$1200 budget for teh new computar.

[Deviation]

Sorry for the netspeak. I seem to use it whenever I'm building a new computer, whether for myself or someone else.

One way or another, I'll be building a new (gaming) computer soon. My absolute maximum budget is $1200, and I'm just looking for a little critique of the build I'm looking at right now.

Motherboard - Asus AN8-SLI - $133
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131524

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (socket 939, 2.2ghz) - $201
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103533

Memory - 2x Corsair CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB DDR 400 - $185.60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145505

Video Card - XFX 7800 GT (factory overclocked with full warranty - 450mhz core, 1050mhz memory, comes with Far Cry and a couple of crap games, register the card online and they send you Call of Duty 2 for free) - $359
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150108

Hard Drive - Maxtor 300GB SATA150 with 16MB cache - $123
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144186

DVD Writer - NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner - $42.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827152058

PSU - Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-400 400w Power Supply - $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103935

Case - Cooler Master Centurion5 - $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811119077

3-Day Shipping - $35.97
Total - $1185.54

 

[Matt126]

Looks alright...

You might want to check out this offer from e-VGA.

You get a free motherboard with the purchase of a 7800GT.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130238

You could then use the money you saved to maybe get some better ram or something.

-Matt

 

[strikeout]

might wanna get a better psu

 

[wassup61]

Here is my 1200 system

Newegg EVGA 7800GT/ free Evga mobo
Newegg Liteon DVD/dl RW
Newegg AMD 3800 X2
XOXide coolermaster praetorien case with 500 W aspire PSU and SATA/ 3 case fans
ZZF - corsair twin X 2048mb XMS
ZZF maxtor maxzline 300gb
total 1280.
Jeff

 

[Skin]

Here is my 1200 system

Newegg EVGA 7800GT/ free Evga mobo
Newegg Liteon DVD/dl RW
Newegg AMD 3800 X2
XOXide coolermaster praetorien case with 500 W aspire PSU and SATA/ 3 case fans
ZZF - corsair twin X 2048mb XMS
ZZF maxtor maxzline 300gb
total 1280.
Jeff

An Aspire PSU would be a horrible investment. A Neopower or Modstream would be 10 times better (and more stable aswell...)

 

[heero884]

i would get the evga 7800gt + evga sli motherboard for 379 and use the money saved to get a 3800+ athlon x2