Hi Iam building a new gaming rig budgets tight (2 kids and wife that lets say ,is not a saver) have 500.00 saved .been putting this build off for over a year .(dont spend much on myself) but DAMN I need a new rig ,cant play any new games I have re-played half-life 3x, half-life 2 2x,call of duty 2x, medal of honor 2x ........ok u get the picture my current pc was built 1/2003 AMD 2600+ ,1G mem corsair twin x pc 2700,asus A7n8x deluxe( 8x AGP slot ) x800xt aiw vid card 2 160gb WD hd 's in raid 0 win xp I sill cant believe what I spent putting it together anyway this is what Iam working on now trying desperately to keep cost down
Have : Antec 900 case , Antec earthwatts 650W PSU , 1TB Hitachi Deskstar 7200rpm 32m cache sata HD aft rebate paid $140.00 for all 3
OS: Windows 7 ULIMATE .......... Have
CPU: will be i7 920 or 930 for will p/u at micro center $200.00
MEMORY: need 6 GB 1600 mhz DDR3 like to stay under 169.99
MOBO: need x58 1366 min. 2x pci-e 16x slots 6 mem slots ( Iam partial to ASUS boards ) like to stay south of 199.00
VIDEO CARD: would love to go back to Nvidia card GTX 460,465 sub 200.00 if possible??
DVDRW : can find easily for 25.oo or 30.00
If I can get away for 900.00 or 950.00 TOTAL would be great................ Thanx!!!
Have : Antec 900 case , Antec earthwatts 650W PSU , 1TB Hitachi Deskstar 7200rpm 32m cache sata HD aft rebate paid $140.00 for all 3
OS: Windows 7 ULIMATE .......... Have
CPU: will be i7 920 or 930 for will p/u at micro center $200.00
MEMORY: need 6 GB 1600 mhz DDR3 like to stay under 169.99
MOBO: need x58 1366 min. 2x pci-e 16x slots 6 mem slots ( Iam partial to ASUS boards ) like to stay south of 199.00
VIDEO CARD: would love to go back to Nvidia card GTX 460,465 sub 200.00 if possible??
DVDRW : can find easily for 25.oo or 30.00
If I can get away for 900.00 or 950.00 TOTAL would be great................ Thanx!!!