Hows the potential rig look?

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: atybimf
Thanks. that still leaves me with this - what case and power supply? Nothing fancy or unnecessary.

Antec makes pretty good Case/PSU combos.

If you want to do this separately there are a lot more options.

 

[sonoma1993]

setup looks good. if you could though, id would try to find a 9800 pro 256mb or 9800xt 256mb or a lowend model of the xt800 models

 

[atybimf]

Originally posted by: sonoma1993
setup looks good. if you could though, id would try to find a 9800 pro 256mb or 9800xt 256mb or a lowend model of the xt800 models

If those cost more than the 6600GT than I cant. Tight budget. I'm going to look into Antec case/psu combos.



EDIT: How's this Antec case/psu look? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129150

 

[imported_itr]

there's an antec deal at bestbuy for $40, as well as a hdd deal.
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[Pythias]

For the love of God! ( or allah, buddha, vishnu, or whomever happens to be incharge today) Do not skimp on your psu! If you have to go cheap on the video or ram to start with, so be it. You can always save up and upgrade those later. I know it sucks, but you'll be better off. IMHO

 

[sonoma1993]

here a ati 9800 pro 128meg for about $136 yeah i know it only 128meg of ram compare to the 256 on the 9600, but the 256mbit memory bus and the 8 pipe lines will give you alot better perfomance than the 9600 will have.

9800 pro 128meghttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102286

 

[atybimf]

Would I be better off with the 9800Pro 128mb or the 6600gt 128mb?

 

[Pythias]

Originally posted by: atybimf
Would I be better off with the 9800Pro 128mb or the 6600gt 128mb?

Performance is comparable. Go with whichever you can find cheaper. IMO