help?

well i have $1000 for the computer i'm making..or a little more i guess..but i'm making it mostly for gaming... so the cpu's what makes it fast so i want the best one for a decent price ya know
 
Well you can't just get a top of the line CPU, the skimp on everything else.....the CPU, along with your RAM, mobo (to some extent), gfx card, etc, all work with each other to make the system fast, etc. If you buy the best Core 2 Duo there is, and get some piece of crap mobo, ram, and vid card, you won't get the performance you'll want out of the processor.

As for a recomendation, I too would recomend a Core 2 Duo by Intel....they currently beat AMD in MOST benchmarking tests.
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
? CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) ? System Memory Model VS2GBKIT400C3
CORSAIR XMS2 1GB
Intel BOXDG965RYCK Socket T (LGA 775) Intel G965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
? Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
? Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200JB 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM
DIAMOND X1300PCI256SB Radeon X1300 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Vista Ready Video Card
Sunbeam IC-ZORRO-SVBK Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
or
Sunbeam LAC-BT Blue LED 5.0 & 8.0mm thick acrylic panels ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
......help me out on if thats a good combo or not please :)
 
Some links would help, so we could check out the specs of the parts....

Also, how much is this gonna cost you?


As for HDD's...I have two of the 250gb model running in RAID 0...no problems, run really well and silent. They were cheap, too, each one had a $10 MIR....
 
 
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In general, you're going to want to downgrade your CPU and upgrade your graphics card. Consider stepping down to an E6600 or even an E6400.
 
34erd is correct, the X1300 is a budget graphics card, and will do poorly at modern gaming. Also, don't forget to factor a decent PSU into the budget.
 
XFX GeForce 7900GT PVT71GUQL3 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150195

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128012

CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145579

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144417

is that better? now..?
 
metallica7 said:
XFX GeForce 7900GT PVT71GUQL3 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150195

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128012

CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145579

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144417

is that better? now..?
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How much is that now? Sorry, I don't feel like adding them up :P

You could keep that processor, but really you can put it down to a E6400 or E6300 if you need to scale it down some, though I am not saying that an E6600 is bad :)
 
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