budget build comment plz

[Pseas]

had some second thoughts on psu cpu and gpu
thots?

(specs are on newegg. just search em on the site)


DVD-CDR-RW

LITE-ON Combo Drive Beige ATAPI / E-IDE Model SOHC-5232K-01 - OEM

Barebone
MSI MBOX 945GM3-F Intel Socket T(LGA775) Intel Core 2 Duo / Pentium D / Pentium 4 Intel 945G Barebone - Retail

psu-380w, mobo-intel945

Hard drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3120213A 120GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM

ram
PNY 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory Model D1GX53OPT - Retail

cpu
Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 Dual Core,EM64T Processor Model BX80551PE2666FN - Retail

vid card
SAPPHIRE 100162L Radeon X1300XT 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 CrossFire Video Card - Retail

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[Jeepinator]

The 1300xt is the same as a 1600PRO btw. I am not happy with my 1300 and had to buy a 1950xt recently so you should just shell out a bit more for that next level of performance. You will end up spending more in the long run if you don't. Other than that it looks okay. I'm not toally familiar with Intel CPU's however. The last intel i had was P4 1.5ghz. You will also want a new PSU. 350w nowadays is not enough. Try to get a good quality 500W model that will last you a good long while through upgrades and everything.

 

[Pseas]

thanx wat performance did u get on wat games im willing to spend a lot less on the cpu for a bettr vid card

 

[falsterbo]

Change that PSU to something with more Watts... 450W< is recommended.

The Geforce 7600GT is a great card, but take a look at ATi X1900GT. It is better than the 7600GT and costs less...

 

[Assman]

for around the same price as x1900gt, you can get x1950pro which is a little less noisy and has higher memory bandwidth.

 

[falsterbo]

In my country (Sweden) the X1900GT costs around $150-160 (US-dollars) and the X1950Pro costs around $210-220... That´s why I took the X1900GT...

EDIT: For comparsion the 7600GT costs around $180-220...

 

[Assman]

cool, im finally getting evga 8800gts, can't wait for the fat mailman to ring on my doorbell.

 

[yquo]

CPU 90 usd AMD Athlon64 3500+

Motherboard
56 usd ECS nForce4
58 usd ECS ATI Xpress 1100
63 usd Abit GeForce 6100
85 usd Asus GeForce 6150
90 usd Abit GeForce 6150
105 usd Sapphire ATI Xpress 3200


Memory 90 usd 1 Gb DDR2 667

Hard Drive 80 usd Seagate 250 Gb 16 Mb SataII

Video Card
120 usd evga 7600 GT
160 usd evga 7900 GS
150 usd Radeon X1900GT

Case 25 usd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147056
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147057
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147058
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147059
or 60 usd Antec Solution with PSU

PSU 40 usd FSP 400W 18A dual rails

LCD
160 usd 17” Viewsonic 12ms
160 usd 17” Acer 8ms

190 usd 19” Acer 5ms

32 usd DVDRW Samsung

keyboard & mouse
35 usd Ms optical
45 usd Ms optical
54 usd Ms laser