Please help -- Building a gaming rig for $1300-$1400

[Yomama21]

Need to build the best gaming rig for no more than $1400 US. I need everything including monitor.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[dbwillis]

Id suggest some sort of P4 rig, maybe a 2.26CPU and 512 of DDR333 CL2 ram and a nice big case, maybe for the board get an Asus P4B533..I cant comment of the other items, sorry

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: Yomama21
Need to build the best gaming rig for no more than $1400 US. I need everything including monitor.
Any help would be appreciated.

No offense, but does anyone here know how to do any research? I don't mind helping out with specific items, but you're asking for everything. Why don't you just pay someone to pick it out and build it for you?

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: BDawg

Originally posted by: Yomama21
Need to build the best gaming rig for no more than $1400 US. I need everything including monitor.
Any help would be appreciated.

No offense, but does anyone here know how to do any research? I don't mind helping out with specific items, but you're asking for everything. Why don't you just pay someone to pick it out and build it for you?

Oh oh pick me pick me!!!!!! 50 bux and ill pick it out build it. But you have to pay for all shipping from me to you hehelol jk

Go intel 900nf gf4 ti4400 keyboard mouse z-560s ....etc

 

[Yomama21]

BDawg -- If you have a problem with someone getting some advice then don't post a reply. :|
I can do research and have done plenty, but I guess I am asking for personal opinions related to experience.
Isn't that what forums are for?

 

[wfbberzerker]

ill go configure you a system. brb.

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: Yomama21
BDawg -- If you have a problem with someone getting some advice then don't post a reply. :|
I can do research and have done plenty, but I guess I am asking for personal opinions related to experience.
Isn't that what forums are for?

The same topic is discussed almost everyday. People are always having discussions on what motherboard to buy, which GF is the best, etc. Instead of participating and reading all of those discussions, it appears that you just want the answers. Don't you have an opinion? Don't you read any reviews?

If you're wanting to throw out :| faces, how about this. Get off your lazy butt and at least start. We'll be happy to critique. Don't rely on others for everything.

Perhaps I'm a bit prejudiced, but having 17 posts and a nickname like Yomama21 doesn't motivate me either.

 

[wfbberzerker]

ok... here we go: (prices taken from newegg.com)

ANTEC Performance PLUS Model PLUS880 (430w).............$121

Lite On 40X12X48 CDRW....................$67

TOSHIBA INTERNAL DVD ROM, 16X DVD, 48X CD ROM...........$41

MITSUMI 3 1/2 Floppy Drive...........$9

MAXTOR 60GB 7200RPM Hard Drive............$88

Logitech Deluxe Access 104 PS/2 Keyboard..............$13

SAMSUNG 955DF 19" (WHITE) CRT MONITOR...........$225

Asus A7V266-E KT266A Chipset 266/200MHz FSB Motherboard..............$143

Logitech Mouseman Dual Optical.......$41

Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card.......$19

AMD ATHLON XP 2000+/266 FSB CPU........$160

CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY.........$60

Logitech's THX certified Z560 4.1.......$136

Chaintech Geforce4 4400 "GT40".......$219

Crucial DDR PC2100 ? CL=2.5...........$67

Subtotal.................$1409 + shipping

if you want to save money, you could go with a geforce4 ti4200, which would save you probably 40-50 bucks. also, you can save more if you already have stuff like a keyboard, monitor, lan card, etc.

 

[Bovinicus]

If it is a gaming rig then go with AMD and save some money on the memory and CPU. Use the money saved to get a better video card. That will be more important than the CPU. Otherwise, forget about hi-resolution gaming or FSAA. The Athlon XP2000+ is priced very well at the moment. The GeForce4 Ti4200 is an excellent video card for an excellent price. Get a Ti4400 for a little more performance. If you really want to go all out, wait for the Radeon 9700 to come out and grab that. A KT333 motherboard is probably your best bet. 256MB of memory is good, but I find 512MB does come in handy on occasion, though not often. Those are the core components of the system that I recommend.

