Malice's New Gaming PC

[Malice]

OK all....I FINALLY have had enough.
I am building a new PC.
To spread out the cost, I am buying the parts over three months.

Case - Coolermaster HAF 932
Power Supply - Corsair TX650W
Motherboard - Gigabyte EX58-UD4P
Processor - Intel i7 920
Memory - 3 x Corsair XMS3 DDR3
Video - MSI N260GTX
Hard Drive - (don't know details at the moment besides the following) 1TB 7200rpm 32MB cache
DVD Drive - (don't know details at the moment besides the following) Lightscribe DVD-writer

 

[Malice]

I have bought the following CASE LINK

Its big and solid, wiht huge fans to help with air circulation.

COST - $150

As far as the Power Supply....I bought a 650w power supply. I still have the reciept if it turns out I need one with more power.

COST - $120

 

[Darthphere]

The link is dead.

 

[Malice]

fixed the link

 

[Darthphere]

That is a ridiculous case. I applaud you.

Malice would you say it's cheaper to build your own PC versus buying a pre-made one. Short term and long term?

 

[Malice]

That is a ridiculous case. I applaud you.

Malice would you say it's cheaper to build your own PC versus buying a pre-made one. Short term and long term?

There are some things you have to think about.
If something goes bad.

if you build it, you have to figure it out.
Processor...motherboard...you name it....
That can be a nightmare

COST wise...
You can probably build a machine for a tad cheaper....but it has no OS...so you have to have the OS and do the install yourself.

 

[Malice]

I am trying to decide whether to go Intel Quad Core or the new Intel I7 architecture processer

 

[Robin Finck]

I have the Quad Core in my laptop, the thing runs like a charm.

 

[black_dust]

I am trying to decide whether to go Intel Quad Core or the new Intel I7 architecture processer

Why you going Intel anyway? If its a gaming pc i would have gone with a AMD processor

 

[Malice]

Why you going Intel anyway? If its a gaming pc i would have gone with a AMD processor

Absolutely not...Intel is killing AMD right now in the processor market

 

[Mixairian]

I must join this conversation. I built my first computer 6 months ago and I want to build another. I request the following information from you Malice:

CPU
RAM
HDD
Mobo
PSU
GPU

I approve of the choice of case, though personally, I've been leaning towards cases with top exhaust vents. The Thermaltake I was eyeing runs around $300. Anyhow. Tell me what you're planning and I'll share my specs.

 

[Malice]

I have updated the first post....my machine purchases are done...waiting for all the parts to come in to build it.

 

[Malice]

I finally built my system.
Its screaming.
Its an i7 as stated and has 8 cores...which means its a processor with basically 8 processors on it. Plus I believe it supports hyperthreading, which allows each processor to act like 2 processors...making 16 processors on one chip.

This is a big rig...the case...I have got to say, is EXTREMELY quiet...for a case having 4 fans, plus the processor fan, the power supply fan and the video card fan, its very quiet.
Quieter by quite a bit than my laptop

 

[Mixairian]

Nice case.

PSU, didn't see anything listed in the text or any pictures, but can you remove unneccessary power cables or are they all attached.

Nice processor.

Nice mobo.

Memory... Memory is memory.

GPU ain't too shabby.

You never noted what the machine was being designed for other than just a new PC. You a gamer or is this strictly you wanted a new toy? Was curious why you chose a terabyte hard drive over a raptor drive of SSD.

 

[Malice]

Games man....games!
PSU? Power Supply? Listed in the first post...
No...cabled cannot be removed....I am using them all but one right now


3GTB of RAM is fine for windows XP....when windows 7 comes out, I will move to that, and move to 6GB of RAM

 

[Darthphere]

So how much did that all cost ya at the end.

 

[Malice]

Um....I think it cost me a little over 1200 I think

 

[Malice]

Nice case.

PSU, didn't see anything listed in the text or any pictures, but can you remove unneccessary power cables or are they all attached.

Nice processor.

Nice mobo.

Memory... Memory is memory.

GPU ain't too shabby.

You never noted what the machine was being designed for other than just a new PC. You a gamer or is this strictly you wanted a new toy? Was curious why you chose a terabyte hard drive over a raptor drive of SSD.

A raptor SSD is just a little to pricey for me at the moment....

 

[Mixairian]

Games man....games!
PSU? Power Supply? Listed in the first post...
No...cabled cannot be removed....I am using them all but one right now


3GTB of RAM is fine for windows XP....when windows 7 comes out, I will move to that, and move to 6GB of RAM

Having played around with Windows 7, you won't need to.

XP max you ever need is like 1-2 gigs.

Vista 2 gigs is the recommended, 3-4 is fine.

Windows 7 is more resource friendl. 1-3 is fine. I have a friend who is running Windows 7 on an old Pentium M with 512mb of RAM and no GPU.

A raptor SSD is just a little to pricey for me at the moment....

After seeing how much you spent, I just assumed that. :-p

 

[Malice]

Here are my pictures....
Front

Side

Open Side

 

[Mixairian]

Malice... Dude... Bro... Buddy... Pal... Friend... Cable management?!

 

[ComicChick]

malice update your links. i wanted to see how it looks!

and tell us how its been working for you

 

[Paradoxium]

malice update your links. i wanted to see how it looks!

and tell us how its been working for you

Side of his house computers (during his WoW days):

In the middle of the living room opening (for surfing the internet):

Near front door of his house computers (when he is reading about politics):

 

[ObakeTora]

I feel sorry for whoever is dumb enough to break in your house.

 

[Malice]

Those are great pictures....
I will upload a picture of my PC...I whacked my old folder with the pictures...