rickpcnerd

Is this your first time building a rig? but you want it to be a powerful gaming rig at a very low price (under $900), but you having trouble choosing hardware. I have customize 2 configurations under very low price, for those noobs that are under very low budget, but are having hard time configuring a low budget gaming rig, frighting that it wont be compatible, or have no idea how to configure a powerful rig under $850 with right hardware, or final price goes over budget, and leaving you with no extra money for video card. These two are very powerful rigs, and will play any games you throw at it at 1900x1440 at max settings. The E8400 performs better in gaming than a Q6600, and overclocks over 4.0 at a lower price. The E8200 performs very close to a E6850 at a very low price, and over clocks very well. If Anybody needs help customizing pc for your needs at any budget ,feel free to email me at rickpcnerd@yahoo.com

Intel Wolf... E8200 Config


Corsair VX 550W Power Supply$89.84
GigaByte GA-P35-DS3L Motherboard 104.00
ntel E8200 Dual Core Processor $163
MSI GeForce 8800 GT Video Card 512mb$247.44
WD Caviar SE 250GB Hard Drive $64.00
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) $56.00 (newegg.com after rebates)
Pioneer DVR-112D Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer $35.00
Cooler Master CAC-T05UW Centurion 5 Black/Silver Midsize $49.99

Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 Video Card $190.76 (optional)
ATI 3870x2 $480 (optional)


tax/ shipping in TOTAL: $809.59(NVIDIA 8800gt) For Max Settings
tax/ shipping in TOTAL: $751.00 (ATI 3850)
tax/ shipping in TOTAL: $1041.59 (ATI 3870x2) For Max Settings



Intel Wolf... E8400 Config


Corsair VX 550W Power Supply$89.84
GigaByte GA-P35-DS3L Motherboard 104.00
ntel E8400 Dual Core Processor $215
MSI GeForce 8800 GT Video Card 512mb $247.44
WD Caviar SE 250GB Hard Drive $64.00
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) $56.00 (newegg.com after rebates)
Pioneer DVR-112D Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer $35.00
Cooler Master CAC-T05UW Centurion 5 Black/Silver Midsize $49.99

Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 Video Card $190.76 (optional)
ATI 3870x2 $480 (optional)


tax/ shipping in TOTAL: $860.58 (NVIDIA 8800gt)For max settings
tax/ shipping in TOTAL: $803.58 (ATI 3850)
tax/ shipping in TOTAL: $1093.58 (ATI 3870x2)For Max Settings


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morris14cc

those parts are a lot cheaper on Newegg and the only difference between the 2 is the cpu
same MOBO $15 cheaper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128059

8800GTS $55 cheaper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127325

equal ram $28 cheaper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227139

Radeon HD 2870(slightly better) $15 cheaper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103050

Radeon HD 3870x2 $110 cheaper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103052

Timo

E8400 might be better at stock speeds but if you clock a Q6600 G0 to 3Ghz it won't do much worse (maybe even better). If you clock it to 3.2 (which is easy) you'll get a great gamer out of your Q6600 and a great editing CPU.

Also, I'd suggest you get the cheapest 8800GT you can get and slap on a Arctic Accelero S1 Rev2 (look up the reviews) and perhaps a turbo module if your airflow is not that well. The Accelero costs like 25 dollars and it outperforms practically every stock cooler (especially if you compare the sound... Seeing the Accelero doesn't make any). And you can always slap on one or two casefans if you want even better performance.

OCZ StealthXStream 600Watt is also not expensive.


(PS, you have multiple types of Accelero's. I believe the Accelero S2 is for most ATI cards.)

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Ordered and in the making (the current one isn't worthy to be mentioned):
Mobo: XFX 680i LT Sli
CPU: Q6600
Vcard: 8800GTS G92
RAM: DDR2 800Mhz CL5 (OCZ)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Infinity
Vcard Cooler(s): Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev2
PSU: Corsair 650TX

Tuffie

Good post!

I think maybe it would be better to just have an updated "Computer Specs 101 - 2007-04" as it provides a much fuller and easy to understand group of PC's and of course offers users more choice!

Although that's just what I think.

Tuffie.

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oscaryu1

The HD3870 is NOT better than the 8800GTS G92. Also, XMS2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145034 is cheaper AND better.

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maroon1

Try to get this video card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127325

It comes with a free game

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