Sub 1200USD or better for gaming

[packerfan]

Preferably intel AMD is fine if it performs better for the same price or cheaper or if it can help me lower the cost for minimal performance drop

Must include
Mobo
Case
CPU
RAM
PSU (decent brand with room for upgrades)
Sound
Graphics (decent powered to drive monitor)
Non stock cooler (quiet)
Harddrive (around 250gb for photo storage)
Wifi
Optical Drive
OS
Mouse and Keyboard (probably mx rev for mouse and basic keyboard)
20" monitor
Max price preferably 1200 and the lower the better.

If i could get it under 1k USD that would be great.

 

[drummerdude]

Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119047

CPU: E4300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115013

Mobo:GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128017

RAM: A-DATA 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820211064

GPU: EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130062

HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148142

DVD: SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD±R DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827151133

PSU: Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817371002

CPU Cooling: Scythe SCNJ-1100P 120mm CPU Cooling Fan - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185038

$743.91 + your choice of monitor, os, keyboard, etc.

 

[4745454b]

Whats the intended use? If its for gaming, you'll need a better video card. If its for general use, your fine. If its for media, then you'll want a soundcard and speakers. Drummer got you off to a great start, but it needs to be tweeked depending on use.

 

[packerfan]

This is what im looking at

Mobo 80 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128321
Case 55 Find something black with window and decent
psu 75 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817371002
cpu 185 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...2+1050717007+1051316913+4017&name=$100+-+$200
memory 90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231108
sound 55 still trying to decide, might wait for an x-fi to go on sale or rebate.
gfx 184 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130074
cooling 60 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100007 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118115 and 120mm fan
HDD 75 250gb
Optical 33.63 like the one he had
Wireless 50 good basic wifi or run a cable
OS 94.98 xp home
Mouse and keyboard 70 MX Revolution and basic usb keyboard
Monitor 175 20"
PC Part Total 1282.6

Im gonna be gaming, editing and managing photos, watching movies (already have speakers and headphones) and storing files.

Any other trims you could do to get it about 100 bucks cheaper if possible.

 

[4745454b]

Dump the AMD and stick with the C2D. The provided Intel CPU and mobo was just over $200. I wouldn't get that ram if you stick with AMD. AM2 requires DDR2-800MHz just to be faster then S939. If you stay with DDR2-667, it will run slower then it should. Drop the soundcard. It can always be added later when funds permit.

You were given a system that was only ~$750. Make mods to that, not start over from scratch.

 

[jaedaddy]

check out my thread... im building an 800 tower too and i managed to get 8800gts ... without killing the rest of my parts... =)

might help you out a bit...

jae
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