need advice on gaming system

[keico2011]

Ok I don't really play games but I have a few I have not been able to play because my current system just can't play them.

I have about 500 to 600 to spend.

Now before I go any further let me give you a list of the games I would like to play

Sims 2 - for the wife

Resident evil 5

Mass Effect 2

Dead Rising 2

Thats pretty much what I would like to play.

I have been looking on ebay for custom systems but am not sure if thats the best choice

Could you please give me some advice on what to buy

I don't need a dvdrw I have plenty

I would like case, power supply, board, video card,processor, memory, and hard drive

I hope it isn't to much to ask.

Oh I have operating system also

Thanks

 

[patonb]

No monitor as well?

Here's a very nice AMD/ATI setup

Newegg.com - MSI 870-G45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
Newegg.com - XFX HD-583X-ZAFV Radeon HD 5830 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity
Newegg.com - OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3F1600LV4GK
Newegg.com - OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ600MXSP 600W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

This all comes out to $585 BUT has no casde.. There is $65 in rebates so you can use that buy it.

This will suit your needs for a very long time.

There are ways to cheapen it if you need.

Welcome to TF

 

[Sean W.]

good job paton

 

[patonb]

Ironically its most of a build done 2 days ago, and was still in my cart. So i whipped it up in 4 minutes.

 

[BiGyLiLuPdAmIdL]

Ironically its most of a build done 2 days ago, and was still in my cart. So i whipped it up in 4 minutes.

lol tell me why I usually do the same too haha.

 

[keico2011]

Oh by the way, I need to add s-video to this setup.

My current video card is a Nvidia Geforce 7300gs it has the svideo plug.

I use this port to connect to my TV.

Would I need to use a different Video card or is there another type of card I could use

And lastly which Operating system would you suggest

 

[patonb]

The card has hdmi ouput for tv's. If your tvs not too old you might have an hdmi input you'd just plug in and also get sound.

Win7 is the only option.

 

[keico2011]

The card has hdmi ouput for tv's. If your tvs not too old you might have an hdmi input you'd just plug in and also get sound.

Win7 is the only option.

Actually my tv and Video card have that HDMI, but when I tried to connect it this initially it just did not work

 

[keico2011]

No monitor as well?

Here's a very nice AMD/ATI setup

Newegg.com - MSI 870-G45 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
Newegg.com - XFX HD-583X-ZAFV Radeon HD 5830 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity
Newegg.com - OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3F1600LV4GK
Newegg.com - OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ600MXSP 600W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

This all comes out to $585 BUT has no casde.. There is $65 in rebates so you can use that buy it.

This will suit your needs for a very long time.

There are ways to cheapen it if you need.

Welcome to TF

Thank you so much for the links

I really appreciate your time on this.

Just curious about the board, does it have only one sata hookup

 

[Slaymate]

It looks like it has 6 SATA ports to me.