Alrihgt so this is my budget : $1300-1400 US
What I want:
Everything except for the monitor and speakers, I already have speakers and a monitor so I don't need that. I have a dvd reader/burner so i dont need any reader.
My comp is in my room so right now with my P4 with no cooling system whatsoever, it heats my room up a bit too much. If it's possible I know AMD are better tuned for gaming so I would like an AMD with cooling to make it about the same heat or less of a P4.
So basicly, i need video card, processor, ram, sound card, new hard drive, motherboard, cooling and a box, power suply too.
What I got together over the ladt couple weeks:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ / 512KB Cache / 2000MHz FSB / Socket 939 / Venice Core / Processor with Fan [$240]
Maxtor / DiamondMax 10 / 80GB / 7200 / 8MB / ATA-133 / OEM / RoHS Compliant / Hard Drive [$60]
2 X Kingston Dual Channel 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory (2 x 512MB) [$220]
Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / Gigabit LAN / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID [$220]
XFX GeForce 6800 GT / 256MB DDR3 / PCI Express / SLI / Dual DVI / TV Out / Video Card [$300]
AMS PP-5503EPS 550W Power Supply [$92.50]
Powmax CPARC-1 Blue Acrylic ATX Case with 3 80mm LED Fans [$79.99]
Grand Total: $1210
Now, I'm going to be playing Dark and Light on it [which is going to be an awesome game i might add] and I would like some feedback on this setup. Good for future improvements, can i easily overclock if i ever want to (i probly wont right now) and would it all work together those pieces?
I know this i my first post but ive been lurking for a couple months reading the fantastic 101s.
Links:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...p?EdpNo=1366613
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...p?EdpNo=1527843
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...asp?EdpNo=84387
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...1433885&CatId=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...1212069&CatId=0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-101-108&depa=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=174215&CatId=0
What I want:
Everything except for the monitor and speakers, I already have speakers and a monitor so I don't need that. I have a dvd reader/burner so i dont need any reader.
My comp is in my room so right now with my P4 with no cooling system whatsoever, it heats my room up a bit too much. If it's possible I know AMD are better tuned for gaming so I would like an AMD with cooling to make it about the same heat or less of a P4.
So basicly, i need video card, processor, ram, sound card, new hard drive, motherboard, cooling and a box, power suply too.
What I got together over the ladt couple weeks:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ / 512KB Cache / 2000MHz FSB / Socket 939 / Venice Core / Processor with Fan [$240]
Maxtor / DiamondMax 10 / 80GB / 7200 / 8MB / ATA-133 / OEM / RoHS Compliant / Hard Drive [$60]
2 X Kingston Dual Channel 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory (2 x 512MB) [$220]
Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / Gigabit LAN / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID [$220]
XFX GeForce 6800 GT / 256MB DDR3 / PCI Express / SLI / Dual DVI / TV Out / Video Card [$300]
AMS PP-5503EPS 550W Power Supply [$92.50]
Powmax CPARC-1 Blue Acrylic ATX Case with 3 80mm LED Fans [$79.99]
Grand Total: $1210
Now, I'm going to be playing Dark and Light on it [which is going to be an awesome game i might add] and I would like some feedback on this setup. Good for future improvements, can i easily overclock if i ever want to (i probly wont right now) and would it all work together those pieces?
I know this i my first post but ive been lurking for a couple months reading the fantastic 101s.
Links:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...p?EdpNo=1366613
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...p?EdpNo=1527843
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...asp?EdpNo=84387
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...1433885&CatId=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...1212069&CatId=0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-101-108&depa=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=174215&CatId=0