What do ya'll think? I've been going back and forth between building a machine for someone, versus pointing him towards a pre-built. I finally got the price down on a box pieced together myself, everything from NewEgg.
■COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 Case
■GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
■EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB
■OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply (Overkill?? This is $100..phew!)
■Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
■Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) (This is on GB's approved mem list)
■Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA
Any input or opinions always appreciated.
Oh, also, I am going with the on-board audio on this thing. Heard good things about it, don't want to blow $60-80 on a sound card for nothing.
The price of this thing, without a monitor (he has one). I also included decent mouse, keyboard, DVD/CD, etc, in the price... got everything for under $1,000, which was my limit. It's for gaming, BTW.
■COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 Case
■GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
■EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB
■OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply (Overkill?? This is $100..phew!)
■Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
■Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) (This is on GB's approved mem list)
■Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA
Any input or opinions always appreciated.
Oh, also, I am going with the on-board audio on this thing. Heard good things about it, don't want to blow $60-80 on a sound card for nothing.
The price of this thing, without a monitor (he has one). I also included decent mouse, keyboard, DVD/CD, etc, in the price... got everything for under $1,000, which was my limit. It's for gaming, BTW.