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Windows 7: First Custom desktop
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18 May 2009
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#1 | |
Windows Seven 64-bit Chicago |
First Custom desktop
Hi, I didnt know where to post this so move it if its in the wrong place. 
Im looking to build a cheap machine optimized for seven. (This will be the first computer Ive built on my own! ) And please if possible provide some sort of estimate of the price. Thanks guys! (And girls.)  | My System Specs |
| OS Windows Seven 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5 3.20Ghz
Motherboard Asus
Memory 8gb
Graphics Card Nvidia GTS 250
Monitor(s) Displays Asus Display
Screen Resolution 1980x1080
Keyboard Razer Lachosiasfaad something
Mouse Razer deathadder
Cooling Fans?
Hard Drives 1tb
Internet Speed Cable
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18 May 2009
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 7600 [MSDN] Los Angeles |
Uhhh... That's kinda large. You'll get a lot of opinions on this but I'd go with i7 and a decent ASUS board. RAM's cheap so fill 'er up. Video and drives, well, anything you plug in will zoom in Windows 7.
Oh and, stay away from liquid cooling. 
Good luck. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build/Mod
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 7600 [MSDN]
CPU Intel QX9650 Extreme 5.0 GHz
Motherboard ASUS Rampage Extreme Rev2
Memory 8GB (4x2) Corsair Dominator DDR3
Graphics Card 2x Sapphire Radeon HD4870X2 (QuadFire)
Sound Card SupremeFX X-Fi
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2408WFP 24" Panel
Screen Resolution 1920x1200
Keyboard Logitech
Mouse Logitech
PSU Corsair HX1000
Case CoolerMaster - Cosmos S
Cooling Custom Liquid - 320mm rad w/ 3x 80mm fans, CPU/NB/SB Blocks
Hard Drives 4x WD Caviar Black 640GB (2TB+ Total)
MegaRAID SATA 300-8X Controller
2x RiDATA SataII SSD 64GB (Raid10)
1x LG Blu-ray read/write
1x Phillips LightScribe DVD read/write
Internet Speed Fractional T1 - Shared
Other Info OC'd to 5.0GHz @ 50c under full load
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18 May 2009
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#3 | |
Windows Seven 64-bit Chicago |
ASUS boards like these? ASUSTeK Computer Inc. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows Seven 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5 3.20Ghz
Motherboard Asus
Memory 8gb
Graphics Card Nvidia GTS 250
Monitor(s) Displays Asus Display
Screen Resolution 1980x1080
Keyboard Razer Lachosiasfaad something
Mouse Razer deathadder
Cooling Fans?
Hard Drives 1tb
Internet Speed Cable
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19 May 2009
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 Somewhere on the 3rd rock from the sun. |
If you want cheap go with 1 generation or two older machine - I am running Windows 7 easily on a Quad Core 6600 with 4 GB of RAM.
If you want to future proof, go with an i7 - they are more expensive overall (requires DDR3 RAM, motherboards are newer so more expensive, etc.) but you'll be better off spending the money now rather than trying to upgrade the 6600 based machine in the future.... | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number The Beast Model V
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 965 EE @3.6 GHz
Motherboard eVGA x58 Classified3
Memory 3 * 4GB Mushkin Enh Redline CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
Graphics Card eVGA 560 Ti 448 Core Classified + eVGA GTX260 SSC (PhysX)
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio (on-board)
Monitor(s) Displays 2 * Acer X213Wbd
Screen Resolution 2 * 1680 x 1050
Keyboard Logitech G15 Keyboard
Mouse Logitech Performance Mouse MX
PSU ThermalTake BlackWidow TX TR2 850 W
Case ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
Cooling Corsair H100 CPU | 2 * TT 140mm TriLED | 2 * Antec TriCool
Hard Drives 1 * Intel Cheryville 520 180 GB SATA III SSD |
1 * Intel X-25M G2 80 GB SATA II SSD |
2 * Seagate 1 TB 32MB Cache 7200.12 SATA II Mech.
Internet Speed Cable - 35 Mbit down / 12 Mbit up advertised (30 / 6 act.)
Antivirus M$Se / MBAM Pro / WinPatrol Pro
Browser Chome(dev) / Canary / Firefox Minefield / Opera Next / IE 10
Other Info Wacom Bamboo Touch |
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1850 |
Optimus STAV-3400 AV Receiver |
Bose 301 Series III Speakers (Main channel) |
Bose 161 Speakers (Surround) |
Optimus 3 way 100-W speaker (Center) |
Logitech Clearchat PC Wireless Headset |
Koss ProDJ 100 Headphones |
Microsoft LifeCam Studio |
Motorola Droid BIONIC |
ASUS Transformer Infinity 64GB
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19 May 2009
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#5 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Frys.com & NewEgg.com have just about every thing you could want to built a custiom rig, You just have to decide how much are you willing to spend as you top dollar cut off point! I just ordered two Samsung 1_TB HD's for 74.99 with FREE shipping from NewEgg..
