Well you know its how much you want to spend...seikojinFebruary 20 2006, 09:08:57 UTC
:o A8N32-SLI Deluxe mobo for $202 at pricewatch. I say that mobo because it will offer expandability for upgrades down the road for a while. If you dont want to throw down on that level of mobo you would do really good with an A8N-E for just under 100. It would allow the same processor upgrades, but wouldnt have the room for things like dual video cards.
The lowest end proc is 150 bucks for an athlon 64 3000 939 pin... The highest priced one the mobo should handle would be 626 bucks for the athlon 64 X2 dual core 4800 (its one proc, but has two 4800 mhz cores). I think the entry model 3000 one would be best bang for buck.
If you get the deluxe motherboard mentioned, you are restricted to the next level of system memory... XMS-3500LL PRO. Pricewatch has only 2 gig or higher kits starting at $303. But otherwise the other mobo is looking at pc3200 at 164 for a 2 gig kit. A 1 gig kit of pc3200 is 61 bucks starting, around 75 for a decent vendor.
I will never recommend an Ati video card, sorry but they suck in soo many ways, I cant offer them in any faith. A geforece 6600 is rather popular as bang for buck goes... It is decent and up there performance wise, and is only 150 for a decent one with 256 megs of ram on a PCI-Express bus. But if you want shader 3 (which you do, trust me you do), then you would be lookin at a 7800 gt pci-express with 256 megs of ram for 285. They have pricer versions, but this one is just as good (sans the ones with 512 megs) for a much much more reasonable price.
Sound and lan are built into the mobo... 40 bucks for a 500-550 watt power supply... 30 bucks for weird keyboard and laser mice varities... 100 bucks for 250 gig 16meg cache sata hard drive. 179 for a 22 inch flat crt monitor or 178 for a 15 inch lcd... The 19 inch lcd has a 239 dollar tag... 17s go for 188... 100 bucks for speakers... but I would think you would plug into the home theater...
So low high... Low = 909 High = 1925 (minus 626 dollar proc and replaced with min spec one and average monitor... 1398)
Remember when buying a computer fresh, the monitor and things you dont upgrade are a big paydown, but upgrades later cost cheap.
Re: Well you know its how much you want to spend...seikojinFebruary 20 2006, 09:09:53 UTC
Another thing to note, this is all delivered to your door. And the parts are quality parts that will last their performance life, not crap out unexpectantly.
A8N32-SLI Deluxe mobo for $202 at pricewatch. I say that mobo because it will offer expandability for upgrades down the road for a while. If you dont want to throw down on that level of mobo you would do really good with an A8N-E for just under 100. It would allow the same processor upgrades, but wouldnt have the room for things like dual video cards.
The lowest end proc is 150 bucks for an athlon 64 3000 939 pin... The highest priced one the mobo should handle would be 626 bucks for the athlon 64 X2 dual core 4800 (its one proc, but has two 4800 mhz cores). I think the entry model 3000 one would be best bang for buck.
If you get the deluxe motherboard mentioned, you are restricted to the next level of system memory... XMS-3500LL PRO. Pricewatch has only 2 gig or higher kits starting at $303. But otherwise the other mobo is looking at pc3200 at 164 for a 2 gig kit. A 1 gig kit of pc3200 is 61 bucks starting, around 75 for a decent vendor.
I will never recommend an Ati video card, sorry but they suck in soo many ways, I cant offer them in any faith. A geforece 6600 is rather popular as bang for buck goes... It is decent and up there performance wise, and is only 150 for a decent one with 256 megs of ram on a PCI-Express bus. But if you want shader 3 (which you do, trust me you do), then you would be lookin at a 7800 gt pci-express with 256 megs of ram for 285. They have pricer versions, but this one is just as good (sans the ones with 512 megs) for a much much more reasonable price.
Sound and lan are built into the mobo...
40 bucks for a 500-550 watt power supply...
30 bucks for weird keyboard and laser mice varities...
100 bucks for 250 gig 16meg cache sata hard drive.
179 for a 22 inch flat crt monitor or 178 for a 15 inch lcd... The 19 inch lcd has a 239 dollar tag... 17s go for 188...
100 bucks for speakers... but I would think you would plug into the home theater...
So low high...
Low = 909
High = 1925 (minus 626 dollar proc and replaced with min spec one and average monitor... 1398)
Remember when buying a computer fresh, the monitor and things you dont upgrade are a big paydown, but upgrades later cost cheap.
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