- Jan 21, 2007
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Gotta say, I wish I never found this site. Too much good info here, so I'll be interested to see what sorta feed back I get.
I'm in the process of building a "decent to mid-quality" gaming computer. In other words, nothing too fancy, doesn't have to be overclocked, yet just needs to stay up with current trends. Also, let me stress the importance of "budget build." I'm talking around the amount of $800.00 +/_.
This is what I have purchased so far ($385.00 spent with rebates)
*Ulta Wizard ATX mid tower case (yeah, the $40.00 jobber from Outpost, free with rebate.) :thumbsup:
*Ultra V Series 500 watt PSE (again, free with rebate.)
*AMD X2 4200+ CPU $255.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103741
*Abit NS-M2 motherboard combo deal with CPU ($88.00 included in the $255.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127013
*DDR2 1 gb (2x512) Patriot RAM $130.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220160
Monitor is taken care of and I'll swap the CD and DVDR drives out.
So that leaves me with the purchase of GPU (thinking either the ATI 1950 or the Geforce 7950). I may even wait for the new Geforce 8600. I'll also need an operating system and a hard drive. Based on what's out there, I'm roughly looking at spending another $400.00.
So here's my dilemma. After reading most of the posts here on new systems, I'm thinking I should return the CPU and motherboard and get a core2duo system. So my question is, what should I reconsider, not knowing much about Intel? Thanks much.
I'm in the process of building a "decent to mid-quality" gaming computer. In other words, nothing too fancy, doesn't have to be overclocked, yet just needs to stay up with current trends. Also, let me stress the importance of "budget build." I'm talking around the amount of $800.00 +/_.
This is what I have purchased so far ($385.00 spent with rebates)
*Ulta Wizard ATX mid tower case (yeah, the $40.00 jobber from Outpost, free with rebate.) :thumbsup:
*Ultra V Series 500 watt PSE (again, free with rebate.)
*AMD X2 4200+ CPU $255.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103741
*Abit NS-M2 motherboard combo deal with CPU ($88.00 included in the $255.00)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127013
*DDR2 1 gb (2x512) Patriot RAM $130.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220160
Monitor is taken care of and I'll swap the CD and DVDR drives out.
So that leaves me with the purchase of GPU (thinking either the ATI 1950 or the Geforce 7950). I may even wait for the new Geforce 8600. I'll also need an operating system and a hard drive. Based on what's out there, I'm roughly looking at spending another $400.00.
So here's my dilemma. After reading most of the posts here on new systems, I'm thinking I should return the CPU and motherboard and get a core2duo system. So my question is, what should I reconsider, not knowing much about Intel? Thanks much.