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Blackmoore · 09-26-2005, 02:06 PM

I am building a PC for a friend, he only asks that the PC run World of Warcraft without any frame skipping, or slowdown on the computers part. (There will always be server lag)

Anyway, I have priced out the most important parts of the system, but its running way out of his price range. Here is what think would have been great for the system:

Socket 939 AMD 64 3000+ $146 Newegg

MSI K8N Neo4-F PCI-E $83

EVGA 6600GT PCI-E $153

PNY 1GB (2x512) PC3200 RAM $86.44

Now this alone is going to run at least $450, thats too much, so where do I save money? Do move down to a XP chip, go with a $50 Socket A Board, and an AGP 6600GT? Maybe down to 512MB of Ram? Any Suggestions? I still have to price in the Hard Drive, and Optical Drive, and a case. I havent got an exact amount on his budget, but hes only 16 making $80 a week.

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Blackmoore Ultra Techie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 553	Need to Save money Somewhere? I am building a PC for a friend, he only asks that the PC run World of Warcraft without any frame skipping, or slowdown on the computers part. (There will always be server lag) Anyway, I have priced out the most important parts of the system, but its running way out of his price range. Here is what think would have been great for the system: Socket 939 AMD 64 3000+ $146 Newegg MSI K8N Neo4-F PCI-E $83 EVGA 6600GT PCI-E $153 PNY 1GB (2x512) PC3200 RAM $86.44 Now this alone is going to run at least $450, thats too much, so where do I save money? Do move down to a XP chip, go with a $50 Socket A Board, and an AGP 6600GT? Maybe down to 512MB of Ram? Any Suggestions? I still have to price in the Hard Drive, and Optical Drive, and a case. I havent got an exact amount on his budget, but hes only 16 making $80 a week. __________________ eVGA nForce3 Mobo, AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 1GB Pc3200 DDR Kingston Value 200GB SATA Western Digital Drive eVGA 6800 128MB Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Lite-On 16X DVD+/-RW Aspire 520 Watt PSU Windows XP Pro