Looking for some advice

[TheSilverBullet]

Alirght here is the deal, I want to build a PC or buy one, but i'm not sure which I should do. Second what should I get in it I know I need at least 512 DDR but what all else should I get for a gaming computer. The main purpose of this computer is to plya video games listen to music and surf the web. What should I get?

[elitemaple]

go to www.ibuypower.com and get one for around $1500 with 1024 mb ram, 250gb hard drive, 3.0ghz pentium d, SLI motherboard with one Nvidia 7800 GTX (upgrade to SLI once you can afford it) A decent soundcard, 500w power supply atleast for SLI, basically that will be great for gaming..if you wanna go all out get 3.8ghz pentium 4, 2gb ram, 500gb hard drive, SLI motherboard and SLI Nvidia 7800 GTX's, best soundcard, 600w power supply, etc. that would cost you over $2000 though...they will build your custom computer and send you it.

[TheSilverBullet]

cool thanks man, even though I don't have that kind of money this will still help me with what I want to do. Thanks much.

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[reggie_da_man]

Athlon 64 3200 Venice SKT 939 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103535

MSI K8N Neo4-F - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130491

1GB OCZ Premeir ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146895

e-VGA 6800GS - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130002

power supply - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817104954

any case you want and dvd burner or wtv

[elitemaple]

wow, that was like the budget list of the century, well done.

[reggie_da_man]

Lol thanks, if you want a SLI board you can spend a lil extra cash and get this motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136158

[elitemaple]

the processor listed wouldn't be enough to handle SLI, that CPU would majorly slow things down with SLI running...plus you need a min. 500w power supply.

[01001010]

Originally Posted by elitemaple

go to www.ibuypower.com and get one for around $1500 with 1024 mb ram, 250gb hard drive, 3.0ghz pentium d, SLI motherboard with one Nvidia 7800 GTX (upgrade to SLI once you can afford it) A decent soundcard, 500w power supply atleast for SLI, basically that will be great for gaming..if you wanna go all out get 3.8ghz pentium 4, 2gb ram, 500gb hard drive, SLI motherboard and SLI Nvidia 7800 GTX's, best soundcard, 600w power supply, etc. that would cost you over $2000 though...they will build your custom computer and send you it.

And Intel D won't suit his needs. It'll just be a waste.

[elitemaple]

but Pentium D will be neccessary in a short amount of time

[the_binary_soul]

I don't think Dual Core's will be neccessary for a fair while. It may be soon that they are widely used and 90% will support multithreading but it is a long way off before someone needs a dual core.