Great gaming system for around $1700?

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I was wondering if you could help build one for me, such as list parts you can recoemnd. Basically I'm confused what motherboard is best for gaming. I want a 1 sli card and 250gig drive. AMD systems seem to be best now, right?

Sorry I have money but not much computer know how.

Thank you all very much. :)
 
$1700? Thats about how much I spent on mine, which it coming early next week. But I put in a water cooling loop, which you probably dont need.

Do you need a moniter? OS? I'll asume you do.

Something around the lines of:

Dell 20" Widescreen.
Enermax Liberty 620 Watt.
$200 Case (Lian Li PC-V1200)
ASUS SLI MOBO.
AMD 3700+
2 GIG RAM
Nvidia 7800GT (2 of em?) or 1 ATI X1900XTX
DVD Burner
Windows XP

Should be about $1700.

Sorry, to tired to make links.
 
Yeah I didn't list a OS cause I have access to free ones due to a friend of mine working here in reno,nv for ms ;)
Linux baby!
 
Thanks a lot for the help. So you recoemend asus boards as the best for stable gaming?? :)
 
Are you planning on doing any overclocking? If so, i would recommend going DFI. Otherwise, Asus makes fine, stable motherboards.
 
There is absolutly no point in overclocking anymore. I think it is foolish too. I guess that will not go over well here..but that is my opinion.

No overclocking. :p

Ahh good ole Asus still, eh? Excelent. Thanks. :)
 
TNU said:
There is absolutly no point in overclocking anymore. I think it is foolish too. I guess that will not go over well here..but that is my opinion.

No overclocking. :p

Ahh good ole Asus still, eh? Excelent. Thanks. :)
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You will spend more on stuff to keep things cool+your time+ ruined HW when you OC these days...OCing is pretty much dead...no its dead. Do it for fun and the love of getting alittle more out of something or just stick with stability.
I mean cruise these forums enough and look at all the threads with people having stability issues due to OCing, that will cure the itch. ;)
I do it still cause I like to push the card.
Video card OCing is still worth it though cause you can get a BIG performance rise out of a good OC but just make sure its not a expensive card cause whats the point if you burn it up?
GL!
:)
 
Wow $1700 is a ton of money. What is this box for ?

For $1700 I'd get a dual 265 once the prices drop and a dual optie board for about $250.

Dual optie board: $250
dual 265's about $700.

That gives you another $700 for video card, memory hard drive, etc.
 
k I'm doing:

Asus A8N32SLI Deluxe, sony 16x dvd w/rw, 250gb 16mb, 2gb dual chan, 7800gt oc, 4200+ x2, aud2




sound like a good machine?

Do you see any bottle necks? What should I be concerned about? :)
 
Why don't you get:
$250 Motherboard
$468 qty 2:CPU
$230 qty 2: (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141197)
$286 qty 1(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814139175)
$140 qty 1(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160
$100 qty 1(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104982)

That gives you $250 to snag a dvd-rw (probably $40), case ($65 shipped) and perhaps another cheapie/large hard drive.

Upgrade options ? swap the 246's for dual cores down the road, and add a 7800GT
 
TNU said:
k I'm doing:

Asus A8N32SLI Deluxe, sony 16x dvd w/rw, 250gb 16mb, 2gb dual chan, 7800gt oc, 4200+ x2, aud2




sound like a good machine?

Do you see any bottle necks? What should I be concerned about? :)
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bottleneck: no expansion to 4 cores :)
 
What do you mean, no expansion to 4 cores? Are gaming machines meant to have 2 cpu's now?

Is this a major thing? or just a small thing?

Thanks for helping btw. :)
 
TNU said:
What do you mean, no expansion to 4 cores? Are gaming machines meant to have 2 cpu's now?

Is this a major thing? or just a small thing?

Thanks for helping btw. :)
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It was tongue in cheek :) I still think it's great to have 4 cores as a possible upgrade. Do not know if this is the "best for gaming", but i figure if you are gonna spend $1700 and get a 4200 anyways (2.2ghz, 512k cache IIRC), might as well get something similar with more expandability.
 
I'll throw another option out there.

You could build a killer single core Socket 754 setup, but there is no upgrade to dual core later on... :(

Something like
DFI Nforce 4 Socket 754
AMD 4000+ Newark(SAME CPU AS a FX-55! But a lot cheaper!)
2 GIG RAM
ATI X1900XTX

That system would give you best bang for your buck. But no crossfire or Dual core. No games really support dual core any way...
 
nice thread, I also want to build a system of around 1600 euro's, only I need all the peripherals in that budget as well, since I'll keep using my current rig. I'll keep following this thread with interest

Btw hi all, new to the forums, 33 years, male, from holland, really like the [h]ard|ocp site (most of the time)
 
Astragoth said:
nice thread, I also want to build a system of around 1600 euro's, only I need all the peripherals in that budget as well, since I'll keep using my current rig. I'll keep following this thread with interest

Btw hi all, new to the forums, 33 years, male, from holland, really like the [h]ard|ocp site (most of the time)
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Hehe, sorry man buy 1600 euro's won't get you far in the computer world, since computer prices are inflated over 2x in Europe. I would start a new thread for your question.
 
sac_tagg said:
Wait, do you need a monitor? That could significantly affect your budget you know.
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Should of asked if he had a wife cause that effects my budget the most hehe :D
 
sac_tagg said:
Hehe, sorry man buy 1600 euro's won't get you far in the computer world, since computer prices are inflated over 2x in Europe. I would start a new thread for your question.
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Isnt AMD based in germany though? or am i misinformed?
 
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