How does this look before I build?

[SonicIce]

This will be a gaming PC and my budget is around $700. I have a monitor and keyboard etc. All I need is everything that goes in the case.
6600GT $240
Athlon 64 3000+ $148
EPoX "EP-8KDA3J" $72
Kingmax 512MB PC-3200 $68
Western Digital 80GB $60
Antec Case $65
Comes out to be about $650. That leaves about $50 for some CD burner and the shipping. How does it look? :beer:

 

[SuPrEIVIE]

:thumbsup:

 

[Budmantom]

It looks anemic, what do you have now?



Tom

 

[AndysRevenge]

Originally posted by: Budmantom
It looks anemic, what do you have now?

Tom

ROFL :laugh:

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: Budmantom
It looks anemic, what do you have now?



Tom

Could you elaborate? :disgust:

 

[imported_alp]

get 1gb of ram

 

[modedepe]

I would get a 6800 instead for a few $$ more.

 

[DaveSimmons]

It looks fine, though that 6600GT is out of stock now. If you pick another, be careful -- two people here have posted recently about accidentally buying a PCI-E board instead of AGP.

Getting a plain 6800 for $270 makes sense if you can't wait for 6600GTs to get back in stock. Buying 1 GB RAM would be nice, but you can always add the second 512 later.

I have the Antec SLK3700AMB case myself for my music server, it's a great case with solid power supply.

 

[worthless085]

zipzoomfly.com has the 6600gt AGP for $229 + free 2day shipping

Linky

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: alp
get 1gb of ram

Exaclty how do you plan on fitting that into $700 with the rest of the componenets?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: SonicIce

Originally posted by: alp
get 1gb of ram

Exaclty how do you plan on fitting that into $700 with the rest of the componenets?

The Magic of Christmas!

 

[SonicIce]

Oh by the way guys, I only have a 17" monitor. So I don't think going for the 6800 over the 6600GT would even be worth it.

 

[bigal40]

Originally posted by: SonicIce
Oh by the way guys, I only have a 17" monitor. So I don't think going for the 6800 over the 6600GT would even be worth it.

What is the max resolution?

 

[Budmantom]

Originally posted by: SonicIce

Originally posted by: Budmantom
It looks anemic, what do you have now?



Tom

Could you elaborate? :disgust:

Sure,

If I were to buy a rig now it would be either a 3400/3500+, 6800gt, 1gb of ram and at least 100gb hd, however that might be more than you want to spend.


Tom

 

[RussianSensation]

NICE. If you can afford to spend $40 more on a 939 motherboard and substitute that 3000+ with 90nm 939 3000+, it'd be almost perfect.

 

[stevty2889]

looks good

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

:thumbsup:

You should probably get a pretty good overclock out of the 3000+ if you are so inclined. Definitely a much better value than the 3400+/3500+ being recommended above. :roll:

Too bad you have to pay a premium for the AGP interface on the 6600GT, though.

 

[Hikari]

Ditto. You can get one for around $250 (I paid $240 total).

Originally posted by: modedepe
I would get a 6800 instead for a few $$ more.

 

[Hikari]

Well, the 6800 does AA and AF faster than the 6600GT. Also, maybe someday you'll have a bigger screen.

Originally posted by: SonicIce
Oh by the way guys, I only have a 17" monitor. So I don't think going for the 6800 over the 6600GT would even be worth it.

 

[SonicIce]

Max res for the monitor is 1280x1024@60Hz. I would do everything at 1024x768@85Hz though. 6800 is not noticably faster even at 1024x768 with AA/AF (except maybe in Doom 3). Can you show me where to get a 6800 for $250?

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: SonicIce
Max res for the monitor is 1280x1024@60Hz. I would do everything at 1024x768@85Hz though. 6800 is not noticably faster even at 1024x768 with AA/AF (except maybe in Doom 3). Can you show me where to get a 6800 for $250?

Fry's or outpost.com has the BFG 6800 OC for $250.

 

[blinky8225]

You could always try to softmod the 6800 to unlock the extra pipes and then you would probaly have a pretty big perfomance increase.

 

[worthless085]

http://shop1.outpost.com/produ...sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

BFG 6800 OC, lifetime warranty, so you can overclock ths hell out of and not worry...