Hello,
I am building a gaming PC for my 15 year old son for Christmas. A lot of the games he likes to play just don't work well on the pc he has been sharing with his siblings.
My budget is about $700. I'd love to hear feedback so I avoid mistakes and get the best possible system for the money.
I am also trying to buy everything from newegg because I've always been impressed with their service. Don't want to order from a bunch of different places and chance not getting it in time.
Here's what I have so far:
1) AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Windsor 2.8GHz Socket AM2 Dual-Core Processor
2) MSI K9N4 SLI-F AM2 NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
3) RAIDMAX Sagitta ATX-921WBP Black/Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450watt PRESCOTT/ SATA Ready Power Supply
4) I am planning on reusing a 17" monitor, 180GB Seagate and 48X RW DVD drive
I'm looking for feedback on following:
1) The biggest issue I have now is picking a graphics card. I have no clue where to even begin. He is not going to be watching TV with it nor does he need to capture video. So I guess I'm looking for suggestions on good graphics cards for just gaming.
2) I believe that the mobo and processor are compatible but please tell me if you know otherwise.
3) Is the power supply that comes with the case good enough? I've had problems in the past with mobos being very sensitive to the type of power supply. How do you determine what kind of power supply you should use with a specific mobo?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
David
I am building a gaming PC for my 15 year old son for Christmas. A lot of the games he likes to play just don't work well on the pc he has been sharing with his siblings.
My budget is about $700. I'd love to hear feedback so I avoid mistakes and get the best possible system for the money.
I am also trying to buy everything from newegg because I've always been impressed with their service. Don't want to order from a bunch of different places and chance not getting it in time.
Here's what I have so far:
1) AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Windsor 2.8GHz Socket AM2 Dual-Core Processor
2) MSI K9N4 SLI-F AM2 NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
3) RAIDMAX Sagitta ATX-921WBP Black/Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450watt PRESCOTT/ SATA Ready Power Supply
4) I am planning on reusing a 17" monitor, 180GB Seagate and 48X RW DVD drive
I'm looking for feedback on following:
1) The biggest issue I have now is picking a graphics card. I have no clue where to even begin. He is not going to be watching TV with it nor does he need to capture video. So I guess I'm looking for suggestions on good graphics cards for just gaming.
2) I believe that the mobo and processor are compatible but please tell me if you know otherwise.
3) Is the power supply that comes with the case good enough? I've had problems in the past with mobos being very sensitive to the type of power supply. How do you determine what kind of power supply you should use with a specific mobo?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
David