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Budget Computer ideas?
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Posted by: Maelstroming
ok, my girlfriend(soon to be wife) and I are big online gamers. I know what your thinking..A woman that playes games...AHHHH...but anyway.. My computer is relatively up to date. AMD 64 3400---X800Pro 1 gig ram etc.. Her computer is kind of old, was built about 5 years ago and upgraded somewhat in the last 2 years. I am looking to suprise her for Christmas. I wanna build her a brand new setup...But I am kinda budgeted... She's got a relatively new GPU, MX4400 128mb. So I am looking to buy;
Mobo, Ram, PSU/Case, CD/DVD reader only, Single HD., CPU(retail preffered). Now were looking at about a 500-600 dollar budget MAX...the cheaper the better. I was thinking something like a Sempron, something budget but not dinosaur. Although i have been out of the Computer Parts hunt for a while, and don't what's cheap.
Now, I know what she does on the computer is very important, Our biggest thing is World of Warcraft, kinda hoping to try out some new MMO's for computers as they come out(Vangaurd,City of Villians). She's not big into FPS's. Other than that surfing the web, checking email the normal stuff. ANY help would be VASTLEY appreciated.
Posted by: goranpaa
Case:
ePOWER WARRIOR EPC-523SC-450A Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case PSII450W PCI express ready Power Supply - Retail $74.99 ( Tagan PSU). The silver case in the pictures.
ASPIRE X-Alien ATXA1AW-BK/420 Black Steel Server Computer Case 420W Power Supply - Retail $77.00 ( The case with "eyes").
COOLER MASTER Centurion 530 RC-530-SWR2 Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Standard ATX PS2, 430W Power Supply - Retail $94.00
Mobo:
EPoX EP-8NPA7I Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce4 4X ATX AMD Motherboard $78.00
AMD Sempron 64 3000+ Palermo 800MHz FSB 128KB L2 Cache Socket 754 Processor - Retail $87.00
AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Newcastle 800MHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 754 Processor - Retail $112.00
RAM: CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory - Retail $42.50
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail $75.55
Video card: SAPPHIRE 100121 Radeon X700 128MB 128-bit DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM $95.00
AOpen GF6600 DV128 PCIE Geforce 6600 128MB 128-bit DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $99.00
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST380817AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $62.00
NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner - OEM $39.99
Arctic Silver Ceramique Thermal Compound - OEM $4.99
But if she / you, wanna use the MX 440?
EPoX EP-8KDA3J Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $69.99
prises, from newegg.
Posted by: P0nix
I would goto newegg, display socket 939 cpu's
grab the cheapest athlon 64
goto boards, grab the highest rated board that supports Athlon 64 / Athlon 64 X2 (for future upgrade to dual-core processor) and dual channel memory, and Sata II.
Grab two 512 of dual channel memory
Grab the cheapest 3.0 gb/s sata drive (there's a decent 80 w/ 16 mb cache might be nice investment)
get a dvd burner
floppy
good case w/ clear side panel for 60 after shipping just goto cases and select "color: black" "clear side panel window: yes"
If you want to use that agp card make sure the board has a slot, otherwise, grab a board with PCI-E and a budget ATI card.
don't forget win XP!
gotta love newegg
Posted by: goranpaa
As the guy above, meansioned "Socket 939".
This is possible the cheapest, decent rig I could find:
ePOWER WARRIOR EPC-523SC-450A Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case PSII450W PCI express ready Power Supply - Retail $74.99
EPoX EP-9NPAJ Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $88.99
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail$130.90
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail $75.55
SAPPHIRE 100121L Radeon X700 128MB 128-bit DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $94.00
Arctic Silver Ceramique Thermal Compound - OEM $4.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST380817AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $62.00
NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner - OEM $41.99
AGP mobo :
EPoX EP-9NDA3J Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce3 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $85.50
newegg.
Posted by: thepreacha619
howd u get a girl that plays video games? and an online gamer at that? jeez, lucky lucky.
Posted by: uh...ok
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Originally Posted by thepreacha619
howd u get a girl that plays video games? and an online gamer at that? jeez, lucky lucky.
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I don't know about you, but I know plenty of girls who play video games. 
Posted by: Maelstroming
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Originally Posted by thepreacha619
howd u get a girl that plays video games? and an online gamer at that? jeez, lucky lucky.
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haha...I guess I am just lucky...thats why I got the ring. I was all
/kneel
/propose
/marry
Posted by: matt.modica
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What do you need the floppy drive for? They are kinda old.
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I don't know about you, but I know plenty of girls who play video games.
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Me too.
Posted by: Maelstroming
Well for one Floppy drive is crucial for Raid. Although I want to get her a system thats a bit more simple. Hopeing to buy one for about 500-600 dollars prebuilt that I can upgrade in the future.
Posted by: redwench
floppy drives do still come in handy and in spite of dell's best try, are still necessary at least on occasion.
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