$1300-$1400 CPU

Why IDE and SATA?

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)

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.

i thought the video card i chose was only $300

kk, i took some of your guys advice.
How does this look?
https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersio [...] ID=6283388

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!

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

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!

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

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!

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.d [...] &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: