Best Budget Gaming Setup?

[josxp]

I'm looking to upgrade my system to get the best gaming performance for under 500 dollars.

Right now I'm looking at something similar to:
Asus M2N4-SLI motherboard
Athlon 64 3800+ X2 cpu
Ati X1900GT
Crucial Ballistix 1GB


For the time being, I'm keeping all my drives/case/PSU. So please, make suggestions on any changes. Thanks!

edit: added links, also changed the memory out.

 

[MC FLMJIG]

You should put links on the stuff you want. I don't feel like looking for prices.

Are you looking to OC?. You can probably do better with a DFI Ultra AM2 if u wantto OC.

If you must have dual then go with that 3800 x2 if not you can probably get a better video card for a few $ more. I think that ATi is 200 no? then again for the price it would be hard to beat. Unless you're OCing DDR800 is probably too much for an AM2.

 

[TheMostWantedPolishTwin]

DFI doesn't sound really budgetish... lol.. when I hear budget, I think GeForce 7300GT...

 

[filthysanchez]

dont you need a crossfire mobo, not sli, for ati cards?

 

[MC FLMJIG]

The Asus is same price now.

You can go with slightly heaper if you dont OC i guess.

Do you need certain amount PCI slots? Any particular needs like ATX or Micro Atx.