eh, i had to cut the price down a little, rate on 1-10

[tylerdrude]

when you rate relize the budget of 600 or less shipped

New setup

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145076

CHAINTECH Geforce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813136147

DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX AMD Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827151212

SAMSUNG Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE CD-ROM Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148015

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST380011A 80GB 7200 RPM 2MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820144310

GeIL Value 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103485

AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Newcastle Integrated into Chip FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 754 Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811145047

POWMAX CP0327PL-4 Window Black/Silver Computer Case With Side Panel Window

=530.63

and ill buy a copy of xp for under 60

i really need a comp, it will be 6 months before i have more than 60bux at a time in my pocket, so hows this sound

games ill play
Diablo2

gonna try guild wars and hl2 to see if i like

 

[Trotter]

Go with a 939, not the 754. It's a few more bucks on the front end, but it is worth it.

754 has no dual channel support, and is slated to go to Sempron.

 

[tylerdrude]

but 939 has no 2800 cpu which is 40bux cheaper, and im not gonna be able to fork up anymore money..

 

[tylerdrude]

nvm

939 soletek mobo
3000 winchester amd
and a ati 9600pro

guess ill have to get pirated copy of xp, or get financial help

 

[Trotter]

Look at it this way... You can always upgrade in the future.

It is better to skimp on the graphics card and memory right now. Buy the best mobo you can, as it is the main foundation you are building on. CPU, GPU, memory can be swapped out and upgraded easily.

Hard drive's are the same, but make sure that your main one, the one you start with, is a good one, and has enough capacity for your main stuff. You can add a data drive later.

 

[Sh0r_ty]

i'd take away the 1gig and go to 512 then go 939 and l8er upgrade to 1gig

 

[diabloII]

Look at it this way... You can always upgrade in the future.

definitely; go with a 939 setup instead

 

[Nubius]

Definitely go with a socket 939, and if I were you, I'd look into get a 9xxx series ATI card instead.....the FX series was pretty much a flop...also for future reference chaintech SUCKS dude...I had to RMA my 5700 within 2 months and now about 7-8 months later this RMA'd card is already dead

 

[waynejkruse10]

939 3000+
512mb Ram (upgrade later)
80gb HDD (upgrade later)
If you can afford $100 for a GPU, go with the POWERCOLOR R98E-SC3 Radeon 9800SE 128MB 128-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131292
Its good performance for money.

 

[tylerdrude]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128286

GIGABYTE GA-K8NSC-939 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb ATX AMD Motherboard


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103501

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester Integrated into Chip FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102410

SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 Pro Advantage 100562L Radeon 9600PRO 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card

with same case memory and everything else, also should i go ahead and buy 10fans for 9.99 shipped?