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Custom Pc for less than 1400$

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Dritnul

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my sisters boyfriend wants a nice PC for gaming for $1400 at the very most if its a bit less that would be great
basica idea of what hes thinking
Thermaltek Armor series case(no if's and's or but's about that part)
dual core CPU
probly a x1800 x1900 or 7900series gfx card
probly 300-500GB HDD or 2 smaller ones(~150-250)
2048MB of RAM low latnecy (mostly for gaming)
some sort of audigy card(Audigy 2 thru Xfi doesnt matter (xfi if price allows i would say)
didnt say for optical drives but at least a DVD burner
w/e mobo is compatable with the ****** above works

i dunno if he wants new speakers or monitors since he has 2 LCDs already not sure bout his speaker system


the ? has been asked could u build a system like this for <1.4K

who will prove up to the challenge...?
 
Originally posted by: notfred
I could get something more interesting for $1400.
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being?

im sure most of us could but thats not the point

...also links are appreciated

(he'd really not like to spend the full 1400)
 
You'll probably get a better response in General Hardware.

With that said, yes it is possible to have a "nice" gaming PC for $1400, but it will be nowhere near top of the line. Somewhere along the lines of a X2 3800, X1800/X1900, 2 gigs RAM, X-Fi Extreme Music and whatever other little things will run below $1400 most likely. I wouldn't even look at the 7900's with all the trouble people are having with them.

You should probably wait until late July/ early August to see what price/performance the Conroes have compared to AMD's offerings (which all have various price cuts).
 
I could do a decent gaming rig for $900 including the monitor. For $1000, you can really build a smoker if you're not going to drop on an LCD. Let me ask this; why would someone need that big of an HD? Shell out $80 and get a (more than sufficient) 7200 RPM, 250 GB drive. Watch for the AMD X2 3800+ at $170 near the end of this month, that'll get you a great chip for a great price. Shell the money on the graphics cards since it's a gaming rig. PM me if you'd like me to outline something for you.
 
Originally posted by: cleanerupper
You'll probably get a better response in General Hardware.

With that said, yes it is possible to have a "nice" gaming PC for $1400, but it will be nowhere near top of the line. Somewhere along the lines of a X2 3800, X1800/X1900, 2 gigs RAM, X-Fi Extreme Music and whatever other little things will run below $1400 most likely. I wouldn't even look at the 7900's with all the trouble people are having with them.

You should probably wait until late July/ early August to see what price/performance the Conroes have compared to AMD's offerings (which all have various price cuts).
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meh well i spend most of my time on AT in the OT but yea he has a decent PC right now he can run BF2 with decent settings but he wants to run FEAR with everything on which a x18/1900 could probly do im guess

ill tell him ur advice on the waiting but he said his current PC crapped out a few days ago so im not sure how big of a hurry he's in to get one i figured to just screw conroe cuz it wold be a bit to expensive and to hard to find a decent mobo for it but it seems itll be a bit cheaper than i was imagining
 
Originally posted by: Dritnul
Originally posted by: cleanerupper
You'll probably get a better response in General Hardware.

With that said, yes it is possible to have a "nice" gaming PC for $1400, but it will be nowhere near top of the line. Somewhere along the lines of a X2 3800, X1800/X1900, 2 gigs RAM, X-Fi Extreme Music and whatever other little things will run below $1400 most likely. I wouldn't even look at the 7900's with all the trouble people are having with them.

You should probably wait until late July/ early August to see what price/performance the Conroes have compared to AMD's offerings (which all have various price cuts).
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meh well i spend most of my time on AT in the OT but yea he has a decent PC right now he can run BF2 with decent settings but he wants to run FEAR with everything on which a x18/1900 could probly do im guess

ill tell him ur advice on the waiting but he said his current PC crapped out a few days ago so im not sure how big of a hurry he's in to get one i figured to just screw conroe cuz it wold be a bit to expensive and to hard to find a decent mobo for it but it seems itll be a bit cheaper than i was imagining
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There is no way in hell a $1400 PC can run FEAR maxed, let alone divided over 2 monitors.
 
Originally posted by: Vegitto
Originally posted by: Dritnul
Originally posted by: cleanerupper
You'll probably get a better response in General Hardware.

With that said, yes it is possible to have a "nice" gaming PC for $1400, but it will be nowhere near top of the line. Somewhere along the lines of a X2 3800, X1800/X1900, 2 gigs RAM, X-Fi Extreme Music and whatever other little things will run below $1400 most likely. I wouldn't even look at the 7900's with all the trouble people are having with them.

You should probably wait until late July/ early August to see what price/performance the Conroes have compared to AMD's offerings (which all have various price cuts).
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meh well i spend most of my time on AT in the OT but yea he has a decent PC right now he can run BF2 with decent settings but he wants to run FEAR with everything on which a x18/1900 could probly do im guess

ill tell him ur advice on the waiting but he said his current PC crapped out a few days ago so im not sure how big of a hurry he's in to get one i figured to just screw conroe cuz it wold be a bit to expensive and to hard to find a decent mobo for it but it seems itll be a bit cheaper than i was imagining
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There is no way in hell a $1400 PC can run FEAR maxed, let alone divided over 2 monitors.
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yea i started look at FEAR benchmarks and kinda noticed but i think hes talkin like just smotth ~40FPS with at least high settings on

i dunno what u'd get out of it a larger ego?
 
