~$1100 dollar budget on gaming PC. DESPERATELY in need of HELP!!

Well, I am really new to all of the build your own pc and picking out my parts and what not so please change or make switches to make the list the best possible for the price. Thank you again. I already have my mouse, keyboard and monitor.


Samsung 20X DVD burner - $30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151153


Antec nine hundred black steel ATX mid tower case - $90 after mail-in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129021


Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB 7200 RPM SATA - $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148288


OCZ GameXStream 700W power supply - $90 after main-in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341002


G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-pin Dual channel kit desktop memory - $85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231122


ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - $150 after mail-in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813127030


Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - $210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115017


2 - MSI N9600GT 512M OC GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - $310 total for both video cards.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127333

Total is roughly ~$1050

Thank you again for your help.

Good choice of HD, PSU, RAM, Case, GPU and CPU.

That mobo is all wrong ... $170 for non SLI/CF is a waste. Get the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L for $85 instead. Or if you want to go crossfire way get the Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4 for $180.

As mentioned earlier...which monitor do you have? You don't need SLI for low res.

Also you might want to wait 10 days for the new Radeon and Nvidia cards to release...they would very well bet 9600GT SLI.

good power supply i have a smaller watt for my current build till i get all my parts in for new one.

that psu can run allnight and day !

also u cant go wrong with G.SKILL!

i would change the HDD to WU as i just trust them more lol

if they dont come out by june 30th go buy a 9800

The nvidia cards GTX260 and GTX280 release between June 16 to 18th ... the new Radeons 4870 and 4850 release the week after that.

GTX260 = $450, GTX280 = $600
4850 = $200, 4870 = $320

As mentioned above, Nvidia's two new cards are:

1) GTX260 ...this is a midrange card (though still expensive at $450)

2) GTX280 ...this is the high end card ...($600 plus)

Nvidia have run out of names for the series... so they put up those two names. In the earlier series 8 series, performance wise--> 8800GS<8800GT<8800GTS<8800GTX. Then they came up with the 9x series and released 9600GT which performed close to 8800GT... and 9800GTX which underperformed its name. Since they didnt want to name their new GPUs 10,000 or 9900 they named them as GTX260 and GTX280.

No idea as to to what names there would be AFTER GTX260 and GTX280.

it's logical that a 9600GT (midrange) performce like a 8800GT (older generation highend) that's the meaning of new generations.

only the 8600 didn't perform like a 7800 or 7900. because the 9 series had to be the eight seiries and bla bla bla (oldstuff)

but i just want to know if that 260 would be the 10600 as a mather of speaking. the folower of the 9600GT. because for that pricerange, nvidia realy have to think that they will be the master gpu makers for the future games of tomorow.

mmh i only want a Q9300 and an high end graka in september...

if you're building a budget oriented system from the ground up like you are, you may wish to wait for the new video cards to be released to either get a gtx 260/ati4870 or a pre-gen card for a clearout price

at this moment in time the best value for the buck SLI bundle is the 9600 GTs, I use 8800 GTs myself and I like the performance. I think it'll be worth waiting for the new vid cards though.