Building in Progress, $700 Budget

-[X]- · 12-28-2008, 02:28 PM

Hello, a friend told me about this site and I was interested in building a new computer for myself. If you guys could help me out in good parts to get and not push the budget it would really help. Here are my preferences.

1. Budget: $600-700

2. Brands: Not too picky with brands

3. Multitasking: Moderate to high multitasking

4. Gaming: Some gaming, CoD4 and L4D perhaps

5. Calculations: Nope

6. Overclocking: Probably not

7. Storage: 250-500gb will do

8. Legacy Support: No

9. Operating System: Windows XP

10. Case: Love the Apevia brand cases

11. Accessories: No, ill get those on my own

12. Recycled Components: Nope

13. Monitor: If it doesnt push the budget then a smaller widescreen will do, 19"? If it pushes the budget, then I will buy on my own later

14. Stores: Newegg please

15. Location: US

Thanks!

**wrench97** · 12-29-2008, 04:03 AM

I see you listed some gaming so what will the primary use be?

Have a look over these I may want to tweak some things depending on the primary use.
Swap the case out for one of your choice and this includes a monitor.

Link................................................................................... Disc. Cost Rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115037 E8400 $164.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128345 GA-EP45-DS3L $99.99 $15.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145590 2 x 1Gig $32.99 $13.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130380 9800GT $117.99 $15.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341011 750PPC $109.99 $40.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119106 case $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106263 DVD/RW $23.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148288 500Gig $64.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009127 19w monitor $139.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116511 XP H $89.99
$894.90 $83.00

$811.90

-[X]- · 12-30-2008, 04:12 PM

Sorry about the late reply, mainly it will be used just for everyday use but I still want it to be nice enough of a computer to run games on high settings.

**wrench97** · 12-30-2008, 04:28 PM

That will game pretty well to bump it up to the next level will take another $200 or so
in added Ram, Video card and cpu.

taydan04 · 12-30-2008, 04:30 PM

for that use i would recomend everything rench has and would like to know why that e8400 is so cheap?

**wrench97** · 12-30-2008, 04:43 PM

Actually the E8400 was at $156 last week end:)

**grimx133** · 12-30-2008, 07:36 PM

The E8400 drops in price as it's been out longer, look at the price of the top Core2Duo, the E8600, and that's pretty much where the E8400 was 6 months or so ago.

270US bucks http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...5054&Tpk=E8600

Which is why the E8400 or E8500 are a much better "bang for the buck" cpu.

taydan04 · 12-30-2008, 07:58 PM

you could have a look at building an AMD machine, ah i said it! here come the flamers :O... anyway Athlon64's seem to have more power for cost at the lower end of the budgets but if your willing to go the extra 100 dollars then intel has far better cpu's at the higher end of the budgets, so in summary you would have more cash to wave at the graphics card(IMO more important for gaming) if you go with something like an Athlon64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHZ CPU

12-28-2008, 02:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
-[X]- Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Building in Progress, $700 Budget Hello, a friend told me about this site and I was interested in building a new computer for myself. If you guys could help me out in good parts to get and not push the budget it would really help. Here are my preferences. 1. Budget: $600-700 2. Brands: Not too picky with brands 3. Multitasking: Moderate to high multitasking 4. Gaming: Some gaming, CoD4 and L4D perhaps 5. Calculations: Nope 6. Overclocking: Probably not 7. Storage: 250-500gb will do 8. Legacy Support: No 9. Operating System: Windows XP 10. Case: Love the Apevia brand cases 11. Accessories: No, ill get those on my own 12. Recycled Components: Nope 13. Monitor: If it doesnt push the budget then a smaller widescreen will do, 19"? If it pushes the budget, then I will buy on my own later 14. Stores: Newegg please 15. Location: US Thanks!

12-29-2008, 04:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,658 OS: Win7	Re: Building in Progress, $700 Budget I see you listed some gaming so what will the primary use be? Have a look over these I may want to tweak some things depending on the primary use. Swap the case out for one of your choice and this includes a monitor. Link................................................................................... Disc. Cost Rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115037 E8400 $164.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128345 GA-EP45-DS3L $99.99 $15.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145590 2 x 1Gig $32.99 $13.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130380 9800GT $117.99 $15.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341011 750PPC $109.99 $40.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119106 case $49.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106263 DVD/RW $23.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148288 500Gig $64.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009127 19w monitor $139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116511 XP H $89.99 $894.90 $83.00 $811.90 __________________ Power Supply and Selection

12-30-2008, 04:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
-[X]- Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: Building in Progress, $700 Budget Sorry about the late reply, mainly it will be used just for everyday use but I still want it to be nice enough of a computer to run games on high settings.

12-30-2008, 04:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,658 OS: Win7	Re: Building in Progress, $700 Budget That will game pretty well to bump it up to the next level will take another $200 or so in added Ram, Video card and cpu. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

12-30-2008, 04:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
taydan04 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2/ Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: Building in Progress, $700 Budget for that use i would recomend everything rench has and would like to know why that e8400 is so cheap?

12-30-2008, 04:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,658 OS: Win7	Re: Building in Progress, $700 Budget Actually the E8400 was at $156 last week end:) __________________ Power Supply and Selection

12-30-2008, 07:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,153 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Building in Progress, $700 Budget The E8400 drops in price as it's been out longer, look at the price of the top Core2Duo, the E8600, and that's pretty much where the E8400 was 6 months or so ago. 270US bucks http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...5054&Tpk=E8600 Which is why the E8400 or E8500 are a much better "bang for the buck" cpu. __________________

12-30-2008, 07:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
taydan04 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2/ Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: Building in Progress, $700 Budget you could have a look at building an AMD machine, ah i said it! here come the flamers :O... anyway Athlon64's seem to have more power for cost at the lower end of the budgets but if your willing to go the extra 100 dollars then intel has far better cpu's at the higher end of the budgets, so in summary you would have more cash to wave at the graphics card(IMO more important for gaming) if you go with something like an Athlon64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHZ CPU