Good Gaming PC?

[mdogg1108]

Is this a good gaming pc?

CASE : HOT NEW! Xplorer Mid-Tower Case 420W W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display (Black Case w/Black Face)
CPU : (939-pin) AMD ATHLON™64 3800+ CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology ~ CAJ103
MOTHERBOARD : (Sckt939)MSI K8N NEO4-F nForce4 Chipset SATA Raid PCI-E w/GbLAN,USB2.0,&7.1Audio
MEMORY : 2048 MB (1GBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY (Corsair Value Select)
VIDEO CARD : NVIDIA Geforce 6600 256MB 16X PCI EXPRESS VIDEO CARD
VIDEO CARD 2 : NONE
MONITOR & LCD : NONE
HARD DRIVE : 200GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive -- Recommended
Hard Drive 2 : NONE
Optical Drive : (Special Price) LG GWA-4161 16X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BEIGE COLOR)
Optical Drive 2 : NONE
SOUND : ESS 3D WAVETABLE SOUND PCI
Price: $1099.00

 

[mdogg1108]

Is there anyway i can make it cheaper but it will still a good gaming pc??

 

[ilovesocks]

Where are you buying it from? That's pretty expensive, for what you're getting. You'd get a better price if you made it yourself. Definitely don't get that graphics card. A 6600 vanilla can't handle 256mb of memory. For $1000 you should be able to build a computer with a 6800GS.

 

[ilovesocks]

Here are the newegg prices:

your case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144102

that motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130491

try this CPU - it's better for overclocking.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103596

if you know you're not going to overclock:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533

that RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145579

way better video card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130002

hard drive just like that one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144416

total with shipping and tax: $951.33 (that's with the Opteron processor - it'll be slightly less if you get the Athlon), so with a sound card and optical drive, etc. it'll be about $1000, but way better than the one you listed. Hope that helps!

EDIT: Whoops, forgot the motherboard originally.

 

[mdogg1108]

ok. thx

 

[newcement]

Yeah, looks like socks already hooked ya up. He put a nice system together for ya. I own the 6800GS and that mobo; They're both great.