Well, I can't actually BUILD it myself, I was all ready to try and I chickened out, I know it's all easy and stuff and im a pansy for being afraid to try but I just can't afford the loss if something busts on me.
I need the best performing system possible for $1500 and a source of where to get it if you can tell me. The Power Supply must be enough for the contents within and the cooling has to be sufficient. I DO plan to overclock it.
I figure $1500 is not a low budget but it's a budget nonetheless. All that must be included for the $1500 is the PC tower, no monitor/keyboard/mouse or Speakers are necessary for that price.
The PC will be used for Heavy Gaming, Most Likely Max Settings @1280x1024 on all new games if the computer and card can handle it. It will also be used for multi-tasking, video edit, heavy downloading, basically everything you can think of. Im kinda thinking I may have to stray from the Nvidia Geforce 6800GT that I want so badly because I just cant squeeze enough into the $1500 budget. !
What can I get for this price and where (if you can show me where to get it)?
What I originally wanted (but I doubt I'll be able to get it for $1500) is:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester Socket 939
Any Good SLI Compliant Motherboard with 2x PCIe16 Slots
1GB PC-3200 DDR Ram @400MHz
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (I can buy this seperate from newegg for $74.98 Shipped.)
NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT 256MB PCIe Video Card
250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache HDD
16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
3.5" Floppy Drive
Decent Case with Sufficient Power Supply
Decent Cooling for Overclocking
If I can't afford the AMD System with a good video card and SLI then im not going to go with AMD and for a Pentium 4 System for $1500 I would want:
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache w/HT
2GB PC-3200 DDR Ram @400MHz
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (I can buy this seperate from newegg for $74.98 Shipped.)
NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT 256MB AGP8X Video Card
2x 200GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache HDD
16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
3.5" Floppy Drive
Decent Case with Sufficient Power Supply
Decent Cooling for Overclocking
I've seen several systems around this price with almost exact contents but the cooling or power supply were crap or the video card sucked, I think for $1500 I should be able to get one of those just for the PC, no monitor/speakers/keyboard or mouse required... Please help, can't build it myself.
Thanks for viewing and any help I can get.
I need the best performing system possible for $1500 and a source of where to get it if you can tell me. The Power Supply must be enough for the contents within and the cooling has to be sufficient. I DO plan to overclock it.
I figure $1500 is not a low budget but it's a budget nonetheless. All that must be included for the $1500 is the PC tower, no monitor/keyboard/mouse or Speakers are necessary for that price.
The PC will be used for Heavy Gaming, Most Likely Max Settings @1280x1024 on all new games if the computer and card can handle it. It will also be used for multi-tasking, video edit, heavy downloading, basically everything you can think of. Im kinda thinking I may have to stray from the Nvidia Geforce 6800GT that I want so badly because I just cant squeeze enough into the $1500 budget. !
What can I get for this price and where (if you can show me where to get it)?
What I originally wanted (but I doubt I'll be able to get it for $1500) is:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester Socket 939
Any Good SLI Compliant Motherboard with 2x PCIe16 Slots
1GB PC-3200 DDR Ram @400MHz
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (I can buy this seperate from newegg for $74.98 Shipped.)
NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT 256MB PCIe Video Card
250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache HDD
16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
3.5" Floppy Drive
Decent Case with Sufficient Power Supply
Decent Cooling for Overclocking
If I can't afford the AMD System with a good video card and SLI then im not going to go with AMD and for a Pentium 4 System for $1500 I would want:
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache w/HT
2GB PC-3200 DDR Ram @400MHz
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (I can buy this seperate from newegg for $74.98 Shipped.)
NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT 256MB AGP8X Video Card
2x 200GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache HDD
16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
3.5" Floppy Drive
Decent Case with Sufficient Power Supply
Decent Cooling for Overclocking
I've seen several systems around this price with almost exact contents but the cooling or power supply were crap or the video card sucked, I think for $1500 I should be able to get one of those just for the PC, no monitor/speakers/keyboard or mouse required... Please help, can't build it myself.
Thanks for viewing and any help I can get.