I already have what I think I'm going to get in another thread, but just wanted to see what you guys would build for $1000. No monitor, keyboard, mouse or speakers. Oh and it's for gaming.
Just wondering, what would you build for $1000?
- Thread starter mongoose3412
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cpu- Pentium 4 630 (socket 775) = 180
mobo- pure intel mobo = 100
memory - 1.5 gigs = 125
tower/psu - 500w = 100
sound - x-fi music edition = 130
video - 6800GS pci-e = 200
HD - 160GB NCQ = 85
optical - dvd-rw, dvd-rom = 60
1,000 USD
mobo- pure intel mobo = 100
memory - 1.5 gigs = 125
tower/psu - 500w = 100
sound - x-fi music edition = 130
video - 6800GS pci-e = 200
HD - 160GB NCQ = 85
optical - dvd-rw, dvd-rom = 60
1,000 USD
Ricemarine
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eVGA 7800gt w/ eVGA mobo $330 AR
2X1GB of G.Skill DDR400 ram $178
AMD 64 X2 3800+ or Opteron 165 $270-$300
160 GB on any hot deal = $40
Nec ND-3550 $40
Case: Centurion 5
PSU: Enermax Liberty 500w.
2X1GB of G.Skill DDR400 ram $178
AMD 64 X2 3800+ or Opteron 165 $270-$300
160 GB on any hot deal = $40
Nec ND-3550 $40
Case: Centurion 5
PSU: Enermax Liberty 500w.
Ricemarine
Lifer
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Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Meh. you know me, I sure love high wattage psu's that have nice quality
Yeah, and for the extra money why not. Just nitpicking for the sake of it
Processor-AMD Athlon X2 3800+
Motherboard-ASUS A8N-E
RAM- Corsair Value Select 2x1gigs (2GB)
PSU- Forton 450watts
Case-CoolerMaster Centurion 5
Video- eVGA Nvidia Geforce 6800GS
Hard Drive- Western Digital WD1600JS 160GB
Optical Drives- NEC ND-3550A DVD Burner
Total- $950+shipping/tax
Motherboard-ASUS A8N-E
RAM- Corsair Value Select 2x1gigs (2GB)
PSU- Forton 450watts
Case-CoolerMaster Centurion 5
Video- eVGA Nvidia Geforce 6800GS
Hard Drive- Western Digital WD1600JS 160GB
Optical Drives- NEC ND-3550A DVD Burner
Total- $950+shipping/tax
Motherboard-ASUS A8N5X
RAM-2 sticks of this since crucial is the best quality: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820146545
Processor: Athlon 64 3500+ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533 (you won't need dual core for a loooonnnnnnngggggggg time.)
GPU-EVGA Geforce 7800GT-N516 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130256
Case-Antec Solution SLK3000B or keep yours if it has good airflow.
Keep your current hard drive if it's running good
Keep your drive if it's got DVD DL support on it
PSU-PC Power and Cooling 510
Total: $1001 with Fedex 1st day shipping at newegg.com
RAM-2 sticks of this since crucial is the best quality: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820146545
Processor: Athlon 64 3500+ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533 (you won't need dual core for a loooonnnnnnngggggggg time.)
GPU-EVGA Geforce 7800GT-N516 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130256
Case-Antec Solution SLK3000B or keep yours if it has good airflow.
Keep your current hard drive if it's running good
Keep your drive if it's got DVD DL support on it
PSU-PC Power and Cooling 510
Total: $1001 with Fedex 1st day shipping at newegg.com
Fire you have to be kidding with this
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cpu- Pentium 4 630 (socket 775) = 180
mobo- pure intel mobo = 100
memory - 1.5 gigs = 125
tower/psu - 500w = 100
sound - x-fi music edition = 130
video - 6800GS pci-e = 200
HD - 160GB NCQ = 85
optical - dvd-rw, dvd-rom = 60
1,000 USD
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Why would you build a gameing machine based on an intel board unless you are runnin Quad SLI which i have only seeen on an intel board.
Will G.
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cpu- Pentium 4 630 (socket 775) = 180
mobo- pure intel mobo = 100
memory - 1.5 gigs = 125
tower/psu - 500w = 100
sound - x-fi music edition = 130
video - 6800GS pci-e = 200
HD - 160GB NCQ = 85
optical - dvd-rw, dvd-rom = 60
1,000 USD
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Why would you build a gameing machine based on an intel board unless you are runnin Quad SLI which i have only seeen on an intel board.
Will G.
Ricemarine picked almost exactly everything i would of picked, only i would pick this case
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811119068
it looks really awesome
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811119068
it looks really awesome
Originally posted by: bob4432
also the 6800gs??? he is smoking crack
Look at his comp:
AMD Athlon FX-60 @ 2.97 GHz
Thermaltake Tsunami VA Silver ATX
Enermax EG85 660w PSU
Tyan S2 - nForce Pro 2200/nForce 4 Ultra
2GB DDR400 - Corsair XMS 2-2-2-5 (effective: 466MHz)
Geforce 7800GTX 512mb [x2] (SLI)
-coreclock: 643 MHz memoryclock: 2.1 GHz
Fujitsu 73.5GB Ultra SCSI 15K RPM [x4] (RAID 1+0)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Plextor DVD-RW 16x SATA [x3]
wonder if he paid for it.
