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so ive been trying to get a new computer and i have decided to build one my budget will be about 750-800 i will be using it to play games such as wow and the new spore and others.

any help you could give me will be greatly appreciated because i have no idea what to buy thank you in advance.

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Hey man...there are some articles here for building a good PC for that price range. Here's a quick and dirty list - you'll have to look for the component you want and we'll help you from there

CPU: E8400 or Q6600
Mobo: P45
GPU: 4850
Case: your choice (antec 300 has gotten great reviews)
RAM: DDR2 800 2x2GB
HDD: WD 640 GB
PSU: probably only need 500w or so - get a good company (PC Power and Cooling, Corsair, OCZ, etc)
DVD Drive: most are OK - just get SATA

Come back with a list of your choices and we'll help you out.

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OK so here is my official (i think) runndown

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811156078

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150306

DVD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136149

Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136073

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131299

Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817152028

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115036

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820211188

Message edited by madskillz on 09-17-2008 at 04:08:06 AM

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Ok...you don't need RAM that fast (1066) unless you really want to overclock a ton. Just get DDR2 800 with decent cas latency and you'll be fine (you can get similar OCZ reaper's for under $50)

I wouldn't suggest the case w/ a PSU. Buy a quality PSU from a good manufacturer. Don't skimp here...it's very important

The other choices are good.

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this is what i have changed i still need to change the ram and maby the video card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817152028

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119115

Reply to madskillz

you may want to grab another 120mm fan or 2.... your case only comes with 1 exhaust fan.

Reply to slayeron444

thanks slayeron think i will

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ok this is the new ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231098

any1 have any suggestions for a different possible cheaper video card?

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OK...the RAM is OK, but why not go for 2x2GB. You can get 4GB of DDR2 800 for $50 or so.

You ought to be able to get a 4850 for less than $170. Just look around for it.
If that's not OK, give us a GPU budget and we'll look around.

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delete

Message edited by madskillz on 09-17-2008 at 04:32:11 AM

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my friend told me i should switch my intel CPU out because intel hasent upgraded is this a problem or is the CPU fine

Message edited by madskillz on 09-17-2008 at 04:31:44 AM

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OK so here is my official (i think) runndown

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811156078

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150306

DVD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136149

Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136073

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131299

Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817152028

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115036

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820211188

the only things that i am not entirly sure about is CPU and RAM but unless i hear that i should swich them i think they r pretty solid... maby

Message edited by madskillz on 09-17-2008 at 04:07:12 AM

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I think you ought to get a better GPU. For only like $20 more you can get a 4850 and it will outperform that 9600 by a lot.

Here's one for only $150 after rebate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121253

Everything looks good other than that

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Ok thanks alot huron you r a great help i swiched it i looked at that one and i just saw that alot of ppl said that it overheats but i think with all my case fans that shouldnt be a problem what do you think... or is there a way to swich out the stock fan or fix it a different way.

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It's my pleasure. The 4850 is hot (it's a single slot design), but a great card. Yes, you can change to coolers. There are GPU cooler available.

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