Okay, I'm about as retarded as they come when it comes to computers. I'm on a budget of roughly $1,300. A lot of my buddies are on EQ2 and WoW, and I need something that'll atleast meet the requirements of these two games. I tried a site called cyberpowersystem.com and was about to order one, when my buddy told me to come here and see what y'all can recommend. I'd appreciate any and all help. Thanks.
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Need help configuring new gaming rig
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AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail
£119.95
Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard
£61.95
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5
£57.50
XFX GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
£122.50
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM
£44.95
Asus DRW-1608P 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - OEM
£43.75
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU
£34.50
Enermax Noisetaker 485W EG495AX-VE(G) SFMA ATX2.0 PSU
£59.95
Subtotal £545.05
VAT £95.39
Total £640.44
Comes to about $1,203.48 according to currency converter - of course, if you lost the ASUS case and went for one a bit pricier but minus the rubbish PSU you'd get slightly better cooling and features (though, like nearly all ASUS products, it looks great)
For example, instead, add an Antec Super LANBOY Aluminum Super Mini Tower Case, and the price rises to 1,237.44 USD
£119.95
Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI Express Motherboard
£61.95
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5
£57.50
XFX GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
£122.50
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM
£44.95
Asus DRW-1608P 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - OEM
£43.75
Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU
£34.50
Enermax Noisetaker 485W EG495AX-VE(G) SFMA ATX2.0 PSU
£59.95
Subtotal £545.05
VAT £95.39
Total £640.44
Comes to about $1,203.48 according to currency converter - of course, if you lost the ASUS case and went for one a bit pricier but minus the rubbish PSU you'd get slightly better cooling and features (though, like nearly all ASUS products, it looks great)
For example, instead, add an Antec Super LANBOY Aluminum Super Mini Tower Case, and the price rises to 1,237.44 USD
i'm assuming your looking to buy prebuilt, look at www.buyabs.com and check out their M5^64, its $1249 for the base model and for WoW and EQ2 your don't need anything more than that. And of course, as horrible as it sounds, don;t rule out a dell.
Othersider
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Normally I'd hate to do this, but if you don't know any better...
Dude!
Dimension 8400 Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT Technology (3GHz, 800 FSB) S630H [221-8110] 1
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP [412-0721][412-0688][412-0749][420-4834][420-4927][420-5101][463-2282] 11
Memory FREE UPGRADE! 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 400MHz (2x512M) 1GB4P [463-1259] 3
Keyboard Dell Quietkey® Keyboard QK [310-1582] 4
Monitor No Monitor N [320-3000] 5
Video Card 256MB PCI Express x16 Nvidia® GeForce 6800 GTO Graphics Card 256GT68 [320-4076] 6
Hard Drive 80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) 80S [341-1055] 8
Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices No Floppy Drive Included NFD [340-8442] 10
Mouse Dell 2-button scroll mouse SM [310-1871] 12
Network Interface Integrated Gigabit Ethernet IN [430-0742] 13
Modem 56K PCI Data/Fax Modem DFAX [313-2279] 14
CD ROM/DVD ROM Single Drive: 16X DVD-ROM Drive 16DVD [313-2619][420-5079] 16
Sound Card Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio IS [313-2758] 17
Speakers No Speaker Option N [313-2198] 18
TOTAL: $1,103.20
From Dell Home.
Tax'll bring you up to about your level, though I'd recommend you buy a warranty.
Oh yeah, I'm assuming you already have a monitor and speakers.
Dude!
Dimension 8400 Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT Technology (3GHz, 800 FSB) S630H [221-8110] 1
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP [412-0721][412-0688][412-0749][420-4834][420-4927][420-5101][463-2282] 11
Memory FREE UPGRADE! 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 400MHz (2x512M) 1GB4P [463-1259] 3
Keyboard Dell Quietkey® Keyboard QK [310-1582] 4
Monitor No Monitor N [320-3000] 5
Video Card 256MB PCI Express x16 Nvidia® GeForce 6800 GTO Graphics Card 256GT68 [320-4076] 6
Hard Drive 80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) 80S [341-1055] 8
Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices No Floppy Drive Included NFD [340-8442] 10
Mouse Dell 2-button scroll mouse SM [310-1871] 12
Network Interface Integrated Gigabit Ethernet IN [430-0742] 13
Modem 56K PCI Data/Fax Modem DFAX [313-2279] 14
CD ROM/DVD ROM Single Drive: 16X DVD-ROM Drive 16DVD [313-2619][420-5079] 16
Sound Card Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio IS [313-2758] 17
Speakers No Speaker Option N [313-2198] 18
TOTAL: $1,103.20
From Dell Home.
Tax'll bring you up to about your level, though I'd recommend you buy a warranty.
Oh yeah, I'm assuming you already have a monitor and speakers.
An Athlon 64 system will surpass a P4 one easily in games, and be far more expandable. You will be able to even upgrade to dual core CPUs later this year without a board replacement-- not true for Intel's current offerings. Also, A64s emit about half the heat of similar performing P4s, and they use less power. The machines can therefore be much quieter. So .. the Dell would be a disservice to him now and in the future.
The suggestions on the parts list Wally made are great, but the power supply is tremendous overkill-- you should opt for an Antec Sonata case with 380W Antec supply, which will be more than enough to run your system very, very well with power to spare. Also, I'd recommend an NEC 3250A drive instead-- it's only ~$52 yet is about the most reliable, quiet and fast Dual-Layer DVD burners on the market.
The suggestions on the parts list Wally made are great, but the power supply is tremendous overkill-- you should opt for an Antec Sonata case with 380W Antec supply, which will be more than enough to run your system very, very well with power to spare. Also, I'd recommend an NEC 3250A drive instead-- it's only ~$52 yet is about the most reliable, quiet and fast Dual-Layer DVD burners on the market.
Othersider
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Epicenter said:
No offense, but does the OP sound to you like someone who wants to swap CPUs?
Othersider said:
It isn't brain surgery, and it sounds like he's building it himself or at least getting help to do so. He can always take it into a shop to have it done. I'd rather have an expandable PC that someone else can expand for me on the cheap, and be faster overall, than have a slower PC that costs a LOT more to expand on later, even if I weren't knowledgeable about CPU upgrades.