APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 2-4 weeks
BUDGET RANGE: $500-$600
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: moderate gaming (WC3, TF2, Diablo 3 someday), surfing the internet, watching movies
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: mouse, monitor
PREFERRED WEBSITE FOR PARTS: newegg.com
PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel CPU, Nvidia Graphics
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1440x900
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Decently Quiet, with Future proofing, Probably going to run Ubuntu (I'm a kinda newbie linux user also)
PARTS:
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
Tuniq Potency PSU-POT550-BK 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
SPARKLE SFPX94GT1024U2 GeForce 9400 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
ASUS Black 22X DVD+R
Logitech Deluxe 250 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Standard Keyboard
Logitech S-220 17 Watts 2.1 Multimedia Speaker System
Replacing my 5 year old dell, currently living with a P4 2.66GHz processor and an FX5200 128Mb vid card so anything decently modern will be a huge upgrade.
I appreciate any tips or suggestions as this is my first from scratch build.
Trying to stay within budget am I stupidly throwing money away anywhere?
Thanks for looking!
BUDGET RANGE: $500-$600
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: moderate gaming (WC3, TF2, Diablo 3 someday), surfing the internet, watching movies
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: mouse, monitor
PREFERRED WEBSITE FOR PARTS: newegg.com
PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel CPU, Nvidia Graphics
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1440x900
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Decently Quiet, with Future proofing, Probably going to run Ubuntu (I'm a kinda newbie linux user also)
PARTS:
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
Tuniq Potency PSU-POT550-BK 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
SPARKLE SFPX94GT1024U2 GeForce 9400 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
ASUS Black 22X DVD+R
Logitech Deluxe 250 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Standard Keyboard
Logitech S-220 17 Watts 2.1 Multimedia Speaker System
Replacing my 5 year old dell, currently living with a P4 2.66GHz processor and an FX5200 128Mb vid card so anything decently modern will be a huge upgrade.
I appreciate any tips or suggestions as this is my first from scratch build.
Trying to stay within budget am I stupidly throwing money away anywhere?
Thanks for looking!