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King_Lycan

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2008

N/Mo

23 Nov 2008 at 03:39 - 1

This is my first computer

I need a new one since my old one got messed up

Yoshikuni Mahsu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

27 Nov 2008 at 01:29 - 2

Take advantage of newegg deals, know where to put your money:

CPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115037
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115036

Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129021

GPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102770 - or other HD 4850

Drive- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151173

HD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136218

MOBO- http://www.newegg.com/Produt/Product...82E16813128358

RAM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231209

PSU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005

CPU- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

Case- Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

GPU- SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

Drive- SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM

HD- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

MoBo- GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

RAM- G.SKILL PI Black 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

PSU- CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

Better PSU, CPU, GPU, total about $737 BEFORE mail-in-rebates, room for the OS in that price too. All shipping free except the CPU.

Elder III

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio

I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

R/

27 Nov 2008 at 01:50 - 3

Wait until Black Friday and then loggin to Newegg.... that's where I'm going to be at 8:59 eastern, with a cold Mountain Dew and some yummy leftovers from Turkey Day at hand. You should be able to top those deals.

You can build a very nice gaming rig for $800 (assuming you have a mouse/keyboard/monitor etc already). Good Luck Shopping!

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

27 Nov 2008 at 18:17 - 4

You say your old computer got messed up. What OS did it have? If it was WinXP, you could save your self some money by using the old XP instead of buying Vista (that is, of course, if the old computer is "junk" and not in use.)

The Meth

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

R/

28 Nov 2008 at 21:48 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quaker

You say your old computer got messed up. What OS did it have? If it was WinXP, you could save your self some money by using the old XP instead of buying Vista (that is, of course, if the old computer is "junk" and not in use.)

To add to this, depending on exactly what messed up you should be able to reuse things like your old hard drive and disk drive. You also definitely don't need a new case ($70 for a case lol). Adding all those together would save you about $160, either going straight to your pocket or to be spent on better stuff for the rest of your system.

Raku Clayman

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Marquette MI

Elite Lan Gamer

E/Me

03 Dec 2008 at 05:10 - 6

I built a similar system a few months ago and I am very happy with it. Use your old Win XP OS. No need to buy Vista.

One thing I did was install a second Win XP OS on a separate partition. It's a dual boot system that boots into a work computer or a gaming computer. Because I am only using the second system as a gaming system, only, I have no need to have security software running, or basically any software running, in the background that eats up precious resources.