building a cheap but gaming capable computer..

[Deleted member 21895]

okay, so im aiming for around $400-$500...

i've got hard drives, monitors and dvd burners and such... what I need is the case, processor, memory, graphics card and whatever other odd things I may need...

im not sure where to look to get it to fit within this area but maybe you guys could help...

planning on playing WoW and using the computer just for miscellaneous things, nothing too big...

would prefer as much memory as possible but while keeping within the budget... onboard soundcard is fine since i'll probably be upgrading it later... any suggestions?

 

[Ezteh]

from newegg

AMD Athlon 64 2800+ $127
MSI K8N Neo Platinum $124
Corsair XMS 512mb pc-3200 $99.00
Sapphire Ati Radeon 9600XT $136.00

486+s&h + 498.71
could upgrade from the 2800 to a 3000 for 20 more and get a free copy of far cry

edit: forgot case

add aspire black turbo $35.50

change motherboard to SOLTEK "SL-K8AN2E-GR" $89

total then comes to 510.21 after shipping to SC

 

[Deleted member 21895]

from newegg

AMD Athlon 64 2800+ $127
MSI K8N Neo Platinum $124
Corsair XMS 512mb pc-3200 $99.00
Sapphire Ati Radeon 9600XT $136.00

486+s&h + 498.71
could upgrade from the 2800 to a 3000 for 20 more and get a free copy of far cry

edit: forgot case

add aspire black turbo $35.50

change motherboard to SOLTEK "SL-K8AN2E-GR" $89

total then comes to 510.21 after shipping to SC

hmm.. that works out really well thanks.. didn't realize the a64s were that cheap now...