Need Help to build new PC for $1000

[ShaolinDreams]

a grand (1000) should cut it for a decent gaming computer, without monitor. If you get one of them cheap core2duo chips with a motherboard that supports new penryn cpu's also, You can overclock the h3ll out of it and then upgrade later to a nice penryn quad.

The build suggested above is perfect for this.

 

[veg1992]

a grand (1000) should cut it for a decent gaming computer, without monitor. If you get one of them cheap core2duo chips with a motherboard that supports new penryn cpu's also, You can overclock the h3ll out of it and then upgrade later to a nice penryn quad.

The build suggested above is perfect for this.

only issue is its been delayed another month... http://www.techist.com/forums/f76/45nm-core-2-quad-launch-delayed-due-erratum-161049/

its got an Erratum bug too...

 

[ShaolinDreams]

theyre all pretty much the same. i would suggest XFX, EVGA or ASUS.. but im sure the others are almost identical.

 

[veg1992]

theyre all pretty much the same. i would suggest XFX, EVGA or ASUS.. but im sure the others are almost identical.

thats right.. only difference is the Price, some are superclocked, SSC etc etc, plus some like the looks of different coolers

 

[ShaolinDreams]

only issue is its been delayed another month... http://www.techist.com/forums/f76/45nm-core-2-quad-launch-delayed-due-erratum-161049/

its got an Erratum bug too...

is it.. d.a.m.n (why is this word filtered comeon). Well they should of fixed it by the time he wants a penryn. that core2duo is perfect choice till then.. cheap and overclockable. 8-12 months down the line he can simply pop a cheaper penryn in and have great improvement.

2180 ftw

 

[Quicsilver87]

so what video card should i get and what optical drive??? i want to be able to burn cd and dvd's...

 

[veg1992]

get the cheapest 8800gt there.. and a dvd-rw drive

 

[Quicsilver87]

how much does a cheap 8800gt price range is it like $300??...and what do u mean by optical drive?

how much MB video card is good 256 or 512 and what about the MHZ on it also?

 

[ShaolinDreams]

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N802-A1 GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology - OEM

 

[Quicsilver87]

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N802-A1 GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail


the video card is out of stock, so how long u think it will take to re-stock.

And what about the optical drive?