Building PC under $1,000

[crypter]

budget- about $1,000

I think im all set up. Please tell me if i should get anything different or if this is all good.. Its primariarly a gameing pc and i dont have any old parts from another pc, its all new. Did i miss anything?

>>Motherboard
Asus K8V-X Socket-754 VIA K8T800 ATX- Sound Gb-Lan USB2 800FSB SATA-Raid Retail Box
£41.13

>>Hard Drive
Hitachi 7K80 Deskstar 80GB 7200rpm ATA100 2MB Cache - OEM
£28.50

>>CD Drive
LG GSA4163 16x DVD R/RW/RAM Internal Dual Layer IDE OEM Black Drive
£31.13

>>Memory
Crucial 512mb DDR 333MHz PC2700 Memory Module
£34.29

>>Processor
AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64bit 3000+ 754pin 512kb L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor with Heatsink and Fan Included and 3 Year Warranty
£95.97

>>Graphics Card
Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB DDR 8x AGP DVi & TV-Out - Retail Box lite
£84.99

>>Case
Antler SQ-309 ATX Middle Tower Case in Black With USB2.0/Audio/IEEE1394 and 350w PSU (no power cord)
£27.02 + £1.30 = £28.33

>>Monitor
LG L1715S 17" TFT 16ms 450:1 (1280x1024) "Non-Glare" Monitor - Charcoal & Grey (3 Years On-Site Warranty)
£146.87

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From Ebuyer.com
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Total: £497.72
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AMD Athlon64 3000+
512DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
DVD/CD RW
80GB HD
17" TFT Monitor
(Not included OS = Windows XP)

Thanks in advanced for ya replies!!!

 

[The_Other_One]

That's a pretty good system...though there are a few problems.

First off, Socket 754 is out. If you never plan to upgrade, it's ok, but otherwise, I really suggest you change to 939...

The harddrive...eh, it would propbably do just fine, but I don't know much about Hitachi brand drives. I think their mobile drives are some of the best, but that is kind of slow(only ATA100 and not 133 or 150/300)

RAM is ok, more wouldn't hurt, and I would definetly suggest bumping up to DDR400.

Screen is ok... The responce time is a little slow for games, but not too bad. Beleive me, I used one with 30ms responce time for a while

 

[elmarcorulz]

as the other one said, but one more thing, you will want to buy a new psu, with at least 24amps on the 12v rail.

 

[alanuofm]

you can definately configure a computer with a socket 939 processor/mobo and pc3200 ram and stay under 1000$. what country are you?

 

[elmarcorulz]

from the currency he was using for each individual part, im gonna hazard a guess and say UK

 

[apj101]

>>Processor
AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64bit 3000+ 754pin 512kb L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor with Heatsink and Fan Included and 3 Year Warranty

as the other one said, drop this for a socket 939, this should allow further upgrade later, in the short term the dual cores are running of 939 so that upgrade is an option.

Asus K8V-X Socket-754 VIA K8T800 ATX- Sound Gb-Lan USB2 800FSB SATA-Raid Retail Box
£41.13

needs changing for the same reason as above

>>Memory
Crucial 512mb DDR 333MHz PC2700 Memory Module
£34.29

you should be looking at pc3200 really, especially if your looking at 939 socket mobo

What is this rig to be used for, and just for clarity are you here in the uk?

There is no additional power supply listed - are you going to use the one given with your case. Maybe you could reconsider. Read - psu101
http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=10764

 

[Praetor]

ASUS K8v-x socket-754 via K8T800 ATX- sound gb-lan usb2 800FSB sata-raid retail box

whether you get S754 or S939, the nForce3/nForce4 platform is handsdown superior to the via-based boards

hitachi 7K80 deskstar 80gb 7200rpm ata100 2mb cache - OEM

pricewise, its not worth getting a 2mb cache driver over an 8mb cache drive... have a look at HDD 101

lg gsa4163 16x dvd r/rw/ram internal dual layer ide OEM black drive

i'd avoid lg drives like the plague. some reccomendation in cd/dvd 101.

AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64bit 3000+ 754pin 512kb l2 cache retail boxed processor with heatsink and fan included and 3 year warranty

sapphire atlantis radeon 9800 pro 128 mb DDR 8x AGP dvi & tv-out - retail box lite

pricewise, the 6600gt may also be a feasible option

350w PSU (no power cord)

have a look at the PSU 101
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