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Eiolon

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I have up to $2,000 for my budget - the wife won't let me go much higher.

This is strictly for World of Warcraft and I will NOT be overclocking. As for an LCD monitor, I know CRT will give better colors and contrast but my eyes are so bad that worrying if black is really black is the least of my concerns.


DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra $135.00
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ $190.00
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) $262.00
eVGA 256-P2-N376-AX Geforce 6800GT 256MB$ 359.00
OCZ ModStream OCZ52012U ATX 520W Power Supply $109.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 $123.00
ViewSonic VX924 Black/Silver 19" 4ms (gray-to-gray); 5ms (typ) LCD Monitor $449.00
NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3520A BLACK $48.99
CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition $112.99

TOTAL: $1,789.97

If a component is not listed I already have it. I have about $200 to play with if something needs to be upgraded, etc. Also, the prices above are if the items are NOT onsale, which many are at the moment.

Thanks for your time and advice!
 
There is an SLI prebuilt computer by ABS or something on newegg for 2,099 .. It is leet as hell, it has 2 geforce 6800gt's in it, well let me know if you are interested and I will find the link..
 
I'd prefer to build over buying pre-built systems but thanks for the offer. I'd just sell one of the 6800's any ways which would bring me back to where I am now.
 
Since you are not overclocking you can get a cheaper board such as the Chaintech VNF4 Ultra. The DFI is recommended so much as it is a great overclockers board with a lot of options. Since you don't use these you won't really benefit so you can save ~$50 right there.

Also that RAM is a waste of money. Low latency RAM does very little for performance on the A64. Just get some cheap Crucial Value RAM or cheap RAM from some other well known brand.

You could also save some money and get a X800XL. Both perform basically the same, but the X800XL is $100 cheaper (at Monarch Computers).

The PSU is a good choice, but you could go with something cheaper such as an Antec SP2 500w for $67. That is an incredible deal and you will save quite a bit.

$450 for a 19" LCD? Get a Dell 2001/2005FP or something.
 
KoolDrew said:
Since you are not overclocking you can get a cheaper board such as the Chaintech VNF4 Ultra. The DFI is recommended so much as it is a great overclockers board with a lot of options. Since you don't use these you won't really benefit so you can save ~$50 right there.

Also that RAM is a waste of money. Low latency RAM does very little for performance on the A64. Just get some cheap Crucial Value RAM or cheap RAM from some other well known brand.

You could also save some money and get a X800XL. Both perform basically the same, but the X800XL is $100 cheaper (at Monarch Computers).

The PSU is a good choice, but you could go with something cheaper such as an Antec SP2 500w for $67. That is an incredible deal and you will save quite a bit.

$450 for a 19" LCD? Get a Dell 2001/2005FP or something.
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Thanks for your input. I was building this system to last me at least 3-4 years through WoW. I know there will be expansion sets so I want to make sure the system would be able to run them without a hitch - that is probably why I went a little overboard preparing for the future.
 
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