Low Budget Gaming Pc

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  1. l0l0l

    l0l0l Senior Member

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    I'm building a low budget gaming PC, and was woundering if you guys would suggest any other parts for me to get/change.
    I will eventually be SLI'ing the BFG 8800GT
    Also, If you do make a suggestion please provide a link to the item, and also please make sure that they either ship to Canada, or are located in Canada.
    Thank you


    Specs

    Case
    NZXT ALP-001 Alpha ATX Mid-Tower Case - Clear Side, Front USB, Audio, eSATA Ports
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    Price: $73.99

    Graphics Card
    BFG GeForce 8800GT OC 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out DIRECTX10 Video Card
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    Price: $129.99

    Motherboard
    XFX nForce 680i LT SLI Motherboard - OEM, NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, PCI Express, SLI Ready, Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0 & Firewire, Serial ATA, RAID
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    Price: $146.99

    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Dual Core Processor LGA775 2.53GHZ 1066FSB 3MB Retail Box
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    Price: $140.30

    Thermal Paste
    OCZ OCZTFRZTC Freeze Thermal Extreme Conductivity Compound
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    Price: $7.99

    Power Supply
    OCZ GameXStream 700W 24PIN SLI Ready Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black
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    Price: $134.16

    RAM
    Mushkin HP 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory
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    Price: $54.99

    Harddrive
    Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM 3YR MFR Warranty
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    Price: $85.99

    DVD Burner
    Sony DRU-V200S/BR DVD Rewritable Drive SATA - 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R DL, 12x DVD-R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 16x DVD-ROM, 48x CD-R, 32x CD-RW, 48x CD-ROM, Black
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    Price: $39.99

    Total: $814.39
     
  2. EBK

    EBK Senior Member

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    Xlink handle this! :D
     
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    KiTa Well-Known Member

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    maybe i should consider just buying all this ha cause i have been looking for a gaming computer myself but dont really have the money for one
     
  4. Logicaly

    Logicaly Senior Member

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    Dont buy the 680i, thats the most piece of shit board I have come across. Seriously, I build systems every day, probably close to 50 systems a week, and I see more problems with the 680i then I do other boards. If your willing to go a little more, go with a 750, I dont have a link off the top of my head.
     
  5. l0l0l

    l0l0l Senior Member

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    Really?
    My friend has the 680i with the same 8800GT BFG, but I don't think his GPU is OC'd and it runs fine.
    But with the 750, would you recommend XFX or Asus?
     
  6. xlink

    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    spend less on your board, go p45

    get a HD4850 instead

    same cost, better performance, more stable motherboard, less BS.
     
  7. l0l0l

    l0l0l Senior Member

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    Do you think you could provide a link for the board?

    Also I might go with the HD4850

    I will eventually be building this up (SLI(or Crossfire), RAM, Cooling, Etc.)
     
  8. Logicaly

    Logicaly Senior Member

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    Stay away from AMD/ASUS, they dont over clock for shit, seriously. And screw xfx too, go evga if you can afford it.
     
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    l0l0l Senior Member

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    I don't think I will be planning to overclock, or atleast not for awhile
     
  10. Logicaly

    Logicaly Senior Member

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    If you intend to overclock at all, I would stay away from AMD/ASUS. I am really not impressed with their boards lately at all. We have immense troubles over clocking them, and thats assuming we even get them to boot and install windows without any issues.
     
  11. l0l0l

    l0l0l Senior Member

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    Hmmm, well I will definitely keep that in mind. Thanks
     
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    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    i never had a problem with asus boards
     
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    700W PSU is truly overkill...It's the biggest problem in america that people are thinking "bigger is better". I run a E8400 and a HD4850 card at a p45 mainboard on just a 420W PSU. It's enough, you just don't need that much more, especially when you're not going to OC.
     
  15. Logicaly

    Logicaly Senior Member

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    700 PSU is not over kill. Read your card info man...alot of cards will NOT run without proper power. Especially the GTX series that just came out. Even my older Quadro would not run unless I had a 550 watt I believe it was.
     

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