Poor Mans Gaming PC?

[newcement]

Well, if you want a new hard drive...Fry's is selling Hitachi 80GB hard drive for $20 after rebates. Its 7200 rpm and has a 2mb cache.

I just bought one that's why I brought it up.

 

[PZEROFGH]

300 dollars wow thats cheap, dont get 2MB hdd lol

get an sata150 8MB hdd

 

[ThePCmaN]

i say u buy a lil better GFx Card, since ur a gamer, and u want to have a better experience to the games, and want to play newer games.. a nVidia GeForce 6600GT would work for you, great card for a budget PC!! then get your hardrive... and after all that is done.. save up to buy you another of the SAME stick Corsair Value Select 512MB PC3200..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130220

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148040

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145026

 

[Flanker]

i say u buy a lil better GFx Card, since ur a gamer, and u want to have a better experience to the games, and want to play newer games.. a nVidia GeForce 6600GT would work for you, great card for a budget PC!! then get your hardrive... and after all that is done.. save up to buy you another of the SAME stick Corsair Value Select 512MB PC3200..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130220

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148040

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145026

...are you kidding me? A 6600GT would cost half as much as his whole build...

 

[The Kid]

im gonna get a 256 model of the card i have (fx5200) and yeah, im savin up for a better hd to hold all my stuff, and another stick of 512. And then ill be more then happy

 

[Execute]

How much is the 256 FX5200?
It wont be much better than your current one...
Get a XFX 6600GT.
Only 127 after mail in rebates.

Good deal IMO.

 

[003]

Ok a FX5200 is like the worst video card you could get. At least get a 9600:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102289
Or even better, a 6600:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130232

 

[Execute]

Or shell out 10+ more and get the 6600GT.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150089

 

[Flanker2]

Wow, have you guys SEEN his build?! A 6600GT...god...

 

[chickenfoot]

He's using a FX 5200 for a reason. He doesn't have PCI express.