm pretty critical about case noisiness, the Antec Sonata cases are very quiet. by Fullofkittens 03/07/2010, 4:24pm PST NEW
                    The 2nd derivative of historical SSD prices is negative. Just wait. by Ray of Light 03/07/2010, 8:14pm PST NEW
                        right or 99 bucks for like 1TB now? NT by Worm 03/07/2010, 9:22pm PST NEW
    I bought this before Christmas: by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/06/2010, 1:29am PST NEW
        whaaaaa by Eurotrash 03/06/2010, 12:15pm PST NEW
            I am electing to reply to the weaker of your two posts by Ray of Light 03/06/2010, 2:47pm PST NEW
                Seconding the i5 and CM heat sink recommendations here by Entropy Stew 03/06/2010, 4:25pm PST NEW
                    Thirded. by CattleHumper 03/07/2010, 8:07am PST NEW
                        Re: Thirded. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/07/2010, 12:44pm PST NEW
                            Re: Thirded. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/07/2010, 5:17pm PST NEW
                Re: I am electing to reply to the weaker of your two posts by Eurotrash 03/07/2010, 12:54pm PST NEW
                    LET ME SHOW YOU MY STATS AND SPECS!!!!! by Motherhead 03/07/2010, 1:05pm PST NEW
                        Okay I'm convinced, fuck AMD but stick with a Gucci PSU. NT by Eurotrash 03/07/2010, 2:12pm PST NEW
                            You showed that fag! NT by amd4ever.com forums 03/07/2010, 3:15pm PST NEW
                                Yeah I was merely being sarcastic, they don't even know HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH*snort* NT by Eurotrash 03/07/2010, 3:29pm PST NEW
    How much do you value your time? by Mysterious Stranger 03/07/2010, 1:18pm PST NEW
        Bayonetta isn't worth $1000, so yes do this NT by FABIO 03/07/2010, 1:52pm PST NEW
            $1000 to play an average port of a game designed to run on a $200 console? NT by I don't get PC gamers :( 03/07/2010, 4:17pm PST NEW
                http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n6/33_Bank_Street_writer.php NT by Can your console EVEN do that? 03/07/2010, 5:09pm PST NEW
                    Psh, nice Jet Ski, let's see you drive that thing to the office every day! NT by Jerry Whorebach 03/07/2010, 7:07pm PST NEW
 
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