Building a computer

[TruestreetTim]

I wouldnt trust biostar with my life. out of the 6 builds ive made with them 4 have failed.

Haven't been a Biostar user myself. Not sure, now, why I went with it. But It's got some goods for the price. Reviews were in check for being a "budget" board. You can squeeze an Asus or an MSI in there for just under $100.

Also Microcenter had the i5 2500k for $150 on BF... best deal of the year

....prices may vary.

[stevo]

I am needing to update my PC and do it on a light budget, so here is what I have come up with so far. I am an Asus fan so that is my first choice, not sure about Asus video cards though. I plan on reusing my case and fans, dvd drive and hard drive. I'm trying to cut the fat out where I can. Any thoughts?

MB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0M4N68T-M%20V2

CPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0II%20X3%20450

RAM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...l-_-20-231-426

GPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121418

PSU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371048

Stevo

[CJ]

I am needing to update my PC and do it on a light budget, so here is what I have come up with so far. I am an Asus fan so that is my first choice, not sure about Asus video cards though. I plan on reusing my case and fans, dvd drive and hard drive. I'm trying to cut the fat out where I can. Any thoughts?

MB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0M4N68T-M%20V2

CPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0II%20X3%20450

RAM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...l-_-20-231-426

GPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121418

PSU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371048

Stevo

Personally, I prefer EVGA cards for the lifetime warranty. Used it on 3 different cards.

[roliath]

Personally, I prefer EVGA cards for the lifetime warranty. Used it on 3 different cards.

XFX for me, double lifetime warranty.

[majorownage]

Anyone ever used solid state, especially this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227745

[Tx Redneck]

I am needing to update my PC and do it on a light budget, so here is what I have come up with so far. I am an Asus fan so that is my first choice, not sure about Asus video cards though. I plan on reusing my case and fans, dvd drive and hard drive. I'm trying to cut the fat out where I can. Any thoughts?

MB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0M4N68T-M%20V2

CPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...0II%20X3%20450

RAM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...l-_-20-231-426

GPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121418

PSU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371048

Stevo

http://www.Newegg.com/Product/Produc...tem=19-103-808 <---worth it to go quad.

http://www.Newegg.com/Product/Produc...tem=14-150-563 <--- $10 more after MR and double the VRam

[Tx Redneck]

Or a more budget friendly quad.

http://www.Newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-103-871

[CJ]

XFX for me, double lifetime warranty.

And BFG had a lifetime warranty also... ask me why my BFG card is still broken.

I know EVGA is going to be in business, they have a very large market share. I learned that from my last experience.

[CJ]

XFX for me, double lifetime warranty.

And BFG had a lifetime warranty also... ask me why my BFG card is still broken.

I know EVGA is going to be in business, they have a very large market share. I learned that from my last experience. The reason why I like EVGA is they don't care if you're water cooled. That's nice.

[roliath]

And BFG had a lifetime warranty also... ask me why my BFG card is still broken.

I know EVGA is going to be in business, they have a very large market share. I learned that from my last experience. The reason why I like EVGA is they don't care if you're water cooled. That's nice.

Same with xfx last I checked, but I prefer xfx mainly because i don't own any nvidia cards. I only went with sapphire on my 6970s because of the deals I got on them. My next trifire setup will be from xfx. My 5870 and 4870 are from them and I'll see how they handle rma's if/when the cards go belly up.
Evga is awesome for nvidia cards and xfx makes those as well, so if you (not you in particular) decide to sell the card; the buyer will have a lifetime warranty as well and won't have to rely on you to initiate the rma (if you resold an evga card for instance).

[CJ]

Same with xfx last I checked, but I prefer xfx mainly because i don't own any nvidia cards. I only went with sapphire on my 6970s because of the deals I got on them. My next trifire setup will be from xfx. My 5870 and 4870 are from them and I'll see how they handle rma's if/when the cards go belly up.
Evga is awesome for nvidia cards and xfx makes those as well, so if you (not you in particular) decide to sell the card; the buyer will have a lifetime warranty as well and won't have to rely on you to initiate the rma (if you resold an evga card for instance).

A transferable warranty is great, but I honestly don't sell my video cards when they are worth anything, most of the time they are fucked or too slow to even be worth anything.

[Ldecharmoy]

so i finished my computer sort of.

My buddy is upgrading all of his shit and he sold me his mobo, processor, and video card for $250

I now have a
asus mobo w/ overclocking ability
geforce gts 250
intel i7 860
seagate 1 tb 7200rpm HDD

It runs very well, I will be upgrading the video card someday but at least i dont have a "slow" computer anymore.