need help with building a gaming system

[Redwolf]

Hmmm......


Most any generic case will do. My suggestion is to go mid tower, since Full Tower is really bulky and mini tower is too mini.

www.antec.com
http://www.tcwo.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi...gi2Ty0WgAGw2@2

Don't skimp on getting a brand name PSU (we can help with that). Non-brand name ones have a shorter life span.

[that1guy]

there's no such thing as a "low cost" "gaming system"

unless of course you're buying an OLD, USED gaming system.


AMD no. Buy intel
Overclocking is stunningly unwise.


(Yes, I can just hear the flames now. Please be sure to include in your flame three Fortune 500 companies that employ overclocking in production systems)


ASUS, Gigabyte, and ABit make solid motherboards.

TutrleBeach was a good choice. I've vowed to never buy SB again.

LinkSys cards are decent. $4.25/ea AR from amazon.com
googlegear.com

both WinXP and Win2000 are excellent choices for gamers.

certainly buy MORE ram. MAX out your motherboard.
crucial.com ... or Kingston, Toshiba.. noname=yestrouble

excellent burners from: Plextor, AOpen, LiteOn, ASUS
(excellent as in copy anything.. plextor is the better choice for perfect audio)
((Yamaha's have that neat T@2 feature.. but that's about it))
cdrlabs.com
cdrfreaks.com


trustworth online stores:

googlegear.com
newegg.com


VIA has plans to offer a consumer P4 (non Xeon) multiple CPU motherboard.




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