Hello everyone, i decided to start the new year with a new computer . This is going to be my first build ever, so i need your guys help. i have a 40inch samsung that i got on blackfriday and i want to build a htpc/gaming rig, enough to play bluray movies smoothly and some basic gaming (counterstrike,wc3,etc).
case: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/81…ack.html#blank – $165
mobo: ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 – $130
cpu: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz – $190
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EACS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive – $105
cooler: Scythe SCMNJ-1000 80mm Sleeve “NINJA MINI” CPU Cooler – $40
tv-tuner: AVerMedia AVerTV Combo PCIe ATSC/NTSC/QAM TV Tuner Card (White Box)w/L-P Bracket 7 95522 96058 0 PCI-Express x1 – $90
memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) – $50
GPU: SAPPHIRE 100265L Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire ??- $130
i was going to get an antec htpc case until i saw the lian li case, which completely won me over hahah, im not sure if all this parts will fit in the case, does it look good this build?
intel or amd?
32bit or 64bit vista?
its there a way to make it cheaper?
my budget its around $1000, i want the most out of it. Can anyone shed some light on this?
thanks for your time 😀
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