Help me making a 1,000 US$ gaming machine

[superjose]

Hi guys, recently I killed my Dell XPS M1530 by letting some water drops which came from the can of compressed air onto the motherboard. Now, I won't buy another laptop, because I have a netbook, and I only do some word processing when I'm not home.

Now, I'm trying to build a custom gaming and video encoding PC using a budget of 1k US $.

I have never custom built a PC before, so I need some help:

What I want the computer to have:
- 4 GB of RAM DDR3
- A decent video cards (I don't know the prices for desktops)
- Intel Core i7 with 4 - 6 cores.
- Nice 7.2 KRPM 320 GB or more hard drive.
- Motherboard (I just don't know which one to choose...)

What I already have:
- I have a DVD ROM drive from my older desktop, so I won't need a new one.
- Samsung Monitor. 1080p. So no new one will be needed.

And I can't think of anything else... I really need something that gets me out from the netbook. I can't use Firefox, Opera, and Flash/Dreamweaver altogether at the same time.

Thanks in advance for all the help.

 

[bobkn]

I doubt that it's practical to build a Core I7 system for $1000. If you want 6 cores, that's ridiculous: the I7-970 (the cheaper of the two Intel 6 core desktop CPUs) is about $880 (www.newegg.com) by itself.

This article is a little dated (July 2010), but it gives you some idea about budgets:

Build the Best Gaming PC for Any Budget - How To by ExtremeTech

Note that the AMD six core CPUs are much less expensive than the Intel 6 cores, but their performance may be comparable to similarly-priced Intel CPUs.

The Core I5-750 (or 760), with a Socket 1156 motherboard, is a popular choiuce for gamers. The Socket 1156 I7s have hyperthreading, though, so they may be better for video encoding. (It's not something I do, so I can't speak from personal experience.)

 

[pparks1]

So, you need
1). case
2). power supply
3). CPU
4). motherboard
5). RAM
6). Hard drive
7). Video Card
8). Operating system. Win7 Home premium full, $176 (Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Full).

So, that leaves you with $824 for the rest of the hardware.

I'd recommend Core i5-750. $208. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...5067&cm_re=core_i5_760-_-19-115-067-_-Product)

Mushkin 6GB DDR3 RAM. 109.99. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226093)

Samsung 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive. $55. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181)

OCZ 600watt Power Supply $49 after rebatel. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017)

Antec 300 case. $59. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017)

Asus motherboard. $124 after rebate (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131634)

EVGA GTX 460 $185 after rebate (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130564)

So, that all totals around $970

 

[Hopalong X]

You can look at my specs.

Over $1400 including Win 7 not counting the monitor.

A start point for comparison.

I thought I could do one for $1K.
It would have been all lower end tech and no expansion capabilities.

I wanted something expandable and would be usable for several years.

Hope that helps.
Mike

 

[DirtyElf]

i like hopalong's build. in fact i almost copied it. mine was a tad under $1300

 

[superjose]

Thank a lot Guys, saved me the day , Ill try to compare and see.