Need to lower my rig Price.

[staplerz]

Okay this is what I've built so far but the price is a little high. I need my rig to be around $850. I will be using this comp for gaming mainly. I play BF2, CS, CS:S, DOD:S and all the latest games out. Does anyone have any suggestions to lower my price.

Before:

• XION Ultimate Engineering XON-002 Black/Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450 Watt Power Supply -~- $55.00
  
  
• ASUS P5B-E LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard -~- 151.00
  
  
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor -~- $192.00
  
  
• * Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound -~- $6.00
  
  
• XFX PVT71GUQF3 GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card -~- $200.00
  
  
• OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory -~- $199.00
  
  
• XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CUL, TUV, CB, VDE, FIMKO, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO -~- $52.00
  
  
• SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD160HJ 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -~- $55.00
  
  
• LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD Burner -~- $33.00

___Total = $943

Current:

• XION Ultimate Engineering XON-002 Black/Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450 Watt Power Supply -~- $55.00
  
  
• GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard -~- 109.00
  
  
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor -~- $192.00
  
  
• * Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound -~- $6.00
  
  
• XFX PVT71PUDP3 GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 EXTREME Video Card -~- $160.00
  
  
• CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory -~- $256.00
  
  
• XClio 450BL ATX 450W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CUL, TUV, CB -~- $40.00
  
  
• SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD160HJ 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -~- $55.00
  
  
• LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD Burner -~- $33.00

___Total = $907

 

[heyman421]

use your existing case and power supply

also, the case you were going to buy has a power supply

 

[staplerz]

use your existing case and power supply

also, the case you were going to buy has a power supply

I don't have a existing case. I'm on my family computer right now.
And the psu in the case that I'm buying is a piece of crap according to the newegg reviews.

 

[joeswm8]

case down to a 50 buck centuron
GPU down to a 7900GS
mobo down to DS3 range
2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 for 209.99

what does that do?

 

[ceewi1]

And the psu in the case that I'm buying is a piece of crap according to the newegg reviews.

That's correct. Don't use the PSU in that case.

case down to a 50 buck centuron
GPU down to a 7900GS
mobo down to DS3 range
2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 for 209.99

Good suggestions. Push the mobo all the way down to a Gigabyte 965P-S3 (still a great board), and the PSU down to an XClio 450BL as well. The AS5 is not essential either. That should bring you close to your ideal budget.

 

[staplerz]

case down to a 50 buck centuron
GPU down to a 7900GS
mobo down to DS3 range
2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 for 209.99

what does that do?

the g.skill are a really low quality brand. i would rather not change my ram. going from the gt to the gs is $50. thanx

 

[staplerz]

That's correct. Don't use the PSU in that case.


Good suggestions. Push the mobo all the way down to a Gigabyte 965P-S3 (still a great board), and the PSU down to an XClio 450BL as well. The AS5 is not essential either. That should bring you close to your ideal budget.

One question. sorry whats the AS5?

 

[Froboy7391_99]

Artic Silver 5

 

[staplerz]

Artic Silver 5

what about it?

 

[pokemon87654]

Look for video cards, and ram with rebates, you might have to pay a little more but you will get it back...

 

[joeswm8]

G.Skill is not low quality at all, it is just not a household name.

its really reliable and stable RAM that is for a nice price, and it looks really cool

 

[staplerz]

Look for video cards, and ram with rebates, you might have to pay a little more but you will get it back...

good thinking. never really thought of that.

 

[staplerz]

G.Skill is not low quality at all, it is just not a household name.

its really reliable and stable RAM that is for a nice price, and it looks really cool

i had no idea. i was just going from reviews of newegg. lol

 

[joeswm8]

the reviews of G.Skill on newegg are very good too