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magnethead · 07-02-2008, 01:35 PM

Here's my system, I built it for about that budget. Granted i hit a bunch of sales.

Antec 900

Gigabyte 965P-DS3 (DS4 is modern equiv, picked this up as a refurb, no probs)

E6750 (I have it overclocked to 3.0- much cheaper than the actual 3.0 C2D. You can save money, get an even slower CPU (check to make sure your FSB is still up there) and clock it to 2.8 and probably be good to go))

7800GT

Thermaltake Toughpower 650W

Western Digital 320GB 16mb cache SATA

Lite-On SATA DVD-RW

07-02-2008, 01:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
magnethead Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: TX Posts: 2,405 OS: XPH, 2K My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Building a new gaming computer ($700-800 budget) Here's my system, I built it for about that budget. Granted i hit a bunch of sales. Antec 900 Gigabyte 965P-DS3 (DS4 is modern equiv, picked this up as a refurb, no probs) E6750 (I have it overclocked to 3.0- much cheaper than the actual 3.0 C2D. You can save money, get an even slower CPU (check to make sure your FSB is still up there) and clock it to 2.8 and probably be good to go)) 7800GT Thermaltake Toughpower 650W Western Digital 320GB 16mb cache SATA Lite-On SATA DVD-RW __________________ For proper support: what are you running? video card, cpu, m/board, ram, power supply, brand, wattage, any error message? PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER