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avinnik

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I am looking to purchase new parts and build a system for myself tomorrow, Saturday afternoon.

I live in California.

My budget is $500, I can MAYBE stretch a little more, but there is a shipping tax for certain states, and unfortunately I live in one of those states :P.

I play CS and CSS, work in Photoshop a lot, and I chat/browse the internet a lot. CS 1.6 and CSS are the games I really need to play smoothly on, as I am competitive in them. I also like to download high quality frag movies and watch them so that is also another factor. Right now I'm running AMD Athlon XP 3200, 512 MB Ram, Nvidia Onboard MX 4 64 MB Video card, and a 160 GB hdd (IDE).

I won't need a monitor, OS, or CD/DVD/Floppy drives, I'll use the ones I have right now.

Help is VERY appreciated, and thank you so much in advance.
 
Well, there is no way you're going to get parts tomorrow, unless you buy locally... I don't think that even next day shipping is fast enough. Also, either way, you would be paying much more than you need to pay.
 
No lol I mean I want to ORDER the parts tomorrow. I dont care how long it takes to ship, but Im gonna order tomorrow :)
 
Here is a build I put together for someone just a little bit ago, about $450 with shipping and OS:

PohTayToez said:
Foxconn TLM436-CN300C-01 Black/Silver Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case 300W Power Supply - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Rosewill Stallion Series RD400-2-DB ATX V2.2 400W Power Supply - Retail
Kingston ValueRAM 512MB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5/512 - Retail
ECS P4M800PRO-M2 V2.0 LGA 775 VIA P4M800 PRO Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E4300 - Retail
Microsoft Windows XP Home Sp2b 1pk - OEM
LG CD Burner Black E-IDE / ATAPI Model GCE-8527B BLK - OEM

80GB HDD
32x CD Burner
512MB RAM
ECS Mobo (Doesn't look too bad)
Rosewill 400w PSU
Foxconn MiniATX Case (Used it before, great case)
Windows XP Home
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300

Comes to $409.93 before shipping, but if you bought Windows off of eBay, you could get it down to around $410 shipped.
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For $500 you might be able to get an E6420 or something around that.
 
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Told you no OS needed.

And that rig is terrible, the RAM is way too low, low hard drive, and there's not video card.
 
What OS are you going to run on it? Vista? If that is the case you need at least 1GB RAM. Are you going to do gaming on it or anything else with high graphics? If you are
going to run XP or Linux then 512MB should be fine.

~Jordan
 
Well, I got no help from you guys really.

First off, 512 is terrible for CSS.

Secondly, I know about Newegg, and I put together a machine myself already, all I wanted was to see what you guys would come up with.
 
How about this:
Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE / ATAPI Model 7170A-0B - OEM $30.99

Rosewill R624-P BLK Black SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $15.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -$5.00 Instant $84.99 $79.99

XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX12V 500W Power Supply - Retail -$10.00 Instant $59.99 $49.99

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-5300PHU2-2GBNT - Retail $79.99

GIGABYTE GA-965GM-S2 LGA 775 Intel G965 Express Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $106.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor Model - Retail $114.50

Subtotal: $478.44

Edit: problem would be that there isn't graphic card ( the mobo has video integrated but i don't know how good it's)
 
avinnik said:
Well, I got no help from you guys really.

First off, 512 is terrible for CSS.

Secondly, I know about Newegg, and I put together a machine myself already, all I wanted was to see what you guys would come up with.
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Why didn't you post your build so it could be reviewed?? A bit of initiative goes a long way.

K
 
Ok How about this then:
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $49.99
Rosewill RV450-2 ATX 2.01 450W Power Supply $36.99
ABIT IB9 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express $74.99 ($20MIR, $94.99 Regular)
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $64.99
Core 2 Duo E4300 $114.50
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) $89.99
EVGA 256-P2-N541-T2 GeForce 7600GS $64.99 ($20 MIR, $84.99 Regular)

Grand Total $496.44 ($536.44 before MIR)

edit: Ok video card included now :)
For a little more you could get XFX PVT86JUAF3 GeForce 8500GT 256MB $89.99 ($10 MIR, $99.99 Regular)
 
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I'm actually buying it tonight, so there is still time.

Here's what I had in mind.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827131038
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811147062
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144415
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813138026
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150182
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817374001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820161172
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103733

Another question.

I wanna use my current hdd as a secondary drive for my new build. How can I clear this one up, without installing windows to it?

Also, is this motherboard better than the one I had chosen? ( I didn't order yet)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130050
 
Madhatter -

The build you gave me does not have a GPU.

I don't get why everyone wants me to get a C2D, the AMD cpu's are good as well.

Thank you for the recommendation on the PSU. I think I will go with the MSI and then that PSU.
 
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