$2,300 build, no monitor :P

[redrider773]

Okay, my friend saw the comp I built in sig., and wants me to build one for him, cuz he was about to drop like, $2,500 on an alienware. He say's I've got $2,300 to work with, not strict, and that he will have another $700 or so at Christmas to upgrade. I was tihnking getting a 7800GTX on a SLI mobo and having him buy the second one at Christmas, and also getting 1Gb of great RAM now, and having him get another gig when he upgrades. Also, a second SATA II HDD for RAID 0 when he upgrades. This is what I've got ready so far:

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 - Zalman 120mm cooling
ASUS 7800GTX
Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro SLI
X-Navigator - 500W PSU - 34A-12v
1Gb OCZ DDR500 Cas: 2
250Gb SATA II - Windows Home SP2
Dual Sony DVD-RW Burner

Sound good? Would anyone suggest Dual core over FX?

 

[Johnnyboy0056]

no, go fx for a gamer...definitely.

 

[34erd]

Nice! Is he getting Asus's TOP version of the 7800?

 

[bigsaucybob]

ur spending 2300 dollars i think u shuld go with 2 gigs now and upgrade something else later

 

[Lax]

The FX is waste of money.

 

[Nastybutler187]

get the 3000+ and overclock it to 2.6

 

[randruff]

You should consider getting 2 74GB raptor drives running in RAID 0. Get another HDD later.

 

[redrider773]

The FX is waste of money.

Could you explain in english?

 

[redrider773]

EDIT, mobo = MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI

 

[Fuzz]

You should be able to get alot more than that for $2300. The rig in my sig cost my around $2185.

 

[redrider773]

The rig in your sig doesn't have an $820 proccessor, does it?

 

[Fuzz]

Don't buy that processor its a waste of money. Thats what I'm trying to say be smart about what you are buying and you can get more proformance for what money you are spending.

 

[Archangel]

well.. he can spend the monney of somebody else..

anyway. get a 3000+ and OC it to 2.7GHz. then it has the same ferformance of that $820 processor. while it only costs $120.
that fx is really a rip-off. and for the monney you save, you can get a 2nd 7800GTX instead.
that would be a much wiser choice

 

[Fuzz]

Thanks for backing me up Archangel.

 

[redrider773]

Okay, there is no way in hell im getting a 3000+ with a 7800GTX, lol. My friend doesn't want me to overclock it too much, he's too into "protecting his investment". Realistically, what do you think of 4600+ or 4800+, get a second gig of RAM now, and get 2nd 7800GTX when he can spend that $700 later.

 

[redrider773]

How about 4400+, cuz I want the 2Mb L2 Cache (2.2 Ghz can always be overclocked, Cache can't). 2 Gigs OCZ DDR500, and BFG Tech 7800GTX. Is BFG tech 7800 better than ASUS? reaons?

 

[pbsk8er03]

That adds up to $2,300?

Buy from www.xPCgear.com or www.zipzoomfly.com

 

[tweaker]

I would like to know what monitor he's got before recommending him or anyone else a 78 SLI setup..

 

[redrider773]

A dell CD that takes an external cbale, can be VGA or DVI

 

[Vampiric Rouge]

2 Gigs OCZ DDR500

Correct me if im wrong but isn't the DDR standard on The MSI Neo4 Platinum SLI mobo DDR400?