Need help with new build

[KGH]

This will be a dual booting box,Suse or Mepis & XP.

I will not be overclocking.

Doom 3 & half Life need to be smooth.

I will also be watching DVDs

I would like to stay in the $1400 range, without the monitor, but I am will to go a little more if I believe the benefit outweighs the cost.

There is no war beteen Intel & AMD at my house, either is fine.

A Nvidia 7800GT is the only component that I more then 75% sure of.

 

[Bobthelost]

Getting a 7800GT is a bad idea. It's a generation out of date, the 7900GT is faster, the same price and draws less power.

What monitor do you have?

Are you going to do anything other than gaming? If not then you will not see any difference between a 6400 and a 6800 CPU as you'd be hitting a graphics card limitation.

I think you may be heading for a build way under budget.

 

[xanis]

That's a nice fat budget you got there. Here is what I would get:

Case: Lian-Li PC61 Mid Tower
PSU: Seasonic 500W
Mobo: Asus M2N-E
CPU: Intel C2D E6600
RAM: G.Skill 2GB (2x1GB0 DDR2
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 120GB
Video: XFX 7600GT
DVD: NEC 3550 DVD D Burner

 

[KeithTalent]

What kind of monitor do you have? Need to know what res you will be gaming at first.

 

[Bobthelost]

Case: Lian-Li PC61 Mid Tower
PSU: Seasonic 430W
Mobo: ABIT AB9
CPU: Intel C2D E6400
RAM: G.Skill 2GB (2x1GB0 DDR2
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 120GB
Video: XFX 7600GT
DVD: NEC 3550 DVD D Burner
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Changed slightly, you won't see the difference between a 6400 and 6600 in gaming. The PSU is plenty, you might consider going for a 7900GT.

Edit: Motherboard misnamed.

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: Xanis
That's a nice fat budget you got there. Here is what I would get:

Case: Lian-Li PC61 Mid Tower
PSU: Seasonic 500W
Mobo: Asus M2N-E
CPU: Intel C2D E6600
RAM: G.Skill 2GB (2x1GB0 DDR2
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 120GB
Video: XFX 7600GT
DVD: NEC 3550 DVD D Burner

Case:Lian Li pc7b+2
PSU: Enhance 5140gh
Mobo: Abit a9n pro
CPU: e6400
RAM: Corsiar Valueselect 2x1gb
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 120GB
Video:Connect3d x1900xt oem
DVD: NEC 3550 DVD D Burner
total w/o monitor, mouse, keyboard: $1114

Fixed, no reason to spend more than you have to...
buy yourself a nice monitor.