This is what i bought with my 1k budget

[ennacraze]

AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200...............$195.00

Abit KN9S Socket AM2.................$99.50

G.Skill 2GB RAM..........................$149.99

Xion II Xon-101 Black...................$69.99

ATI Radeon X1600Pro 512mb..........182.99

Rosewill 550w Modular RP550s...........79.99

Seagate Barracuda 250gb...................79.99

Grand Total......................................946.95

 

[2k7zero]

very nice. the only things i would've gotten different is the gpu and psu.

u can get an antec550wt for the same price as that rosewill at newegg. also u should've gotten and 7600gt instead which cause less but outperforms that x1600pro unless u live in canada i understand.

 

[k-]

he got ripped off like crazy...
tsk tsk
7600gt goes for $170 in canada in ncix.

 

[kcpackrat]

I came up with $857.45...did you leave something out?

 

[ennacraze]

tax was 62.17

and Shipping was 27.33

 

[RedZone]

nice setup .

the video card is the only thing that could of been different. the 7600 gt is a bit better but you probobly could of got a nice x800xl or x850 for teh same price and gotten a faster card.( screw hdr and sm3.0)

BUT its still a great comp. just save for dx10 and get a nice video card in a year or 2

 

[Eviltwin17]

get a cheaper case and psu and get a better graphics card.