Build my gaming system

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with 1000... I COULD GET A SYSTEM THAT I LIKE!!!!

 

[Apokalipse]

Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester $252
Abit AV8 3rd eye $121
eVGA 6600 GT - $179
2x512MB Kingmax PC4000 Hardcore $158
Antec 480W PSU $89
any case you like

 

[kayaknva]

OK, changed my mind

Gonna go with PCI express for a video card. Guess I will just sell the 9800 on ebay to recoupe some of the cash. Which card would you recommend and which motherboard??

And thank you very much for the replies.

 

[diabloII]

evga 6600gt pci-e and dfi lanparty ultra-d ut

 

[emeraldice]

6600 GT...they're cherry...if you have money to burn, buy a 6800 GT

 

[kayaknva]

diablo

Noticed you recommended the DFI lanparty board. By reading the comments ppl are bit#$ing about the connector you have to have coming off the power supply. Is the blue storm power supply have a 20 pin connector?

Thanks in advance

 

[diabloII]

that's because some people are dumb and want to go cheap on the power supply, they can't even spend few more dollars to get a quality power supply; instead, they spend $20 on some unrealiable generic crap while spending $800+ on a new computer

both the ocz modstream and the fortron have 24 pin connectors (24 pins are the ones you want), fortron are just rebranded pcp&c's, so you can trust them

 

[kayaknva]

Took your advice...

On the video card and here is what Im gonna get. Ordering tomorrow. Whatcha think? Does the processor come with a decent fan or should I upgrade that as well? Any recommendations on that? Thanks again for all the help.



Arrow Micro 8" 4-Pin Power Cable Splitter
Item# N82E16812101203
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Cases (Computer Cases, ATX Form)


Thermaltake VA3000 Dream Tower VA3000SWA ATX Case with Transparent X type side panel window -RETAIL
Item# N82E16811133133
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$104.50


CD/DVD Burners (RW Drives)


NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3520A BK, OEM
Item# N82E16827152035
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$52.00


Hard Drives


Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD, OEM Drive Only
Item# N82E16822135106
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$60.50



Memory (System Memory)


Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail

Item# N82E16820145450
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$165.00



Motherboards - AMD


DFI "LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D" NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL
Item# N82E16813136152
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$139.99



Power Supplies


Fortron Blue Storm 500W ATX12V V2.0 Power Supply with 120mm Fan, P4 and AMD ready, Model "AX500-A" -RETAIL
Item# N82E16817104934
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$92.00


Processors


AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64 3500+, 90nm, 2.2 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor - OEM
Item# N82E16819103494
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$289.00


Software - Operating Systems


Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition With Service Pack 2 -OEM
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$92.95



Product total: $995.94

 

[diabloII]

wow, nice comp

if i remember correctly my dfi mobo (same as the one you're getting) came with the power splitter for SATA, so there's no point in getting it, but that's just according my memory

 

[kayaknva]

Done..

Looking forward to seeing how it runs. 6600 pcie didnt show up on that last build but thats the card coming. That splitter came free with the hdd, so I figured why not.

Thanks for all the help

Steve