Challenge Build. Test Yourself Here!

[Cygnus X1]

I?m selling my complete rig for 650.00 very soon and would like to build another one. Don?t ask me why, I just want to. Now the challenge is to build the cheapest computer that will play Battlefield 2 at high settings on a 19? LCD Monitor.

I only want the box priced for this comparison. I will buy the monitor later. So test you hardware skills out here. Just to simplify this all parts/ links must come from Newegg.

BF2 is my only game I?m worried about and I want to play at the highest settings 4xAA and all that Jazz! ON YOU?RE MARKS! BANG! OBTW, Good Luck...:evil:

CASE-

CPU-

MOTHERBOARD-

VIDEO CARD-

RAM-

HARDDRIVE-

PSU-

DVDRW-

 

[Ricemarine]

Antec SLK3000B or Centurion 5 by Coolermaster. $50
AMD 64 3000+ or Opteron 144 $100 or so
Asrock ULi M1695 SATAII mobo (with agp and pci-e) $60
eVGA 6800gs
2X1 GB of any cheap ram you can find $150
Hitachi TK7250? $100
Forton 450w $50
Nec ND-3540 or 3550 $40

Oh btw, you'd be probably play on medium settings, otherwise take out a stick of ram, and stick a 7800gt in there somehow.

 

[Cygnus X1]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Antec SLK3000B or Centurion 5 by Coolermaster. $50
AMD 64 3000+ or Opteron 144 $100 or so
Asrock ULi M1695 SATAII mobo (with agp and pci-e) $60
eVGA 6800gs
2X1 GB of any cheap ram you can find $150
Hitachi TK7250? $100
Forton 450w $50
Nec ND-3540 or 3550 $40

Oh btw, you'd be probably play on medium settings, otherwise take out a stick of ram, and stick a 7800gt in there somehow.

OK OK looks good. Anyone else up for the CHallenge?

 

[alimoalem]

i don't get it, is your budget $650 too?

 

[Cygnus X1]

Originally posted by: alimoalem
i don't get it, is your budget $650 too?

No my budget the cheapest machine you can build that will play BF2 at max settings at 12x10 resolution. Get It? I don't care if it is over 650.00. I'm sure it most likely will be.

 

[mwmorph]

how bout quality components or are you up fro soem pc-chips bs mobos? generic ram?

case: 32.99
mb : $45
cpu: $99
video: $154
memory: $34.66 X 3
HDD 80gb, 8mb chache $50(x2 or whatever you need)
PSU: in case
Dvd burner: 38.99

not 100% bargain basement(yuo coud spring for lower cpu or burner, but pretty damn close.)

 

[GamerExpress]

Wait I might as well quit while I am ahead....are you insane OP, you want to play BF2 on the highest settings but at the same time want a cheap rig. I hate to tell you that you won't really be able to play BF2 on the max settings unless you dump some money into a decent video card, and it's pretty stupid to buy a nice video card and then a bunch of cheap parts to go around that. I would just save up until you have like $1000 or so and then go out and buy something nice that will run all of todays games at their highest settings, this way you have some room to grow with the machine for future use.

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: GamerExpress




Wait I might as well quit while I am ahead....are you insane OP, you want to play BF2 on the highest settings but at the same time want a cheap rig. I hate to tell you that you won't really be able to play BF2 on the max settings unless you dump some money into a decent video card, and it's pretty stupid to buy a nice video card and then a bunch of cheap parts to go around that. I would just save up until you have like $1000 or so and then go out and buy something nice that will run all of todays games at their highest settings, this way you have some room to grow with the machine for future use.

Well.. the OP really never said a cheap rig.
It appears the OP wants to maximize his dollar with a bang for buck type of scenerio

But, on the other hand.. you are right in saying that this will most likely approach the $1000 mark ...

2 GB value ram
6800GS .. at a minimum
an AMD 64, single core at a minimum.. 3000+ or 3200+ "Venice" core..
or you could opt for the budget Intel Smithfield 805 or Presler 920....
DVD burner..
Western Digital sata drive, 16mb cache versions..

 

[GamerExpress]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict

Originally posted by: GamerExpress




Wait I might as well quit while I am ahead....are you insane OP, you want to play BF2 on the highest settings but at the same time want a cheap rig. I hate to tell you that you won't really be able to play BF2 on the max settings unless you dump some money into a decent video card, and it's pretty stupid to buy a nice video card and then a bunch of cheap parts to go around that. I would just save up until you have like $1000 or so and then go out and buy something nice that will run all of todays games at their highest settings, this way you have some room to grow with the machine for future use.

Well.. the OP really never said a cheap rig.
It appears the OP wants to maximize his dollar with a bang for buck type of scenerio

But, on the other hand.. you are right in saying that this will most likely approach the $1000 mark ...

2 GB value ram
6800GS .. at a minimum
an AMD 64, single core at a minimum.. 3000+ or 3200+ "Venice" core..
or you could opt for the budget Intel Smithfield 805 or Presler 920....
DVD burner..
Western Digital sata drive, 16mb cache versions..

Yeah I agree 100%

 

[TheNewGuy8]

agree with what has been said - not worth geting a $200 vid card and crap to power it, enclose it, etc. Plus the rig will be obsolete faster and in the end it will cost more money than if you spent more like $1000

 

[GamerExpress]

Maybe something like this.

MOBO=Epox 9npa+ Ultra $100
CPU=AMD64 Venice 3000+ $150
HDD=WD Caviar SE 80GB $50
Video=7800GT $299
RAM=2x1GB of Corsair VS $150
Case=Coolermaster Centurion Micro $39
PSU=Sparkle Power FSP400 $55
DVDRW=NEC 16x Dual Layer $40

Total amount is $883, this is a budget machine that will play all current games including future games for some time to come. Even though the machine is a budget rig it's still got some serious horsepower and a great video card.

OP if I were you I would save up until you have enough and go with something like this, it doesn't have to be this exact build, but I would go with something similar.