First Time Building PC

[BC727]

im in the same boat but my budget is 1000 for everything.

goodluck.

 

[john3]

guys, if u jsut wait a bit, u'll see the 5000+ drop to the same price as the 3800+ so u see ur position, oh and N1nt3ndo did u get my PMs? im on msn now.

 

[jordo_99]

Mobo - eVGA 133-K8-NF41 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX - 78.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813188002

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core - 170 ish
(Goes on sale tomorrow)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103562

RAM - G.SKILL Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 - 179.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231032

PSU - ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT ATX12V 500W - 104.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817194003

CPU Fan - Thermaltake Big Typhoon CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan - 49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106061

GPU - eVGA 256-P2-N583-AR Geforce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 - 269.99
(With 30.00 mail in rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130032

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YD 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA - 81.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136010

DVD Drive - SONY Black 16X DVD+R\CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner - 30.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131031

Floppy - SIIG JU-91RW12-S2 9-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader/Write + Floppy - 38.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815150058

Audio Card - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 7.1 Channels - 64.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102178

Case - NZXT Apollo BLACK NP Black Secc Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower - 69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811146025

That's just the machine... not including the input devices... monitor, keyboard/mouse, etc..

Of course this is just an example...

the 3800 X2 is going for 122 (socket 939) and around 170 (AM2) as of last night. look it up on pricegrabber.com (that 122.00 is a VERY good price. and it's dual core.) i'd say get that instead.

 

[jordo_99]

Will that system be able to run such games as F.E.A.R and Oblivion and World of Warcraft at max settings with not lag or spaz?

if you get a 7900 you shouldn't get lag at all at max settings. the processor doesn't have much to do w/ lag anyways unless you're playing a game like dod:source where the game doesn't have amazing graphics but uses alot of cpu and ram. anyways that system should have NO PROBLEM at all.

 

[RepuLse]

buy a computer for less than a grand have it for 4 years then get a new one, saves money and is FDA approved