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[Vibri]

Any recommendations?

 

[Mrbob]

Yes.

Build your own.

www.pricewatch.com

I'll get into more specifics tommorrow if I remember this thread! :lol Going to sleep soon.

 

[Vibri]

Let's also assume that I can get any video card, for free.

 

[Shogmaster]

Retail 3200+ Newcastle 939 Athlon 64 with heatsink and fan: $200
nForce 4 mobo with PCIe slot: $150
512MB x 2 PC3200 DDR: $170
120GB WD 8MB SATA: $90
Lite-on/NEC/etc. 16X Dual layer DVD+/-RW: $70
nVidia 6600GT PCIe: $180
Antec SLK3700AMB mid tower with 350W Smart Power: $70

Total: $930

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

My PC costed me $1100 8 months ago or something ..

my specs:

-AMD 64 3200+
-Corsair Value 3200 1 GB
-9800 PRO 128MBs
-MSI Mobo K8T Neo
-CD ROM & CDWR
-120 GB WD 7200rpm
-PSU 550(not sure exactly) True Power Antec

 

[jonstamps]

well with the money you don't have to spend on the video card you can make a very good machine

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Retail 3200+ Newcastle 939 Athlon 64 with heatsink and fan: $200
nForce 4 mobo with PCIe slot: $150
120GB WD 8MB SATA: $90
Lite-on/NEC/etc. 16X Dual layer DVD+/-RW: $70
nVidia 6600GT PCIe: $180
Antec SLK3700AMB mid tower with 350W Smart Power: $70

Total: $760

*dies*

I wanna upgrade lol ...

 

[Shogmaster]

*dies*

I wanna upgrade lol ...

Oops, I forgot the RAM. It's more like $930

 

[Vibri]

Looks good, but I'll probably need a monitor and ram too.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

Edit: "512MB x 2 PC3200 DDR: $170"

What brand/type of RAM would you be buying for that price?

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Oops, I forgot the RAM. It's more like $930

*feels MUCH better*

 

[Shogmaster]

Edit: "512MB x 2 PC3200 DDR: $170"

What brand/type of RAM would you be buying for that price?

You can get 3T Corsair @ newegg for around that price. I bought a pair of "elixir" brand from hardcorecooling.com for around that price too. Works great.

 

[jonstamps]

go here they put together 2 complete computers for 1000
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/MVGSBG/article.php/3435541

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Edit: "512MB x 2 PC3200 DDR: $170"

What brand/type of RAM would you be buying for that price?

CORSAIR VALUE .. actually its cheaper www.newegg.com

 

[Parallax Scroll]

I put together a new PC back when Doom 3 came out, but the one thing I didn't upgrade is the RAM, in hopes that prices would go down. It doesn't really seem like they've changed much at all since summer though. Here's my system right now:

Athlon 64 3000+, which overclocks stably at 2.2 GHz
Chaintech VNF3-250 motherboard
Radeon 9800 XT 256mb
Maxtor 7200 RPM SATA HD
And... 512 + 256 MB of PC2100 RAM

As it is, this system runs Doom 3 pretty well and UT2004 beautifully. Haven't tried HL2 on it yet. I do wonder how much of a performance jump I would get with a gig of actual PC3200 RAM.

Edit: Forgot the motherboard.

 

[element]

Shuttle XPC SB83G5
Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 520 2.8 GHz, 800MHz FSB
Kingmax 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200
XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT PCI-E
Seagate 200GB 7200RPM
NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW
Total = $875

 

[Parallax Scroll]

I may as well mention the cost of my system as well. In addition to the stuff listed above (minus the RAM), I bought an Arctic Cooling VGA Silencer, Thermaltake SLK-947u, and an Antec Truepower 430. Total for the upgrade was about $800.

 

[rastex]

I second element's suggestion for a shuttle case. I built my PC about 3 months ago (extremely happy with HL2 performance btw), but I do regret not going with a shuttle. My friend has one and it roooocks.

 

[gohepcat]

My PC costed

Can some MOD ban the "word" costed

 

[Shogmaster]

I second element's suggestion for a shuttle case. I built my PC about 3 months ago (extremely happy with HL2 performance btw), but I do regret not going with a shuttle. My friend has one and it roooocks.

I'd probably choose the A64 based Shuttle case.