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1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Programming, playing SC2 and D3
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$550
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
None.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
all I need is everything that goes into the tower, no OS
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Not lately
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Definitely
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Since my budget is so low, I want to buy from Hot Deals when I can.
This is what I have so far:
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail (OC to 1066)
$50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...0231145&Tpk=20-231-145
Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
$74.99 (if I buy it tonight)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811129024
DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2RB LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813136051
MSI N9800GT 512M OC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
$115
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127379
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822152100
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
$27
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E5200 - Retail
$75
Total: $567
Any places I can shave off some money? Is that motherboard TOO good?
EDIT:
I'd also like 2x PCI-Express 2.0 slots (or whatever) so I can just add a new card as an upgrade, and use my old card for physics or whatever you kids do these days
EDIT #2:
Updated with a full build I came up with, based on the sticky.
Programming, playing SC2 and D3
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$550
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
None.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
all I need is everything that goes into the tower, no OS
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Not lately
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Definitely
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Since my budget is so low, I want to buy from Hot Deals when I can.
This is what I have so far:
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail (OC to 1066)
$50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...0231145&Tpk=20-231-145
Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
$74.99 (if I buy it tonight)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811129024
DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2RB LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813136051
MSI N9800GT 512M OC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
$115
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127379
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822152100
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail
$27
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E5200 - Retail
$75
Total: $567
Any places I can shave off some money? Is that motherboard TOO good?
EDIT:
I'd also like 2x PCI-Express 2.0 slots (or whatever) so I can just add a new card as an upgrade, and use my old card for physics or whatever you kids do these days
EDIT #2:
Updated with a full build I came up with, based on the sticky.