First time building / Gaming machine suggestions

[RobertMacUser]

Hi,
I am a total newb; I'd like to put together a gaming desktop. I've found some decent tutorials on how to assemble the parts. can anyone suggest what parts to buy?

case?
mobo?
processor?
etc?

thanks!

 

[{NcsO}ReichstaG]

1) Whats the budget?

I would get
Case: ThermalTake Armour
CPU: AMD X2 4400+
Mobo: Asus ..depends if you want SLI or DFI maybe for better overclocking options...

 

[Merc]

We definitely need a rough budget to give you a decently balanced rig that includes everything needed. Do you need a monitor as well?

 

[RobertMacUser]

i have monitor, keyboard, mouse etc

i can spend ~$700 on the first wave. more later, so i'd like to set it up for the opportunity to upgrade.

-rob

 

[sativaman84]

MOBO: DFI nf4 (sli-dr, ultra d)
CHIP: AMD Venice (3000+, 3200+)
CASE: Antec/Lian Li
PSU: OCZ, PCNP (wouldn't skimp here)
HSF:Zalman 7700cu/9500cu Thermalright xp120 (wouldn't skimp here either)
MEM: Value, dividers are your friend while budget is low
VCARD: X800xl range or 6600gt

Could do that for about 700 if you find the right deals on forum. I'd stay away from agp as the cards seem almost as expensive as pcie and it's a dying breed. Could use stock HSF until you could upgrade. But with dfi board if you wanna bring out the venice's full potential gonna need some good cooling.

GL to you

 

[Kaiga]

MOBO: DFI nf4 (sli-dr, ultra d)
CHIP: AMD Venice (3000+, 3200+)
CASE: Antec/Lian Li
PSU: OCZ, PCNP (wouldn't skimp here)
HSF:Zalman 7700cu/9500cu Thermalright xp120 (wouldn't skimp here either)
MEM: Value, dividers are your friend while budget is low
VCARD: 6600gt

GL to you

that is practically the best combo out there, that is just what I would mention, but go with the 6600gt though.