~$800 to spend on new system

[calisoldier83]

I want to build a new computer right now I'm on an Athlon 2200+, 512 ram, asus p3b-f. I'm not sure if I should go Intel or stay athlon? I want to be able to play some games like half life 2 and new ones coming out. Does anyone have any recommendations? It looks like the dell deals have come to a screeching halt so I guess I'm going to have start from scratch.

 

[WraithETC]

Hmmm I would go with an AMD 64 3000 winchester with stock HSF.

A non sli but, pci-e compatible mobo. I would go DFI or Asus

Try to recycle your hard drive.

Some case whatever you want.

Corsair 1gig value ram

Probably a x800xl graphics card or something along the lines.

 

[WraithETC]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136160
mobo $ 103

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440
Ram $80

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103501
CPU $146

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814164041
VD card $280

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152035
Disc burner $50

total $659

So that leaves you about $141 dollars for a Case/PSU and Hard Drive.

 

[WraithETC]

So if you recycle your hard drive you could probably get a decent case and psu.

 

[SrGuapo]

CPU: 3000+ Venice ($150 hopefully)
Mobo: DFI NF4 Ultra-D ($130)
GPU: ATI X800XL ($300)
RAM: 1GB Corsair VS ($80)
HDD: 120 GB Seagate SATA ($80)
Case: Your preference
PSU: A quality brand over 400W should suffice ($80)

Total: $820 without case. Are you also going to need a monitor, keyboard/mouse, CD/DVD, OS, etc? Are you going to be able to salvage anything (at least temporarily) from the other PC. You may be able to cut back a bit on the motherboard (regular nForce4) if necessary.

 

[calisoldier83]

mouse keyboard will stay the same. New monitor when a deal comes along. I have a 150GB Maxtor hard drive that I'm going to use until a deal comes up for a SATA drive also.

 

[imported_brad]

Get a low end venice or winchester AMD64 to keep the price down, EITHER a 6600GT or x800xl pcix16, a pci-e mobo ( i just got an asus a8n-e), and you can probably do the rest....value ram, yadayadayada.