Building a new PC soon. Gamers that build your own PCs, I need input.
So finally having my own job this summer will give me the finances to be able to build my own PC. The current rig I have needs a massive update, so instead I have decided to build my own for the very first time. I'm looking to get a top end video card, 4 gigs of RAM, and the best processor possible, probably Intel rather than AMD.
I was looking at 512MB video cards, however it seems nVidia(who served this PC well, and as such I have decided to stay with them) does not yet have a 512MB card out yet. Their new 7800 model with 256MB of video RAM looks good, and weighs in at $600:
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7800.html
I was also looking at this motherboard:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1205760&Sku=A458-1114
The rest of the parts I am totally undecided on. I'm open to suggestions on the previous two(especially for the motherboard), and am looking for ANY input on the rest. Hard drives, power supplies, cases, speakers, etc. Not looking for a HUGE expensive set of speakers, just something reliable that will get the job done, with a subwoofer.
Edit: Probably should include that I'm trying not to go too far over $2,000 with this, and probably looking at least 400GB+ of storage. Depending on how expensive the HDs are, I may go for 1TB of storage for maximum comedy effect.
I was looking at 512MB video cards, however it seems nVidia(who served this PC well, and as such I have decided to stay with them) does not yet have a 512MB card out yet. Their new 7800 model with 256MB of video RAM looks good, and weighs in at $600:
http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7800.html
I was also looking at this motherboard:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1205760&Sku=A458-1114
The rest of the parts I am totally undecided on. I'm open to suggestions on the previous two(especially for the motherboard), and am looking for ANY input on the rest. Hard drives, power supplies, cases, speakers, etc. Not looking for a HUGE expensive set of speakers, just something reliable that will get the job done, with a subwoofer.
Edit: Probably should include that I'm trying not to go too far over $2,000 with this, and probably looking at least 400GB+ of storage. Depending on how expensive the HDs are, I may go for 1TB of storage for maximum comedy effect.