Budget Build

HumanMage

HumanMage

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Ok, I have around $1,000 plus a little more for shipping costs and if I absolutley need to go over, but I'd say my budget is right around 1,000. I have spent awhile compiling a list of parts that fit my needs. I also had a little help from Maximum PC magazine when they did a story on this back in April, although their budget was $1,500. Anyway, here goes, let me know what you all think. I'm excited about this for some reason.

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130098
This seems a little stripo, if there is a better one for around the same price let me know, I haven't been looking around for the motherboard as often as other parts.

Hard Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148261

Power Supply:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005
Will this suffice for my needs of the build? I'm not really good at judging power supplies.

Sound card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102006

OS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116056
Maximum PC went with XP Pro. is there a REAL difference between the two?

DvD Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151155

RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134596
Is this compatible with my board? I'm pretty sure it is, just want a second opinion.

GPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130318

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119077
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119152
They're both pretty cheap. I like the side window of the first one, but theres something about the second one that keeps me undecided.

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

I still would need a monitor which would put me at about 1,200ish. I found http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009094 but I think that might be too expensive. Any ideas on a monitor?

I want to get the most bang for my buck here, I know I'm not going to be turning out any steller bench marks but my plan is to get a sort of entry level/mid-range system in the works and upgrade it as time goes on (mainly for Starcraft II). So let me know what you guys think, give me as much criticism as you all deem worthy:D

Thanks for your help
 
The P35 chipset is just fine...excellent in fact. He doesn't know what he's talking about. I would elaborate further on your build but need to logoff for awhile. Others will help you tweak your build.
 
I was surprised too when I read that P35 wasn't too good... P35 is a great chipset. It may not be the latest of all technology, the X38 and X48 are newer, but P35 certainly isn't bad, in fact its probably perfect for what you want.
 
Bump. Is everything else pretty good for around my price range? Like I said I could go up in the price if a part or something warrants it.
 
Kilauea said:
I was surprised too when I read that P35 wasn't too good... P35 is a great chipset. It may not be the latest of all technology, the X38 and X48 are newer, but P35 certainly isn't bad, in fact its probably perfect for what you want.
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when i said that i ment the x48 chipset just got a little confused everything seems good also your cpu the q6600 which is a quad core is only $10 more
 
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Thanks for the input, but probably I will have to push this build back a few months(good news and bad news I guess). I decided to pay some bills instead of building a new computer, which I think is a wise move. I'll get around to building this though...
 
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