Need Some Idea's

[optlox]

I've been a follower of this site for a while - figured i'd join up.

Anyway... im looking to build a new machine to run BF2 and Quake4 nicely... but id like to stay under 400$ if i can? Anyone have any ideas... mobo proc n vid card are what im looking for. Thanks!

Brandon

 

[ShogunCS]

Well if you already have the other components for your PC I would recommend getting the following components which add up to $400 total plus taxes etc...

Motherboard: ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard = $92
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This motherboard is ok if you don't care for SLI, if you plan on using SLI in the future you should spend a bit more on an SLI motherboard. DFI, Abit, Asus, and Epox all make excellent motherboards which garner to different user needs. Ie. if you plan on overclocking get a DFI motherboard. If you want a stable, reliable motherboard get an Asus one.

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 = $139
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This CPU kicks ass and is the best bang for your buck hands down.

Video card: PNYGeforce 6800 128MB GDDR3 = $169
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A decent video card that will give you satisfactory performance for the above mentioned games. If you want to spend a bit more get an 6800 GT or even a 7800 GT although this would push you over your $400 budget.

These parts here will net you pretty good performance. Basically the more you pay the more performance you will get, with the above mentioned parts though, you should get pretty good performance!

 

[optlox]

yeah im just tight on funds and undecided on whether to go nvidia or ati... sli or one card powerhouse...