best gaming rig money can buy for 800$

[xander9791]

just rebuilt a system like that. i went amd 64 3800x2 65w $131
1 gb geil 667mhz RAM $93
160 GB WD $60
ECS 485 w/ ati xpress 200 $64
450 watt xclio $40
dvd burner $32
if your on a budget i'd go 7600GT
windows home $90

[holden_m]

Motherboard - ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A (V5.1) $82 - $10MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813135026

CPU - Core 2 Duo E6300 (Free game) $187
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.a ... 6819115005

RAM - Kingston 1GB DDR2 667 (5300) $69
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820134216

OS - Windows XP Media Center 2005 w/ Vista Upgrade $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6832116171

Video Card - EVGA 7600GT 256MB $110 - $20 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130062

Monitor - AG Neovo 17" 4ms $164
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6824163115

Hard Drive - 200GB SATA3.0 Seagate 7200.10 (PMR) $71
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148146

Case - Powmax case with 450 Watt PSU $30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811145073

DVD Drive - Lite-On 18X DVD RW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827106042

Motherboard, CPU, Vid card, DVD Drive, and OS I have in my computer at home. All work nicely but my cpu cant go past 2.01GHZ for some unknown reason. Hard drive in my computer is same type only bigger and it is fast. '8)' DVD drive is a bit noisy.



Before shipping: 852.92


If this costs too much, downgrade the OS to XP Home before you change anything else. If monitor response time isn't a big issue that should be next to change

[trueg50]

Sorry I cannot be of more help, but all I can recomend, is going for:
1. Core 2 Duo E6400
2. Asus makes several motherboards that easily fit you budget.
3. Any case that takes ATX, and comes with atleast a 450 watt PSU.

The rest of the $800 can go to the other components such as video card, RAM, etc.

Here is one of the best sites for computer components, I got a lot of good deals from them that way surpases neweggs

http://www.xoxide.com

holden_m has some good ideas, all of those will do you well.

My recommendation is actually none of the above, if that $800 is yours than simply fold it up and put it back in your pocket. Never compromise quality for price. Just wait, save up enough for a system with good components, I waited 2 full years, with a 900 mhz P3 and integrated video before getting enough money for a Core 2, water cooler, 7600GT, etc. Take your time and google [/u]every product you are thinking about putting into your system, and remember, skimp on performance, but not quality.

Just remember, don't buy on impulse, and have patience, the next generation of video cards are coming out, DDR3 maybe coming out soon, Intel and AMD are readying new chips, all this means that the current generation will be getting cheaper.

[The Black Pumpkin]

Hey Deus, whatever happened with this?