Cheap 800 FSB P4 system?

[Gravija]

what is a good configuration for an 800FSB p4 system, or is that not possible on an approx. $600-700 budget for gaming?
i see it that most of the 2.4C's are around 200 and mobo (865) is about 175, and thats more than half, so is an 800FSB gaming rig out of this budget?

thanks

btw, are prices expected to drop anytime soon or should i get another 1700+ t-bred B rig?
and how exactly does the newegg's OEM of Windows XP SP1 differ from the "retail" version except without all the useless packaging?

 

[SocrPlyr]

i would have to say i couldn't comfortably make a system for that price range... however add another $200 and you have it easy... sorry... (if you skimped on everything you migh be able to tho... but what is the point then.)
the price on a 1700+ shouldn't drop significantly any time soon
an oem version of windows can only be sold with new computers. in other words you just have to buy some hardware with it so that you are building a "new" computer... it is a stupid MS policy that only rips off joe regular who doesn't know crap when he goes into bestbuy to waste his money...

Josh

 

[optimistic]

Hmm.......$700 no monitor.

$184 Intel Pentium 4 / 2.4CGHz 512k socket 478 Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB - RETAIL
$0 retail HSF
$99 ABIT IS7-E ,Intel 865PE chipset Springdale for Socket 478 P4 ATX motherboard RETAIL
$0 built in 5.1 sound
$0 built in lan
$70 2x256 PC3200 Kingmax link
_______________
$353 (left with $347)

$55 Case with PSU
$50 CDRW from where-ever
$0 no floppy, who needs floppy? bios flashing can be done from within windows.
$20 Newegg Mouse/KB Bundle Special
$60 80gb hard drive deal
___________________
$538 Total ($162 left for video card of your choice)


EDITED: to reflect deuce24's suggestions

 

[Thegonagle]

Originally posted by: optimistic
Hmm.......$700 no monitor.

$225 Intel Pentium 4 / 2.6CGHz 512k socket 478 Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB - RETAIL
$0 retail HSF
$145 Gigabyte or Abit 875P motherboard from mwave
$0 built in 5.1 sound
$0 built in lan
$70 2x256 PC3200 Kingmax link
_______________
$440 (left with $260)

$55 Case + PSU mom & pop discount shop
$50 CDRW from where-ever
$0 no floppy, who needs floppy? bios flashing can be done from within windows.
$50 Logitech Wireless Duo officedepot (if you don't need this- spend it on spkrs or a better case)
$60 80gb hard drive deal
___________________
$655 Total

And the rest is for shipping weeeee~!

Aren't you forgetting something? Aside from the monitor, which he couldn't hook up anyway?

 

[moogle077]

Why doesnt he get an Abit BH7 mobo instead?

 

[Thegonagle]

Have you considered more of a bare-bones upgrade? You know, keep your old drives, and whatever else is still good for now.

Just upgrade the motherboard, CPU, RAM, and the Video for now, and maybe the case and power supply. Then you can upgrade the rest as you have the funds.

Or does this need to be a new, complete system?

 

[Deuce24]

Originally posted by: Thegonagle

Originally posted by: optimistic
Hmm.......$700 no monitor.

$225 Intel Pentium 4 / 2.6CGHz 512k socket 478 Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB - RETAIL
$0 retail HSF
$145 Gigabyte or Abit 875P motherboard from mwave
$0 built in 5.1 sound
$0 built in lan
$70 2x256 PC3200 Kingmax link
_______________
$440 (left with $260)

$55 Case + PSU mom & pop discount shop
$50 CDRW from where-ever
$0 no floppy, who needs floppy? bios flashing can be done from within windows.
$50 Logitech Wireless Duo officedepot (if you don't need this- spend it on spkrs or a better case)
$60 80gb hard drive deal
___________________
$655 Total

And the rest is for shipping weeeee~!

Aren't you forgetting something? Aside from the monitor, which he couldn't hook up anyway?

Ehhh, save yourself almost $100 and get the P4 2.4C 800fsb Retail and the Abit IS7-E mobo

Either save the $$ or upgrade your RAM to 2x 512 (still taking advantage of dual channel ddr on the Abit mobo) and/or get a nicer Antec case or something. Good luck.

 

[SocrPlyr]

i don't know about you guys but you probably forgot 90 bux for windows... (130 for pro...)
hey but if you don't care about it being legal, i'm not gonna argue...

Josh

 

[Budmantom]

Dell 4600 series

 

[optimistic]

Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Aren't you forgetting something? Aside from the monitor, which he couldn't hook up anyway?

Haha, I knew I was missing something.

Well, if we went with deuce24's plan, we could use that 100 saved towards a FX5200?

 

[bluemax]

Originally posted by: optimistic

Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Aren't you forgetting something? Aside from the monitor, which he couldn't hook up anyway?

Haha, I knew I was missing something.

Well, if we went with deuce24's plan, we could use that 100 saved towards a FX5200?

Yeah, let's hobble his speedy P4 800FSB with a low-end video card.
Surely we can come up with something faster for not too much more cash?

 

for 600 bux I would highly reccomend a 1700 dlt3c, they overclock to 2.2 ghz consistenly and you can set up a system for $700 including radeon 9500 easily, I'm building one for a friend.

BTW, when buys a case with PSU for $55, be sure to check the brand of PSU, you dont want to be running a gaming machine with a sub par psu.

 

[Gravija]

Originally posted by: JAGedlion
for 600 bux I would highly reccomend a 1700 dlt3c, they overclock to 2.2 ghz consistenly and you can set up a system for $700 including radeon 9500 easily, I'm building one for a friend.

BTW, when buys a case with PSU for $55, be sure to check the brand of PSU, you dont want to be running a gaming machine with a sub par psu.

yea, that's basically the system i have right now, wanted to see if i could get an 800FSB for that, though i may be assuming too much that a 2.4C wil beat my 2.2 athlon
and it does need to be entirely new, except maybe HD

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: bluemax

Originally posted by: optimistic

Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Aren't you forgetting something? Aside from the monitor, which he couldn't hook up anyway?

Haha, I knew I was missing something.

Well, if we went with deuce24's plan, we could use that 100 saved towards a FX5200?

Yeah, let's hobble his speedy P4 800FSB with a low-end video card.
Surely we can come up with something faster for not too much more cash?

Asus V8420S... Ti4200 that overclocks to higher than Ti4600 speeds... $140