I know that this is going to be a challenge.
My budget is around $500-$700, so I'm not looking to play FarCry at real good benchmarks just enough PC so that I can upgrade in the future when I can get more cash. I've never built a computer before but I have swapped out drives and added Video cards, so if someone has a good link to an article on this or another website I would appreciate that. All of these are NewEgg prices. Please be gentle, I know I'm a virgin.
Case: ASPIRE X-Dreamer II ATXB4KLW-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 420W Power Supply (not sure.. Any recommendations would be cool) - $54
Mobo: MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard ~ $67.20 (not sure if this is a decent one or not)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BPBOX - $146 (I'm pretty sure about this)
RAM: CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT533D2 - $87.85
HD: Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JB 160GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - $80 (I put this in my cart but I'm wondering if I should get SATA assuming that SATA is better)
CD/DVD drive: NEC Beige IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3520A BG - $39.99
Video Card: GIGABYTE GV-NX62TC128D Geforce 6200TC 16MB(Up to 128MB Shared) DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - $53.50 (Am willing to upgrade this some, but have no idea between ATI and GeForce)
Cooling: I have no idea if I need more than the case, but I will definitely take low price suggestions
ALL FOR THE LOW PRICE OF $528
thanks (feel free to comment on anything )
My budget is around $500-$700, so I'm not looking to play FarCry at real good benchmarks just enough PC so that I can upgrade in the future when I can get more cash. I've never built a computer before but I have swapped out drives and added Video cards, so if someone has a good link to an article on this or another website I would appreciate that. All of these are NewEgg prices. Please be gentle, I know I'm a virgin.
Case: ASPIRE X-Dreamer II ATXB4KLW-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 420W Power Supply (not sure.. Any recommendations would be cool) - $54
Mobo: MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard ~ $67.20 (not sure if this is a decent one or not)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BPBOX - $146 (I'm pretty sure about this)
RAM: CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT533D2 - $87.85
HD: Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JB 160GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - $80 (I put this in my cart but I'm wondering if I should get SATA assuming that SATA is better)
CD/DVD drive: NEC Beige IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3520A BG - $39.99
Video Card: GIGABYTE GV-NX62TC128D Geforce 6200TC 16MB(Up to 128MB Shared) DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - $53.50 (Am willing to upgrade this some, but have no idea between ATI and GeForce)
Cooling: I have no idea if I need more than the case, but I will definitely take low price suggestions
ALL FOR THE LOW PRICE OF $528
thanks (feel free to comment on anything )