$600 computer

[heister]

not bad

get a seagate over a WD tho

 

[Luke]

no a-data ram please,g skill is fairly cheap. and like heister said, wd arn't great if you want something better get a seagate.

 

[Brinson]

I would think you'd be able to do better than that for your money.

 

[Brinson]

WD isn't terrible. It varies from drive to drive. Some WD drives bench faster than Seagate drives. Wasn't the WD 750gb the fastest drive on the market recently short of the 10,000 rpm ones?

Also, of course, the raptors are wd and they are the best.

 

[UA_Iron]

that ECS mobo/processor looks like a frys electronics combo. I wouldnt expect to overclock with that.

 

[Black Falcon 921]

8600 hundred is not so good for a little more not much at all you can get the 9600 hundred....

 

[UA_Iron]

How about this:
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM
Newegg.com - Rosewill R330-P-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Newegg.com - XFX PVT88SFDF4 GeForce 8800GS 384MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Newegg.com - Rosewill RP500-2 ATX12V v2.01 500W Power Supply 115/230 V CSA, UL, TUV, FCC - Retail
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
Newegg.com - ABIT IP35-E LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 Allendale 2.2GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail


total: 579.99 before shipping and MIR

 

[Drizzt]

get an 8800GS, cheaper then the 9600 and the 8800 GT, and blows the 8600GT away.

8800GS is your best bet on that budget id say.

 

[Black Falcon 921]

true had not that of that, that would be your card to get for sure over the 8600 gt.

 

[Drizzt]

How about this:
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM
Newegg.com - Rosewill R330-P-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Newegg.com - XFX PVT88SFDF4 GeForce 8800GS 384MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Newegg.com - Rosewill RP500-2 ATX12V v2.01 500W Power Supply 115/230 V CSA, UL, TUV, FCC - Retail
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
Newegg.com - ABIT IP35-E LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 Allendale 2.2GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail


total: 579.99 before shipping and MIR

Go with this build, you can choose your own case if you want but that case looks fine. Good job Iron.