Help! my first build.... under $1500

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SkeeM

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finally decided that i'll be building my next comp...
i'm settin my budget at 1500, that's w/ everything included moniters, mouse, etc....
i'm goin to be doin a bunch of stuff on the comp, recording music, d/ling music, internet, gaming
i'll be playin Armed Assault if anyone's heard of it, basically one of the reasons i'll be gettin a new comp, and under system requirements it says "video cards that do not have full Hardware Pixel and Vertex Shader 2.x support, such as the GeForce FX series or Intel Extreme Graphics, are not supported", dunno if that's important in choosing a vid card

as for the processor i was aiming for the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, that was pretty much that only thing i was sure of....lol
i need at least 2gigs of ram
over 200gb harddrive
widescreen moniter

jus need help pickin out the other parts... thx in advance
 
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Well, for a GPU, right now, the best one to get is the nVidea 8800GTX, it's an extremely good card, won't let you down!

Supports DX10, so you'll be able to play the up and coming games like Crysis with-out and problems.
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail $226.00

MSI P965 Platinum LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $133 MIR $15

EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail $389 MIR $30

Patriot eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC22G6400LLK - Retail $150 MIR $50

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250620AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $70

SONY 18X DVD±R DVD Burner, OEM Version Black SATA Model AWG170S-B2 - OEM $32

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail $150 MIR $25

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $50

Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM $120

SAMSUNG 225BW Black 22" 5 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height Adjustments - Retail $290 MIR $20

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM $6

Total: $1616 Mail-In Rebate $140. $1476 exclude delivery.

Also, suggest to buy a better CPU cooler which make your ocing better.
 
anyone have any second opinions on the build?? i was lookin for a little cheaper price, maybe a cheaper moniter, and is that the best video card for that price?
 
SkeeM said:
under system requirements it says "video cards that do not have full Hardware Pixel and Vertex Shader 2.x support, such as the GeForce FX series or Intel Extreme Graphics, are not supported", dunno if that's important in choosing a vid card
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Minimum Specification:
* CPU: 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor

* RAM: 512 MB

* Nvidia Geforce FX with 128 MB RAM & pixel shader 2.0, ATI Radeon 9500 with 128 MB of RAM & pixel shader 2.0

* Software: Windows XP or Windows 2000 and DirectX 9


Recommended Specification:
* CPU: 3 GHz

* RAM: 1 GB

* Video Card: Nvidia 6800 and above or Ati x800 and above with at least 256 MB RAM

* Software: Windows XP and DirectX 9



So, in other words GeForce FX series should be able to run the game
 
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daisymtc said:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail $226.00

MSI P965 Platinum LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $133 MIR $15

EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail $389 MIR $30

Patriot eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC22G6400LLK - Retail $150 MIR $50

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250620AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $70

SONY 18X DVD±R DVD Burner, OEM Version Black SATA Model AWG170S-B2 - OEM $32

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail $150 MIR $25

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $50

Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM $120

SAMSUNG 225BW Black 22" 5 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height Adjustments - Retail $290 MIR $20

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM $6

Total: $1616 Mail-In Rebate $140. $1476 exclude delivery.

Also, suggest to buy a better CPU cooler which make your ocing better.
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:D that looks good ot to me
 
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