We need a sticky for a high preformance basic starter system, will try to keep up with newest.
Basic cost efficient setup for gamers:
Case: anything from Thermaltake,Antec,Coolermaster that looks good with at least 3 fans
PSU: OCZ ModStream OCZ45012U ATX 450W Power Supply
Mobo: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
RAM: TwinMOS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory
GPU: eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card
HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JD 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
(monitor,speakers, cd/floppy dirves not inlcuded)
Basic cost efficient setup for gamers:
Case: anything from Thermaltake,Antec,Coolermaster that looks good with at least 3 fans
PSU: OCZ ModStream OCZ45012U ATX 450W Power Supply
Mobo: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
RAM: TwinMOS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory
GPU: eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card
HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JD 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
(monitor,speakers, cd/floppy dirves not inlcuded)