A long lasting gaming and multipurpose rig? (DVD, hd, operating system)

[dbzlotrfan]

• Budget - Within about $1500 (American)
• Resolution - At first 1680 x 1050 - Eventually HD (and a dual monitor setup)
• Games / Settings Desired: Everything from DOS era on, yes you read that correctly. Most should probably be high settings (if not ultra)
• Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc) - Folding at home (may run in background) - no Video editing, no modeling
• Country - USA
• Parts that can be reused: Not that I can think of (see current specs as to why)
• Buying Parts: Before the end of the year, hopefully before fall or end of summer
• Will NOT prebuilt

Mod Cut; Not enough threads to post links.

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Microcenter)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V6 GT 93.7 CFM CPU Cooler ($44.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-M Pro Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($118.99 @ NCIX US)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($81.00 @ Newegg)

Hard Drive: Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($294.00 @ B&H)

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($119.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($264.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Raidmax 850W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Optical Drive: LG WH12LS39 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($69.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1413.90

(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated 2012-04-04 18:23 EDT-0400)

These I will buy later. If a better monitor can be suggested that'd be excellent)

• Monitor: Asus VE276Q 27.0" Monitor ($273.42 @ Mac Connection)*
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Full (32/64-bit) ($239.99 @ B&H)

Current specs:

Case: No idea (although it is a HP slimline, gray) - that should give some idea of the sort of case.
Motherboard: Asus A8N-BR (Pyrite) (1 PCI, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset - nVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE, AMD Hammer
Power Supply: No idea
Processor: DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3800+
CPU Cooler: A fan
Memory:
- DIMM1: Kingston 1 GB DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM (5-4-4-12 (at) 266 MHz) (4-4-4-12 (at) 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 (at) 200 MHz)
- DIMM2: Kingston 2G-UDIMM 2 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 (at) 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 (at) 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 (at) 200 MHz)
Hard Drive: 250 GB ATA drive
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-H20L ATA Device (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-RAM:5x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit

And what I wanted in a new system:

Hardware

• USB 2.0 speeds that are minimum of 30 MB a second
• USB 3.0 speeds that are at lest 300+ MB/s [I will get / use an SSD]
• Firewire (and or eSata port) --- because I have a external hardrive that has both along with USB
• At lest a solid terabyte (1.5 TB)
• Has either a VGA or DVI port (current monitor I have has both)
• Also has support for HDMI (for the future monitor)
• Multi card reader (although I mainly need SD and Memory Pro Stick Duo)
• Able to use a PS3 controller AND A XBOX 360 controller (yes I know 360 is native support . . .)
• I would like a quad core.
• Multiple internal DVD drives - one blu-ray drive (watch movies, burn backups) - Also to make installations faster
• Plenty of 3.5/5.25 drive bays . . .

Software

- Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) (Main OS) -- Mostly for languages
- Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit (if needed)
- May first run Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit - as I have both 32/64 bit discs now)
- Windows XP (if 64 bit won't run some of the games I have) (if needed)
- Folding@home - (although I use my PS3 for that when I'm not using it)

Gaming Software:

- Will use steam:
-- Elder Scrolls (Morrowind -> Skyrim)
-- Portal 1 & 2
-- Batman Arkham (Asylum/City)
-- Sonic Generations
-- Quake (all)
-- Doom (all)
-- Wolfenstein (3D) & 2009 - and the others
-- Commander keen
-- Bioshock (1/2) (perhaps infinite)
-- L.A. Noire
-- Bejeweled 2/3
-- Peggle
-- Various COD's
-- anything else that interests me

- Will use CD/DVD's of the games I have:
-- Warcraft 2 - Tides of Darkness & Beyond the Dark Portal
-- Warcraft 3 - Reign of Chaos & Frozen Throne
-- Diablo 1 - 3 (when it comes out)
-- The Sims 1 - And all expansions
-- The Sims 2 (probably)
-- Simcity 4000 & Rushhour
- May use emulation (to run up to the PS2/Wii)

Other Thoughts

• Eventually a dual monitor setup (and one be HD resolution)
• I will wait for some parts (hard drives, GPU, etc) to drop in price.
• Will wait for IvyBridge. . . .
• I WANT UEFI, NOT regular old BIOS (that this slimline has
• May eventually like a dual GPU (crossfire?)

Monitor Thoughts:

• First and foremost: HD
• Supports: HDMI, DVI, Displayport (if the motherboard of the computer does)
• Within 1 - 2 MS response time
• Screen size - 25 to about 27 inches (this desk doesn't really have a lot of room)
• Also is widescreen.

