Tight budget build

Mez

Mez

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Hey guys, I'm building a nice, cheap AMD system, that will step me up from the comp in my sig. I will be using it for minor editing, capturing xbox 360 footage from a capture card, and light gaming.

Items I have already: Operating system, Hard Drive, Optical drive, and all out peripherals.

Items ordered and waiting for arrival: EVGA 9800GTX (used, from ebay, payed $70 :P)

Budget: $250

Case and CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.461654

Motherboard and PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.466081

Memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211066

Please let me know if you would change anything. And try to stay under the $250 budget :D
 
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E31 said:
In my opinion, computer gaming is miles better than the 360. :P
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Yeah, it is, but I don't have the money right now to get deep into it. After my Q6600 setup kicked the bucket, its just been downhill from there.
 
Alien! Where? said:
Yeah, it is, but I don't have the money right now to get deep into it. After my Q6600 setup kicked the bucket, its just been downhill from there.
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Yeah, I know... I won't even talk about my computer. It's so ancient the Egyptians would just shrug.
 
Drenlin said:
Actually, you could probably play most any game with a 9800GTX and the 250.
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Yeah, not gonna be at max settings but still very playable, 9800gtx is still a pretty venerable card, GTA:IV is gonna be one of the few games that the 250 will limit him, but thats about it.
 
bomberboysk said:
Yeah, not gonna be at max settings but still very playable, 9800gtx is still a pretty venerable card, GTA:IV is gonna be one of the few games that the 250 will limit him, but thats about it.
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Yeah, but I want to really get back into computer gaming with A quad core and a GTX 460 and such :rolleyes:. But like you guys said, the 250 and the 9800gtx will suffice for a while, until I have enough money to upgrade to a Phenom II 955 and a GTX 260.

BUT, my parts came in yesterday and I have the system up and running w/ Windows XP Pro for a while.
 
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