Make me a gaming computer

kawaii_bat

kawaii_bat

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Canada, Gatineau

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Mo/R

06 Oct 2005 at 18:31 - 1
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Can any of you guys make me the best gaming computer I could get for 1500$-2000$ U.S.

From spare parts **please give the name/brand etc...**
(Not including the tower,videocard,progams(i.e WindowsXP or C.D/DVD)

It would really be appreciated!

EternalTempest

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

06 Oct 2005 at 19:44 - 2
Anandtech has a good article about creating a mid-range system, which is what near your budget. My personal preference is lean towards the Amd system, but this is my preference. Both system come about $1500 and do gaming well.

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2535

AMD Specs from article

AMD Mid-Range Gaming System
Hardware Component Price
(Processor) Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 512K 1.80GHz (939) - Retail $146
(Motherboard) DFI LanParty UT SLI-DR $165
(Memory) Patriot PC-3200 2x512MB Extreme Performance XBL $150
(Video Card) XFX 7800 GT Overclocked $379
(Hard Drive) Western Digital SATA II 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Caviar SE $81
(Optical Drive) BenQ DW1640 Black (OEM) $43
(Case) Cooler Master Cavalier 3 CAV-T03-UK $76
(Power Supply) SunBeam 550W NUUO SUNNU550-US-BK Modular PSU $86
(Display) Acer AL1914smd-8 19 inch 8ms LCD $301
(Speakers) Labtec ARENA 685 5.1 Speakers $48
(Keyboard and Mouse) Logitech Internet Pro Desktop $23
Bottom Line $1498

dnws517

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

06 Oct 2005 at 20:02 - 3
•Intel P4 630 3.0Ghz CPU 2MB Cache w/Fan
•ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
•1GB Dual-Channel DDR2 533Mhz Memory
•200GB 7200RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
•16X NEC 3540A Double Layer DVD+/-RW w/Nero
•256MB GeForce 7800GT PCI Express w/DVI


1109 shipped and fully built

ecollegepc.com

Use the rest of your money to get a nice moniter, but 1500-2000$ is unneccesary for a gaming computer.
Which processor do u prefer, amd or intel?


Cant beat that...

kawaii_bat

kawaii_bat

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Canada, Gatineau

None

Mo/R

07 Oct 2005 at 13:35 - 4
YEAH! Thanks!



I don't know much about computers but my Celeron sucks and seriously slows down a month or so after completely re-formating no matter how careful I am with it.

I've debuged it, spyware'd it but it jsut plane sucks

Hockster

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

07 Oct 2005 at 13:42 - 5
Take a look at this as well:
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODA3