Hello everybody, i am not 100% sure this is the correct place to put this, but i didnt really see a General forum, so here goes
I currently have a old eMachines, and i upgraded it a little, i put a bit more ram in, and a 9800 Pro, however i find its just not able to play the new games the way i would like to, so i decided to spend a portion of my tax return on building a new computer, i would really like to keep the 9800 as i just purchased it not long ago, i also only have ~1000 to spend, so it will have to be not so hardcore machine, iam thinking the currently so far, please help fill in the missing with suggestions on what i could do better, or what i could change, thanks
Case: RAIDMAX Black Gaming Case (668WBP) -> $84.00
Mobo: ASUS "A8V Deluxe" VIA K8T800 -> $134.00
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (90 nm -> OEM) -> $180.00
Cooling: Arctic Silver 5 With -> Thermalright XP-120 With -> Panasonic Panaflo 120 x 38mm Cooling Fan -> $13.50 + $56.99 + $15.99
PSU: Fortron 530W Power Supply -> $78.00
HDD: Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM With -> 120 GIG IDE HDD I already Own, ( For Storage Only ) -> $180.00 + $0.00
VIDEO CARD: Radeon 9800 Pro -> $0.00
MEMORY: ???? Here iam Stuck
Total: ~$742.50
Anybody any suggestions for the memory, or anything i should change, and could anybody tell me if this will play the latest games fine, example HL2, DOOM3 and such, thanks again
I currently have a old eMachines, and i upgraded it a little, i put a bit more ram in, and a 9800 Pro, however i find its just not able to play the new games the way i would like to, so i decided to spend a portion of my tax return on building a new computer, i would really like to keep the 9800 as i just purchased it not long ago, i also only have ~1000 to spend, so it will have to be not so hardcore machine, iam thinking the currently so far, please help fill in the missing with suggestions on what i could do better, or what i could change, thanks
Case: RAIDMAX Black Gaming Case (668WBP) -> $84.00
Mobo: ASUS "A8V Deluxe" VIA K8T800 -> $134.00
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (90 nm -> OEM) -> $180.00
Cooling: Arctic Silver 5 With -> Thermalright XP-120 With -> Panasonic Panaflo 120 x 38mm Cooling Fan -> $13.50 + $56.99 + $15.99
PSU: Fortron 530W Power Supply -> $78.00
HDD: Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM With -> 120 GIG IDE HDD I already Own, ( For Storage Only ) -> $180.00 + $0.00
VIDEO CARD: Radeon 9800 Pro -> $0.00
MEMORY: ???? Here iam Stuck
Total: ~$742.50
Anybody any suggestions for the memory, or anything i should change, and could anybody tell me if this will play the latest games fine, example HL2, DOOM3 and such, thanks again
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