Help me please. I need someone to give me a list of all the parts I need to build a good gaming PC for the price of up to $700. Thank you in advance.
If you live in USA theres a frys electronics store that sells high top stuff like 25%off! Very Nice they have 2 big walls of video cards. and plenty more. Also its the biggest computer store right now
Well you need a GFX Card with atleast 256mb ram, 1-2gb ram, processor amd atleast 2.2 GHz, Mobo with PCi-E 16x atleast 1, harddrive atleast 150gb, sound card for extra effects.
frys will rip you off. only go there if you know what you're doing. they were selling antec 550w tp2 psu for about 115$ and i got mine off newegg for about 90 bucks after rebate. i saved myself about 25$.
Gaming GFX card wise I'd probably go for a 800GTO. Also do you need a monitor and such or just the tower?
well i just bought a new comp works pretty good for games ATI Radeon Xpress 200+ (256 MB) PciE Asus motherboard AMD Anthlon 64 3700+ ( i think it's 2.2 ghz) 1 gb ram 200 gb hd some random sound card a 19" widescreen monitor(this monitor is crazy widescreen = pwn) all this costs about 1500$ cdn. w/o monitor about 900$
GFX card go for the X1900XT.. MOBO: anyone that has dual core capablity CPU: anything dual core that or a 3.0ghz(intel) or a 2.2ghz(AMD) HDD: something with 7200 RPM Sound card is not really needed RAM: 1 gig is great, if you don't have the money 512 works fine. I think thats pretty much it. This doesn't include case, monitor, or ketboard+mouse.
Wow, thank you all for your input! I do need a monitor, it doesn't have to be a 19". It could be a 15" or 17", I don't care. I have a mouse I could use, and I can just get a cheap keyboard somewhere around here. I'll look over your replies either tomorrow or tonight sometime. Thank you once again!
MY GOD THIS TOPIC IS SAD. YOU GUYS HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. a monitor too? gosh, that puts you at like... $550 for the computer.. hmm, you'll probably be getting a pentium d 805 (overclock the ---- out of it), 1 gb ddr2 667 (preferbly ddr2 800, but the motherboards get more expensive for ddr2 800). for graphics card (as mentioned above), the x800gto (and no, it doesnt 'fry like a pig', shut up.) for a hard drive, probably a 200 GB Cavier or Seagate Barracuda with PRM technology (should be around $80.) Then a NEC CD/DVD R/RW. a case... hmm, probably the Aspire X-Plorer (around $75). comes with a PSU that will suit your needs. ill get you links and total price later. monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824009073 Merged Post: Also... if you dont have the money, 1 gb will do. if you have the money, 2 gb is 'great'. just to revize something said before.
fry's is only a good deal if the item is on sale and even then yoiu're still ripped off half the time. As was said, you need to knwo waht you're getting and how much it is worth. as for a processor there are 3 options which seem feasable, lowend allendale(Core 2 Duo) Pentium D 805 and OC, or AM2 Athlon 64. The Core 2 duo will cost a little more but will perform very well(great gamer and multitasker).. availablity might be limited though. The PD805 is dual core and can be voerclocked to a fair level. The Athlon 64 is single core but relatively cheap and games better than the PD805... alt+tabbing wont' be as pleasant though. 1-2GB of ram will suffice x800GTO 128mb... good ard reasonably price right now I ebleive they go for 90$ beleive it or not... and for the record, the 256mb version doesn't really perform much if any better. Someone find me a benchmark and prove me wrong on that(won't be happening FYI) monitor too though? just go with john, I'm sleep deprived and lazy he's saying more or less what I am.
Okay, here is what I got so far...I really don't know what I am doing (What is compatible with what, etc.) so hopefully you can help me. Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $139.99 Case: ASPIRE X-Plorer ATXB8KLW-BK/420 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 420W Power Supply - Retail - $74.99 CD/DVD Burner: NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model ND-3550A - Retail - $37.99 Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $79.99 Memory: G.SKILL 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Unbuffered System Memory Model F2-5400PHU1-1GBLA - Retail - $74.99 Monitor: Acer AL1916W Black 19" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail - $185.99 Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Orleans 2000MHz HT Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA3800CNBOX - Retail - $119.00 Video Card: POWERCOLOR X800GTO128MB Radeon X800GTO 128MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $115.00 Shipping & Handling - $34.96 Rebate on Video Card - $40 Total Price with rebate - $822.90 Total Price without rebate - $862.90 NOTE: This is all from Newegg.
Don't get 939, the socket is okay, but you wont be able to upgrade in the future. The acer monitor only has a analoge interface, which is very old. Just get a normal cheap 17/19 inch tft, widescreen isnt even supported in most games and it doesn't makes big difference... and make sure it has dvi-d. Like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824254005
