$1300-$1400 CPU

[zman4700]

I am on a $1300-$1400 budget for a decent gaming computer. Not amazing, but something that is good for playing modern day games without any problems. I'm not much of a computer guy, so i wouldn't be too good at building a good comp, but if any of you have any ideas or could build me a good gaming comp in this range, it would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Zman

 

[r0ck]

Why IDE and SATA?

 

[zman4700]

Ok,
well this was the type of graphics card I had in mind.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143091

I hope this would fit nicely into my budget.
The reason why I said I wanted it in the $1300 range is because I only really want to spend $1500, and I am saving the extra $200 for vista. I htink this graphics card would work well with Halo on Vista right? I just don't know what the other components i could get to make this comp amazing, but at the same time affordable

 

[Deth]

I recently just put together my dream computer designed solely for Gaming.

If I was more on a budget, I would've went with the following:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor and OC to 3.4GHz or 3.6GHz.

Same MB in my profile.

Same RAM in my profile.

The GeForce 8800GTS, like you mentioned in your link.

A good PSU. Doesn't have to be what I got, but something with enough juice so I wouldn't ever have to worry.

Same CPU heatsink in my profile.

Same case in my profile.

A single SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache harddrive. I would find one that gave me the most Capacity at the Best price. Preferably by a reputable manufacturer.

If you need more details or have any questions, let me know. 8)

 

[everett]

Are you bang'n koko? :roll:

joke

 

[Mandrake_]

That's an awesome video card. You should be able to find them a bit cheaper than that though. Add to that something like this:-

Core 2 Duo E6600 - $235 (Substitute for the E4300/4400 if you like OCing)
ASUS P5B-E or the GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 ($120 -> $150)
2GB Ram, I like Corsair. The 2GB DDR2-800 kit is ~$150.

That above, with the video card you chose is ~$800. Plenty left for a case, PSU, optical drive and storage. Might even be enough to step up to the 8800 GTS 640.

 

[everett]

Not trying to be an @ss, see i brought a peace offering.

@ op sorry for going off topic

 

[zman4700]

i thought the video card i chose was only $300

 

[Mandrake_]

$329. The XFX card can be had for $299, plus it has a $30 mail in rebate. That's a nice saving.

 

[zman4700]

kk, i took some of your guys advice.
How does this look?
https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.asp?ID=6283388

 

[NMDante]

Why not the EVG 8800GTS?

It's $20 cheaper, with a $20 MIR.

 

[Deth]

Zman, your link doesn't work for me. Just copy and paste the computer specs.


All this talk about Video Cards, I may have to buy another EVGA 8800GTX and go SLI!

 

[NMDante]

Why not the EVG 8800GTS?

It's $20 cheaper, with a $20 MIR.

250 sumthin with mir. And EVGA has the best upgrade program in the biz.

Yes, they do. Their upgrade program is pretty nice. I missed the last one by a month, hence my ultra cool, super duper 7600GT. LOL :lol:

 

[everett]

The evga 76 is not bad at all, as i too have one.

 

[zman4700]

Here is the comp I built. I'm not that good with computers so you can laugh at me all you want if its that horrible haha. Feel free to tweak it, but to me it looks pretty good for the budget, and I could get Vista with this also.


XION Onyx XON-303 Black/Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASUS Striker Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard

EVGA 256-P2-N765-AR GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Superclocked HDCP Video Card

Xion PowerReal XON-600F14T-201 ATX12V V.2.01 600W Power Supply

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory


Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3400833AS 400GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

 

[skyguy]

Off the top of my head:

-Coolermaster 534 case (or a Thermaltake if you want some bling on a budget)
-C2D 4300 CPU
-Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 or a Biostar 965PT motherboard
-2 gigs Corsair or G.Skill DDR2-800 (667 is fine though) RAM
-OCZ GameXstream 600w PSU....or an FSP Blue Storm II for cheaper
-Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 heatsink
-Seagate Barracuda 320gb 7200.10 w/16 meg cache hard drive
-EVGA 8800GTS 320mb graphics card
-Samsung SH-S183A SATA DVD/RW
-Arctic Cooling MX-1 thermal paste

That'll hit your budget, run stable at stock but let you overclock like a champ, good storage capacity, awesome gaming, and generally smoke whatever you have now

Good luck!

 

[Mandrake_]

Why not the EVG 8800GTS?

It's $20 cheaper, with a $20 MIR.

You're right. Even cheaper still. At the rate these 8800 GTS prices are dropping I might just have to pick one up myself!

 

[NMDante]

The evga 76 is not bad at all, as i too have one.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I love my card. I am looking to upgrade it, when the games I play start to crawl, or when DX10 becomes more a player.

I missed the upgrade to the 7900GT by a month, and that pissed me off.

My buddy got it, and he gloats about it every time we play online. That <bleeping> <bleep>head.

LOL

 

[Mandrake_]

Drop the Striker Extreme motherboard for something cheaper. Do you want to use SLI? The EVGA 680i board is only $200. You can go even cheaper and still get a great board with the P965 chipset without sacrificing quality. The only thing you lose is SLI capability.

 

[Mandrake_]

My buddy got it, and he gloats about it every time we play online. That <bleeping> <bleep>head.

LOL

LOL! :lol: I have the XFX 7600 GT that's rather heavily OC'd by XFX (650/1600) and it's good enough for me even at 1680x1050 for now. But when I'm ready for an upgrade I'll be able to get an awesome deal with the way these prices are going down!

 

[zman4700]

kk good idea, thnx mandrake, then i'll have extra money for cooling fans and stuff

 

[dragonsprayer]

step one choose the gpu

then cpu, then psu ..... down the line


$250 gpu 8800gts 320 with an e6600 or
$150 cpu e6320 or amd x2 with an 8800GTS overclocked 640mb for high resolution gaming monitor
$120 mobo p5n-3
$150 ram gskill 2 gb 4-4-4-12 ddr 800
$110 psu silverstone strider 600 or antec neo 550
case $80
lights $20
fans $30
hdd ?? what left $160 120x2 raid 0


here are some $1400 pc's i sell for $1700-$1800 below all are e6600 with 8800GTS's

you can lool at my ebay ad and see the parts

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140111591585&rd=1&rd=1

vista home premium $120
spysweeper $20

there u go!


here is so more $1400 pc's

u can email me for questions:

http://www.warpedsystems.net/contactus.html

its free!


this is a $6000 computer so u dont get confused!

it looked much better after its done!

here - if your doing a raid and not sure make sure you build it on the desk top: