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[Starr]

The mobo has a built in Sound Blaster audio chip. And I wear headphones any way.

I am using either XP Pro or the 64-bit. I already have XP Pro.

The 6800's are like $300.

I was thinking about the x800 but it doesn't have SLI capabilities.

 

[jac006]

gotta love your sig... man that comp is gonna be sweet bahawolf... and yeah. i have the same question: 80 g hd for $20? lemme guess? ebay?

 

[Bahawolf1]

Hehe.. thanks.
I'm getting the 6800GT now..

As for the hard drive, 20 dollars sounds great if its reliable but what type of hard drive is it and what RPM does it have?

Lets make sure its stable..

 

[Starr]

The Hard Drive came from a Best Buy Ad in the Sunday paper. Althouh, now that I look at it. It is a Sunday and Monday deal only .

 

[Starr]

Here's a thought. Build me a gaming PC. $1,000 budget. No monitor, keyboard, mouse or OS.

Have fun!!!

(This is just to get some more input. I don't want to screw this up.)

 

[TRDCorolla1]

Get what bajawolf's getting, but with a 6600GT. The 6800 will probably put you over the budget.

 

[Bahawolf1]

I'll put it all together for you right now:

Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130484

Proccessor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Processor (Venice) Socket 939 Retail
URL: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80701-5&affiliate=pricegrabber

Lets round up these prices so far..
Motherboard: $142.00
Processor: $197.00

RAM: CORSAIR XMS 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145576

Video Card: MSI NX6600GT-TD128E Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127147

Lets round up these prices..
RAM: $139.00
Video Card: $178.00

Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 73GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive (OEM)
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160

The above hard drive is a faster and better performing hard drive, but if you don't want, heres a standard hard drive:

Hard Drive (Standard): Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JBRTL 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144164

If you want good sound, this is a good card:

Sound Card: CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition 70SB035000013 8 (7.1) Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
URL: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102171

These prices are:
Hard Drive (Raptor): $173.00
Hard Drive (Standard): $92.00
Sound Card: $114.00

Total Price with Raptor Hard Drive: $943.00
Total Price with Standard Hard Drive: $862.00

A standard case could cost you as much as $144, if you want to go out and get the Aspire-XNavigator like I did..

If your interested in that, it has the following:
5 80MM Fans
500W PSU w/ 2 Fans
ATX Compatibility

Its a good case.. good luck on your system. - I reccomend the Raptor hard drive due to stabability and performance.

Hope this helps!

 

[Starr]

The problem I am having is that AMD's processors seem to be very confusing. They have a million different cores. Then when you look at the differences between them specs. they are the same. I look at the specs. on these and they almost look identical. This is my first AMD PC and I just want to find a processor that will run the latest games. I don't think it requires a lot of processor power if you program.I need HELP!!!!! I just don't know what to really look for in AMD's. Intel is easy.

 

[Starr]

Ummmmm, any help here?

 

[Bahawolf1]

The processor I gave you will run all of the latest games, no problem.
Venice is the newest and best performing core in AMD processors.