pyoung03 Posted February 16, 2006 Posted February 16, 2006 Hey, I am building a new "budget pc" for a friend, and he needs to keep it under $800. Please tell me what you guys think. If you see anything wrong. If I could improve something for the same price. If there will be any bottlenecks. Things like that. Thank you ahead of time. Current Parts are: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice - $169.00 Motherboard: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D - $112.99 Graphic Card: eVGA GeForce 6800GS - $184.00 Memory: Crucial Ballistix 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR400 (PC3220) - $115.00 Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 80GB 8MB cache - $53.00 Power Supply: Fortron Epsilon 400w - $67.00 CD-Rom: Lite-On 52x CD-R - $21.99 Case: Aspire X-Dream ATX Mid Tower - $49.99 If you want the links for these parts to see them in detail go to www.upshotgaming.com/vincecomp.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTjik Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 You can stick to the Forton PSU, but make a upgrade to a 500W's unit. It's just a question of 10 $ more anyway. See thread about recommended PSU: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10854 The case has two 80mm fans, which won't create enough of airflow, so see if you might find a better option. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyoung03 Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 Any suggestions on a case? Hes on a tight budget... You know any decent look cases with a window that has good airflow? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMoose Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811129145 im a fan of this case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811119094 Or this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_jacobson Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 CompUSA is currently running a special on the Antec SuperLanboy for $65.00...save on shipping if there's one nearby also. Two 120 fans. http://www.compusa.com/products/product_in...2199&pfp=BROWSE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0tter Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 HITACHI Deskstar 7K80 HDS728080PLA380 -0A30356 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -$53.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822145082 Its sata2, little more future proof. Do you have any exp. with that ram? Not familiar with it, but everything else looking good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDavid218 Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Antec Super LANBOY is a dream. I love mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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