My little brother want a new computer system to play the lastest games. He's 17 and a fairly creative guy and is interested in animation and computer graphic. He got a summer job and has about $1500 for it. He has been asking me to put one together for about a month now but I've kept delaying because I'm real busy at work and was waiting for SharkyExtreem to put up their system guide so I can work off that, but my brother is getting impatient and want a system soon. $1500 for the complete system with monitor, keyboard, mose, operating system.
I put this together at about 1am last night based of the TechReport system guide. Any suggestions, corrections, anything missing, or mistake on part selection? I'd like to order this today and put it together next weekend.
Intel® Core 2 Duo E6400 $226
Abit AB9 PRO P965 Core 2 Duo Pentium/Pentium D 1066FSB LGA775 DDR2 ATX Motherboard $165
Corsair VS2GBKIT667D2 2GB Kit DDR2-667 PC2-5300 Value Select Memory Retail $221
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB Serial ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive $102
NEC ND-3550A 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive $38
SAPPHIRE 100168L Radeon X1900XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 $240
Antec Sonata II Case $120
Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard & Optical Mouse Combo $25
Samsung 940Be-Black SyncMaster 19in LCD Monitor $249
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition $90
Total about $1476
If there's anythign I can shave some money off then I'll add a set of 2.0 or 2.1 speaker.
Should I get 1GB ram and get a better graphic card? Is the monitor a good choice? He'll be playing online game like BF2, is a wireless network card ok or should I connect it with cable? If I go with wireless which card should I get?
These are part that i'll probably buy with my own money to help him connect to the internet.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833181218
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833156175
and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833156141 for the adapter.
I put this together at about 1am last night based of the TechReport system guide. Any suggestions, corrections, anything missing, or mistake on part selection? I'd like to order this today and put it together next weekend.
Intel® Core 2 Duo E6400 $226
Abit AB9 PRO P965 Core 2 Duo Pentium/Pentium D 1066FSB LGA775 DDR2 ATX Motherboard $165
Corsair VS2GBKIT667D2 2GB Kit DDR2-667 PC2-5300 Value Select Memory Retail $221
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB Serial ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive $102
NEC ND-3550A 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive $38
SAPPHIRE 100168L Radeon X1900XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 $240
Antec Sonata II Case $120
Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard & Optical Mouse Combo $25
Samsung 940Be-Black SyncMaster 19in LCD Monitor $249
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition $90
Total about $1476
If there's anythign I can shave some money off then I'll add a set of 2.0 or 2.1 speaker.
Should I get 1GB ram and get a better graphic card? Is the monitor a good choice? He'll be playing online game like BF2, is a wireless network card ok or should I connect it with cable? If I go with wireless which card should I get?
These are part that i'll probably buy with my own money to help him connect to the internet.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833181218
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833156175
and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833156141 for the adapter.