kick ass gameing pc?

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16819103471
230CAD$

GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813128387
145CAD$

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 2.1v CAS 5 DDR2-1066(PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820231166
69CAD$

SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814102801
213CAD$

CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W(41a +12v) dual 6-pin PCI-E ATX12V V2.2 SLI
Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16817139004
109CAD$

Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16827118030
33CAD$

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16822136319
80CAD$

Thermaltake M9 VI1000BWS Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16811133058
100CAD$

RAZER Arctosa Silver 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Standard Gaming Keyboard
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16823114010
58CAD$

RAZER Copperhead Tempest Blue 1 x Wheel USB Wired Laser 2000 dpi Gaming Mouse
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16826153003
70CAD$

is this all i need to build the gameing pc? do i need any extra cords or parts? what would you give this comp out of 10, and are all these parts compatable? i want to buy these and make a custom comp, most of you guys said to do that, so i said fuck it id trust you guy's with my life, so i'll need abit more help as this goes on.

-what do you think a pc like this will run? (if there all compatable)

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Phenom II X4 940
GA-MA790X-UD4P
4GB DDR2-1066
Radeon HD 4870 1GB
CMPSU-550VX
Sony 24X DVD/CD
WD Black 640GB
Thermaltake M9
Arctosa
Tempest

way better then last

for the price its a 9/10 for me, its bit better then mine atm...you can can easy play crysis, wow, gta 4, l4d and every game that is out atm on high most with aa/af EDIT: go for it ! 

Don't go quad core. Don't go AMD. Don't use ATI.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131299

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370

imo

You could stick with the ATI GPU, but the ATI catalyst command center sucks huge dick and you won't be able to force AA and AF in anything.

I personally recommend that motherboard if you're planning to go intel. Works perfect for me.

meatballkeeper wrote:

Don't go quad core. Don't go AMD. Don't use ATI.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131299

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370

imo

You could stick with the ATI GPU, but the ATI catalyst command center sucks huge dick and you won't be able to force AA and AF in anything.

why buy dual core if you can buy quad? -.-. he can force aa and af in game.

No games really run better quad vs dual core. Dual is cheaper. You can't force AA and AF with the catalyst AI.

I know allot about computer Ive built 14 computers and I'm only 18 its a hobby of mine, I do extensive research on every component that I buy. This is what I could conjure up within 30 min just to give you an idea.

Mobo
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130136
GPU
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130136
PSU
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256021
RAM
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231194
CPU
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103678

Its less than $100 more than what you chose but with more research I can probably lower it to your price. I would very much like to talk to you and give you some advise and possibly build this computer for you dependent on were you live I'm assuming you live in Canada since you have CAD prices listed, I myself live in Canada perhaps we are not to far apart. PM me if you are interested or if you just want some more advise, id be glad to help, would be easier if we were able to talk on skype.

meatballkeeper wrote:

No games really run better quad vs dual core. Dual is cheaper. You can't force AA and AF with the catalyst AI.

crysis does profit, gta4 too and new games will, and he can buy bit cheaper quad phenom, @ lumpy101 the cpu is really crap this days, i had amd athlon 5000x2 oc on 3.1ghz at my last pc...

srslol wrote:

meatballkeeper wrote:

No games really run better quad vs dual core. Dual is cheaper. You can't force AA and AF with the catalyst AI.

crysis does profit, gta4 too and new games will, and he can buy bit cheaper quad phenom, @ lumpy101 the cpu is really crap this days, i had amd athlon 5000x2 oc on 3.1ghz at my last pc...

Well no game really takes much advantage from quad cores and even if it does it would be no were near the gain you would get from saving over a duel core and using that save towards a more powerful GPU the only reason you need a quad core for gaming is if you are quadfire or triple/quad sli I myself am using a AMD 6400 and the 7850 kills mine and the way it sounds to me he doesn't need a powerfull CPU hes not needing this new PC for Decoding/Encoding... and soon CPU wont be needed for those kind of Tasks anymore nvidia has already started on its tech for using the GPU with CUDA, and once the larabee from intel comes out CPU will be used for verry little

srs idea >.>

CPU: Phenom 2 x4 920 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103472

Mainboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128387

GPU: GeForce GTX 260 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127430

HD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319

Powersupplie: OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016

Ram: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

Case: Up to you.

lumpy101 wrote:

srslol wrote:

meatballkeeper wrote:

No games really run better quad vs dual core. Dual is cheaper. You can't force AA and AF with the catalyst AI.

crysis does profit, gta4 too and new games will, and he can buy bit cheaper quad phenom, @ lumpy101 the cpu is really crap this days, i had amd athlon 5000x2 oc on 3.1ghz at my last pc...

