lookin to buy a gaming computer...HELP

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I herd Building custom was the best but i really dont have the budget to do that. Whats a good name brand or a good custom set up for a tight budget...like mabye below 800...
 
Here's what I'm looking at for my build:

AMD 64 3200+ Socket 939 processor
Rosewill Value Computer Case
ABIT KN8 Motherboard
1 GB Corsair Value Select Ram
Xclio 450BL 450W PSU
Western Digital 80GB Sata hard drive
connect 3D RADEON X800GTO PCI-E Video Card
DVD Burner
Windows XP Home


All in all this costs around 800 including shipping, and will probably smoke any name brand you can get for 800. I'd say, if you know what you're doing, definitley build.
 
I'm too tired now, but Preator should stop buy and gve you your best "bang for your buck" list of parts, off of Newegg of course.
 
praetor listed an x2 machine for my friend under 700 dollars...letme find the list i'll post it in a sec

here's the list

- AMD Athlon64 X2 3800 [S939, Manchester, ADA3800DAA5BV, $320]
- Chaintech VNF4/Ultra [$70]
- MSI RX800-TD128E [$110 after $30MIR]
- pQI Turbo 512MB [CL2.5, $35 after $10MIR]
- NEC 3540A [$40]
- XClio 450W [12V@32A, $50]
- Maxtor DiamondMax 10 80GB [8MB, 7200, $60]

add some ram and get a better graphics card and you're set
 
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Hey liuliuboy, would a processor like that really outweigh the slowness of the video card? I was under the impression that the GPU has more of an impact on performance than the processor, gaming wise. Why not go for a cheaper processor and upgrade the video card?
 
HollisBrown said:
Hey liuliuboy, would a processor like that really outweigh the slowness of the video card? I was under the impression that the GPU has more of an impact on performance than the processor, gaming wise. Why not go for a cheaper processor and upgrade the video card?
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More than likely his friend was more concerned about multi-tasking than about gaming (hence the expensive X2 CPU) An X800 is still a fierce gaming card though. Personally thats the route I would go as well, I'd rather have a powerful CPU/Mobo/RAM and a less powerful GFX card, since I'm used to plying games at low resolutions and low effects lol.
 
4W4K3 said:
I'm used to plying games at low resolutions and low effects lol.
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Yeah, I've got a 2.2ghz pentium 4 and a Radeon 9250. I downloaded the F.E.A.R demo and ran it at high settings and got about 2 FPS.

It's a beast, all right.

On a more serious note, do you think the X800GTO would be worth the extra 70 or so dollars? I hear you can unlock the extra piplelines in the connect3D version, or so the newegg reviewers say.
 
HollisBrown said:
Yeah, I've got a 2.2ghz pentium 4 and a Radeon 9250. I downloaded the F.E.A.R demo and ran it at high settings and got about 2 FPS.

It's a beast, all right.
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Well I wouldn't go so cheap as to pick up a $40 gfx card, but a $150-$200 one will still play games at accepable fram rates and quality without breaking the budget. Compared to a 7800GTX 512MB a $200 X800 series card is a defineite budget lol.

EDIT: X800GTO = 12 pipes.....X800GT = 8 pipes. I would say yes, it will be a very powerful card even at stock speeds, would whip a Vanilla 6800, where the X800GT would only be fair competition.
 
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which is better?

http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/cart/showcart.asp?url=/system/CFGA64PCIE.asp,,v__d&ref=add

OR

CPU: AMD Athlon™ 64 3500+ Processor

Chipset: ATI RS482

Memory: 1024MB DDR 400MHz Dual Channel

Hard Drive: 200GB

Optical Drives: 16x DVD±RW Multi-Format Double Layer Drive
48x CD-ROM drive

Video: ATI Radeon® Xpress 200
Up to 128MB DDR Shared Video Memory
PCI-Express (PCI-E x16) slot available for upgrade

Sound: AC '97 Audio, Dolby 5.1 (6-channel)
 
Other people cannont see thesystem in the shopping cart, maybe because its a privacy thing.
Can you list all the components here please.
 
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