$800 budget looking for gaming

[alfa147x]

A friend of mine is looking for a low budget gaming rig
his budget it $800


1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.


Gaming

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread

$800 - $850


3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

Atlanta, Ga

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.

none

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

PATA DVD Burner


6. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

Take the E8400 to 4 GHz


I was looking at the E8400 and the GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R and a cheap $20 case from Newegg

Thanks

~Alfa147x

 

[DSF]

What about monitor, keyboard, speakers and mouse? Does he need those?

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: DSF
What about monitor, keyboard, speakers and mouse? Does he need those?

Yes he has all of those

 

[DSF]

The hyperlinks got lost in the shuffle, but I posted this in a similar thread:

This would cost you $732 plus shipping:
Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3L ($90)
Solid, no-frills P35 board. Reliable and overclockable.

Processor: Intel E4500 ($110)
At stock speeds it's almost as good as that 6000+, and overclocking is a piece of cake.

RAM: A-DATA 2x1GB DDR2-800 ($32)
We're under budget, so you could go with a 2x2GB kit if you wanted to.

Video Card: EVGA 8800GT 512MB ($240)
EVGA is one of the top brands as far as warranty and customer service. XFX is another good brand, and if you don't own Company of Heroes, their card is an equally good value.

Case: Antec Solo ($50)
Nice case, especially when it's on sale. Good airflow and noise characteristics. You may want to opt for a quieter fan for the exhaust, like a Yate-Loon D12SL-12 or Scythe S-Flex.

Power Supply: Corsair 550VX ($70)
Never heard of the brand Okia. Corsair power supplies are very well reviewed.

Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA ($110)
This is a very good drive. Cool running and quiet.

DVD Burner: LiteOn SATA DVD Burner ($30)
This and the hard drive are OEM, meaning they don't come with manuals or cables. Your motherboard comes with two SATA cables though.

With your somewhat larger budget, fitting an E8400 in shoudn't be a problem. However, if you want to take it to 4.0 GHz you'll probably want DDR2-1000 RAM. Why 4.0GHz? Is a 3.0GHz Wolfdale really not going to be fast enough? With that overclock you may want an aftermarket cooler, I'm not sure how hot the 45nm chips get and what your noise level requirements are.

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: DSF
The hyperlinks got lost in the shuffle, but I posted this in a similar thread:

This would cost you $732 plus shipping:
Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3L ($90)
Solid, no-frills P35 board. Reliable and overclockable.

Processor: Intel E4500 ($110)
At stock speeds it's almost as good as that 6000+, and overclocking is a piece of cake.

RAM: A-DATA 2x1GB DDR2-800 ($32)
We're under budget, so you could go with a 2x2GB kit if you wanted to.

Video Card: EVGA 8800GT 512MB ($240)
EVGA is one of the top brands as far as warranty and customer service. XFX is another good brand, and if you don't own Company of Heroes, their card is an equally good value.

Case: Antec Solo ($50)
Nice case, especially when it's on sale. Good airflow and noise characteristics. You may want to opt for a quieter fan for the exhaust, like a Yate-Loon D12SL-12 or Scythe S-Flex.

Power Supply: Corsair 550VX ($70)
Never heard of the brand Okia. Corsair power supplies are very well reviewed.

Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA ($110)
This is a very good drive. Cool running and quiet.

DVD Burner: LiteOn SATA DVD Burner ($30)
This and the hard drive are OEM, meaning they don't come with manuals or cables. Your motherboard comes with two SATA cables though.

With your somewhat larger budget, fitting an E8400 in shoudn't be a problem. However, if you want to take it to 4.0 GHz you'll probably want DDR2-1000 RAM. Why 4.0GHz? Is a 3.0GHz Wolfdale really not going to be fast enough? With that overclock you may want an aftermarket cooler, I'm not sure how hot the 45nm chips get and what your noise level requirements are.

Great thanks for the help
This is what im thinking
he doesnt mind having a cheap case and he likes mine
so he is going to get this case: http://www.newegg.com/product/...x?Item=N82E16811147072

then with some more money (+$20) he can get a E8400

I have my E8400 OC'ed to 3.735GHz on stock so I guess the 4GHz is not that important


Thanks once again