Well no game really takes much advantage from quad cores and even if it does it would be no were near the gain you would get from saving over a duel core and using that save towards a more powerful GPU the only reason you need a quad core for gaming is if you are quadfire or triple/quad sli I myself am using a AMD 6400 and the 7850 kills mine and the way it sounds to me he doesn't need a powerfull CPU hes not needing this new PC for Decoding/Encoding... and soon CPU wont be needed for those kind of Tasks anymore nvidia has already started on its tech for using the GPU with CUDA, and once the larabee from intel comes out CPU will be used for verry little

he want play crysis = slow dualcore like the 7850 isnt the best, specialy if he want play new games comming out. and gta4 does take a big advantage form tripple/quad, so imo if he want the cheapest pc he should get the 7850, if he wants more for future he should get quad, and pay bit more....or just get tripple core phenom710 x3 like me

btw...no game profit from 4gig ram too XD 

Well i have seen and tested my self The Difference between Quad and Duel core on crysis using simaller components. my setup AMD 6400+ GTS250 4gb DDR2 PC26400 vs Intel Q6600 9800GTX+ 4gb DDR2 PC26400 The Difference was 0-1FPS Ill post my Benmark Results of Crysis if someone has a GTS250 or 9800GTX+ with a quad core I would be gratefull if you could post your results just to give him an idea im sure it would hep him in his desition.

test it at cpu benchamark 2, i had 4-5 fps with the oced 5000 x2 3.1Ghz and 14fps with mine 710 x3 , 17 with 710 x3 oced on 2.8 (only 2.8 because of my shity ram : I  ) and new games will come...like i said x times before gta4 is one of them.

best gaming pc is Alienware period.

no, just no.

I don't know about everyone else.....But I'm sticking with my Xp for a while.

The best PC is a Custom built one Alienware doesn't even offer the most powerful solution possible. If your too dumb or lazy to make your own computer the only company that will give you good computers but your still gonna pay too much is Falcon Northwest, but bottom line any computer made by any manufacturer cannot beat a custom computer when given the same price $1000 Alienware computer can be made for $600-$700

lumpy101 wrote:

The best PC is a Custom built one Alienware doesn't even offer the most powerful solution possible. If your too dumb or lazy to make your own computer the only company that will give you good computers but your still gonna pay too much is Falcon Northwest, but bottom line any computer made by any manufacturer cannot beat a custom computer when given the same price $1000 Alienware computer can be made for $600-$700

agreed.

Heres My Results

DXDiag
https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/44/96/dxdiag10.jpg
https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/44/96/dxdiag11.jpg



GPU Very High 16xQAA Supersampling
https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/44/96/crysis11.jpg

Clear Results
https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/44/96/crysis12.jpg

GPU Very High no AA
https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/44/96/crysis13.jpg

Clear Results
https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/44/96/crysis14.jpg

CPU Very High 16xQAA Supersampling
https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/44/96/crysis15.jpg

Clear Results
https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/44/96/crysis16.jpg

CPU Very High no AA
https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/44/96/crysis17.jpg

Clear Results
https://i.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/44/96/crysis18.jpg

really nice man  

srslol wrote:

really nice man

Thx I don't doubt the capability's of triple core and quad cores they have there uses but as far as games go sure more and more games are supporting the extra cores but what it all really comes down to is your GPU the only time CPU power is need is when the GPUs become too much to handle and the CPU throttles your GPU not fully unlocking its potential this is were we see the Core i7 trully show two GTX295 in SLI or two 4870x2 in Xfire at its peak were as even the old Core 2 Quad extreems were even still throtoling.

core i7 is overated, even if some game support quad core...wonder when the game come that use the whole power of a core i7 xd.

a thread on...."HOW MUCH MONEY WILL YOU SPEND TO LOOSE YOUR LIFE?!!?"

srslol wrote:

core i7 is overated, even if some game support quad core...wonder when the game come that use the whole power of a core i7 xd.

This article Demonstrates the Core i7 power I wouldn't Say its overrated just its way to expensive and is not practicle to get the extreme model and its not juts the CPU that costs ya the mobo and DDR3 ram kills ya too

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-gaming,2061-5.html