As the title says, one of my friends has asked me to build him an awesome gaming machine. So far, this is what I've come up with - I think it's pretty good but what to know if you guys had any other suggestions/opinions.


Specs:

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 -

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160...0HAF%20932

CPU: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz -

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

Videocard: XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 -

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150436...-_-Product

Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D LGA 1156 Intel P55 -

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131404

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) -

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

Hard-drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB -

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100

Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W -

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006...0TX%20750W

CPU Heatsink: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 -

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

Disk-Drive:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827140041 -

Monitor: ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P -

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236052...s%20vh242h

Looks like a good build to me, Mike. I especially like the monitor and case. That case shouldn't have much trouble keeping things cool with those fans. Would you consider water cooling?

Thanks Chad, I would love to have this system - he is lucky. I have updated the CPU heatsink. It appears to be great for a low price. I do not believe we will go with water cooling on this one.

You're welcome, Mike. That looks to be a good cooler. I want to hear about how much *ss it kicks when you're done. Good luck with the build!

Should have went with a Mac.

It's all crap. I'd rethink every part if I were you

Anyone with any real opinions? lol.

I'd go with an OEM copy of windows, save about $100.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&D...x=0&y=

Wow ghetto. I didn't know they made i7's for P55 chipset.

Switched motherboard and CPU.

Mike, why the switch to the i5?

Im staying out of this one

Because he wants to have the better PC?

Just kidding.

Chad Mcaulay said:

It's a way to save money and still get great performance. He will be overclocking it anyways.

Why would I care if he has a better PC? Am I going to build him a worse one? How could a Q6600 be better than an i5-750 and a HD5850? That is the question, lmao.

I had heard a bit about the i5 processors, but I never really thought about reading into them until your post. Thanks for peaking my interest to learn

From the bit that I've read, that seems to be a good choice cost wise. Does your friend already have a keyboard and mouse combo? I was just wondering because I didn't see one in your post.

Chad Mcaulay said:

I believe he's going to buy the mouse and keyboard in store rather than online, that way you can usually test it out.

Hey.... what about optical drives.... i didnt see any in the list.

He's got one in there. He just called it a Disk-Drive:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827140041

Hey, Mike, how's this build coming along?

I believe we're just about ready to order the parts. There are no HD 5850 cards in stock from any store that we can find, and when they do come into stock, they sell in a split second. We've decided to go for a HD4870 due to the low price while offering good performance. I figure once DX11 actually gets implemented properly he can buy a new card at that time if he chooses, but this should last until then without issue. It really wish he could get a HD5850 but it looks like it's not an option unfortunately.

DONT DO IT! ULL REGRET IT!