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Corholio107
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I need a $1000 build or under!

Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:26 pm

I'm trying to find a good computer for my friend but he has a budget. I need it to be $1000 or under. He wants to be able to run alot of games at Max settings. He plays all the Source games and he plays F.E.A.R and CoD2. I did some researching and this is what I got.

ATop XBlade Casehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ ... 6811105113
Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA 150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148065
AOC 17" Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6824160144
ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 nForce4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131569
eVGA 6800GS 256MB PCI-Exprress x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130258
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2x512MB 184-Pin SDRAM PC3200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145440
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice S.939
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103535
Windows XP Home SP 2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6837116194
NEC Black DVD/CD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827152058

This came up to $940 so I was just wondering if anyone could build a better system that is around this price. This price doesn't have shipping and handling included it came up to $1000 with it included. Also he kind of wants to get SLI mobo but if its not possible then just dont bother with it.
 
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:45 pm

Cut down on the bling bling in the case and get one with a better PSU. May save you more in the long run.

17" CRT?

Looks like there is not much else to cut, unless you can bring some old components over (like a HD, a monitor, or something).
 
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:53 pm

You might want to look at getting an SLI capable motherboard. That way, when your friend has a few extra bucks he can get another graphics card and pair them up.
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:56 pm

I just found this mobo that is the same price but is sli
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813128306
 
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:03 pm

<A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131524">Like this one is an extra $30 bucks</A>, which can be offset by getting a <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148040">smaller hard drive like this one</A>. You really don't need aynthing more than a 100GB right now unless your buddy is planning on making this a media server. Right now I have a 65GB partition with Windows installed and a bunch of games and I'm still not using more than 15%. If he needs more space down the line, ha can add another larger hard drive for data usage, or get the same size and run them in RAID 0.
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:04 pm

Or, for six more bucks he can get a sataII HDD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148107
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:21 pm

ever thought of the shipping and tax of each item? Tax will only occur if you live in california cos newegg is california. If you do live in cali, times the price of the product by 0.08 and boom theres ur tax
 
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:17 pm

titan wrote:
Or, for six more bucks he can get a sataII HDD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148107

That's an 80gb drive?

Seagate is slow but reliable. If you're looking for something a bit faster, go for a WD like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822144417
 
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 8:24 pm

Newegg's broken at the moment. If you're looking for a built-to-order system, consider Monarch.
 
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 9:54 pm

I don't know about that power supply...Kinda fishy.

EDIT: dang i'm tired monitor != PSU :roll:
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:17 pm

I don't like AOC monitors at all. I used to work in a local shop and they were about all we kept in stock. We had a 17" that was OK but not that sharp and a 19" that was dark as hell. I never got in trouble for recommending that they buy a monitor elsewhere; the manager knew we could only sell what we had, and he didn't like the monitors either.
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:23 am

u dont have to get thaT AOC monitor.... maybe this one is good

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6824197001

O yeah and i see a kds 19" crt go for 80bux (AFter rebate..) I must've seen this kinda advertisement in the staples or office depot papers. I think thats a good deal. I sometimes see a kds 17" crt go for about 90 bux no rebate too (i think ) :roll: Hope those kinda deals will show up for u

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