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I was wondering what i can buy with $800 to get a new gaming rig? any ideas?
Gaming Rig Budget?
- Thread starter OrangeShot
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iBuyPower Quad Core System Starts at $614.
IMO, to stay competitive, you're gonna need a budget of at least $1500
IMO, to stay competitive, you're gonna need a budget of at least $1500
BAH.... 1500 my left toe....
Case ( Nzxt Alpha Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )
Case Lighting ( None )
Power Supply ( 600 Watt -- Power Supply SLI Ready )
Processor ( AMD Athlon™ X2 7850+ Black Edition Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology )
Processor Cooling ( AVC Silent AMD CPU Fan and Heatsink Quiet & Overclocking Proof )
Motherboard ( [CrossFire] MSI DKA790GX AMD 790GX CrossFire Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Dual PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB PCI-Express x16 )
Free Game for ATI Video Card ( None )
Hard Drive ( 320 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )
2nd Hard Drive ( None )
External Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( None )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD?R/?RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Speaker System ( iBUYPOWER 2.1 Channel Stereo Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Floppy Drive ( None )
Monitor ( None )
2nd Monitor ( None )
Keyboard ( iBUYPOWER USB Keyboard w/ 18 Internet Hot /Multimedia Keys Black )
Mouse ( iBUYPOWER 1600 dpi High Sensitivity Internet Mouse Black )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Built-in USB 2.0 Ports )
Meter Display ( None )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( None )
Operating System ( Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium + [Free 60-Day !!!] Microsoft Office 2007(Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access ....) 64-Bit )
USB Flash Drive ( None )
MP3/MP4 Player ( None )
Video Camera ( None )
Headset ( None )
Power Protection ( None )
Warranty ( Standard Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )
793$
http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=239
BUT YOU MUST CONFIGURE IT THE WAY I HAVE IT ABOVE TO BE THAT PRICE!!!!!!!
Case ( Nzxt Alpha Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )
Case Lighting ( None )
Power Supply ( 600 Watt -- Power Supply SLI Ready )
Processor ( AMD Athlon™ X2 7850+ Black Edition Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology )
Processor Cooling ( AVC Silent AMD CPU Fan and Heatsink Quiet & Overclocking Proof )
Motherboard ( [CrossFire] MSI DKA790GX AMD 790GX CrossFire Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Dual PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB PCI-Express x16 )
Free Game for ATI Video Card ( None )
Hard Drive ( 320 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )
2nd Hard Drive ( None )
External Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( None )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD?R/?RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Speaker System ( iBUYPOWER 2.1 Channel Stereo Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Floppy Drive ( None )
Monitor ( None )
2nd Monitor ( None )
Keyboard ( iBUYPOWER USB Keyboard w/ 18 Internet Hot /Multimedia Keys Black )
Mouse ( iBUYPOWER 1600 dpi High Sensitivity Internet Mouse Black )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Built-in USB 2.0 Ports )
Meter Display ( None )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( None )
Operating System ( Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium + [Free 60-Day !!!] Microsoft Office 2007(Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access ....) 64-Bit )
USB Flash Drive ( None )
MP3/MP4 Player ( None )
Video Camera ( None )
Headset ( None )
Power Protection ( None )
Warranty ( Standard Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )
793$
http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=239
BUT YOU MUST CONFIGURE IT THE WAY I HAVE IT ABOVE TO BE THAT PRICE!!!!!!!
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Haha. Thank you Chief and Media Rocker.
Why ur left toe? =P Thx for the parts list.
Why ur left toe? =P Thx for the parts list.
$1500 is for people with too much money.
Phenom II X4 - 189.99
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P - 109.99
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 - 55.99
EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 - 184.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W - 99.99
Antec Three Hundred Black - 54.95
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB - 69.99
LITE-ON 22X DVD Burner Black SATA - 21.99
Total: 787.88
Shipping: 7.59
MIR: -45.00
Out the Door: 742.88
Just put Windows 7 on it if you don't have an OS
Phenom II X4 - 189.99
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P - 109.99
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 - 55.99
EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 - 184.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W - 99.99
Antec Three Hundred Black - 54.95
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB - 69.99
LITE-ON 22X DVD Burner Black SATA - 21.99
Total: 787.88
Shipping: 7.59
MIR: -45.00
Out the Door: 742.88
Just put Windows 7 on it if you don't have an OS
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I got...
2.6 Intel Quadcore
4GB Memory
ATI Sapphire Radeon 4850 (can run all my games full screen 1920 x 1080 with highest settings)
Fancy blue lighting
DVD Burner with Light Scribe
All for roughly 700. Friend built it for me. You're only going to pay +1500 if you buy it from Dell, HP, Gateway, etc. They over price everything.
