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my guess would be the budget.Xtreme Barton said:just curious to why no overclocking..
vcstrike said:my guess would be the budget.
darksparkz said:You can OC with a $700 budget...it's not hard, just change ckj's motherboard to a DFI one for $10 more and you can OC, add a heatsink and better ram and you got 2.7ghz right there.
I'd go with ckj's setup, it looks fine. But I'm not sure how much HDD space you actually need, you can fine some cheaper and smaller HDD for about $60 and spend the extra on a better video card if you want to game well.
Edit:
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra $103.00
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ $142.99
Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 80GB $52.64
Corsair 2x512MB Value Series $89.00
POWMAX CP0327PL-4 $23.99
eVGA GeForce 6800 GT $289.00
Total: $699
That should be able to OC if you save more money for better ram, like around $50 more on ram and another $30 on a heatsink, and you can get to 2.7ghz
I picked the 80GB HDD because you asked for a budget gaming, so you'll have to sacrifice space for performance. But just incase you want to spend a bit more and doubt the size, the 160GB Deskstar is only $30 more.
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB $81.00
sounds like a good pc. but why do you have to have a $700.00 pc.salty.dog said:The video card is the most important component in terms of gaming performance. Don't scrimp there. You can get an 800XL for $250-ish, right? Something like that will ensure that you have enough video horsepower.
Budget should look something like:
$200-$250 video card (X800 XL?)
$150 processor (Venice 3000+)
$90 RAM (any 2x512MB value RAM)
$60-$80 HD
$70 motherboard
$50 PSU (Lower end Fortron)
$30 case (whatever doesn't suck too badly)
= $650 - $720. If it comes down to cutting a little to get to $700, I'd go with a smaller HD and get the better video card.