Need to build comp on 600 dollar budget

Ok that all looks awsome, you should have a sweet computer when its all put together. One thing I did notice was that you picked out some DDR 400 memory when you motherboard takes DDR2 800. No biggie though easily fixed.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211066 This should work for ya.

damnit...i KNEW something would go wrong somewhere...its those small details that elude me.....oh well. that's why its better to make a computer yourself and learn it, eh?

and hey...its like...10-20 bucks cheaper now. thanks for catching that.

sorry for having taken so long for any sort of a reply to this thread. meanwhile i've been very busy, and i've gone through a few crises.

BUT. i checked up on that list of parts. and i found out that it now comes out cheaper. some of the items went down in price. it is now 28 dollars cheaper. total without shipping is 584.93.

sweetness =D

If you shop on newegg, don't get the rebates

When I got a rebate for my videocard ( ATI x1650xtx pro ) it took 3 months for the $20+ dollars to come back, and I had to go directly though Sapphire ( the company of the card ) to get it because newegg crapped out for it

oh i know better than to pay any attention to the rebates. i go with the standard price without the rebates and go from there. i don't even plan on bothering with trying to get them at all in the first place. i'd waste more time and effort than it was worth.

No worthless SLi, but under five bills:

MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

COOLER MASTER eXtreme RP-500-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 500W Power Supply - Retail

A-DATA Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model VDQVE1A16K - Retail

ABIT IP35-E LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Intel Dual-Core E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E2160 - Retail

SAPPHIRE 100176L Radeon X1950PRO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

Nice system(best in thread), could use some easy overclocking...cheap. $508 shipped and has $50 in rebates. Even with that cheap RAM that system will OC well.

It took 3 months to get the rebate on my BFG 7600gt. It was worth the wait.

nah, i refuse to deal with rebates.

and the system i built is more powerful for only 80 bucks more. considering what i'm getting for the price, its worth the extra 80 bucks.

i'm not necessarily going to overclock it at all. i see that as a last resort. i'm doing it on my current system because i'm going to get a new system relatively soon anyhow. and any performance boost i can get on this thing is worth it.

i won't need to overclock on that new system though. 2.6ghz dual core, 2 gigs of RAM, 160 gig hard drive, 630 watt power supply, and 7600 256mb will get me through my day. and i can upgrade as i go along. i plan on running SLI anyway because i want to add a second 7600 later.

thanks for the thought though.

It still is slower because a x1950pro is faster than a 7600gt (and so it is even compared to 7600gt SLI). (7600gt) You are the weakest link, good bye.

don't get snarky with me.

the 7600 is a decent card. it will be good enough. and thats all i care about. and with the money i save by going with the 7600, i can get a better processor which beats the crap out of that intel piece of *** you tried to interest me in. everyone knows that better processor equals faster computer. graphics cards don't mean sh*t in terms of speed. they HELP. but they're not ******* everything.

i put plenty of thought into this, and had my list approved by plenty of other people first. you put your list together in 5 minutes just because this was the most recent thread.

and thanks for that original one liner. i guess you think you're real clever.

go *** yourself you *****. i tried to be nice, and thanked you for your effort, and tried to tell you that your list wasn't what i wanted. but that wasn't good enough for you.

i'd appreciate it if you didn't bother me again.

Edited for language.

Watch your mouth.

Intel is just plane better, everyone knows it now. AMD was better but they sat on there lures. Move on.

i guess thats why you just told me to buy an AMD video card huh?

intel is better, but 2.6 beats 1.8. i don't care HOW good the company is.

yes intel can outperform in a few small areas, but the 5200 can outperform it overall.

and i can't AFFORD to go with a better video card and keep the rest of the parts the same. i'd rather not sacrifice any performance.

Ahh, the ATi card is better for the price. Duh. Maybe you should look into that new 5000+ Brisbane Black edition, OOh, unlocked multiplier.

hmm....lets think about that. 7600, 78.99. 1950, 200 bucks. hmmm...i wonder which one i'd rather go with for the MONEY.

y'know what?...i'm tired of this.

here's the deal. i'll shutup if you can find me, for the same price or lower, a 512mb x1950 off newegg.com.

oh whoopdidoo. brisbane. you saved me a mighty 10 dollars.

for the extra ten, i'd rather get the 5200 and not have to mess with the multipliers.

i've looked into that already, and i've decided, it aint for me.

"look! i managed to make it get like...70 more Mhz of memory! hahahahaha."

who cares?...its only a MARGINAL performance gain. this is another thing settled by what i feel is good enough for me based off my budget.

Ok, what`s going on in here then?

Personal flaming and the use of bad language will not be tolerated.

Any more of this and posts will be deleted and the thread closed.

