[itachi2k4]

I am trying to put together a cheap gaming rig for a friend. I already have case and psu that is left after putting together my bro's rig and a lite on dvd burner which refuses to be taken out the case (i got stuckin there with the tooless design thingy)


So far i gotten this:
thermatake case soprano
430w psu thermatake
lite on dvd burner

I bought some stuff of various forums also which are otw for what i think were good prices

2 x 512 xms corsair ddr500 (does about 300 mhz) $80 shipped
amd 3000+ and A8N-SLI Deluxe for $80 shipped
x800xl vivo $50

And i am sure i have a hdd laying around

Is there anything else i would need or what am i missing? Also i would like to kno would this preform well in hl2 based games like cs source? how far do 3000+ veince usually oc to and would the mobo be able to keep up with it fsb wise?

[icedragn]

nothing "usually" oc's to anything, it's hit and miss, one cpu could oc to 600mhz, and one might not even do 10mhz.

My friends 3000+ oc'd to 2.2ghz, never really pushed it further, just settled on the easily attainable/prime95 stable 300mhz oc, I don't have the time to max his oc, that takes too much time, i have my own system and life :P

Also, he has a 3000+/1gb ddr/6600GT, it runs CS:S fine, im sure your 3000+/1gb ddr/x800xl will do just as well since it's even optimized for ATi hardware.

[||Console||]

that should to totaly fine i have a x800pro and i get ~100 fps in CSS.
as for the oc i would guess inbetween 2.4-2.8ghz
300x9 is 2.7ghz so your ram should hold your oc back any .