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So my birthday recently passed and I now have a fair amount of money to spend on a computer. I have $900 to spend. However, with so many choices of what to get for every little part, I don't trust myself to make the best purchase.
So.
I want the best computer for gaming that I can get for that amount of money. I already have a case so that cuts off a bit of cost. Here are the specifications that I want:
What I have so far:
Processor - $125: Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 Allendale 2.0GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
RAM - $70: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240 V CB/CE/CSA/UL/FCC
I'm getting a soundcard from a friend so that's under control.
Thinking of these for speakers, they are cheap enough, get generally good reviews (there are only 14 reviews for that particular model, but the $38 model from that company seems to be the same exact thing except with a different model number :/ it has about 60 reviews), and supposedly have nice bass and a separate bass control (a must for me)
Things I still need to decide on:
Graphics card. I was going to get the one that Kellyan95 linked to (one post down) but now I think I will go for a DX10 card and forgo the G15 keyboard and smexy mouse. It's easier to upgrade from a $15 mouse&keyboard set to a $90 one than from a $140 GFX card to a $200-250 one...
mother board with a couple of Firewire ports, a good amount of USB ports, and gigabit (or better, but that shouldn't really effect much) ethernet. Needs to be good for overclocking things. I'm probably going to get the one kellyan linked to but I'm going to look around a bit more
Everything else necessary that I have left off of this newly edited post, I'm kind of out of it right now so I probably chopped off a lot of stuff.
So.
I want the best computer for gaming that I can get for that amount of money. I already have a case so that cuts off a bit of cost. Here are the specifications that I want:
What I have so far:
Processor - $125: Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 Allendale 2.0GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
RAM - $70: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240 V CB/CE/CSA/UL/FCC
I'm getting a soundcard from a friend so that's under control.
Thinking of these for speakers, they are cheap enough, get generally good reviews (there are only 14 reviews for that particular model, but the $38 model from that company seems to be the same exact thing except with a different model number :/ it has about 60 reviews), and supposedly have nice bass and a separate bass control (a must for me)
Things I still need to decide on:
Graphics card. I was going to get the one that Kellyan95 linked to (one post down) but now I think I will go for a DX10 card and forgo the G15 keyboard and smexy mouse. It's easier to upgrade from a $15 mouse&keyboard set to a $90 one than from a $140 GFX card to a $200-250 one...
mother board with a couple of Firewire ports, a good amount of USB ports, and gigabit (or better, but that shouldn't really effect much) ethernet. Needs to be good for overclocking things. I'm probably going to get the one kellyan linked to but I'm going to look around a bit more
Everything else necessary that I have left off of this newly edited post, I'm kind of out of it right now so I probably chopped off a lot of stuff.