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Building new rig - Help plz

CheerUpEmoKid

CheerUpEmoKid

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ok ive been changing these parts for about a month and a half ;/ now im trying to see if i can get the same quality parts for cheaper prices from newegg or better for around the same price. i wish i could but i cant afford an x800xl, is there another video card that would better for me and fit my budget?

Heres my parts list:


Antec Solution SLK3000-B Black Computer Case ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129152
$67.99

FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX450-PN 450W Power Supply ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130491

MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4-4X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123236
$86

HITACHI Deskstar T7K250 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145087]
$109.99

SAPPHIRE Radeon X800GTO2 100130 Video Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102595
$203.99

Creative SBS350 2.1 Speaker ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16836116129
$36.00

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145480
$100.83

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103537
$146

NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152052
$42.99


Grand Total with shipping = $850.77

Thanks for the help in advance 😀
 
First get a better price for your memory, and second, get a better price for your hard drive.....if you want a video card to fit into an 850 budget than you better clear some room in your 850 budget!
 
Originally posted by: waldo
First get a better price for your memory, and second, get a better price for your hard drive.....if you want a video card to fit into an 850 budget than you better clear some room in your 850 budget!
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youre saying i could get the same ram and hd or the same size atleast on newegg for a cheaper price? and what do you mean about the video card? you mean the x800 is not worth getting? what should i go for?
 
Originally posted by: CheerUpEmoKid
Originally posted by: Gadzookie
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102595

thats the card if you look aroudn you might find it cheaper you can MOD it so it acts like a x850 xt PE !
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ok i switched the video card to x800gto from the x800. i updated the list and total above. any other suggestions? i need to bring my price down a bit. maybe cheaper ram or something?
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T7k250

Currently the fastest HDD (next to the raptor but you take a hit on size) out there and is actually cheapr then the drive you were looking at getting.
 
well the only reason i got the floppy was so i could save school projects and bring them in on a disk but i guess your right. i could just email them to myself or use a CD if i really need to. thanks
 
MSI Neo4-F

I am a big fan of MSI boards and this one is cheaper (uses the Non-Ultra Nforce4) and about the only thing you lose is Firewire. I would ask around (or search) to see if it is a good overclocker.
 
tis looking good to me, that videocard is pretty tempting for the price...too bad it doesnt support a couple things ill be using in the future(possibly sli....possibly...and SM 3.0), im buying the exact same cpu and psu this weekend 😛 but using one of those evga nf4 sli motherboards that i got for $50 😛
 
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