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: BDawg

Originally posted by: Yomama21
BDawg -- If you have a problem with someone getting some advice then don't post a reply. :|
I can do research and have done plenty, but I guess I am asking for personal opinions related to experience.
Isn't that what forums are for?

The same topic is discussed almost everyday. People are always having discussions on what motherboard to buy, which GF is the best, etc. Instead of participating and reading all of those discussions, it appears that you just want the answers. Don't you have an opinion? Don't you read any reviews?

If you're wanting to throw out :| faces, how about this. Get off your lazy butt and at least start. We'll be happy to critique. Don't rely on others for everything.

Perhaps I'm a bit prejudiced, but having 17 posts and a nickname like Yomama21 doesn't motivate me either.

its obvious hes a new member, so he probably doesnt know to go searching through all the threads compiling a list of the best hardware. he was asking for people to recommend a list of parts for a particular budget, which many people (myself included) would be happy to do. so theres no need to go b!tching at him, especially since hes new.

 

[BDawg]

Since we're trying to be nice now, I'll point out that this exact topic has been done before by the forum's parent site. Since very few people seem to know about it, the forums do not exist on their own. They are a side feature of Anandtech.com who conveniently enough does ***drum roll*** hardware reviews.

I understand this is a bit dated, but last Friday, they did a value gaming rig breakdown. Yes, it's under $1400, but it's a great place to start for methodology.

 

[CrazySaint]

wfbberzerker, I'm curious as to why you suggested the A7V266-E instead of the newer (and only $3 more expensive) A7V333. In fact, the much cheaper MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU would be about as good and he could put the $35 or so he'd save towards getting an NEC FE991SB 19" monitor using the Diamondtron NF tube instead of the inferior Samsugn 955DF "flat"screen (its actually a curved CRT with a piece of flat glass in front).

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: CrazySaint
wfbberzerker, I'm curious as to why you suggested the A7V266-E instead of the newer (and only $3 more expensive) A7V333. In fact, the much cheaper MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU would be about as good and he could put the $35 or so he'd save towards getting an NEC FE991SB 19" monitor using the Diamondtron NF tube instead of the inferior Samsugn 955DF "flat"screen (its actually a curved CRT with a piece of flat glass in front).

im a little hazy on exactly what motherboard and monitor to buy, since those components are the ones that i havent kept track of. (heck, the only good recommendation for a motherboard i can really make is the epox 8k7a) so, i just went with brand names people trusted.

 

[Yomama21]

Originally posted by: BDawg

Originally posted by: Yomama21
BDawg -- If you have a problem with someone getting some advice then don't post a reply. :|
I can do research and have done plenty, but I guess I am asking for personal opinions related to experience.
Isn't that what forums are for?

The same topic is discussed almost everyday. People are always having discussions on what motherboard to buy, which GF is the best, etc. Instead of participating and reading all of those discussions, it appears that you just want the answers. Don't you have an opinion? Don't you read any reviews?

If you're wanting to throw out :| faces, how about this. Get off your lazy butt and at least start. We'll be happy to critique. Don't rely on others for everything.

Perhaps I'm a bit prejudiced, but having 17 posts and a nickname like Yomama21 doesn't motivate me either.

Like I said before, if you have a problem with someone asking these questions why don't you simply ignore it and let other helpful people express their opinions. In response to your comments and questions I have read plenty of posts, but I don't have the time to do all of the required research. If I was building a system for someone I didn't know I would choose what I thought was best with my own knowledge. Since this system is for a friend, I want to make sure I get the best for the money. As far as having an opinion, I think since you have 3600 + posts you are the one who needs to get off of your lazy butt and get a job.

 

[Yomama21]

Sorry everyone, didn't mean to turn this into a bitchfest.

 

[BDawg]

Helping Newbies Part 2:

Turn on your private memos and user profile in your profile.

 

[Yomama21]

There you go BDawg, but just for you.

I think I made a new friend.