building a comp

[grif2001]

hi again. I was reading all the replies to my post and baronvongogo suggested that i build my own comp. Well i have been thinking about it for awhile now and I thought i would do some research on it, see how much it would run me, and so that brings me to my question, so i was reading elbatrop's sticky on building your own comp and he gave a checklist on comp parts, i was wondering if you guys think there was anything more that should be added to it? if not, i will use it as my starting guide to my research.

[vaderpro]

Ok your a perfect student!....Elbatrop's guide is great, so lets see what you come up with and we will edit it as needed. If u need help let me/us know...Cheers.

What u need:

#1) A budget
#2) Whats the comp used for
#3) Where are u buying from

[Nitestick]

yeah just throw any ideas by here first. i don't know keep a running commentary we'll help you to find the right parts and install them

[grif2001]

cool, thanks guys, my budget is prob going to range from 600-700 dollars, gaming computer, over the internet

[vaderpro]

do u need mouse, keyboard, spkrs, mouse, operating syste, monitor?

[Elbatrop1]

Woohoo! Elbatrop's guide sure is good! Haha, thanks guys

Anyways, I put some parts together for you. This is only for the stuff that goes inside the case. Hopefully thats what you had in mind for your budget...

MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-K8N Ultra-9 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $110

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BPBOX - Retail
$146

VID CARD: eVGA 128-P2-N368-TX Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $149

RAM: Patriot Signature Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model PSD1G400K - Retail
$80

HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 ST380817AS 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $65

OPT:LG Black IDE DVD Burner Model GSA-4165B - OEM $44

CASE: Whatever you like with room for at least 2 80mm fans, and a 400W PSU. $80

TOTAL: $674