The best PC possible for around $1,400

[aliasaid]

celeron - nice!!!

since you're gonna be gaming, you should look at AMD and not Intel. Celeron happens to be the crappiest of the intel line... so you'll definitely want to change that celeron to a dual core athlon64 chip. the 3800+ is great value.

ram - well now that you're goin amd, can't get ddr2, you'll need ddr.

HD - get SATA not IDE

dvd-rom software - doesn't matter dude

video card - well.. 7600gt is good, but 7900gt will be a lot better.

and since you're goin amd you'll also have to change that mobo..

 

[Trotter]

There's a killer deal in Buy/Sell/Trade:

Case: Coolermaster Praetorian Black ALL Aluminium case

Motherboard: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert ATX AMD Motherboard

Video Card: BFG Tech BFGR78256GTXOC Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz HT Socket 939 E6 Processor

RAM: OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory

Hard Drives: There are 3 hard drives. 2 of which are set up in raid 0.

1.) (1x) Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST3200822AS 200GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

2.) (2x) Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

Power Supply: ENERMAX Noisetaker II EG701AX VE(W) SFMA ATX12V Ver 2.2 600W Power Supply

(1x) PLEXTOR Black IDE 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model PX-740A/SW-BL

(1x) Lite-on Black DVD-ROM Drive

Floppy Drive: 1 White Floppy Drive

I throw everything in for $1350 shipped(Monitor, keyboard and mouse included)

http://techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=101945

Not spamming it, but it is a killer deal.

 

[aliasaid]

thats a nice comp trotter..

pros: vid card (pretty much same as 7900gt)
very nice HD setup
good powersupply
quality parts
already assembled!!

cons: single core cpu (and a low clocked venice at that!)
only 1 gb ram.. although the ram is good
crt monitor (the guy was lookin for lcd..)
no OS
no warranty since not getting from company..... although i don't see that as a problem...


seems like a decent deal

 

[Trotter]

Actually it comes with the OS.

Dual Raptors almost got me, though.

 

[Spi1lz]

What mobo should I get? With what that guy was mentioning up top of this page...

 

[Spi1lz]

Actually... I just went to a website called Digital Storm...

Seems pretty nice...

Is this decent for $1,550???

Specifications:
Case: Digital Storm Twister Series (Highly Recommended) (Black Edition)
Power Supply: CoolMax 550W CX550B (Silent)
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ Dual-Core (1 MB Cache) w/HyperTransport Technology
Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI (Chipset: nForce4 SLI) (1GB Lan / 10 USB / 2 Firewire)
Memory: 2GB Kingston at 400MHz (2x 1GB Dual Channel)
Floppy / Media: Sony 1.44MB Floppy (Black Edition)
Hard Drive 1: Western Digital 250GB SATA II (7200 RPM) (16MB Cache)
Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks
Raid Option: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: Sony 52X32X52 CD-R/RW (Black Edition) (Includes Nero Burning Software!)
Optical Drive 2: Sony 16X DVD-ROM (Black Edition) (Includes Power DVD Software!)
Network Card: Motherboard High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable and DSL)
Modem: - No Thanks
Video Card: nVIDIA GeForce 7900GT 256MB (By: XFX) (PCI-Express)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (Up to 5.1 Channel)
Cooling: Air Cooling (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink and Fan (Stage 1 Cooling)
Case Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Blue Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes)
Round Cables: - No Thanks
User Manual: FREE! Personalized Elite Digital Storm Binder (Paperwork / Benchmarks / CDs / Manuals)
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2
Restore Kit: FREE! Digital Storm Restore DVD Recovery Kit
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard & Optical Wheel Mouse 2.0 (Black Edition)
Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse
Warranty: 2 Year Platinum Care Parts & Labor Warranty
Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support

 

[aliasaid]

thats a good system.. but not worth $1500.. it doesn't even include a monitor..

seriously dude just put the comp together yourself. only reason your last one sucked was cuz of the parts you chose... (which doesn't seem that bad to me anyways...) as long as you know how to physically assmeble it.. which isn't hard.

 

[aliasaid]

so something like this... same $ as yours cept this includes a monitor..


case $45

250gb hard drive $86

19inch lcd $320 (or find another one you like)

dfi ultra-d $123

xfx 7900gt $320

antec truepower 550watt

G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 500 (PC 4000) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail $157

denmark 165 $327

$1461.96 +shipping.

you can add OS and an aftermarket fan if you like..

 

[Spi1lz]

Is this a decent comp?


ASUS A8R-MVP Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 CrossFire ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard - Retail

ASPIRE X-CRUISE -BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Sunbeam Multimedia Green Illuminated EL-KB-09-BKGN Black PS/2 Keyboard - Retail

G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ - Retail

AG Neovo AGM CW-19 Black 19" 4ms (GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail

Sunbeam FireLine Optical Mouse MS-2011-BK-BL Black 3 Buttons 1x Wheel USB Optical Mouse w/Blue Light - Retail

Rosewill RP550-2 ATX 2.01 550W Power Supply - Retail

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200BVBOX - Retail

SAPPHIRE 100149SR Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail


All comes out to 1770 including shipping and Tax

 

[aliasaid]

ya it looks good. where are these parts from?

the gskill ram is good for overclocking. the X2 4200+ is a peculiar choice.. maybe try to up that to a 4400+ and downgrade the ram to pc3200 with tighter timings.. this way no need to overclock.

OR

downgrade the 4200+ to a 3800+, leave the ram, and be prepared to overclock!

even w/o making any changes the system looks really good. the Monitor i can't say much about since i haven't heard much about it.. from the specs it looks good tho.

price is a bit high, but if its assembled and includes a fat warranty then it might be worth it.

the x1900xt is a FINE card!!!