Zzzi

Hey all

I have 2500$ can to spend and i'm about to buy these following part.
I love games and also use visual studio for programming. Any feedback on this configuration would be greatly taking in.

I'm at a total of 2226.21$ so far. also have (mouse, keyboard towerwith extra HD for girl friend included in price but not listed)

One last thing( not in to light and stuff) is 600w power too big?
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Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ3 Turbo 620MHZ 256MB 1.48GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI VIVO HDCP Video Card 489.99$

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ EE Dual Core Processor AM2 Windsor 2.2GHZ 512KBX2 65W 90NM Retail Box
199.98$

ASUS M2N-E ATX AM2 Nforce 570 Ultra PCI-E16 PCI-E4 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA RAID Sound GBLAN Motherboard 113$

Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB 2X1GB PC6400 DDR2-800 CL 5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory 323.99

OCZ GameXStream 600W ATX12V 24PIN SLI Ready Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black
124$

Samsung SyncMaster 205BW 20IN Widescreen LCD 1680X1050 6MS 600:1 DVI-D HDCP Black HAS W/ DVI Cable 319.99

seagate barracuda 7200.10 320gb sata2 3gb/s 7200rpm 16mb cache ncq hard drive 110$

Bobo

That looks pretty good, but every single person on this forum is going to tell you to go with a Core 2 Duo instead of the AMD.

600W is most certainly not too much.

what about case and optical drives?

Zzzi

antec solo quiet mini tower case atx silver black
Optical Drive SONY DVD RW DRU-810A

Bobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131045
Asus P5B Deluxe

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115005
C2D E6300

I'm not sure where all this fits into your budget, because you don't have individual prices for the items.

Where do you live?

Zzzi

i'm in vancouver, buying everything from www.ncix.com
There prices are very good and i updated original quote with prices

computermaineack

I also suggest you go with a Core 2 Duo, especially since you are a gamer. The C2D is a better fit for your needs. AMD isn't bad, but like I said, C2D is better.

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maroon1

You can get eVGA 7950GT KO for $337.44, it is much better than X1950pro
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...nufacture=eVGA

for a little more you can get 7950GT Superclocked
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...nufacture=EVGA

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Lane

Tak a look at my thread I have put this together for $2,300 or so. Still waiting on parts, bought it on friday from www.newegg.com probably tuesday will arrive.

Please Help/new system

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K3rupt

WHAT IS WITH THE CORE 2 DUO!! argh lol I run AMD, its perfect for anygame i throw at it. (just chuck the box and it worx) lol. That computer is leet man, 600watt is definitly not too much

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