Complete Noobie

[ThatGuy]

So heres the deal. I have wanted a VERY good gaming computer for some time. I am only 14 and am on a budget of about 1500-2000. I wanted to know what you, the pros, think i should get for a motherboard? and also some of the other things, like CPU, graphics card, Etc.

Thanks

 

[lilpaul2019]

ok 1500 is really good i would go with a p4 3.2 lga and pci express gfx card and sata
for gfx go for the 6600 or 6800 they are both good make sure 256 ram on gfx card
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=13-130-461&DEPA=0
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-526&depa=0
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-182&depa=0

 

[Praetor]

ok 1500 is really good I would go with a p4 3.2 lga and pci express gfx card and sata
for gfx go for the 6600 or 6800 they are both good make sure 256 ram on gfx card

A P4 and video card arent gonna let you do jack.

I am only 14 and am on a budget of about 1500-2000

Intel Route
ABit AA8 DuraMax [170USD]
Intel Pentium4-550 [290USD]
Sapphire X800XT [590USD]
WD Raptor 36.7GB [115USD]
Maxtor 300GB SATA 16MB [220USD]
Maxtor 300GB SATA 16MB [220USD]
Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS [75USD]
Pioner 108 [75USD]
LiteOn 523252 [20USD]
Chenming 602 [80USD]
OCZ PowerStream 520W [110USD]
Net: 1965USD

AMD Route
MSI K8N Ner2 Platinum [150USD]
Athlon64-3500 [270USD]
BFG 6800U OC [530USD]
Thermaltake Venus12 [35USD]
WD Raptor 36.7GB [115USD]
Maxtor 300GB SATA 16MB [220USD]
Maxtor 300GB SATA 16MB [220USD]
Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS [75USD]
Pioner 108 [75USD]
LiteOn 523252 [20USD]
Chenming 602 [80USD]
OCZ PowerStream 520W [110USD]
Net 1900USD

Naturally its very easy to chop the price down by clipping the harddrives etc

 

[hbcao2004]

CPU:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+, Socket 754, 1MB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor ($463.00)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=19-103-464&DEPA=1

Memory:
OCZ Value Series Dual Channel Kit 184-Pin 2GB(1GBx2) DDR PC-2700 - Retail ($400.25)
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-840&depa=1

Graphic Card:
eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-bit, Dual DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "256-A8-N345-AX" -RETAIL ($509.00)
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-196&depa=1

Total-around $1370 for CPU, MEMORY, GRAPHIC

I believe 600 is enough for the other components