muscletech
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Hello My name is muscletech I was wandering what the best things to buy for a gaming computer. My budget Is 2,000 dollers can someone help me please.
What should I get for a Gaming computer
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b3rt_d4ni3l
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firstly, welcome to CF!!
i am assuming that $2000 is in USD?
anyway this is what i will be building:
motherboard - ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 nForce 680i
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131073
CPU - Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115003
GPU - eVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130072
Sound Card - Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102006
Case - XION Onyx XON-301 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811208020
HDD - Western Digital Caviar 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136032
Optical Drive - NEC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152076
PSU - Thermaltake 700W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153039
RAM - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145590
Monitor - Hanns·G HW-191DPB Black 19"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254005
CPU Fan - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134
Thermal Compound - Arctic Silver 5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835100007
total: 1987.90 USD
btw, the price of the CPU will drop on April 22nd. if i were you i will wait until then. you can switch things around as you like but again this is wat i will be building after the price drop
cheers!
i am assuming that $2000 is in USD?
anyway this is what i will be building:
motherboard - ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 nForce 680i
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131073
CPU - Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115003
GPU - eVGA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130072
Sound Card - Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102006
Case - XION Onyx XON-301 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811208020
HDD - Western Digital Caviar 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136032
Optical Drive - NEC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152076
PSU - Thermaltake 700W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153039
RAM - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145590
Monitor - Hanns·G HW-191DPB Black 19"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254005
CPU Fan - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134
Thermal Compound - Arctic Silver 5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835100007
total: 1987.90 USD
btw, the price of the CPU will drop on April 22nd. if i were you i will wait until then. you can switch things around as you like but again this is wat i will be building after the price drop
cheers!
yuegling2982
New Member
yes even though i know nothing about computers i can help
build your own
second i spent about and hour going through the forum....that same question is asked about a hundred different ways.
Froboy7391_99
New Member
Replece the PSU with a Corsair 620 Watt