Gaming PC

SirPokemasterMD · Oct 13, 2005

i have decided not to buy the 360 and buy a pc insted, yet i dont know how to build one and would like your help. i want to play mostly FPS on it and need to keep it under 1000

P.S.i do NOT know how to build a pc and i have a moniter, keyboard, and mouse

IWasHungry · Oct 13, 2005

Things you will require. Anyone can add if I forgot something:

-Computer case
-Processor, along with a heatsink and thermal paste
-Motherboard
-Compatible RAM
-Video card
-Hard drive
-Power supply
-CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
-Optional: Sound card
-Optional: WindowsXP

Do you have any preferences besides price?

darksparkz · Oct 13, 2005

EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Motherboard $97.99
AMD Athlon 64 processor 3200+* (2.0GHz) 939pin OEM $130.81
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB $76.87
BFG Technologies GeForce 7800 GT OC $365.00
Forton AX500-A $79.49
Antec Super LANBoy Aluminum $73.88
Corsair 2x512MB Value Series $84.60
BenQ DW1640 Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer $38.99
Artic Silver 5 $5.35
Thermalright XP-120 $48.99
Panaflo 120x38mm High Speed $15.95

Total: $1017.92

The OEM verison of that 3200+ doesn't come with heatsink nor fan, so you'll have to buy a better one off the side.
The retail verison is about $40 more expensive but comes with a heatsink and fan, so I'd rather spend the extra money to buy a MUCH better heatsink and fan off the side.
You can even get a cheaper case if you want, they have some decent Antec ones.

Edit: Added total price.

1cem4n · Oct 13, 2005

i think he could ditch the 3200+ and just get a 3000+ and then get 1gb of RAM if he has the money.

-1cem4n

IWasHungry · Oct 13, 2005

1cem4n said:
i think he could ditch the 3200+ and just get a 3000+ and then get 1gb of RAM if he has the money.

-1cem4n

AFAIK the 3200+ is actually cheaper than the 3000+ for some odd reason.

darksparkz · Oct 13, 2005

He is getting 1GB of ram with the Corsair Value.

And yeah, the 3200+ OEM is cheaper then the 3000+ OEM, look at ewiz.

shellshock · Oct 13, 2005

are you the person from bungie that I recommended? Glad to see you came over and checked us out :thup:

Welcome to the fourms bro

attack · Oct 13, 2005

darksparkz said:
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Motherboard $97.99
AMD Athlon 64 processor 3200+* (2.0GHz) 939pin OEM $130.81
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB $76.87
BFG Technologies GeForce 7800 GT OC $365.00
Forton AX500-A $79.49
Antec Super LANBoy Aluminum $73.88
Corsair 2x512MB Value Series $84.60
BenQ DW1640 Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer $38.99
Artic Silver 5 $5.35
Thermalright XP-120 $48.99
Panaflo 120x38mm High Speed $15.95

The OEM verison of that 3200+ doesn't come with heatsink nor fan, so you'll have to buy a better one off the side.
The retail verison is about $40 more expensive but comes with a heatsink and fan, so I'd rather spend the extra money to buy a MUCH better heatsink and fan off the side.
You can even get a cheaper case if you want, they have some decent Antec ones.

I like your style darksparkz!!!

That's what I'd get as well

darksparkz · Oct 13, 2005

Lol, thanks.

The only thing I'd say is bad in that setup, may be the video card. The 7800GT might be bottlenecked in a 3200+, but since your more worried about getting a good gaming computer, you had to take a better video card over a CPU.

SirPokemasterMD · Oct 13, 2005

price

thanks for all the replies but how about 800 and under sorry

darksparkz · Oct 13, 2005

EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Motherboard $97.99
AMD Athlon 64 processor 3200+* (2.0GHz) 939pin OEM $130.81
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB $76.87
Asus Radeon X800XL Video Card $208.37
Forton AX500-A $79.49
Antec SLK3000B ATX Mid Tower $38.10
Corsair 2x512MB Value Series $84.60
BenQ DW1640 Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer $38.99
Artic Silver 5 $5.35
Zalman CNPS7700-Cu 120mm Cooler $33.53
Panaflo 120x38mm Medium Speed(Or Ultra High Speed, both are same price) $10.95

Total: $805.05

Broke the price again.

Now at least the video card is more on par with the CPU. I'm not too much of a fan of ATi, but then their cards are good for the $200ish range. It woulda been either the X800XL or Pro, or the 6800 and 6600GT, most benchies show the X800XL topping over the 6800.

FlakMonkey · Oct 13, 2005

Mines under 800 without new HSF or optical drives, in sig.

EDIT: GG dark, yours is much better, maybe i should have done more research before i bought mine :bang head

SirPokemasterMD · Oct 13, 2005

what website are you getting these prices and if i buy all the parts seprate do you think i could build it myself?

direct at darksparkz

edit-and would i also be able to upgrade it to a better graphics card later on

1cem4n · Oct 14, 2005

You can upgrade later but i would recommend the x800gto2 as it can flash to an x850xt pe. www.newegg.com is a good website IMO but sometimes they run out of stock pretty fast. As for building it yourself, i don't see why not as they will all be the same thing even if you buy it from a different retailer. sorry if i answered for darksparkz

-1cem4n

ckj · Oct 14, 2005

I will say the cpu and the powersupply both came from www.ewiz.com And as long as you take your time, read a few guides and come to us when you need help I think you could get your computer built just fine.

IWasHungry · Oct 14, 2005

1cem4n said:
You can upgrade later but i would recommend the x800gto2 as it can flash to an x850xt pe. www.newegg.com is a good website IMO but sometimes they run out of stock pretty fast. As for building it yourself, i don't see why not as they will all be the same thing even if you buy it from a different retailer. sorry if i answered for darksparkz

-1cem4n

A Connect3D GTO may also be a good option, since it seems that it's flashable to a X800XT. They're so cheap! However, keep in mind that your chances of flashing it to X800XT is not 100%. This card is manufactured with both r423 and r480 cores apparently, so which one you get is a gamble. r480 is the one that will flash.

If you can find a GTO^2 in the low $200s, that would be a better deal, since it is guarunteed to unlock to a X850XT.

darksparkz · Oct 15, 2005

I usually use pricegrabber.com to find good prices. They list the prices+shipping costs of a lot of vendors out there, so it'll show you the lowest price possible. But for the PSU, I think it's off from actbuy.com, and the 3200+ is from ewiz of course.

And yeah, even if you buy parts from different vendors, you'll still be able to build it the same way, the only reason people like buying from one vendor is because of the hassle of ordering it from like 4 different websites.

1cem4n's recommendation of newegg is widely used in these forums too

blitzkrieg1110 · Oct 15, 2005

also check out www.pricewatch.com for another pricing site besides pricegrabber. sometimes they show some good deals on hardware.

SirPokemasterMD · Oct 18, 2005

i know this doesnt matter but i would like to have a cool looking case can i switch from the case darksparkz post?

1cem4n · Oct 18, 2005

yes. so long as it handles ATX(which all cases except SFF and server rackmounts, which might do anyways so whatever).

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