dshiznit1 Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 So my friend was interested in buying a new puter and he was looking to get a dell. I, of course as anyone here, told him he was wasting his money and thus I ended up with the job of building his new rig. Hes 16 and his birthday is 3 weeks before Christmas so he gets the double wammy of gifts. He was told he could spend $800 (out of gifts and shere neccesity for a new computer) and anything over would come out of his other money from relatives. He claimed he wanted it to last him until a few years in college and wanted to play all the new games that come out. Here is what I ended up choosing for him: Athlon 64 3700 San Diego Abit KN8 SLI eVGA 7800gt antec truepowerII 550w 160 hd 1 gig corsair xms lite on dvd burner all totaling with case and another dvd drive $1022. I get buyers remorse. While I feel like I would love to have all of that, I dont know if I went over the top and he maybe didn't need all that. Keep in mind he wants this too last another 5 yrs and wants to play games on it (hence the SLI so he can get another 7800 when he wants to). What do you think? Too much? Too little? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 He doesn't need a monitor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshiznit1 Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 He had a few lying around Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlimmerMan Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 That should do him very well for now but i don't know how it will do in 5 years time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ham Cake Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 So my friend was interested in buying a new puter and he was looking to get a dell. I, of course as anyone here, told him he was wasting his money and thus I ended up with the job of building his new rig. Hes 16 and his birthday is 3 weeks before Christmas so he gets the double wammy of gifts. He was told he could spend $800 (out of gifts and shere neccesity for a new computer) and anything over would come out of his other money from relatives. He claimed he wanted it to last him until a few years in college and wanted to play all the new games that come out. Here is what I ended up choosing for him: Athlon 64 3700 San Diego Abit KN8 SLI eVGA 7800gt antec truepowerII 550w 160 hd 1 gig corsair xms lite on dvd burner all totaling with case and another dvd drive $1022. I get buyers remorse. While I feel like I would love to have all of that, I dont know if I went over the top and he maybe didn't need all that. Keep in mind he wants this too last another 5 yrs and wants to play games on it (hence the SLI so he can get another 7800 when he wants to). What do you think? Too much? Too little? 590887[/snapback] You may want to order a Opteron when they aren't OOS, or just get a 148 opteron, same as the 3700+ as far as specs but overclock, well ya you know how well they overclock . But if he won't be overclocking save some $$ by getting a 3500+, I'm pretty sure it will be almost as the 3700+/148 and thats like $50 save (or more) Maybe wait for the eVGA deal to come back with the free mobo and that will save you some money, I'm not sure if it is a SLI mobo though. Isn't the XMS series for overclocking? Maybe get some kind of value select ram, may be cheaper only if you aren' overclocking. Other than that, lol, looks like you have a pretty much future "proof" system so far. Wait till the real experts reply. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshiznit1 Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 (edited) Yea good call on the ram. I was going back and forth on the proc but beacuse I figured what are the odds of him upgrading this on his own, i thought the 1mb of l2 cache would be nice later down the road. Edited December 6, 2005 by dshiznit1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rh535 Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 (edited) I heard same bad things about abit mobo's so you might want to look at DFI or MSI. I heard those where the best companys for mobo's. Edited December 6, 2005 by rh535 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_lag Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 yes DFI is a very overclockable board, and MSI is very reiable, never had a problem with either one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesewiz6 Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 Are you going to buy him an OS or just rip one off? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobalt Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 I wouldn't buy lite-on either heard bad things about them too. I have 2 NEC for a while now, they go trough heavy use and still copying like crazy loll Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabbot Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 i got the same setup as post #1 but i got crucial 1 gig ram, 80gb seagate, and a DFI nf4 ultra-d Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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