well i just recently got into PC hardware and needed some opinions im on a 500$ budget ( i am just a teenager) and want to upgrade my current piece of crap PC which has stock everything and a MSI i845 mobo with a pentium 4 PCU i have a nice 17" monitor and good keyboard /mouse so i dont wanna buy any of that well heres what i was planning to purchase: CPU: MD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 2000MHz HT 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103535 MOBO: MSI RX480 Neo2-F Socket 939 ATI Radeon XPRESS 200P ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130524 Graphic Card: MSI RX1300Pro-TD256E Radeon X1300PRO 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127193 Powmax case http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product...oducts_id=4938 HDD 160GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152020 CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model VS1GB400C3 - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145505
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535 same as above Mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130524 Graphic Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130524 CASE http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info.php?cPath=88&products_id=4938 512 Ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145479 160GB harddrive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822152020 any better hardware i can get for cheaper ill put into consideration!
Here is an even better one for just under $500: CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103637 Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131022 Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145568 Case + PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811145049 HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822152020 Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136091 Graphics: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102657 Add a bit onto that for all your extra bits n bobs and it comes to little over $500. Dave
