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Old 10-01-2005, 01:41 AM
Spaded Spaded is offline
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Location: San Diego County
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Default Building my own PC - Here are the specs, please comment!

Haven't upgraded my PC since May 02, and I am a games lover, so it is time to upgrade! I want to build my own PC instead of ordering from a company like Dell to save money and to feel proud of myself [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

BUDGET: $3300 from bad beat jackpot. $2000 or so after taxes, have a couple grand more in savings. Not gonna touch savings.

Spaded's Rig:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego (2.4GHz) 1GHz FSB, 1MB L2 cache Socket 939. Named after where i live, so i had to [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] plus the next level up (+0.2GHz) costs almost double. $368

Mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe: Supposed to be good for AMD, and any processor upgrades i might make over next 2 yrs or so. Only problem is a fan i might have to replace cheaply. $164

Case: With 380W power supply. $80

Video Card: GeForce 7800GTX 256MB eVGA. The ONE item that I am splurging on. Can I be talked out of it? $579!!

Sound: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZSGamer. $121-$50 rebate

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200 250GB. $111

DVD/CD drive, memory, floppy drive, Dell 1701FP monitor, speakers&woofer: Cannibalizing from old PC, the drive is only a few weeks old. Free?

Total price: $1500 at Newegg. The Dell equivalent is $2300 and the Alienware equivalent is $4800!

I'm going to upgrade my 5+ year old 1701FP someday. It only gets up to 1280x1024 and has no dead pixels. 2001FP for quad tabling might be good, but I play NL 6max, so maybe later.

Is this a good setup? I'm going to order before tuesday, when the $50 mail in rebate for the sound card expires.
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