BUILDING NEW COMP.. NEED HELP

[weeeplop]

my budget is something around 500 dollars. I need a new CPU, Mobo, and memory. possibly a new graphic card.. any suggestions???

 

[Platypus]

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[weeeplop]

yeah thanks.. i was looking there before i posted..

 

[Platypus]

Well if you expect someone to go through and pick out things according to your budget then you have another thing coming

 

[dakata24]

what will this pc be used for?

 

[xirtam]

Well, most of the systems I've built have been AMD's, so we'll go with that for my suggestions. And if you're going with new CPU, Mobo, Memory, and Graphics card only, $500 should buy you a very nice setup.

If you want to go with all one place, little hassles, I might try MWave. I've been pretty impressed with their service. This is around $400, and I'd check for another 512 meg stick of DDR2700 when it lowers in price to bring you to around $500.

 

[res1bhmg]

Pick up an OEM 2.53GHz P4, I think they go for about ~$495. Put the rest of the parts on layaway while you enjoy staring at the bare CPU sitting on your desk.

 

[dakata24]

Originally posted by: res1bhmg
Pick up an OEM 2.53GHz P4, I think they go for about ~$495. Put the rest of the parts on layaway while you enjoy staring at the bare CPU sitting on your desk.

lol.. good idea..

dont forget the hard drive.. check HD. they're cheap nowadays going for as cheap as $1 per GB

 

[UglyCasanova]

I'm doing the same thing. here is what I have so far:

ABIT NV7-133R mobo
Athlon 1700+/266 FSB XP
WD 7200 rpm 40Gb hd

$245 shipped from newegg

I had a stick of 256mb pc2100 lying around, but I'm sure you can get it from Crucial for not more that $100.

As far as video, I haven't decided yet.