Building a Gaming Computer - Page 2

DanaC · 04-26-2012, 01:16 PM

Lookin like a nice rig that, mate. What's your all in cost on that?

infinite monkey · 04-26-2012, 01:25 PM

Helluva lot to play Solitaire.

I'm of the envy.

glatt · 04-26-2012, 01:32 PM

Is your monitor going to be worthy now?

infinite monkey · 04-26-2012, 01:37 PM

The jumbotron will be delivered tomorrow!

jimhelm · 04-26-2012, 02:01 PM

After I mail in 5 or 6 rebates, it is around $1100.

I plan to use my hd tv with a hdmi cable, but tony says I will want a monitor. Next bonus maybe.

DanaC · 04-26-2012, 02:45 PM

Wow, that ain't half bad.

ZenGum · 04-26-2012, 07:22 PM

Pretty slick.

Are you sure about the i5? IIRC, thats a dual core, but each core can handle two threads. Don't ask me how that works. The i7 is quad core, my gamer friend swears by it.

And good call on the many fans and chunky power supply. My gamer mate had a system custom built, it all worked well except the power supply wasn't quite up to all the components and it had a tendency to overheat.

Great project for the lad to work on, too.

Beest · 04-27-2012, 07:16 AM

do you have all the cables you'll need ?

Don't know how this works, but the power supply came with 4 SATA pugs for the hrad drive etc, but there was another4-6 pin cable linking the SATA devices, hard drive and optical drive, together, maybe then to the mother board, this cable wasn't in with the new power supply, maybe it's included in with the hard drive.

jimhelm · 04-27-2012, 09:33 AM

I have not yet opened the hard drive boxes, but the power supply has a huge pig tail.

jimhelm · 04-27-2012, 12:15 PM

d'oh. I didn't get a sound card. There is a head phone jack on the mother board. Do I need a sound card, or is the one on the Motherbaord going to be sufficient?

Flint · 04-27-2012, 01:15 PM

On board sound is fine.

I want a solid state drive. I've also seen a spinning drive with ssd cache. Clever.

Gravdigr · 04-27-2012, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

d'oh. I didn't get a sound card. There is a head phone jack on the mother board. Do I need a sound card, or is the one on the Motherbaord going to be sufficient?

I wouldn't use the one on the mobo. Ya got all that other good stuff, don't start skimpin' now.

ETA: Listen to someone (besides me, I mean) who knows more. I've just had bad luck w/onboard stuffs.

Flint · 04-27-2012, 01:20 PM

I wouldn't buy an after-market audio card unless you intend to use the PC as a recording rig, or amp simulator, etc.

glatt · 04-27-2012, 01:22 PM

All the Vinyl to digital conversions I did with my music collection were done with the onboard sound card. They sound great. Mine was stereo. I assume yours is too. If it's mono, you may not be happy. (Our laptop has a mono onboard sound card and it sucks.)

Flint · 04-27-2012, 01:24 PM

He got a hot-rod motherboard, I'm assuming the audio is as good as human ears need it to be.

04-26-2012, 01:25 PM	#17
infinite monkey We go together like pp^^ Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 10,697	Helluva lot to play Solitaire. I'm of the envy. __________________ Survivor: Higher Education. Season Premiere!

04-26-2012, 01:37 PM	#19
infinite monkey We go together like pp^^ Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 10,697	The jumbotron will be delivered tomorrow! __________________ Survivor: Higher Education. Season Premiere!

04-26-2012, 02:01 PM	#20
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,278	After I mail in 5 or 6 rebates, it is around $1100. I plan to use my hd tv with a hdmi cable, but tony says I will want a monitor. Next bonus maybe. __________________ -- I'm breathing, so I guess I'm still alive. Even if signs seem to tell me otherwise. - Maynard Keenan

04-26-2012, 07:22 PM	#22
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,475	Pretty slick. Are you sure about the i5? IIRC, thats a dual core, but each core can handle two threads. Don't ask me how that works. The i7 is quad core, my gamer friend swears by it. And good call on the many fans and chunky power supply. My gamer mate had a system custom built, it all worked well except the power supply wasn't quite up to all the components and it had a tendency to overheat. Great project for the lad to work on, too. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-27-2012, 09:33 AM	#24
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,278	I have not yet opened the hard drive boxes, but the power supply has a huge pig tail. __________________ -- I'm breathing, so I guess I'm still alive. Even if signs seem to tell me otherwise. - Maynard Keenan

04-26-2012, 01:32 PM	#18
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 17,827	Is your monitor going to be worthy now?

04-27-2012, 07:16 AM	#23
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 739	do you have all the cables you'll need ? Don't know how this works, but the power supply came with 4 SATA pugs for the hrad drive etc, but there was another4-6 pin cable linking the SATA devices, hard drive and optical drive, together, maybe then to the mother board, this cable wasn't in with the new power supply, maybe it's included in with the hard drive.

04-27-2012, 12:15 PM	#25
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,278	d'oh. I didn't get a sound card. There is a head phone jack on the mother board. Do I need a sound card, or is the one on the Motherbaord going to be sufficient? __________________ -- I'm breathing, so I guess I'm still alive. Even if signs seem to tell me otherwise. - Maynard Keenan

04-27-2012, 01:15 PM	#26
Flint _______ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 11,185	On board sound is fine. I want a solid state drive. I've also seen a spinning drive with ssd cache. Clever. __________________ ************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-27-2012, 01:20 PM	#28
Flint _______ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 11,185	I wouldn't buy an after-market audio card unless you intend to use the PC as a recording rig, or amp simulator, etc. __________________ ************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-27-2012, 01:22 PM	#29
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 17,827	All the Vinyl to digital conversions I did with my music collection were done with the onboard sound card. They sound great. Mine was stereo. I assume yours is too. If it's mono, you may not be happy. (Our laptop has a mono onboard sound card and it sucks.)

04-27-2012, 01:24 PM	#30
Flint _______ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 11,185	He got a hot-rod motherboard, I'm assuming the audio is as good as human ears need it to be. __________________ ************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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