Yet another"help me Build a new PC" Thread

[Cold Dark Shadow]

Within the next month after i sell my cars and pay some bills im finally going to build a new comp. Heres what im lookin for it to do:
Mild gaming (Painkiller, Q3A, some simulation games, mostly FPSs)
Work type stuff (web site design, photo editing, possably some video editing stuff, normal word/text/ect)

Things i dont need to factor in:
HDDs
Media drives
Keyboard
mouse
Monitor

I was thinking about gettin into the A64 stuff. BUT (the clincher) i only got about $500 for it, closer to $300 would be nice. Can it be done?

What would you guys suggest on doing?

 

[BigFuzzyArchon]

Why do you sell cars for $25-$75? Maybe sell them for $1000 and get a better rig?

 

[Deleted member 50702]

CHAINTECH VNF4 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $78.00
eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $169.00
Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model KVR400X64C3AK2/1G - Retail - $78.99
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model Retail - $146
Subtotal: $471.99

Should play the games you listed and even new games at decent levels. These are newegg's prices but it gives you an idea of what's available in your price range. Hope it helps some.

Monarch -
1 GB DDR (2 pcs 512) PC-3200 (400) OCZ (OCZ4001024V3DC-K) $86.00
MSI K8N NEO4-F Audio/GB-LAN/PCI-E/USB/SATA/DDR/ATX 64 (939) $87.00
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 512K 90nm Rev. E Venice (939) (Retail Box-w-Fan) $156.00
eVGA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3/PCI-E/TV-Out/DVI (Retail Box) $165.00
Order Total: $494.00

ZZF -
Corsair VS1GBKIT400 1GB Kit DDR400 PC3200 CAS2.5 Value Select Memory Retail - $82.90
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor (Venice) Socket 939 Retail - $146.00
Asus K8N4-E Deluxe nForce4 4X Athlon 64/Sempron Skt754 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail - $107.99
MSI NX6600-VTD128E Diamond GeForce 6600 PCI Express 128MB DDR3 Video Card w/TV-Out & DVI Retail - $159.99
Subtotal: $496.88

 

[Cold Dark Shadow]

Why do you sell cars for $25-$75? Maybe sell them for $1000 and get a better rig?

Those 2 cars that sold for that much, one (the camaro) was gutted, no drivetrain and the floors were gone. THe corsica had 2 bad heads and i only paid 100 for it. Dont think i sell cars for $25-$100 everyday, i dont. Just those 2


[V]ad[H]atte(r), thanks for the list, gives me an idea what i got to work with

 

[Deleted member 50702]

I guess my point was your best bet would be a 3000+, a GB of PC3200, 6600GT, and a nForce 4 to meet the criteria you stated. It gives you an upgrade path using pci-express and socket 939 and comes within your budget range. It's np I love shopping

PS - Shop in the FS/FT Forum and save yourself ~$100.

 

[Cold Dark Shadow]

Upgradablity would be nice. Ill give that stuff a look