I got 1100$ for my birthday and im not very good at computers. I got some advise on the tech forum, but Holic seems to be offline now, im buying the parts today, and this is what holic suggested.
Does anyone have any other recommendations? Or maybe just some changes in any of these components should i purchase instead of whats lsited above to enhance my gaming experience?Originally Posted by XxXHolic
hope you like it!
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Brisbane 2.8GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core black edition Processor (you can overclock this to 3.4 ghz, you don't really need a quad core since not many programs utilize all 4 cores)[/http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103289
$77.00
and for the CPU fan
ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 120mm 2-ball UFO Bearing / Transparent CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835887011
$49.99
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128090
$84.99
or for the more expensive one
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-DS4H AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128352
$139.99
Power Supply
PC Power & Cooling S75CF 750W EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below) CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341011
$149.99
RAM
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2G 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166
$109.99
Hard drive
Recertified: Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS 1TB 5400 to 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136293
$109.99
Video Cards
MSI R4870X2-T2D2G-OC Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB 512-bit (256-bit x 2) GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127376
$549.99
Or if you want a cheaper one
DIAMOND 4870PE5512OC Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103064
$289.99
Video Card coolers
And if you want to cool your video card down, becuase they tend to get hot.
ARCTIC COOLING ACCELS1 Rev 2 VGA Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186016
$21.99
Dvd/CD burner
ASUS Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 14X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827135156
$39.99
Computer cases
and for computer cases (really your choice doesn't matter too much, but here are some I liked)
note: if your going to be adding alot of crap inside you might want to go with a full tower although a mid one still might be able to fit everything
Full tower (big)
APEVIA X-JUPITER G-Type X-JUPITERG-BK Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144205
$169.99
NZXT TEMPEST Crafted Series CS-NT-TEM-B Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811146047
$119.99
Mid tower (medium)
APEVIA X-SNIPER G-Type X-SNIPERG-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144239
$79.99
APEVIA X-JUPITER-JR G-Type X-JPJGT-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (I have this one)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144197
$79.99
case fans
some extra fans for the computer case
COOLER MASTER R4-L2S-122B-GP 120mm 4 BLUE LED LED Case Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103022
$9.99



, +5400 @ 3.4ghz wont be easy.
just said it lol...