I think that might be the worst pick out of the whole thread so far Fire400!
Your rig in your sig looks sweet! Got some screens of that FX-60 in action?
bob4432
Lifer
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Originally posted by: w00t
Originally posted by: bob4432
also the 6800gs??? he is smoking crack
Look at his comp:
AMD Athlon FX-60 @ 2.97 GHz
Thermaltake Tsunami VA Silver ATX
Enermax EG85 660w PSU
Tyan S2 - nForce Pro 2200/nForce 4 Ultra
2GB DDR400 - Corsair XMS 2-2-2-5 (effective: 466MHz)
Geforce 7800GTX 512mb [x2] (SLI)
-coreclock: 643 MHz memoryclock: 2.1 GHz
Fujitsu 73.5GB Ultra SCSI 15K RPM [x4] (RAID 1+0)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Plextor DVD-RW 16x SATA [x3]
wonder if he paid for it.
wonder if it is even his or if he just looked up stuff and put it together....
i call shens on his rig in sig
Ricemarine
Lifer
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Originally posted by: bob4432
Originally posted by: w00t
Originally posted by: bob4432
also the 6800gs??? he is smoking crack
Look at his comp:
AMD Athlon FX-60 @ 2.97 GHz
Thermaltake Tsunami VA Silver ATX
Enermax EG85 660w PSU
Tyan S2 - nForce Pro 2200/nForce 4 Ultra
2GB DDR400 - Corsair XMS 2-2-2-5 (effective: 466MHz)
Geforce 7800GTX 512mb [x2] (SLI)
-coreclock: 643 MHz memoryclock: 2.1 GHz
Fujitsu 73.5GB Ultra SCSI 15K RPM [x4] (RAID 1+0)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Plextor DVD-RW 16x SATA [x3]
wonder if he paid for it.
wonder if it is even his or if he just looked up stuff and put it together....
i call shens on his rig in sig
So all of you are telling me that you could make a better looking system that will offer better performance? When I chose a system, I put the money where I feel is necessary as far as sound, looks, and necessary features that fit me, not the framerates alone. FYI, you will get blistering framerates with a P4 and a 6800GS, tagging it with a nicely polished soundcard. I don't see anything wrong with customizing a balanced gaming rig for a thousand dollars.
It's funny how you like to smack talk, but don't put anything down to counter it.
As far as my sig goes, the only trash talk flying around goes on yourselves.
"" "crack head" "worst rig" blah blah blah.. "" -so my feelings are hurt, so what.
bob4432
Lifer
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Originally posted by: fire400
Originally posted by: bob4432
Originally posted by: w00t
Originally posted by: bob4432
also the 6800gs??? he is smoking crack
Look at his comp:
AMD Athlon FX-60 @ 2.97 GHz
Thermaltake Tsunami VA Silver ATX
Enermax EG85 660w PSU
Tyan S2 - nForce Pro 2200/nForce 4 Ultra
2GB DDR400 - Corsair XMS 2-2-2-5 (effective: 466MHz)
Geforce 7800GTX 512mb [x2] (SLI)
-coreclock: 643 MHz memoryclock: 2.1 GHz
Fujitsu 73.5GB Ultra SCSI 15K RPM [x4] (RAID 1+0)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Plextor DVD-RW 16x SATA [x3]
wonder if he paid for it.
wonder if it is even his or if he just looked up stuff and put it together....
i call shens on his rig in sig
So all of you are telling me that you could make a better looking system that will offer better performance? When I chose a system, I put the money where I feel is necessary as far as sound, looks, and necessary features that fit me, not the framerates alone. FYI, you will get blistering framerates with a P4 and a 6800GS, tagging it with a nicely polished soundcard. I don't see anything wrong with customizing a balanced gaming rig for a thousand dollars.
It's funny how you like to smack talk, but don't put anything down to counter it.
As far as my sig goes, the only trash talk flying around goes on yourselves.
"" "crack head" "worst rig" blah blah blah.. "" -so my feelings are hurt, so what.
for about the same price you could go better for gaming with a skt939 3200, 7800GT and a nf4 m/b. the soundcard is not really going to help you in the fps area at all is basically a waste on a gaming rig, especially the x-fi when there is a $1000 limit.
lets see some pics of your rig in sig with a paper with the words "fire400 anandtech" in the pic.....
and there was no reason to give a rig suggestion since ricemarine did such a good job.
Fire tell me your Intel system will beat
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $49.99
Update DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $122.99
Update eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT CO SE 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $285.00
Update AMD Opteron 144 Venus 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model OSA144BNBOX - Retail $189.00
Update G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ - Retail
$197.00 -$5.00 Instant
Subtotal: $838.98
That one. Can have any PS or hdd he wants I already have both but seems to be a good rig to me???
Will G.
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $49.99
Update DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $122.99
Update eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT CO SE 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $285.00
Update AMD Opteron 144 Venus 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model OSA144BNBOX - Retail $189.00
Update G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ - Retail
$197.00 -$5.00 Instant
Subtotal: $838.98
That one. Can have any PS or hdd he wants I already have both but seems to be a good rig to me???
Will G.
Get the DFI NF4 ultra for around $85 and save some money on the ram. Use it to get a 3800 or a 165.
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