Q. I'm planning on building a destop computer for gaming. I mostly do online gaming or load other games on the computer. I'm also thinking of starting from scratch or rebuilding from an old XP.
What am I looking for and what is a good brand?
What am I looking for and what is a good brand?
A. The March 2011 edition of MaximumPC has an excellent article on building a gaming PC for just under $1,000. You could also do what I did and just buy one from IBuyPower for $600.
What Parts Would I Need To Build A Desktop Computer?
Q. I want to build my own computer but I don't know what kind of parts I need for the monitor.
A. so far so good, my system:
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- Intel 520 Series Cherryville SSDSC2CW240A3K5 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
- GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP4 TH LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with Dual Thunderbolt
- CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10
- PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply, ATX12V v2.2/EPS12V, 135mm double ball bearing, 20+4pin, single 12V rail, 12 SATA power connectors, SLI ready, 5.9"x3.4"x6.3", 7yr warranty
- Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000
- 250Gb western digital hard drive (WD2500HHTZ), sataIII 6Gbs, 3.5", 10,000rpm
- used stock cpu cooler , since I am not overclocking, and choose non K cpu version, for virtualization advantages in case i want windows xp mode to run older programs. ran intel processor diagnostic tool and everything passed including memory. ran win 7 memory test ok also.
- motherboard came with F3 BIOS with screen shifted to the left blocking letters, downloaded F9 BIOS and used Q-flash in BIOS to update it, so ok now. flashing is way easier than it used to be.
- set BIOS to AHCI, created partition and let windows 7 pro 64 bit format SSD to NTFS.
- used sata 3 port 0 lower for SSD and upper port 1 for my WD hard drive.
- system is quiet and boots fast. everything is snappy including internet browsing. I had like 10 browser windows open and system showed 6Gb in use ?? good thing i got hooked up with 32Gb and explains why my old laptop can not surf the internet anymore with long lags/delays/page loads.
- I needed more than 6 usb ports, so ordered this "Biostar CABLEUSB3.0 USB 3.0 Cable Bracket". also ordered some usb 2.0 card slot bracket adapters, cheap but the bracket was to big, had to hacksaw it to fit the rear panel slot. did not realize they made 2 different sizes.
- no compatibility problems encountered, mouse/keyboard/printer/power supply all worked. i'm running my mouse and keyboard off the usb2.0 motherboard connectors to a four port card slot adapter bracket in the rear. they did work in the rear motherboard usb ports also.
- I can run morrowind off the onboard graphics no problem.
- verified TRIM enable, turned off system restore, indexing, prefetch/superfetch etc. etc. Now will wait and see how the SSD lasts/performs, since it is my first.
- my new system makes my midi keyboard sound really good, using pianissimo VSTi and reaper as my DAW. My old AMD system was 5-6yrs old.
- has a pci slot which i used for my firewire card.
- stayed away from 2011 socket boards, seems like alot of problems.
- my cheap GTX 460 sonic 1024M GDDR5 256bit dual DVI w/HDMI can run all my games, skyrim full resolution. but this is the most important computer part for gaming, I just have not needed to upgrade yet.
- can't wait to get a usb3.0 or thunderbolt external harddrive to speed things up.
- weak SSD documentation, download the intel SSD toolbox program from the intel website. it will list lifetime left, and do a check on the SSD.
- could not get easytune6 to install.
- set memory profile in BIOS to XMP to get 1600 timing.
chente
newegg.com
- Intel 520 Series Cherryville SSDSC2CW240A3K5 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
- GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP4 TH LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with Dual Thunderbolt
- CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10
- PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply, ATX12V v2.2/EPS12V, 135mm double ball bearing, 20+4pin, single 12V rail, 12 SATA power connectors, SLI ready, 5.9"x3.4"x6.3", 7yr warranty
- Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000
- 250Gb western digital hard drive (WD2500HHTZ), sataIII 6Gbs, 3.5", 10,000rpm
- used stock cpu cooler , since I am not overclocking, and choose non K cpu version, for virtualization advantages in case i want windows xp mode to run older programs. ran intel processor diagnostic tool and everything passed including memory. ran win 7 memory test ok also.
- motherboard came with F3 BIOS with screen shifted to the left blocking letters, downloaded F9 BIOS and used Q-flash in BIOS to update it, so ok now. flashing is way easier than it used to be.
- set BIOS to AHCI, created partition and let windows 7 pro 64 bit format SSD to NTFS.
- used sata 3 port 0 lower for SSD and upper port 1 for my WD hard drive.
- system is quiet and boots fast. everything is snappy including internet browsing. I had like 10 browser windows open and system showed 6Gb in use ?? good thing i got hooked up with 32Gb and explains why my old laptop can not surf the internet anymore with long lags/delays/page loads.
- I needed more than 6 usb ports, so ordered this "Biostar CABLEUSB3.0 USB 3.0 Cable Bracket". also ordered some usb 2.0 card slot bracket adapters, cheap but the bracket was to big, had to hacksaw it to fit the rear panel slot. did not realize they made 2 different sizes.
- no compatibility problems encountered, mouse/keyboard/printer/power supply all worked. i'm running my mouse and keyboard off the usb2.0 motherboard connectors to a four port card slot adapter bracket in the rear. they did work in the rear motherboard usb ports also.
- I can run morrowind off the onboard graphics no problem.
- verified TRIM enable, turned off system restore, indexing, prefetch/superfetch etc. etc. Now will wait and see how the SSD lasts/performs, since it is my first.
- my new system makes my midi keyboard sound really good, using pianissimo VSTi and reaper as my DAW. My old AMD system was 5-6yrs old.
- has a pci slot which i used for my firewire card.
- stayed away from 2011 socket boards, seems like alot of problems.
- my cheap GTX 460 sonic 1024M GDDR5 256bit dual DVI w/HDMI can run all my games, skyrim full resolution. but this is the most important computer part for gaming, I just have not needed to upgrade yet.
- can't wait to get a usb3.0 or thunderbolt external harddrive to speed things up.
- weak SSD documentation, download the intel SSD toolbox program from the intel website. it will list lifetime left, and do a check on the SSD.
- could not get easytune6 to install.
- set memory profile in BIOS to XMP to get 1600 timing.
chente
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