Help me build a kickass gaming desktop

[Jack of Arcades]

I'm looking to spend up to $1500 on a computer that'll essentially do nothing but run games and torrent stuff.

I don't need a monitor because I already have a 2001fp. I also don't need a cd/dvd burner because my roomate has one.

I'm not good at these things, shock of shocks, so help me do whatever it takes to get me to run new games fast.

[Reef]

you'll need one of these (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008ZPJP/qid=1112174007/sr=8-2/ref=pd_ka_1/102-7754603-4001705?v=glance&s=pc&n=507846)

[wacki]

AMD is the way to go for CPU's.

Athlon XP 3200+ Barton CPU
2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 EL Dual Channel DIMMs 2-2-2-10
ASUS nForce2 Motherboard

Socket-939 Athlon 64 CPUs
2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 EL Dual Channel DIMMs 2-2-2-10
NVIDIA nForce4 Reference Motherboard and MSI K8N-Neo2

are both decent choices. Those aren't mine those are anandtechs. More later

Also the 9800 is out dated:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2381
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2297&p=1

It's still a nice video card though.

More later, I need sleep.

[bort411]

What I would go with, for what it's worth:
Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-517&depa=1)
$185

Memory (get two for 4 sticks) (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-440&depa=1)
$184

CPU (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-514&depa=1)
$267

Hard Drive 1 (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-160&depa=1)
$175

Hard Drive 2 (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-179&depa=1)
$158

Graphics card (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-486&depa=1)
$305

Total: $1274 before shipping, power supply, case, and cooling solutions.

[Jack of Arcades]

bump.

See, if I were a girl, this would have a flame already.

[IndieMatty]

hahaha.... whats torrent?