Doctor Feelgood
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 Posted: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:28:56 Post Subject: 'Budget' Gaming Rig... |
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Figured I'd see what I could put together for $800. An $800 budget isn't cheap, but neither is this system! The total (without tax or shipping) comes to $779.12...
CPU: AMD A64 3200+ Venice Core - $190.00 at ZipZoomFly (free shipping)
Motherboard: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4D Motherboard (SLi) - $115.00 at Monarch (shipped free)
Video Card: 128MB Gigabyte 6600GT PCIe (SLi ready) - $174.99 at ZipZoomFly (shipped free)
Memory: Corsair 1024MB Dual Channel Kit - $82.90 at ZipZoomFly (free shipping)
Case/PSU: RaidMax Scorpio (Silver) with 420W PSU - $48.99 at ZipZoomFly (plus $18.30 shipping).
Optical Drive: NEC 3520A Dual Layer DVDRW (Silver) - $52.25 at ZipZoomFly (shipped free).
Hard Drive: 200GB Seagate 7200.8 SATA Drive with NCQ - $114.99 at ZipZoomFly (free shipping) (review coming soon).
Gotta reuse the keyboard, mouse, OS, and monitor.
Some thoughts... may want a better PSU (especially if the system is upgraded down the road or overclocked), but the one with the case may be worth a shot out of the box. A few paychecks down the road you could add another drive for RAID... Then a few later you could add another 6600GT for SLi. Maybe the next paycheck would be time to unload the current PSU and DDR on eBay for stuff with higher performance, but it may not be necessary.
Comments? Other ideas?
Last edited by Doctor Feelgood on Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:05:13; edited 1 time in total |
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