a piece of advice

[snakeater89]

Hey, i need help building a gaming pc that can play Bf2, CS.S. I am planning to give 580-620$ for it. I might be overclocking a little. I need a CPU, mobo, RAM (ddr2), Graphic Card.

And, are there any good mobos for the E6300 lower for lower than 150$? Because i would be going with E6300 if that was the case.

 

[Nukem]

Only one I saw was right at 150...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128012

 

[aliasaid]

if you went conroe, you could get that mobo, the e6300, decent 2gbs of dual channel ram, but you'd have only like $70-$100 for the video card.

 

[snakeater89]

Then i guess i'm going with AMD. Here is what i got so far.

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

RAM
Corsair XMS2 1GB (2 * 512MB)

Video Card
eVGA GeForce 7600GT 256MB

Mobo
ASUS M2N-E

or

Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4


PSU
Antec TRUEPOWER 480W

Without shipping :607$
With shipping: 620~630$

 

[alexsabree]

is conroe even out yet?

I wouldnt prepare for anything untill it becomes available on the market... u never know what could happen, they could explode for all we know

 

[Proximos]

I would reccomned these two motherboards.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1645240&Sku=A455-2124

And here is a cheaper version:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1179727&Sku=A455-2112

 

[Proximos]

Then i guess i'm going with AMD. Here is what i got so far.

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

RAM
Corsair XMS2 1GB (2 * 512MB)

Video Card
eVGA GeForce 7600GT 256MB

Mobo
ASUS M2N-E

or

Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4


PSU
Antec TRUEPOWER 480W

Without shipping :607$
With shipping: 620~630$

I wouldn't buy the first motherboard that you mentioned. The second one is better i believe because you have more options for upgradeability in the future...such as SLI for example.

 

[snakeater89]

Arent those mobos skt939? because ill be using am2.

I think this is better than my first choice ASUS M2V AM2

Thank you all for your replies.