Help me spec out a rig for my little brother, will ya?

[shilala]

My little brother is 29. 🙂
This will be his first decent rig and he's got $1000 to spend.
I'd like to keep the component cost as low as humanly possible to try and squeeze a decent monitor out of his budget.

I need everything from case to psu to dvd burner.
It's main use will be as a gamer.

 

[darkxshade]

Try the general hardware section chief.

 

[Leper Messiah]

General Hardware FTW?

kk though, AMD prolly, CRT or LCD monitor? Rice Case or no rice case?

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
General Hardware FTW?

kk though, AMD prolly, CRT or LCD monitor? Rice Case or no rice case?

amd, lcd (hopeful), no rice, antec psu.

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
General Hardware FTW?

kk though, AMD prolly, CRT or LCD monitor? Rice Case or no rice case?

amd, lcd (hopeful), no rice, antec psu.

antec case might work out as well.

 

[DaveSimmons]

General Hardware has dozens of system threads you could read for parts ideas.

Since this is Off-Topic:

Mac Mini FTW!

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
General Hardware FTW?

kk though, AMD prolly, CRT or LCD monitor? Rice Case or no rice case?

Hhahahhah rice case:laugh:

 

You can get a very nice system for $1000.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
General Hardware FTW?

kk though, AMD prolly, CRT or LCD monitor? Rice Case or no rice case?

amd, lcd (hopeful), no rice, antec psu.

Get an Antec case too.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
General Hardware FTW?

kk though, AMD prolly, CRT or LCD monitor? Rice Case or no rice case?

amd, lcd (hopeful), no rice, antec psu.

so you figure about $750 for the tower.

I'd say something like:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 939 $139
Corsair Value Select 1GB kit $76.25
Epox 9NPA+ Ultra $105.00
Connect3D X800GTO $175.00
WD 250GB SATA HDD $110.00
AntecTX640B Case w/400 watt PSU $98.99
NEC DVD+/-RW Burner $38.99
Total: 743.25.

Then find a decent LCD or CRT and a KB/Mouse solution and you're set.

 

[intogamer]

Get a Dual Core chip if he doesn't need a monitor

 

[rmrf]

lol, when I read little brother I first thought of a teenager.

anyways, I like my rig quite a bit, and would imagine you could put the same one together for fairly cheap as it is a year old.

AMD3200+ Winchester 939 $164
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D $132
1GB Corsair ValueSelect $76.25
BFG GeForce 6600GT OC PCI-e 128MB $194
Seagate SATA 120.0 GB $85
Zalman 7000-CU LED $38.99
Antec NeoHE 430 $85.75
Antec P160-WF $99.99
NEC Silver IDE DVD Burner $38.99

That's ~$915 w/o shipping, and you could probably find a nice used monitor on FS/T for ~$100. The case seems expensive, but I always said I would never spend that much on a case, and now that I did, I won't ever buy a cheap case again. It is so nice and quiet, and runs cool to boot.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: rmrf
lol, when I read little brother I first thought of a teenager.

anyways, I like my rig quite a bit, and would imagine you could put the same one together for fairly cheap as it is a year old.

AMD 3000+ Winchester 939 AMD3200+ Winchester 939 $164
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D $132
1024 MB of Corsair XMS PC3200 1GB Corsair ValueSelect $76.25
BFG GeForce 6600GT OC PCI-e 128MB $194
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148039[/]
<b">Seagate SATA 120.0 GB $85
Antec Neopower 480W Zalman 7000-CU LED $38.99
[l=Antec P160-WF $99.99</a>

That's ~$875 w/o shipping, and you could probably find a nice used monitor on FS/T for ~$100. The case seems expensive, but I always said I would never spend that much on a case, and now that I did, I won't ever buy a cheap case again. It is so nice and quiet, and runs cool to boot.[/quote]

why would you spend almost $200 on a 6600GT? The GTO I linked is a hellvua lot faster (esp. OC'd) than that card and its $15 cheaper... 😕

 

[ElFenix]

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[rmrf]

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah

why would you spend almost $200 on a 6600GT? The GTO I linked is a hellvua lot faster (esp. OC'd) than that card and its $15 cheaper... 😕

he wanted suggestions. I am happy with my rig, so I listed the closest thing to what I have. I'm not pricegrabber...

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
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Replace that evil hand eating (see my thread) 1650B with a 2650B, and the A8N-VM with an A8N-E and you have a perfect rig right there
Don't forget Windows 😉

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: rmrf

Originally posted by: Leper Messiah

why would you spend almost $200 on a 6600GT? The GTO I linked is a hellvua lot faster (esp. OC'd) than that card and its $15 cheaper... 😕

he wanted suggestions. I am happy with my rig, so I listed the closest thing to what I have. I'm not pricegrabber...

True...but I think 6800GS costs around the same, and is quite a bit faster too (faster than the GTO stock, OC'd the GTO will beat it if it has all 16 pipelines)