Originally posted by: Dritnul
my sisters boyfriend wants a nice PC for gaming for $1400 at the very most if its a bit less that would be great
basica idea of what hes thinking
Thermaltek Armor series case(no if's and's or but's about that part)
dual core CPU
probly a x1800 x1900 or 7900series gfx card
probly 300-500GB HDD or 2 smaller ones(~150-250)
2048MB of RAM low latnecy (mostly for gaming)
some sort of audigy card(Audigy 2 thru Xfi doesnt matter (xfi if price allows i would say)
didnt say for optical drives but at least a DVD burner
w/e mobo is compatable with the ****** above works

i dunno if he wants new speakers or monitors since he has 2 LCDs already not sure bout his speaker system


the ? has been asked could u build a system like this for <1.4K

who will prove up to the challenge...?
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Case: $200
PSU: $50
CPU: $300 (x2 43800+)
Mobo: $150
x1800xt: $250 (on fs/ft forums)
300 GB seagate: $150
2x1 GB ram: $150
Xifi: $100
Optical: $50

Total: $1400

You could save by buying all this in the fs/ft forum. For instance:
CPU would be $225-250.
The HDD you could get for around $100
Xifi is going for around $80
Mobo: $100

That would make it almost $200 less, I just included prices for new stuff on everything except for the x1800xt since most people want new stuff.
 
Originally posted by: Dritnul
my sisters boyfriend wants a nice PC for gaming for $1400 at the very most if its a bit less that would be great
basica idea of what hes thinking
Thermaltek Armor series case(no if's and's or but's about that part)
dual core CPU
probly a x1800 x1900 or 7900series gfx card
probly 300-500GB HDD or 2 smaller ones(~150-250)
2048MB of RAM low latnecy (mostly for gaming)
some sort of audigy card(Audigy 2 thru Xfi doesnt matter (xfi if price allows i would say)
didnt say for optical drives but at least a DVD burner
w/e mobo is compatable with the ****** above works

i dunno if he wants new speakers or monitors since he has 2 LCDs already not sure bout his speaker system


the ? has been asked could u build a system like this for <1.4K

who will prove up to the challenge...?
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You are definately posting in the wrong place if you desire input concerning building a PC!!
 
Originally posted by: Xonoahbin
Watch for the AMD X2 3800+ at $170 near the end of this month, that'll get you a great chip for a great price.
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qft

Originally posted by: Vegitto
There is no way in hell a $1400 PC can run FEAR maxed, let alone divided over 2 monitors.
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A X1900 can run fear on mostly high settings smoothly, but still not maxed. You do do everything max except for soft shadows and anti aliasing and get a very smooth experience.
 
Originally posted by: thepd7
Case: $200
PSU: $50
CPU: $300 (x2 43800+)
Mobo: $150
x1800xt: $250 (on fs/ft forums)
300 GB seagate: $150
2x1 GB ram: $150
Xifi: $100
Optical: $50
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Where can I get me one of those?! :Q

 
Originally posted by: Vegitto
Originally posted by: Dritnul
Originally posted by: cleanerupper
You'll probably get a better response in General Hardware.

With that said, yes it is possible to have a "nice" gaming PC for $1400, but it will be nowhere near top of the line. Somewhere along the lines of a X2 3800, X1800/X1900, 2 gigs RAM, X-Fi Extreme Music and whatever other little things will run below $1400 most likely. I wouldn't even look at the 7900's with all the trouble people are having with them.

You should probably wait until late July/ early August to see what price/performance the Conroes have compared to AMD's offerings (which all have various price cuts).
Click to expand...

meh well i spend most of my time on AT in the OT but yea he has a decent PC right now he can run BF2 with decent settings but he wants to run FEAR with everything on which a x18/1900 could probly do im guess

ill tell him ur advice on the waiting but he said his current PC crapped out a few days ago so im not sure how big of a hurry he's in to get one i figured to just screw conroe cuz it wold be a bit to expensive and to hard to find a decent mobo for it but it seems itll be a bit cheaper than i was imagining
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There is no way in hell a $1400 PC can run FEAR maxed, let alone divided over 2 monitors.
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Why would 2 monitors make a difference? The game is only running on one of them.
 
Sure, I'd be patient, hang out in the FS/T forums, while watching the Hot Deals forums. Given a month, I would build a far superior box for $1400, than you could. 😉
 
you can definitely build a great mid-high range for $1400, hell, even less than that. definitely go for the P-D 820 and OC that baby or X2 3800.. i'd wait for conroe and AMD price drops though.
 
Go for Intel Duo Core. You don't need that big of harddrive. You would want a fast harddrive for game and a separate harddrive for data.

Allocate as much money to gfx as possible. $1400 is alot of money. Its definitely doable
 
What the hell. $1400 isn't even difficult. My entire rig is worth about $1200 - $500+ of that is in HARDDRIVES - and the rest is an Opteron 165, 2 gigs of RAM, A8N-SLI, and a 7800GT.
 
Do you have a real surround system and not just pc speakers?

Odds are you wont know the difference between x-fi and integrated on normal speakers.

X2 3800
DFI Nforce 4 Ultra Infinity
2GB PC3200 Mushkin Standard (getting LL under any conditions is stupid, you pay a lot more for very little gain)
Geforce 7950 GX2
Lite-on DVD-RW
250GB SATA HD Western Digital WD2500YD
Your stupid thermaltake armor case thats a total waste of money...

$1450 at newegg.
 
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