Please Help Me

liquidshadow

liquidshadow

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I am building a new computer for a neighbor for about $700 (including shipping). I've made a list of parts. Please review and give your opinions.
It will be just for casual gaming and internet and such. I need a wireless card also. It would be preferable for it to a bit under $700. Second price is the shipping cost.

Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $49.00 + 18.99
NEC BLACK IDE DVD BURNER MODEL ND-3540A $44.99 + 2.00
LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-16P9SBLK $19.99 + 4.00
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L080P0 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive $57.00 + 2.99
CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 $43.99 + 3.83
CHAINTECH VNF4 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4-4X ATX AMD Motherboard $74.00 + 2.50
CHAINTECH SE6600G Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card $139.00 + 3.50
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor $146.00 + 0.00
THERMALTAKE SILENT PUREPOWER TT-420AD(DUAL FAN) 420W POWER SUPPLY $38.99 + 6.99
D-Link DWL-G510 32bit PCI2.2 Wireless Adapter - Retail $36.00 + 4.89
 
liquidshadow said:
I am building a new computer for a neighbor for about $700 (including shipping). I've made a list of parts. Please review and give your opinions.
It will be just for casual gaming and internet and such. I need a wireless card also. It would be preferable for it to a bit under $700. Second price is the shipping cost.

Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $49.00 + 18.99
NEC BLACK IDE DVD BURNER MODEL ND-3540A $44.99 + 2.00
LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-16P9SBLK $19.99 + 4.00
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L080P0 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive $57.00 + 2.99
CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 $43.99 + 3.83
CHAINTECH VNF4 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4-4X ATX AMD Motherboard $74.00 + 2.50
CHAINTECH SE6600G Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card $139.00 + 3.50
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor $146.00 + 0.00
THERMALTAKE SILENT PUREPOWER TT-420AD(DUAL FAN) 420W POWER SUPPLY $38.99 + 6.99
D-Link DWL-G510 32bit PCI2.2 Wireless Adapter - Retail $36.00 + 4.89
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that looks good but you should upgrade the processor to a 3200+ and get 1 gb of memory otherwise everything else looks good
 
if its just casual gaming, then 512mb should be fine, but since your neighbor is only doing casual gaming, i would downgrade to a 9600xt since its less then $100 and it still plays newer games very well.
 
Does the 3200+ make such a huge difference over the 3000+? I don't think so but please explain why I should get the 3200+ for $50 more? And sorry geoff, can't find a 9600xt for PCI-e...

EDIT: Oh yea, the total cost for the setup I had is $698.65.
I would prefer it lower because the budget amount of $700 could possibly fall lower. Anyone have any better setups?

To AMD64: I got the 512 mb because that's what I have in my brother's comp and it still runs Half Life 2 and CS:Source fine. Remember, I said casual gaming and mostly internet and stuff. Thanks for the reply anyways. :)
 
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