I agree with howard, your flamings are stupid because all you are doing is arguing about Rebates and other stupid ****

Newegg rebates are annoying and take a few months to ship to you, AMD is better then Intel because Intel prices are more expensive then AMD processors, and ATI vs. nVidia is stupid because each have their advantages and disadvantages...

ATI - Cheap prices with really good cards but some can have problems like Overheating

nVidia - More expensive then ATI but the cards are really good and work very well in SLI compared to ATI's CrossFire

I'm a great system builder/advisor... if you want I'll advise you via e-mail.
If you're not comfortable giving me your email, just create a new yahoo e-mail soley for this correspondence. My name is Alex and I live in Cali!

Also you can visit me @ my regular forum = HotHardware.com screenname=recoveringknowitall
Cheers and good luck whatever you decide!!!

P.S. Flaming is such a waste of time and so utterly pointless.

UPDATE: $685 will get you this killer rig... I know it's a bit over budget, but well worth it! Try to get it, you won't be sorry!!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147077 case 17.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817701003 psu 44.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136119 dvd 26.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075 hdd 49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128043 mobo 59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103780 cpu 119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130082 gfx 289.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211066 ram 64.99

*sigh* i...want to apologize to everyone. i overreacted because i felt attacked, and i have been going through a lot lately. i'm sick too, so i'm not thinking too clearly.

and pcnthuziast, that is quite the list. it definitely looks worth it, but there are a bunch of areas i can save some money on in there. more than likely i WILL want to email you. i could certainly use someone with good system building skills given that this is my first build. look at some of my earlier posts and check the list of stuff i put together. thats not such a bad list either.

there are 4 things off the bat i'm concerned about. the case, the dvd drive, the mobo, and the graphics chip. the case, although it is cheap, doesn't have the kind of cooling i want. i felt like an 80mm alone wasn't good enough. my current computer has like at least two fans and it still overheated at least once. the coolermaster case i picked out aint too shabby, and it comes with both 80mm and 120mm fans. but yeah, the price could use a little tweaking.

i want to skip the dvd drive entirely because i already have one and i want to scavenge it from this computer. saves me the 30 bucks.

and the graphics chip...it seems a little expensive. i found it very hard to put a computer together that had such a chip and keep the price around 600 bucks. given that its an excellent chip and i'd be stupid not to get it, its still just too pricey. i'm not sure if i can shell out quite that much. and the other 8 series cards are outperformed by some of the 7 series cards.

the mobo is...not quite what i want. i want to run SLI at some point. and the mobo i chose is for the same price and has two pci-e 16x slots, and it's still AM2 socket.

more about that through email. you can contact me at ohokenek@mail.usf.edu. PM me or post in here if i don't give you a response within a week because that most likely means my school server filtered you out as spam.

the list has changed and grown cheaper.

cooler master centurion 5 cac-t05-uw black aluminum beel secc chassis atx mid tower computer case-retail item # n82e16811119068
49.99

western digital caviar se wd1600aajs 160gb 7200 rpm sata 3.0Gb/s hard drive -oem item #n82e16822136075
49.99

Open Box: BIOSTAR TForce TF570SLI AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813138059R
54.99

EVGA 256-P2-N541-T2 GeForce 7600GS 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130075
74.99

RAIDMAX RX-630A ATX12V / EPS12V 630W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817152026
99.99

A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model ADQVE1A16K - Retail
Item #: N82E16820211066
64.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADO5000DDBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103780
119.00

the total was 513.94, shipping cost 28.31. all told, 542.25. not bad considering. that stupid video card is giving me hell. i'm going to try to find a better one for hopefully no more than 250 bucks. thoughts on the 8600 gt as a replacement? the total becomes 617.71 with that in its place.

Hey link590, If you want to try and get a different GC take a look at this one that I found. Its only about $153 so its way below want your highest price you could go was.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127284

Its alot faster then the 7600GT and its still SLI capable so if you wanted later you can still go SLI.

Ok here is another that I just found. Tad more expensive but its a little faster than the previous one I put up.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130086

hey mailpup. since you were wondering, yeah i've already accounted for that. i'm not running the copy that came with the dell at all anymore anyhow. i have a separate copy of windows xp that i can threw onto this system, and i can throw it onto the new system too. so i'm not too worried about that.

as for the open box mobo...that's a good point. it's kinda tough to find a mobo that has two pci-e 16x slots for a decent price that isn't open box.

sam, it's good to hear from ya. it's been a while. yeah that 8600 was what i was looking at actually. i'm unsure if i should go with it at all. it gets rather expensive. i'm trying to keep the price as low as possible. maybe an earlier 8 series card? like the 8500?

help with finding a non-open box mobo with 2 pci-e 16x slots on the cheap would be greatly appreciated.