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[xerocool83]

So I have been looking around a slowly trying to build a computer for my GF's little sister(she graduated HS). So needless to say I am working on an extreme budget, between 7-900 USD. The computer will mostly be used for college and gaming, she likes Morrowind. So far I have gathered this list a prelim. Any Ideas,Info, tips?

CPU-AMD Athlon 64 3700 San Diego 939 Socket $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103622
MB-Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 $92.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128301
HD-WD Caviar SE 80 Gig 7200RPM 8MB $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144164
Case&PSU- JPAC Vodoo SV Silver with 500 W $42.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811217004
Ram-PNY Verto 1GB 2x512Mb 199.99 with 20 mail in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820178086

Right now the total...without tax or shipping is 503.97

I figure the rest doesnt really matter much, ie DVD driver, KB, Mouse.
The

I was thinking about a graphics card but I have fallen out of the loop not sure which I should go with...I also went with a mobo that is set up for Nvidia instead of ATI just becuase I heard that the graphic card within my price range are dominated by Nvidia. Be as harass as possible and remember I was only alloted 8-900 dollars.
XeroCool~RoB

 

[mrquin27]

that hard drive is expensive, so is the ram.

 

[kmjohnso]

Agreed on the hard drive. Why not get a SATA 2 drive? You could get the same drive with a 250 Gb capacity for the same price?

 

[BaronMatrix]

So I have been looking around a slowly trying to build a computer for my GF's little sister(she graduated HS). So needless to say I am working on an extreme budget, between 7-900 USD. The computer will mostly be used for college and gaming, she likes Morrowind. So far I have gathered this list a prelim. Any Ideas,Info, tips?

CPU-AMD Athlon 64 3700 San Diego 939 Socket $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103622
MB-Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 $92.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128301
HD-WD Caviar SE 80 Gig 7200RPM 8MB $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144164
Case&PSU- JPAC Vodoo SV Silver with 500 W $42.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811217004
Ram-PNY Verto 1GB 2x512Mb 199.99 with 20 mail in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820178086

Right now the total...without tax or shipping is 503.97

I figure the rest doesnt really matter much, ie DVD driver, KB, Mouse.
The

I was thinking about a graphics card but I have fallen out of the loop not sure which I should go with...I also went with a mobo that is set up for Nvidia instead of ATI just becuase I heard that the graphic card within my price range are dominated by Nvidia. Be as harass as possible and remember I was only alloted 8-900 dollars.
XeroCool~RoB

Your sister deserves AM2 and dual core. You can add about $80 and get a dual core chip and good DDR2 533 RAM. You can even shave some dollars off by getting a non-SLI board (unless your sister's a gamer). A good single video card AM2 board is around $60.

 

[battousai831]

So I have been looking around a slowly trying to build a computer for my GF's little sister(she graduated HS). So needless to say I am working on an extreme budget, between 7-900 USD. The computer will mostly be used for college and gaming, she likes Morrowind. So far I have gathered this list a prelim. Any Ideas,Info, tips?

CPU-AMD Athlon 64 3700 San Diego 939 Socket $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103622
MB-Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 $92.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128301
HD-WD Caviar SE 80 Gig 7200RPM 8MB $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144164
Case&PSU- JPAC Vodoo SV Silver with 500 W $42.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811217004
Ram-PNY Verto 1GB 2x512Mb 199.99 with 20 mail in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820178086

Right now the total...without tax or shipping is 503.97

I figure the rest doesnt really matter much, ie DVD driver, KB, Mouse.
The

I was thinking about a graphics card but I have fallen out of the loop not sure which I should go with...I also went with a mobo that is set up for Nvidia instead of ATI just becuase I heard that the graphic card within my price range are dominated by Nvidia. Be as harass as possible and remember I was only alloted 8-900 dollars.
XeroCool~RoB

Your sister deserves AM2 and dual core. You can add about $80 and get a dual core chip and good DDR2 533 RAM. You can even shave some dollars off by getting a non-SLI board (unless your sister's a gamer). A good single video card AM2 board is around $60.

good adivce from baron right there, x850xt is a great buy and does better than a 7600gt in some cases to most, it jsut lacks sm 3.0 but a 7600gt can't take full advantage of that anyway.

 

[xerocool83]

I know almost next to nothing about those HD can you possibly give me a link to a good one and tell me what SATA is? Ok I will probably go with AM2...Mutli core or Single is the question now?
XeroCool

 

[xerocool83]

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