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Building Budget PC -- NEED HELP

GamingDaemon

GamingDaemon

Senior member
Good Afternoon!

I've received excellent feedback from many people on these forums. At this point, I'm just about ready to order the parts for my 2nd gaming build. I just have a few questions left.

I am trying to build a budget gaming machine that will keep up with the latest PC games for the next two yeats. Here are my questions:

Which Lian Li case?
Lian Li PC-60USB B2 Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Lian Li PC-7B plus II Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Which mobo?
Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI K8N SLI-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

Will this AMD processor be good enough?
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model

And how about this video card?
eVGA 256-P2-N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

Thanks!
 
i have a PC-75...lol though its big, i really like it. the case is up to you really. the 60USB is older generation, and the 7B plus II is newer generation. whichever you want really. only a 10 dollar difference.

mobo...how about an epox/asus? though those boards you listed arent bad by any means.

cpu wise...you can drop that cpu down to a 3200+/3000+. you will only lose 200mhz, which you can easily OC back up to. save aroud 60 bucks...

video card...excellent! i would pick that same one myself.

good choices! and dont hesitate to ask any questions to us!
 
Thanks secretanchitman!

You've given me a lot to think about, especially WRT to the CPU. If I save the $60 now, I can always upgrade to the 3700+ in a year or so and it might be as cheap as a 3200+ now. Good point!

And I will look into the epox/asus mobos.

 
Well, I'm using some parts from a previous build so it's not a full build (don't need to buy optical drives & hard drives).

Given that, I am looking to spend around $600 for the case, mobo, PSU, processor and video card.

Does that work?
 
Just did the same thing. Got these parts:

Opteron 146 boxed processor $155:
http://www.tankguys.biz/opteron-cache-p...sCsid=421a50c840db528601483623589b6878

ASUS A8N5X motherboard $79:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569

eVGA 7600GT w/ 256 meg of ram $164 after rebate free copy of Ages of Empires III:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130283

Antec Super Lan Boy anonized aluminum case $79:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129145

Fortron 450 watt PSU w/2 SATA and PCI express, 24 pin power connector $51:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104954

Leaves you with $72 to cover shipping and/or upgrade an individual component or two. Good luck.
 
Ok, here is my final parts list using NewEgg (not including rebates):

[*] Lian Li PC-7B plus II Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $89
[*] MSI K8N SLI-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard $98
[*] eVGA 256-P2-N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card $179
[*] AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX $154
[*] CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2pt $189

Total: $710 - ($65 in rebates) ==> $645

And to reiterate, I am intending this to last me two years. I am using parts from a previous rig.

So what do you think?

 
Originally posted by: GamingDaemon
Ok, here is my final parts list using NewEgg (not including rebates):

[*] Lian Li PC-7B plus II Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $89
[*] MSI K8N SLI-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard $98
[*] eVGA 256-P2-N553-AX Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card $179
[*] AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX $154
[*] CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2pt $189

Total: $710 - ($65 in rebates) ==> $645

And to reiterate, I am intending this to last me two years. I am using parts from a previous rig.

So what do you think?
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thats good, and how about a PSU? get a nice quality fortron/antec/sparkle/seasonic 450W psu. that should do you fine.
 
Can I put the 3200+ single core in the MSI dual core 939 socket?

Just want to make sure before I pull the trigger...

EDIT: Never mind...looked it up on the MSI site...it's all good...
 
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