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Old March 17th, 2006, 01:35 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Help Build gaming rig

I know, I know another "help me build a rig" thread. I'm sorry.

It's been a while since I built my computer so I haven't needed to stay up on stuff but my friend wants to get into gaming and asked me to help. Putting it together is no problem but finding the components is the tricky part.

What I'm looking for is a rig for gaming (wants to play WOW, Oblivion and lower end stuff). He wants to stay close to $500, I told him $7-800. So if you all could help me out and give some suggestions for a rig closer to $700, no more than $800. No moniter, keyboard or mouse needed.

Thank you all in advance.
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Old March 17th, 2006, 02:57 AM     #2 (permalink)
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Here's what I got for you ...

Case
PSU
MoBo
CPU
RAM
GFX
HDD
DVD/RW
Floppy
Audio

SUBTOTAL: $702.90 (~$760 incl. shipping)
MIR: ($15.00)
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TOTAL: $687.90 --- under budget

This should be a pretty good setup for today's games & some future games... I would also suggest, if your friend can afford it, getting 2 GB of RAM - Corsair ValueSelect should be good for an extra ~$70.

Anyways system specs are as follows:
A64 3200+ / Asus A8N5X MoBo / 1GB Corsair ValueSelect / eVGA 6800GS PCi-X / WD 160GB SATA150 (16MB Cache) HDD / NEC DVD Burner / Sony FDD / A-Open Cobra 5.1 Sound Card / CoolerMaster Centurion 5 Case / FSP 400W PSU

Hope that helps,
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Old March 17th, 2006, 03:09 AM     #3 (permalink)
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Good job on the computer. I personally don't need a floppy, because i have an older computer with it, and use flash drives, so if it's a neccessity, you can subtract that lol. 2gb of ram would be a nice addition.
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Old March 17th, 2006, 05:44 PM     #4 (permalink)
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Yotta, Thanks for the setup, it my be just what we are looking for.
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