yeah yeah i know i'm EE & CPE major but i don't know shit about brand names for certain components.

Help me build a new desktop.

Mid or tower at biggest
Asus MB (i know most people don't like these but mine on my desktop at home is still rockin it after like 7 years) Open to other suggestions tho
ATI vid card
AMD proc


I haven't kept up with computer stuff since i got my laptop last year, but its just not cutting it for gaming.

This has been a big business presentation.

4/9/2009 2:31:01 PM

if only

there was

a thread

labeled "Perpetual New Computer Build..."

about halfway down this page

4/9/2009 2:32:56 PM

Yeah but i want people to provide me with full componentz, then again i only looked through like the first 5 replies of that thread


we can let synapse be the judge on this one. i will post in that one if need be


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4/9/2009 2:34:23 PM

thats like all they do in that thread is list out exactly what you should get and why if you really want to know.

post in it

4/9/2009 2:38:03 PM

ahh it seemed to be mostly people picking out what they'd gotten.

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4/9/2009 2:39:40 PM

if you looked harder through that thread you would've found where people ask for suggestions on their builds, info on what parts to use, etc. There is no need for this "official" thread when that thread already exists and has been around for years. its full of lots of great information.

if you say you're a n00b, where are you getting this idea that you need an Asus board, ATI card, and AMD cpu?

and you didn't even address some of the most fundamental factors of a new computer: how much you want to spend and what you want to do with it.

this thread is worthless. somebody lock this shit

4/9/2009 2:41:56 PM

Quote :

"not cutting it for gaming"

Never said i 'needed' was just saying that's what i used in the past.

oh yeah wouldn't want to spend more than like ~$800. even less is better.
i've already got all peripheralz and stuff

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4/9/2009 2:43:38 PM

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3542

For the price range you suggested, I'd look at his "Intel Value Midrange" or "AMD Performance Midrange" as a starting point.

4/9/2009 3:06:54 PM

Quote :

"ATI vid card AMD proc "

dont do this.

4/9/2009 3:28:23 PM

I mean everything i know about computer hardware is ~6 years ago

The two desktops i've had the ATI cards outlasted everything else on them.

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4/9/2009 3:30:20 PM

yeah, you don't want what you're saying you want.

just put in the other thread what you're trying to accomplish and let them pick

don't go AMD.

4/9/2009 3:36:50 PM

i did

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4/9/2009 3:44:47 PM