I am trying to figure out a first time build to fit into a budget of $600ish (monitor and OS taken care of)
I am a gamer, I understand my budget won't make a “great†gaming system but I want the best I can get for this budget. Most time will be spent in WOW and LOTR and eventually Warhammer Online. But I enjoy all kinds of games .
My current system is a 5 year old HP laptop. Sooo…. anything is better.
From browsing this and other forums I have put together a build. I really don't know anything when it comes to picking out good hardware, so if there are compatibility issues, and or you have better suggestions on parts. Let me know please.
I am not 100% sure of going AMD, from what I read I could go with a e2160(or something) and OC the heck out of it much better than the AMD (obviously I have never OC'd so a little nervous about all that). So any ideas or info would help with that too.
LG Electronics Black LG Super Multi 18x SATA DVD Burner GSA-H62NK, 10x DVD+/-R DL, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 12x DVD-RAM - OEM
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
PNY VCG7900SXPB GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Rosewill RP550-2 ATX12V v2.01 550W Power Supply - Retail
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 65W Processor Model ADO4600CUBOX - Retail
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
$575 Total
I am a gamer, I understand my budget won't make a “great†gaming system but I want the best I can get for this budget. Most time will be spent in WOW and LOTR and eventually Warhammer Online. But I enjoy all kinds of games .
My current system is a 5 year old HP laptop. Sooo…. anything is better.
From browsing this and other forums I have put together a build. I really don't know anything when it comes to picking out good hardware, so if there are compatibility issues, and or you have better suggestions on parts. Let me know please.
I am not 100% sure of going AMD, from what I read I could go with a e2160(or something) and OC the heck out of it much better than the AMD (obviously I have never OC'd so a little nervous about all that). So any ideas or info would help with that too.
LG Electronics Black LG Super Multi 18x SATA DVD Burner GSA-H62NK, 10x DVD+/-R DL, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 12x DVD-RAM - OEM
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
PNY VCG7900SXPB GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Rosewill RP550-2 ATX12V v2.01 550W Power Supply - Retail
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 65W Processor Model ADO4600CUBOX - Retail
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
$575 Total