Name: Anonymous 2011-12-26 15:35
Cross posting from 420chan since this site usually gets more traffic.
My Christmas present to myself this year is to finally get around to building a new machine. I don't want to spend much more than a grand. I'm looking to watch 1080p video and play video games on high settings at a large resolution (Minimum: 1280x720) with high frame rates (Ideally running ~60fps). I'll probably use Skyrim as a bench. Everything else will be untaxing (Visual Studio C++, Winamp, etc).
What I'm looking at right now is
HD:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=685727
Case:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6821136
Memory:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=154017
PSU:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7195036
GPU:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=41126
CPU+MOBO:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=171572
The case has tool-free installation which scares me, but it's really cheap and comes with 3 140mm fans (+I'm an nVidia fanboy). Also, I wish the PSU was modular but I can deal with tucking. They have a similar model that they claim is modular but after closer inspection it's not modular at all.
What would /tech/ change about my build?
My Christmas present to myself this year is to finally get around to building a new machine. I don't want to spend much more than a grand. I'm looking to watch 1080p video and play video games on high settings at a large resolution (Minimum: 1280x720) with high frame rates (Ideally running ~60fps). I'll probably use Skyrim as a bench. Everything else will be untaxing (Visual Studio C++, Winamp, etc).
What I'm looking at right now is
HD:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=685727
Case:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6821136
Memory:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=154017
PSU:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7195036
GPU:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=41126
CPU+MOBO:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=171572
The case has tool-free installation which scares me, but it's really cheap and comes with 3 140mm fans (+I'm an nVidia fanboy). Also, I wish the PSU was modular but I can deal with tucking. They have a similar model that they claim is modular but after closer inspection it's not modular at all.
What would /tech/ change about my build?