2.6 Intel Quadcore
4GB Memory
ATI Sapphire Radeon 4850 (can run all my games full screen 1920 x 1080 with highest settings)
Fancy blue lighting
DVD Burner with Light Scribe
All for roughly 700. Friend built it for me. You're only going to pay +1500 if you buy it from Dell, HP, Gateway, etc. They over price everything.
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Thank you, but dosent windows 7 come out like later this year? haha
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1500+ is about what ALL of the systems i build come to....
XD I'm such a performance enthusiast
XD I'm such a performance enthusiast
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What kind of specs do your systems come at?
And to the question OP had earlier. Windows 7 does come out later this year, but you can Release Candidate 1 (Build 7100) if you look around hard enough.
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Just build ur own and dont buy from ibuypower even thou we are Sponsor of them just dont buy you can build better with your self
Processor:Amd Phenom 2 x4 955
Mobo: DFI LP DK 790
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 1200W
Memory: 6GBs Corsair DDR3
Hard Drive: 72gb SSD, 2TB storage
Video Card: 3 GTX 295
Monitor: 3 gateway 22in
Speakers: Steelseries Siberia headset
Keyboard: ZBoard
Mouse: G9
Case: Antec 1200
Mouse Surface: Walmart pad
Operating System: Dual-Boot XP 64 bit and Vista ultimate 64bit
^my pc specs
Mobo: DFI LP DK 790
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 1200W
Memory: 6GBs Corsair DDR3
Hard Drive: 72gb SSD, 2TB storage
Video Card: 3 GTX 295
Monitor: 3 gateway 22in
Speakers: Steelseries Siberia headset
Keyboard: ZBoard
Mouse: G9
Case: Antec 1200
Mouse Surface: Walmart pad
Operating System: Dual-Boot XP 64 bit and Vista ultimate 64bit
^my pc specs
nice
im super jealousanyways, you can find really really nice computers for about 800 dollars. you wont be getting top of the line, but i know you can build a computer that can run Crysis for around $600 so if you have that extra $200 to throw in there, you can get one bangin' computer. I would set up a list for you right now, but im on a laptop so its really hard to navigate around lol
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Haha im jelous of ur video cards =P. i got the siberia headset too in white ahah
Walmart pad? =P.
Hmmm... Still unsure of wat to get.
Windows 7 is free and easy to get. It only lasts until March, but is free until then allowing you to save some money up.
$1500 is pure overkill. In actual games, it will marginally outperform an $800 system on most resolutions. If you are driving 2 30" monitors, it's a different story, but for most of us with one 19-24" monitor, it's not worth it.
$1500 is pure overkill. In actual games, it will marginally outperform an $800 system on most resolutions. If you are driving 2 30" monitors, it's a different story, but for most of us with one 19-24" monitor, it's not worth it.
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$1500!
I got PROJECT KARI built for me ( xenophek, palarious, blackmesasouth, your roxyness), case mod and all for about $550
I got PROJECT KARI built for me ( xenophek, palarious, blackmesasouth, your roxyness), case mod and all for about $550
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Thx for the windows 7 link haha. yea i guess it saves me money on OS till then.
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Whoa aha i just read that post and vids about project kari. looks like they helped you ALOT. =P
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Well for about 855 u can get.....
Case- Thermaltake sopranors mid tower
Motherboard- Asus M2N-SLI
Processor- AMD quad core "Any will do"
G-Cards- 3 9800GTX
Power- 800w ATX
Ram- 6gb
Extra fans- Three 120mm
Hard drive- 2 "1 750" "1 500" seagates
and 3 CD/DVD drives all able to burn disc
now after all that i spent some more money later on like a month after or so and bought a G15 keyboard and a G3 mouse, plus im running three monitors with a 19/22/32in setup. All this put me @ around 930$ look for deals online from Tigerdirect and newegg.
Case- Thermaltake sopranors mid tower
Motherboard- Asus M2N-SLI
Processor- AMD quad core "Any will do"
G-Cards- 3 9800GTX
Power- 800w ATX
Ram- 6gb
Extra fans- Three 120mm
Hard drive- 2 "1 750" "1 500" seagates
and 3 CD/DVD drives all able to burn disc
now after all that i spent some more money later on like a month after or so and bought a G15 keyboard and a G3 mouse, plus im running three monitors with a 19/22/32in setup. All this put me @ around 930$ look for deals online from Tigerdirect and newegg.
