Forum Overview :: American McGee's Honda Civic

Start from here and work down by Ray of Light 03/06/2010, 1:15am PST (Variants of) all of these parts are on my desk or in my Newegg fantasy shopping cart. Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail $129.99 These used to be cheaper. You can get a random case (meh) and Seasonic power supply (awesome) for <$100. If going this route, use Antec Power Supply Calculator to not waste money on a too-big power supply. ASUS EAH5670/DI/1GD5 Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card ... - Retail $115.49 Cheaper options exist but there are better places to economize. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go - Retail $44.99 I have two. I like having the audio circuitry distant from the EMI firehose that is a desktop PC. $20 more gets you surround sound and a volume knob. Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864TR1608 - Retail $90.49 The benefits of high speed memory are kind of small; this is a good place to save money. Crucial DDR3 1333 is about $20 cheaper; Kingston Value RAM or G.SKILL are cheaper still. ASUS P7P55D-E LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $154.99 They make a couple of lower models in this series. Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80605I5750 - Retail $208.99 $209! Processors are so fucking awesome now. Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M080G2XXX 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - OEM + Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM (COMBO!) $294.98 Kickass combo deal! Bold prediction: Intel SSD will effect your computing experience more positively than anything else on this list. It's trans-formative. TOTAL: $1039.92 + shipping & tax

Well fuck. by Mischief Maker 03/05/2010, 6:46pm PST     ATI is price/performance king right now by Entropy Stew 03/05/2010, 6:49pm PST         $500-1000 by Mischief Maker 03/05/2010, 9:13pm PST             Integrated sound is fine. Sound doesn't get any soundier. NT by Awaiting ES's video card response. 03/05/2010, 10:19pm PST                 No it is not. by Mischief Maker 03/05/2010, 10:52pm PST                     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                     I haven't had problems with mine by Entropy Stew 03/06/2010, 4:18pm PST                         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                 VIDEO CARD RESPONSE by Entropy Stew 03/06/2010, 4:23pm PST     Do you intend to overclock or run everything stock? NT by Eurotrash 03/05/2010, 11:07pm PST         In any case, for a good semi-budget setup: by Eurotrash 03/06/2010, 12:13am PST     Start from here and work down by Ray of Light 03/06/2010, 1:15am PST         Re: Start from here and work down by Mr. Copy 03/06/2010, 1:23am PST         Ooh, it's like of those new iPods! by Jerry Whorebach 03/06/2010, 12:37pm PST         Holy shit, I have fallen behind the curve by Mischief Maker 03/07/2010, 9:56am PST             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                 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                     I'm pretty critical about case noisiness, the Antec Sonata cases are very quiet. by Fullofkittens 03/07/2010, 4:24pm PST                     The 2nd derivative of historical SSD prices is negative. Just wait. by Ray of Light 03/07/2010, 8:14pm PST                         right or 99 bucks for like 1TB now? NT by Worm 03/07/2010, 9:22pm PST     I bought this before Christmas: by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/06/2010, 1:29am PST         whaaaaa by Eurotrash 03/06/2010, 12:15pm PST             I am electing to reply to the weaker of your two posts by Ray of Light 03/06/2010, 2:47pm PST                 Seconding the i5 and CM heat sink recommendations here by Entropy Stew 03/06/2010, 4:25pm PST                     Thirded. by CattleHumper 03/07/2010, 8:07am PST                         Re: Thirded. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/07/2010, 12:44pm PST                             Re: Thirded. by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/07/2010, 5:17pm PST                 Re: I am electing to reply to the weaker of your two posts by Eurotrash 03/07/2010, 12:54pm PST                     LET ME SHOW YOU MY STATS AND SPECS!!!!! by Motherhead 03/07/2010, 1:05pm PST                         Okay I'm convinced, fuck AMD but stick with a Gucci PSU. NT by Eurotrash 03/07/2010, 2:12pm PST                             You showed that fag! NT by amd4ever.com forums 03/07/2010, 3:15pm PST                                 Yeah I was merely being sarcastic, they don't even know HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH*snort* NT by Eurotrash 03/07/2010, 3:29pm PST     How much do you value your time? by Mysterious Stranger 03/07/2010, 1:18pm PST         Bayonetta isn't worth $1000, so yes do this NT by FABIO 03/07/2010, 1:52pm PST             $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                 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                     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