building a budget gaming comp

[ripken204]

building a comp for a friend, doesnt have too much money
http://frontiernet.net/~unholyknights/computer/andycomp.html
tell me what you think

[Magnj]

3000+ Venice
DFI DAFG(or NF4 Ultra if your gonna OC)
OCZ PC3200 Gold VX
OCZ Power stream 420/520
ATI x700pro/x800 or equivelent Nvidia

Then from there, Hard drives and stuff is up to preference...

[ripken204]

hes not gunna oc, i also told u budget, that vx will get up there, he only has ~1000, did u even look at that link?

[dmo580]

I recommend Neo4 because it's a better stock board than the DFI. It still OCs, but doesnt have the insane stuff DFI offers. Whether he OCs or not, I don't think he'll need the crazy stuff with an NF4.

[jason32287]

Looks to be a decent system if he isn't planning on overclocking. Only thing is you can proabably drop that price by shopping around. I like to use www.pricegrabber.com as a quick way to get a low price but if you looked around some more using pricewatch and other sites you could probably find even cheaper.

[Magnj]

yes I did. VX is good gaming ram. But you can always just use a gig of value ram

[NiCKE^]

Maybe he should take a cheaper motherboard so he can spend a little bit more money on a good psu?

[[XC] leviathan18]

perkam has a sticky in what to buy amd or intel systems nice configs with low prices

[ripken204]

can u post a link to it, cant quite find it here?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=58589

[perkam]

He're ya go Ripken: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=61554 . Thx Leviathan...makes my job a tad easier :) .

One you choose wither AMD or Intel it should a lot easier from then on...also, I've listed links to the prices under each Template...assuming you're in the US.

Perkam

[ripken204]

thx, ive seen that b4, but he only has around 1000 so he cant rly go by that guide

[[XC] leviathan18]

ill go

3000
msi neo 4
a 120gb hdd
a dvd burner there some cheap ones
a 6600gt
cheap case
plat rev 2 ocz 1gb
and a nice but cheap psu

[i found nemo]

ripken, you can get the budget minded system, and get a 3000+ athlon64 instead of sempron

[ripken204]

i think that what i currently have is pretty good, dunno bout the psu tho
http://frontiernet.net/~unholyknights/computer/andycomp.html

[[XC] leviathan18]

speakers
wireless

and all that for 1k damn that is impressive but i would get rid of those two a get better memory

[ripken204]

what memeory should i get him then? he rly wont notice the difference between them, and he wont be overclocking

[ripken204]

bump

[jason32287]

if he's not overclocking I would just find the cheapest set of ram that runs 2-2-2-5 at 200mhz stock. Also did you search around for cheaper prices??

[illskills719]

You can get a brand new monitor for a bit cheaper if you search on Ebay instead of buying it off newegg...