Last edited by DocBrown; 19 May 2009 at 01:07 AM..
Reason: Add pice of Samsung 1TG HD
| | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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19 May 2009
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 7600 [MSDN] Los Angeles |
Precisely. ASUS have pretty reliable boards. I've been building rigs for a dozen years now so I've seen a few configurations over time. If you have a budget in mind, I can dump out a list of two of sample configurations. And yeah like McBlzr says, Frys and especially NewEgg.com are your friends. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build/Mod
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 7600 [MSDN]
CPU Intel QX9650 Extreme 5.0 GHz
Motherboard ASUS Rampage Extreme Rev2
Memory 8GB (4x2) Corsair Dominator DDR3
Graphics Card 2x Sapphire Radeon HD4870X2 (QuadFire)
Sound Card SupremeFX X-Fi
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2408WFP 24" Panel
Screen Resolution 1920x1200
Keyboard Logitech
Mouse Logitech
PSU Corsair HX1000
Case CoolerMaster - Cosmos S
Cooling Custom Liquid - 320mm rad w/ 3x 80mm fans, CPU/NB/SB Blocks
Hard Drives 4x WD Caviar Black 640GB (2TB+ Total)
MegaRAID SATA 300-8X Controller
2x RiDATA SataII SSD 64GB (Raid10)
1x LG Blu-ray read/write
1x Phillips LightScribe DVD read/write
Internet Speed Fractional T1 - Shared
Other Info OC'd to 5.0GHz @ 50c under full load
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19 May 2009
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#7 | |
Win 7, Win 8, Ubuntu (64 bit) Los Angeles |
Bump for Asus, they have quality and good support.
But if you're not building a gaming or power platform, I agree to go a few generations older. Anything like a dual core processor with 4 gigs of RAM and SATA drive would suffice. Check out my system specs (link on the lower left), this is a basic, cheap system (minus the vid card) that runs 7 perfectly. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom (Sora)
OS Win 7, Win 8, Ubuntu (64 bit)
CPU AMD Phenom 2 3.2 GHz Quad Core (AM3)
Motherboard Asus M4N82 Deluxe (nF 980 SLI)
Memory 8 gb matched Corsair DDR2
Graphics Card GeForce GTX 580
Sound Card RealTek (onboard)
Monitor(s) Displays 2x Dell LCDs
Screen Resolution 1680 x 1050
Keyboard MS DMP 1031
Mouse Logitech MX Revolution
PSU 950 Watt ThermalTake Toughpower
Case Aluminum
Cooling 3x 120mm fans, 2x 80 mm fans, 1x horizontal 80 mm fan pair
Hard Drives 1x 1.8 tb SATA
1x 1.0 tb SATA (backup)
Internet Speed 3 mb/s cable
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19 May 2009
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Ellesmere Port, UK. |
Quote: Originally Posted by McBlzr  Frys.com & NewEgg.com have just about every thing you could want to built a custiom rig, You just have to decide how much are you willing to spend as you top dollar cut off point! I just ordered two Samsung 1_TB HD's for 74.99 with FREE shipping from NewEgg.. I have seen 1tb internal hard drives on ebay for £58 if your interested. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build.
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
CPU i5 760 @ 4.2Ghz. 1.18v
Motherboard Gigabyte - H55M-USB3
Memory 4g Corsair xms3 ddr3, 1600Mhz.
Graphics Card Gigabyte GTX-560Ti soc edition
Sound Card Asus Xonar Dx - Logitech Z5500.
Monitor(s) Displays Acer 22" LCD Wide screen 1680-1050 -Samsung 42" Plasma....
Screen Resolution 1680/1050 -----1920/1080p.
Keyboard Logitech G15-v2 Gaming.
Mouse Microsoft Sidewinder X8.
PSU XigmaTek 80plus NRP-PC702 - 700w dual 30a.
Case Venus Gamers Midi Tower Case with LED Display
Cooling Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2... x2 Arctic F8 case fans........
Hard Drives 2x 2TB Seagate Go Flex,
1x 1TB Seagate,
1x 640WD Black,
x16 Gig sandisc flash drive,
1x8Gig sandisc flash drive.
Internet Speed Virgin Media - 50mb down- 8mb up.
Other Info x2 Xbox 360 wireless controllers...
Dual layer optical disc drive...
Chrome 79million
A.V = MSE
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