Gaming Computer under $500, and suggestions?

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eurovw89

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CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 2.0GHz Socket 939

MB: BIOSTAR GEFORCE 6100-M9 Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX

Ram: CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)

GPU: eVGA 256-A8-N313-LX GeForce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 8X Video Card

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST340014A 40GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100

Drive: LITE-ON Beige 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM IDE CD Burner -

Case: RAIDMAX ARES ATX-801WBP Black ATX Mid Tower 450W PSU

All of this adds up to $400.17 shipped.

I would appreciate any thoughts and/or ideas with changing anything that I have here. Thank you in advance.

Jeff
 
Don't get the fx5500, it's a horrible card. Also, you're best off with a larger harddrive, 80gigs is usually the minimum.
 
Id try and get a 7600GT instead of the fx5500, it may raise the total cost some but it'll be way better.
 
Here is a new build i made that will come to like 520 shipped but its sweet!!

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535 - $57.40
Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138269 - $59.99
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440 - $82.99
HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106 - $43.99
Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068 - $39.99(after MIR)
GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150202 - $159.99(after MIR)
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817189003 - $37.99
DVD Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101131 - $18.99

Total=$499


i kept a lot of your parts but kept in in budget, hows it look?
 
joeswm8 said:
Here is a new build i made that will come to like 520 shipped but its sweet!!

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535 - $57.40
Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138269 - $59.99
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440 - $82.99
HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106 - $43.99
Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068 - $39.99(after MIR)
GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150202 - $159.99(after MIR)
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817189003 - $37.99
DVD Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101131 - $18.99

Total=$499
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why wouldnt you do this, its a 7900GS!!

this is sick!
 
as a guy with a fx5500, if ur building new skip it, it really does suck.. although it will play pre 2000 games good... but nothing current unless you like low lowest settings and 15 frames a second... HAHA
 
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