$1,000 and $700 builds

[ApacheChief]

$700 build

EDIT:$900 build


$1,000 build

Both are for gaming and will be overclocked.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

For the $700 rig, if you saved $40 by not getting an aftermarkes HS and got value ram instead of XMS, you could spend that extra $80 to bump it up to an A64 rig.

 

[AristoV300]

Yeah I would not go with a XP system.

 

[ApacheChief]

What mobo/CPU would you suggest than?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Ok, if we're looking at $53 + $78 + $40 saved on ram + $40 saved on HS... we've got $211 to work with...

A gigabyte board and A64 3000+ would be about the same cost.

 

[Green Man]

A7V8X-X = $53
XP-M 2400+ = $78
XMS Corsair = $133
Zalman CNPS7000B-ALCU = $40

Total = $304

A64 2800+ = $120
MSI K8N NEO-FSR = $82
G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) CAS2 = $98

Total = $300

DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb Socket 754 = $108
So you could substitute that for the MSI and be at $326. I don't know how hard your cap is.

 

[shoRunner]

yeah the a64 system would be much better.

 

[shoRunner]

oh and a better card than the 9600xt would be the 6600 or 6200 flashed to 6600

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=324549

 

[Gerbil333]

OS?

 

[ApacheChief]

Eep, forgot about OS. Damnit.

I could get him student XP Pro for 86 dollars.

 

[ApacheChief]

bump*

 

[thegimp03]

Question: What kind of games will he be playing? If he is playing any really recent games then he will not be happy with a 9600xt. A used 9800 pro would last much longer and can be had for not that much more.
Also, Corsair VS ram runs around 80 bucks for a gig now - check hot deals, you can save a few dollars by going that route. Why buy retail box when you're getting an after market fan? Go for an OEM 2800+ and save a few.

 

[imported_Kensai]

We don't know if he's going with an aftermarket fan for an A64 system yet.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

I'm doing the same for a friend as well, except he's not a gamer though, but we upgraded the card to an X600:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1563385&enterthread=y
$700, not including the OS.

-The Pentium Guy

 

[Gadzookie]

he has 1000 bucks ?

Antec Black ATX Mid Tower "SLK3000-B" 45.00
ENERMAX Noisetaker Series 420W 24 pin 76.00

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 939 190.00
CHAINTECH NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra 939 84.00
Corsair Value Select 512MBx2 83.50
Seagate Barracuda SATA NCQ 80GB 68.00
NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW 48.99
Rosewell ATI x800xl pci express 269.99

Total 865.48

and 90 bucks for os ? what else do you need ? you can lower the graphics card to a 6600gt and get what else you need 179.99