How is this build? ($!400 budget for mild-gaming)

twolves90

twolves90

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Hello AGAIN! Yes, I keep learning and learning everday, but I think I've just about found a winner! I'm trying to keep a budget around $1200-$1400, and this build is $1392.31, which is just perfect. ^^ I'll admit the 7600 is BELOW GREAT, but Im used to a 6600 which is just fine for my needs(id just use that if it weren't AGP ><), and the 7900+ is just too pricey for my budget...
Anyways, please take a look and please suggest or change anything.

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Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 1066MHz FSB LGA 775 Processor

ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB Black /Blue Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

eVGA 256-P2-N554-AX Geforce 7600GT KO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

2x Unincom U8025 80mm Sleeve Cooling Fan

SONY 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model DWQ120AB2

SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive

Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2



THANK YOU!
 
man 1400 without moniter and you cant fit a 7900? thats not right. lemme look for a minute.



CD/DVD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106014
Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811171071 (Sufficent PSU and fans)
HDD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822136037
Video Card- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130033
sound card- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102178
MOBO- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813121035
CPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115004 (conroe should be fine with stock cooling.)
Ram- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227139 (most badass ram ever.)
OS- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16837102067

oh yea i forgot that comes out at 1363.91
 
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One thing I would change, is ya try and squeeze in a 7900gt. They aren't much more then a 7600gt. As well get the regular ASUS P5B motherboard and upgrade to a e6600, shouldn't cost you much more if any to do that, I think its like $20 more for a pretty large gain in performance. Or still change the motherboard and go with a 7900gt instead and keep the cpu, but if you plan on oc'ing at all, the 4MB of cache will do you some good.
 
I agree the 7900GT would fit well into the rig, if the budget can't allow for it then so be it. The 7600GT will do perfectly fine, for a decent amount of time.
 
i think you should switch the mobo to this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128017

its much cheaper...and its decent...next since your using the dual core...you really dont need THAT many cooling fans...if you can you should find a better case and also a heat sink is already included in the intel dual core chip...its sufficient enough...and with the now...left over cash..you can upgrade on ram and the graphic card...oh and also...do you REALLY need a floppy drive? for GAMING?
 
I'm purchasing this system for some gaming and whatever else for school, internet, etc. My current system has a 6600GT but is very slow. It can run games like WoW and AoE3, but they are very, VERY, slow on high settings, if playable at all....
I believe the reason for this is because my current comp has 512 Ram (DDR not DDR2) and an older single-core Pentium 4. The motherboard is too old, and has no PCI slots. In addition, its not compatible with Conroes... The PSU is only 400W... When I try to run IE, it sometimes struggles just with minimal tasks.... Just looking to upgrade, and don't want to spend more on a pre-built.:cool:
 
obviously its just my two cents, but id recommend not spending 1400 if you arent a gaming or benchmark addict, which you dont appear to be.
 
leetkyle said:
a 1GHz processor for "mild" gaming? You gotta be kiddin' me..
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What do you mean 1ghz? The E6400 is 2.13ghz.

@twolves90, you're spending way too much on a motherboard for that rig, drop it down a few notches and get a 7900gt, you won't regret it.
 
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