OK, so I just had my little graduation party from college, finally completed my 2-year degree, but anyway, back on topic here... I recieved ~$430, and would like to spend it on a new build. I do not have enough to buy a lappy, but it should be enough to buy a computer that is faster than my current system: ASRock KS741 AMD Athlon XP 3000+ Barton Core 512mb RAM FX 5500 40gb HDD + 80gb HDD BenQ DVD-R/CD-R/RW I can go slightly higher than $430, by 100 or so. I have some money saved up... heres what i want, from newegg, please: Motherboard: ASUS preferred, but i really want PCI-e (no sli), SATA, and maybe socket 939 if it isnt too expensive? CPU: I want AMD 64, no dual core, please. around 3000 to 3400 should be ok... I'm what you would call a lite gamer, i just use alot of big software (ie: dreamweaver 8, PS CS2, Maya, etc...) Memory: I would love to have 1gb, dual channel if the motherboard is capable. when running those big programs with 512mb, i tend to go down to the double digit numbers... GFX: As I said for the mobo, I want PCI-e, so a Pci-e gfx card is in order.. 256mb should do well.. HDD: SATA one, please... around 200gb should do well for me.. if i have extra money, maybe an extra 75gb eide for storage and backup? if not, dont worry.. CD/DVD: I would like a DVD burner with dual layer. you can go cheap on this, no need for a $100 one.. Ive seen a few on newegg for ~30-40.. Case with/out PSU: I like black and blue cases myself, just want one that looks awesome and ventelates well. for PSU, whatever you think. .DeFuZioN should know that... :wub: I might post up something later of what i think i should get.
are you serisouly gonna buy a whole computer for 430 dollars? I guess Im used to england where a 430 POUND computer would be extremely crap. But I guess computers in america are much...much cheaper.
top range for 290 pounds? I highly highly doubt youd be getting good parts for that ammount of cash. If your talking about the deals you see in the newspapers, they usually offer really crap proccessors and other parts. Any computer below 500 pounds is pretty bad, even though the specs may seem decent, the actual parts that go into them are cheap and bad. But yea sorry to go off topic. But if you want a decent computer thall last you for a few years maybe you should invest a little more money.
Nope, the local PCWorld, Not sure what graphics cards n stuff come with its, but i know that they beat mine
people... you do not READ obviously... I have on hand 430, I can go up to ~600 if you can not build one with 430...
Are you asking one of use to build it for you? or are you asking if the parts you want are good? Merged Post: If you want one of us to help you build it and want a price, then PM me and i can help you out.
or you could post here, since he's already got the topic... My suggestions: AMD Opteron 144 - $175 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103600 ASRock DualSATA - $70 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813157081 1 GB G.Skill DDR400 - $67 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231036 400W Fortron PSU - $40 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817104953 Lite-On DVD RW - $38 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827106014 Thermaltake Swing - $60 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811133165 WD 80GB SATA - $53 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822135106 eVGA GeForce 6600 - ~$100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130260 Would put you right about $600.
well, i picked some out myself, little over 600, still need a better PSU, tho.. NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A - OEM: $37.99 CODEGEN L-6102-CA-TW4 Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply: $36.00 Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200M0 200GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM: $85.00 DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail: $122.99 eVGA 256-P2-N369-T6 Geforce 6600 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail: $99.00 G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model F1-3200PHU2-1GBNT - Retail: $63.99 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX - Retail: $163.00 Subtotal: $607.97
Try this - ASRock 939Dual SATA2 ATI x600 NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A - OEM: $37.99 CODEGEN L-6102-CA-TW4 Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply: $36.00 Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200M0 200GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM: $85.00 G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model F1-3200PHU2-1GBNT - Retail: $63.99 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX - Retail: $163.00
