Help w/ building comp

[Comp_Learner13]

Hey guys...i'm in the market to buy a new comp...and i am wondering what parts to get. I've got about 800-850 (canadian) bucks to spend and I will be using the comp to play games such as World of warcraft and counter-strike. help is greatly appreciated...thnx guys

 

[UndeadInsanity]

I recommend you get a decent 1GB of RAM and gfx card.

You can probably pick up an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro for about £180 (GBP).

 

[Tha Killa]

You can probably pick up an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro for about £180 (GBP).

Way overpriced. If you converted that to USD, you could get a GeForce 6800GT at www.newegg.com.

 

[ripken2004]

i dont think newegg ships to canada, so he will be out of lot of $

 

[Praetor]

i dont think newegg ships to canada, so he will be out of lot of $

Thats a good thing. Newegg is expensive. (rather they can be)

@comp_learner
CPU Athlon64 3200 (240)
Mobo Gigabyte GA-K8NS (120)
RAM 2 x Corsair ValueSelect 512MB (2x55)
HDD WD 200GB ATA133 (120)
PSU XClio 450W (65)
CASE Whatever (50)
VIDEO 9800Pro 128MB (160)

Granted this shoots over the budget buttheres tons of trim room available

 

[ripken2004]

newegg is expensive? plz tell me where u get ur stuff then

 

[capt_ka]

i go www.mwave.com

 

[Praetor]

I buy my stuff locally and more so at biannual computer shows. The only time i buy stuff online is when its not readily available in canada (usually Xoxide or FrozenCPU or direct from the manufacturer). NCIX is also a good place to look too IMO

 

[Zeus2005]

Id go for a cheap MoBo kit that is advertised in Mags like PC Pro (in the UK), look got a decent graphics card and find a cheap website that has sales on monitors and cases etc.




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3.81GHz P4
ATI x800xt
1Gb Corsair DDR2 @ PC5200
200 GB HDD
19" TFT

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