Built New ***GAMING*** PC HELP!!!

[SuPaFLyZ4LiFe]

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[SuPaFLyZ4LiFe]

*NOTE - SORRY IF THIS POST DOES NOT BELONG IN THE RIGHT CATAGORY...COULDNT FIND A RIGHT ONE 2 PUT THIS IN THX*
What's up? Im building a new PC and i have a budjet @ max $1,800...
*sad thing is that i HAVE 2 get a flat panel monitor cause i g0t no space so there g0es $449...
Here's what I got so far and if anyone know what I should change (4 better performance but less cost maybe?) (or a better deal for the part) please reply
Also, if you know of another cheaper but g00d FLAT PANEL MONITOR (Under $449) pr a deal on it, please tell me 2.
Thanks a lot
/NOTE
/LOTS OF PRODUCTS
/ARE FROM
/NEWEGG.COM *
Case - Antec SX-1030 ($99.95) *Pricegrabber.com)
MotherBoard - Asus A7M-266 ($163) *Newegg.com
Processor - AMD 1.4GHz (Around $160) *Nowhere right now
Memory - Crucial 256DDR Rams (PC-2100) ($43 something) *Crucial.com
Hard Drive - IBM 40GB 7200RPM (Deskstar 60GXP) *Newegg.com
DVD - Pionner 16/40 DVD (SLOT) ($60) *Newegg.com
CD-RW - Plextor Plexwriter 16/10/40 ($169) *Newegg.com
Video Card - Gainward GeForce III (Powerpack) (w/ or w/o VIVO) ($318 w/o VIVO, $349 w/ VIVO) *Newegg.com
Sound Card - Hercules Game Theater XP ($114) *Newegg.com
Speakers - FPS2000 ($109) *Newegg.com
Keyboard - Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite ($19) *Newegg.com
Mouse - Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer ($37) *Newegg.com
Monitor - Envision 15" EN-5100e ($449 *Cant find a discount on it)

 

[Sugadaddy]

Looks very good, but here are a few suggestions:

1) The Asus mobo doesn't support multiplier changes, so you won't be able to overclock too high (only with FSB). The Epox 8K7A and MSI K7Master are both just as good/stable as the Asus, but can OC and are cheaper. I'd get one of those 2...

2) I have the same audio setup (GTXP and FPS2000) and I like them a lot, especially the sound card. The speakers are very good for the money, but a few more dollars will get you Boston Accoustics BA4800, which kick the FPS2000's @ss. I think the little price difference is well worth it.

3) The thing that has me puzzled is you seem to be a gamer because of the GF3, so then why the 15" LCD? The point of buying a GF3 is to be able to play games at higher resolutions, so it's kind of useless if you get such a tiny monitor. Unless you can buy a 17-18" LCD, I'd settle for a decent 19" CRT monitor. But maybe you don't have much desk space... Even then, a 15" monitor is too d@mn small...

 

[DTBH]

hey 15inch lcd not so bad okay! people with 17inch crts have a viewable area of 16 inch max... so 15 inch viewable lcd is pretty okay

 

[bjc112]

looks good..

if u could get away with no LCD.. man.. u could really set your self up

still looks good.. good luck..

Bryan

 

[NelsonMuntz]

Agree with Sugadaddy - lose the ASUS and grab an MSI or Epox board. Go for an Enlight case and save like $50, get a 1.33 GHz instead of a 1.4 GHz and save $40-50, Get a Lite-On instead of the Plextor and save like $70. total savings $150.

 

[TunaBoo]

Got 1400 to spend on PC? Hum, maybe something like:


Item
1 x Case Antec SX1030
1 x Power Supply Enermax 450 Watt
1 x CPU AMD Athlon 1.33 GHz GHz
1 x Motherboard EPOX 8K7A Socket A DDR
1 x CPU Cooling Globalwin's WBK38 Socket A
1 x RAM 256 MB DDR PC2100 CAS2.5
1 x Video Card Hercules Kyro2 64MB/ Geforce 2 GTS range
1 x Sound Card Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
1 x Hard Drive IBM 60GXP 40GB 7200RPM
1 x CD-RW Teac IDE 12x10x32
1 x DVD Pioneer IDE 16X DVD Slot Load
1 x Modem Zoom 56k PCI Winmodem
1 x Network LinksysPCI 10/100
4 x Case Fans 80mm Panaflo



Man, copy and paste is great. I used to have to type out this stuff

 

[Sugadaddy]

<< hey 15inch lcd not so bad okay! people with 17inch crts have a viewable area of 16 inch max... so 15 inch viewable lcd is pretty okay >>



Yeah, but a 17&quot; CRT is also tiny... Anything below 18&quot; viewable is unacceptable IMO.