[dbzlotrfan]

- Budget - Within about $1500 (American)
- Resolution - At first 1680 x 1050 - Eventually HD (and a dual monitor setup)
- Games / Settings Desired: Everything from DOS era on, yes you read that correctly. Most should probably be high settings (if not ultra)
- Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc) - Folding at home (may run in background) - no Video editing, no modeling
- Country - USA
- Parts that can be reused: Not that I can think of (see current specs as to why)
- Buying Parts: Before the end of the year, hopefully before fall or end of summer
- Will NOT prebuilt



Part list permalink: System Build - PCPartPicker
Part price breakdown by merchant: System Build - Price Breakdown By Merchant - PCPartPicker
Benchmarks: System Build - Benchmarks - PCPartPicker

- CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Microcenter)
- CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V6 GT 93.7 CFM CPU Cooler ($44.99 @ Newegg)
- Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-M Pro Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($118.99 @ NCIX US)
- Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($81.00 @ Newegg)
- Hard Drive: Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($294.00 @ B&H)
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
- Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($264.98 @ Newegg)
- Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($139.98 @ Newegg)
- Power Supply: Raidmax 850W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
- Optical Drive: LG WH12LS39 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($69.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1413.90
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated 2012-04-04 18:23 EDT-0400)

These I will buy later. If a better monitor can be suggested that'd be excellent)

- Monitor: Asus VE276Q 27.0" Monitor ($273.42 @ Mac Connection)*
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Full (32/64-bit) ($239.99 @ B&H)



Current specs:

- Case: No idea (although it is a HP slimline, gray) - that should give some idea of the sort of case.
- Motherboard: Asus A8N-BR (Pyrite) (1 PCI, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, IEEE-1394)
- Motherboard Chipset - nVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE, AMD Hammer
- Power Supply: No idea
- Processor: DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3800+
- CPU Cooler: A fan
Memory:
- DIMM1: Kingston 1 GB DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM (5-4-4-12 (at) 266 MHz) (4-4-4-12 (at) 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 (at) 200 MHz)
- DIMM2: Kingston 2G-UDIMM 2 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 (at) 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 (at) 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 (at) 200 MHz)
- Hard Drive: 250 GB ATA drive
- Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-H20L ATA Device (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:4x, DVD+RW:16x/8x, DVD-RW:16x/6x, DVD-RAM:5x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
- OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit

And what I wanted in a new system:

Hardware
- USB 2.0 speeds that are minimum of 30 MB a second
- USB 3.0 speeds that are at lest 300+ MB/s [I will get / use an SSD]
- Firewire (and or eSata port) --- because I have a external hardrive that has both along with USB
- At lest a solid terabyte (1.5 TB)
- Has either a VGA or DVI port (current monitor I have has both)
- Also has support for HDMI (for the future monitor)
- Multi card reader (although I mainly need SD and Memory Pro Stick Duo)
- Able to use a PS3 controller AND A XBOX 360 controller (yes I know 360 is native support . . .)
- I would like a quad core.
- Multiple internal DVD drives - one blu-ray drive (watch movies, burn backups) - Also to make installations faster
- Plenty of 3.5/5.25 drive bays . . .

Software
- Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) (Main OS) -- Mostly for languages
- Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit (if needed)
- May first run Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit - as I have both 32/64 bit discs now)
- Windows XP (if 64 bit won't run some of the games I have) (if needed)
- Folding@home - (although I use my PS3 for that when I'm not using it)

Gaming Software:

- Will use steam:
-- Elder Scrolls (Morrowind -> Skyrim)
-- Portal 1 & 2
-- Batman Arkham (Asylum/City)
-- Sonic Generations
-- Quake (all)
-- Doom (all)
-- Wolfenstein (3D) & 2009 - and the others
-- Commander keen
-- Bioshock (1/2) (perhaps infinite)
-- L.A. Noire
-- Bejeweled 2/3
-- Peggle
-- Various COD's
-- anything else that interests me

- Will use CD/DVD's of the games I have:
-- Warcraft 2 - Tides of Darkness & Beyond the Dark Portal
-- Warcraft 3 - Reign of Chaos & Frozen Throne
-- Diablo 1 - 3 (when it comes out)
-- The Sims 1 - And all expansions
-- The Sims 2 (probably)
-- Simcity 4000 & Rushhour
- May use emulation (to run up to the PS2/Wii)

Other Thoughts

- Eventually a dual monitor setup (and one be HD resolution)
- I will wait for some parts (hard drives, GPU, etc) to drop in price.
- Will wait for IvyBridge. . . .
- I WANT UEFI, NOT regular old BIOS (that this slimline has
- May eventually like a dual GPU (crossfire?)

Monitor Thoughts:
- First and foremost: HD
- Supports: HDMI, DVI, Displayport (if the motherboard of the computer does)
- Within 1 - 2 MS response time
- Screen size - 25 to about 27 inches (this desk doesn't really have a lot of room)
- Also is widescreen.

[Peregrine]

Is there a question in here somewhere?

[st33lcas3]

The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind.

or 42.

[Tek_Freek]

Is the OP buying something or selling something? I didn't even bother to read that mess.

Dude (tte?) you need to learn how to post in a manner that is legible. And wait until you have 10 posts before you add links.

[plwhit]

Looks like OP spam to me.......

-or-

It could be another twit trying to impress everyone with their ability to copy/paste and add comments to it...

[kazyn]

at least they're using part picker

[linicx]

I think he wants to build a gaming machine using an Asus/i5 Quad rig. The only thing I would say about it is the Asus/Intel is all I built for myself for years, and I only used Seagate or WD, with Crucial RAM. I would probably build the same thing today because in the past it was a very dependable business machine as long as it had sufficient memory. .

I have an i5Quad and the i7Quad on a 10MB download. The i7 outperforms its sister chip by fifty percent.

[kazyn]

What versions of the i5 and i7 do you have? 50% seems a little extreme. The i5 2500k and the i7 2600k perform almost identically, the i7 winning in multiple core programs (video rendering, for example).