my $800 dollar build, good, bad?

I agree with bomber. You can get the AMD 720 BE for $139 last I checked, and it's a better multitasking cpu, can use DDR 3 RAM if you want, and will be easier to upgrade in the future. Dual core is really dying as far as games go, many are using 2+ cores, and socket 775 as a whole is being killed in name of i3,i5,and i7.


ALSO: for the price, I'd get a 4850. Great card! I max out most of my games with a 720 and 4850 (Fallout 3, COD line, any Source games, etc. @ 1680x1050)
 
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Mitch? said:
I agree with bomber. You can get the AMD 720 BE for $139 last I checked, and it's a better multitasking cpu, can use DDR 3 RAM if you want, and will be easier to upgrade in the future. Dual core is really dying as far as games go, many are using 2+ cores, and socket 775 as a whole is being killed in name of i3,i5,and i7.
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$119 on neweeg atm, if i recall correctly. Shopping around could prolly get it even cheaper. Heck, a pII 920 quadcore 2.8Ghz is only $149.
 
hauntedkmart said:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=9957985

I already have a monitor, hard drive, mouse, keyboard, and speakers. all i need is the box itself. my budget is around $800, i want to stick to this number pretty closely. it will be used primarily for gaming and video editing...

i am new to this, so if someone could ensure ram/motherboard compatability, as well as overall system compatability, i would GREATLY appreciate it
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If you want to save money go to zipzoomfly.com I'm from new jersey and I know newegg charges sales tax... so you could be saving yourself around 50 bucks depending on where you live. and zipzoomfly.com has free shipping on everything. The prices are usually 1-2 dollars more than newegg but, sometimes they have a lot of rebates so honestly... find the things you want on newegg but, purchase from zipzoomfly.com.
 
i should have been more specific , i am not looking for someone to suggest an alternate build, i am simply looking for someone to review the build and tell me if it will or will not work. i do not want AMD.



Russian777 said:
maybe add a bit more $ and build a decent core i7 system.
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did you even read my post? why even bother responding ? seriously
 
hauntedkmart said:
i should have been more specific , i am not looking for someone to suggest an alternate build, i am simply looking for someone to review the build and tell me if it will or will not work. i do not want AMD.



did you even read my post? why even bother responding ? seriously
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Suit yourself, just giving you a much better option overall, especially for games and upgradeability.For that price you can get double the amount of cores for cheaper. Clock for clock, the performance is similar to the core 2 quad, amd is by no means slower than the core 2 quads, plus they overclock like beasts.But- Overall, yes your build would work, but nowhere near the best you could do at that pricepoint:rolleyes:
 
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hauntedkmart said:
i should have been more specific , i am not looking for someone to suggest an alternate build, i am simply looking for someone to review the build and tell me if it will or will not work. i do not want AMD.
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Alright then here you go you can get a lot better GPU for $20 extra. The motherboard you picked is socket 775 which is fazed out and no more CPU's will be made for it. DDR2 RAM is also on the edge of extinction. This means it will be very hard for you to upgrade you CPU and RAM in the future and if you do it will cost you a lot. The PSU you picked out is good but for the same price you can get a 700w OCZ stealthxstream. Yes your build will work but why get something less for more when you can have something more for less if you go with AMD and ATI.
 
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