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Vashe · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: Help building

I'm planing on building a desktop. I need to it to be 400USD or less. The only qualifications It needs is that it can run Combat arms efficiently.

Thanks

Tofu · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:02 am Post subject:

That's not going to be enough if you don't have any parts already..

case? PSU?

Maxammus · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:43 am Post subject:

Not true, tofuli Wink

Phenom 9600 - $120 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103244
BIOSTAR A770 - $70 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138106
LOGISYS Area 51 Case - $55 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811148030
450W PSU W/ Case (Alternative case since this one's out of stock: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811148029 same model, different color and seemingly more powerful PSU)
1GBx2 800MHZ Memory - $22 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034
8600GTS 256mb - $45 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130085
CD/DVD R/W - $23 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106228
250GB HDD - $60 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262

$395 including shipping after MIR (^ One of my budget builds i'm going to sell) Good processor and GPU. If you want to put less money into the processor and more into the GPU i suggest the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103211) about half as powerful as the 9600 then you could get an 8800GT or something in that price range, but the 8600GTS should suffice for combat arms (52 fps in HL2 max quality) even though i couldn't find a benchmark for it.

Tofu · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:31 am Post subject:

Monitor? Mouse? Keyboard?

That's why I was asking if he had ANY parts already.

EDIT: Parts are a bit more expensive in my country..

Maxammus · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:33 am Post subject:

Ah, true, but generally builds don't include those. Or i that's the impression i've been getting.

SFP+ · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:55 pm Post subject:

Whatever you do, do not fucking buy an AMD! I do not know perfectly well about what's price worthy in America or what not, so I can only give you this tip:

Intel beats AMD in EVERY POSSIBLE WAY! Price, reability, overclocking, etc.

Maxammus · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject:

That's simply not true. Find an intel that beats the phenom 9600 or 5000+ for the price. UnOCed ofc since not all people OC but if you do want to OC then intel would be the way to go.

Pancake · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject:

Maxammus, stop it with your 9600 xP.

Vashe go with a 5200

Vashe · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject:

Ok thanks

Pancake · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject:

make sure you get a intel mobo tho

Andyroo · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject:

did u even bother to look at other threads?

Maxammus · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject:

kls85 · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject:

Okay so Intel is on the winning streak right now, but what does that mean to the rest of us? Bragging right that I've got a Intel cpu?

Well then to make you all bow down in shame, I've got a Xeon quad core: a workstation/server based processor that went on further restriction testing than all of your puny Core 2 Duos and Core 2 Quads combined.
Even that $1k+ Core 2 Shitxtreme can't pass the test of a Xeon as it begs for mercy.

Seriously it does not matter what cpu you got as long as you can do it's job it's will be just fine. So what if you got a AMD Phenom, does that mean you have to hide yourself and be embarrassed about it? Of course not!

When 8800GTX was the king of the hill, I've went with the HD2900XT 1GB and I do know it does not beat the 8800GTX, but I still got it because I like that card (especially the built-in 5,1 surround sound) so I went with it.
So what if it's not better than a 8800GTX, did I get that card just so you can be my friend? No! I got that card because it serves my purpose and it only for me! Not you or anyone else, but me!
As for those that went with an Intel...

Take a look at that AMD Phenom carefully.
It's a quad core!

Intel cheapest quad starts out at $189.99, $179.99 for OEM.
That E5200 is dual core and a weak one to boot.

note: as for the AMD cpus look for ones that ends in a "50"
e.g. xx50. The 50 fixes a bug they had.

And thanks to whoever told me that. Cool