Building a PC (1 Viewer)

[Shawn C]

I've got a couple of questions regarding builing a PC.

I used to build my own computers "back in the day", but I have been out of the hardware loop for a while. I've been buying pre-builts systems from Dell, etc.. The last PC I built had a Celeron 500 on an Asus PB2 motherboard. That's about where I stopped paying attention.

Anyways, I am looking for the best "bang for the buck" in motherboard and CPU's. I want to build a gaming / home PC. Probably around 3.0 3.2 ghz. 80 gig drive, decent video card (for playing Doom 3, HL2).

Anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking of going AMD to save cost, but is that really the case anymore? Does AMD save you any money? I am looking to avoid the PCI Express boards due to the cost.

 

[Alf S]

This is being covered already...

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=207083

 

[SethH]

Hi Shawn. I started the thread that Alf linked you to above. Here's what I'm planning to do soon:

Antec case with 350 watt PS . . . $74
MSI K8N Neo Platinum motherboard with nForce3 250Gb . . .$126
AMD Athlon64 3200+ . . . $218
512MB Kingston PC3200 RAM . . . $80
Chaintech Nvidia GeForce FX5700LE 8xAGP . . . $84
120GB Hitachi SATA HD . . . $90
NEC 8x DVD Burner . . .$72

Total = $739

You can save about $60 by getting the Athlon64 2800+ which I'm still considering.