How much would this cost?
 

AMD 3000+
512 PC 3200 DDR Ram
80 GB WD 7200 RPM 8MB Cache
MSI K7N2-Delta
Onboard 5.1 Sound
Onboard 10/100 LAN
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
52x Sony CD-Rom



Aproxiamately, how much would this in all cost and if its fast enough for all the current games right now? I'm looking for a new computer and these are the specs from the LAN area I play a lot. All I really care if this system is fast enough to run the Half-life 2 engine at 60+ fps.

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about 600 or more i suppose. american
and i would get a 256 instead of a 128 for the newer games like doom 3.

if you want a good motherboard go with either Asus or Gigabyte..

i have an Asus P4P800-E deluxe it has onboard audio 6.1 and LAN port. But my board is an Intel

Here is a good one with lan and audio. http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/prod...63081R4EKB291E#

Re: How much would this cost?
 

yeah aound 600 if you bought it from newegg and built it but i would also go with the upgrade the viddy card

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Okay $600 is perfect, i'm low on cash and just looking for the lowest possible price for a good gaming rig

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i just wanne add that 256 dont do much compared to 128.. better you buy more ram.. the features is more importent on the card..

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about how much this would cost ... there are several online stores out there where you can click and collect all that items and then get the prize ...

about motherboard ... I have a asus p4g8xdeluxe and i'm really content, so a P4P800 like the shepard said would be a fine solution. dunno if you really need the deluxe version ...

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Well, but the P4P800 is an Intel mobo, and he wants AMD to get away with less costs... I think the MSI is fine, but if you want to have a broader overview of several nForce2 MoBos, you can try this link:
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1759
In the long run, I think you can neglect performance differences (which are bound to be tiny among boards with the same chipset) and decide according to which board offers everything you want and no features you won't ever use (like Asus', Chaintech's and Gigabyte's top-of-the-line MoBos), plus good reliability, customer service and warranty. Just my § 0.02...
Oh, and I'm not sure if the perfomance gain from 256 MB gfx memory instead of 128 is in any reasonable relation to the price difference... I would check that if I were you.

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This got me an average of 54 FPS at 1024*768 on the Source benchmark:

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (1 MB cache version)
512 MB DDR400 RAM
Geforce 4 TI 4200
AOpen AK89 MAX
60 GB Maxtor HD
16x Liteon DVD drive

A word of warning, make DAMN SURE you have enough power. 350 watts was not enough for my system.

Also, the ATX 4-pin connector (AKA p4 connector) needs to be hooked up if your motherboard has it.

This system would cost probably under $1000, but I am not sure. Anyway, you will most likely want a better video card.

Re: How much would this cost?
 

that link in my first post is to an amd mobo..

and it shud be 600 bucks i built one of my clients just yesterday a computer for 600 bucks..


Pentium 2.4c Ht
gigabyte GA-8S648FX-RZ mobo
256 kingston ram
400 watt ps a nice looking case.
nvidia 5700 256
80 gig Western Digital 8meg buffer 7200 rpm
52x cdrom burner
and ofcoarse just a normal floppy.

it was around 599 bucks american

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Oh yeah, you're right, I missed that link... Well, the question with this MoBO is if you need a WiFi slot, SATA RAID and FireWire and how much cheaper a board w/o these features would be... the A7N8X-X, for example, has the same chipset, audio, USB 2.0 and still one LAN, but lacks FireWire, PATA RAID and SATA - and it costs 30 bucks less.

@sfx1999: Damn true, a good PSU is a must.
However, as you certainly know, the mere watt number doesn't tell the entire truth... what really matters is how many Ampere it can deliver on the 3.3V, 5V and 12V rails, and this can vary from one "350W" PSU to another... one thing's for sure: In the long run, It can turn out to be expensive to try to save money by buying a cheap no-name PSU...