Hey guys - ordered these parts after much research.... Most likley going to upgrade the processor to a phenom in the future and upgrade the vid card and memory -- but everything was based on price and best bang for your buck.... comments welcome and any ideas for future upgrades are welcome...
I am a moderate gamer and this rig was designed for CS:S, America's Army, SWG etc... I currently use a a laptop for gaming with the following setup: Intel Core Duo 1.60ghz, 2gb ram and a 256 mb nvidia 8600m GT ( I get ok FPS on most CS:S/HL era games - no less than 35 fps with high settings... as for AA about 70 FPS.. but any newer games crysis/AoC - not so good )
DISCLAIMER: I had a super tight budget and could not go over $430
so here we go... the $427 gaming PC:
* Rosewill Conqueror RPS-01-WB500P Triple 120mm Fans Steel ATX Mid tower Computer Case with 500W Power Supply - Retail $109.99
* AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Brisbane 2.7GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO5200DOBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103210
Processors (CPUs) Return Policy $62.99
*SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223F - OEM $24.99
*SAPPHIRE 100236L Radeon HD 3650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - $54.99
* JetWay HA07 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $94.99
* Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $54.99
* OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2N800SR4GK - $49.99
Subtotal $427.93
I am a moderate gamer and this rig was designed for CS:S, America's Army, SWG etc... I currently use a a laptop for gaming with the following setup: Intel Core Duo 1.60ghz, 2gb ram and a 256 mb nvidia 8600m GT ( I get ok FPS on most CS:S/HL era games - no less than 35 fps with high settings... as for AA about 70 FPS.. but any newer games crysis/AoC - not so good )
DISCLAIMER: I had a super tight budget and could not go over $430
so here we go... the $427 gaming PC:
* Rosewill Conqueror RPS-01-WB500P Triple 120mm Fans Steel ATX Mid tower Computer Case with 500W Power Supply - Retail $109.99
* AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Brisbane 2.7GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO5200DOBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103210
Processors (CPUs) Return Policy $62.99
*SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223F - OEM $24.99
*SAPPHIRE 100236L Radeon HD 3650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - $54.99
* JetWay HA07 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $94.99
* Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $54.99
* OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2N800SR4GK - $49.99
Subtotal $427.93