Help Me Build My First Comp

5u1c1d47m0nk3y

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Specs

Revision 6

Case - 70.99
XION XION II
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PSU - 49.99
Fortron 450W
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Mobo - 129.99
DFI Lanparty UT nF4
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Hard Drive - 89.00
Seagate Barracuda 160Gb
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Video Card - 295.00
eVGA 7800GT
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RAM - 169.00
G.Skill 2Gb
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Processor - 301.00
AMD Opteron 165
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OS - 99.99
Windows XP
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Other Asorted Goodies - 35.47
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Total Price (Inclu. ship.) - 1319.85


I think this should be one of the last revisions since I don't know of any other options.
 

5u1c1d47m0nk3y

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When is the next generation of the Nvidia cards and the AM2 chip coming out. I think I will wait till then to buy. That way I will either buy an AM2 chip or buy the now lower priced Opty 165 or a chip that is in the 300 dollar range that was higher before. Same thing with the video card. What kind of price cuts could we see on the 939 and the video cards nearly as soon as the AM2 and the next gen Nvideo comes out.
 

5u1c1d47m0nk3y

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My dad is making me so happy. Whenever I approach him with a new budget he says sure. So now my budget is 1750. Omg woot woot. This is a 450 dollar bump so I think this is gonna be a total system change. So get workin,lol
 

5u1c1d47m0nk3y

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Now it is $1750 budget. I am building my first PC. It is gonna be a gaming rig that has to last me a while without upgrading. Do not include a moniter, mouse, keyboard,speakers, or optical drive, I have those from my last computer. Lastly I am only buying from newegg, no exceptions. So here is the list, I will keep it updated as I make revisions.

Specs

Revision 1

Case -
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PSU -
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Mobo -
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Hard Drive -
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Video Card -
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RAM -
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Processor -
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OS - 99.99
Windows XP
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Other Asorted Goodies -
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Total Price (Inclu. ship.) -

There is nothing there yet because I am not sure what to do with $1750.

P.S- MOds could you delete the first half of this thread till this post.That would be awsome. Thanks
 

5u1c1d47m0nk3y

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Ya but that case is frugly in my opinion. And then I would have to buy a powersupply which are like 100 for a good one so I would only be saving like 40 bucks on that case.
 

mash

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If you think that one's ugly, just browse newegg cases for one at ~$50. However, if you're going to have $1750 worth of components, you'll want a nice case. I'd spend at least $100 for the case with that budget. I'll edit this post with a $1750 rig in a bit.

Gaming rig- $1750 budget
Case- $150 (or less if you want) you choose.
CPU- AMD Athlon X2 4200+ - $362
PSU- FSP 550W - $96
Mobo- ASUS nforce4 SLI - $122
Vid Card- eVGA Geforce 7800GTX - $439
Memory- Corsair XMS 2GB - $185 after MIR
Hard Drive- Western Digital 200gb SATA - $91
Windows XP - $100

$205 left. If you plan on OCing, I'd put it towards better cooling (and switch the X2 to an opteron). Otherwise, you could get more memory, upgrade the vid card, cpu, etc. Depends on what you want to focus on.
 
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5u1c1d47m0nk3y

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Revision 2

Case - 189.99

XG Dragon
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PSU -In case
(I know no one likes the power supplies that comes with the case but I have heard good things about this one. It is a 500W with 26a on the 12v so how bad could it be)
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Mobo - 129.99
DFI LANPARTY Ultra-D
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Hard Drive - 87.00
Seagate SATA 160GB
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Video Card - 509.00
connect3D 1900XTX
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RAM - 169.00
G.Skill 2GB
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Processor - 415.00
AMD Opteron 170
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OS - 99.99
Windows XP
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Other Asorted Goodies - 9.24
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Total Price (Inclu. ship.) - $1,761.89
 

JFlo

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5u1c1d47m0nk3y said:
Revision 2

Case - 189.99

XG Dragon
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PSU -In case
(I know no one likes the power supplies that comes with the case but I have heard good things about this one. It is a 500W with 26a on the 12v so how bad could it be)
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Mobo - 129.99
DFI LANPARTY Ultra-D
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Hard Drive - 87.00
Seagate SATA 160GB
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Video Card - 509.00
connect3D 1900XTX
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RAM - 169.00
G.Skill 2GB
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Processor - 415.00
AMD Opteron 170
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OS - 99.99
Windows XP
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Other Asorted Goodies - 9.24
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Total Price (Inclu. ship.) - $1,761.89


If i were you i would get a different power supply w/ a cheaper case (one w/o a psu) and maybe a different mother board like dfi lanpart ut nf4 sli-dr (normal or expert).
 

ckfordy

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i would get a new powersupply cause that one has 26 amps but that videocard requries 30 amps so that powersupply might not be able to keep up with everything else in your system.
 

mash

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If you get an OEM vid card, make sure you confirm that it comes with all cables and such. Newegg usually has a warning that says "This item comes with no accessores" if it's OEM.
 

5u1c1d47m0nk3y

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I made a mistake on that revision I am getting the Powercolor 1900XTX Retail. Sry bout that. I will fix that in next revision. I think I might just splurge and buy the case and the power supply I mentoned before that is $71.
 

5u1c1d47m0nk3y

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Specs

Revision 3

Case - 189.99

XG Dragon
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PSU -94.99
Antec Truepower 550W
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Mobo - 129.99
DFI LANPARTY Ultra-D
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Hard Drive - 87.00
Seagate SATA 160GB
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Video Card - 534.00
Powercolor 1900XT
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RAM - 169.00
G.Skill 2GB
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Processor - 325.00
Opteron 165
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OS - 99.99
Windows XP
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Other Asorted Goodies - 14.72
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Total Price (Inclu. ship.) - $1722.4


Revision 3
The more I thought about it the more worried I got. I did not want to build my PC only to have the PSU not be good enough. SO I cut back on some stuff and got a good PSU.
 
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