need help with CHEAP gamming rig

[snyderrich]

Sorry to use someone elses post, but I too am doing a build and need some thoughts...I have $500 to spend and here's what I've chosen so far........................PSU: Antec EA650......RAM: Kingston 2x2Gb 1066MHz.......CPU:AMD Phenom 2X3 tricore(heard it had good overclocking results)I believe its a black edition 770?......Mobo: ECS Black GF8200A......Video Card: HIS Radeon 4850 1Gb 256Mb Q cooler included(also heard of this card being overclocked with success.........Well fella's what do you think and can I improve this with the same budget? Oh btw...Price total from Newegg.com like $450... Thanx in advance....PS already have case, dvdr, and hd only need PSU CPU Mobo and RAM

 

[RadiclDreamer]

for the love of all that is holy ditch that ECS board, they are unreliable pieces of crap, same goes for biostar, MSI for the most part, and PCChips. Other than that you are ok

 

[snyderrich]

Thanx...I just got done w/ some virtual shopping and came up with this....PSU: same...Cpu:same...Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA790x-ud4p AM3/am2+/am2 amd790x atx amd motherboard..........Vidcard:Visiontek 900244 Radeon 4870 512mb 256bit gddr5 pcie 2.0x16 xfire ready......price went up to $503

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Gigabyte in my opinion are on par if not sometimes slightly higher than asus in terms of build quality. They both have pretty turd customer support, but most mobo manufactures suffer from this. At least with those brands you tend not to have issues on a consistant basis.

 

[TemjinGold]

Didn't Visiontek go BK a while back?

 

[hans030390]

http://www.maximumpc.com/artic...0_pc_play_crysis_40fps

You can change a few parts out here and there, but that's one option that will work very well. I'm not sure how the Phenom compares to the Pentium Dual-Core, but I do know the Pentium is a GREAT overclocker and a great performer for the price. Also, you get a better GPU with this setup.

 

[snyderrich]

Originally posted by: snyderrich
Sorry to use someone elses post, but I too am doing a build and need some thoughts...I have $500 to spend and here's what I've chosen so far........................PSU: Antec EA650......RAM: Kingston 2x2Gb 1066MHz.......CPU:AMD Phenom 2X3 tricore(heard it had good overclocking results)I believe its a black edition 770?......Mobo: ECS Black GF8200A......Video Card: HIS Radeon 4850 1Gb 256Mb Q cooler included(also heard of this card being overclocked with success.........Well fella's what do you think and can I improve this with the same budget? Oh btw...Price total from Newegg.com like $450... Thanx in advance....PS already have case, dvdr, and hd only need PSU CPU Mobo and RAM Well decided to go with this http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814161245 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817371015 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?ItemList=Combo.234483 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?ItemList=Combo.234024 Any comments???