NickF 1 Posted May 11, 2006 Low Budget Gaming Machine: This is the low end of my computers, should play all modern games, but on lowto medium settings. Case/Powersupply Case and 400 Watt Antec Smart Power PSU: $79.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811129163 CD/DVD Drives NEC CD/DVD RW: $37.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152058 Hard Drives WD 250 Gig, 16 MB cache, SATA 3.0 GB/s drive: $88.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136009 Memory Patriot 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR 400:[/b] $83.99 ($61.99 after $22.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820220006 Motherboard Abit KN8 Ultra:[/b] $89.99 ($79.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813127222 Processor Athlon 64 3200+: $157.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103572 -Or AMD Opteron 144 Venus: $170.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103600 XFX 6800 XTreme 256MB GDDR3: $129.99 ($94.99 after $35.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150130 TOTAL PRICE With A64 3200: $666.95 With O64 144: $679.95 Mid Budget Gaming Machine: This is the mid ranged end of my computers, should play all modern games, on meduim to high settings. Case/Powersupply Antec Case $49.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811129152 Antec TPII 480 Watt: $77.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817103929 CD/DVD Drives NEC CD/DVD RW: $35.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152058 Hard Drives WD 320 Gig, 16 MB cache, SATA 3.0 GB/s drive: $130.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136003 Memory Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 $181.99 ($126.99 after $55.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820220040 Motherboard Abit KN8 Ultra: $89.99 ($79.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813127222 Processor Athlon 64 3700+: $235.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103539 Video Card eVGA Geforce 7600GT CO 256MB GDDR3: $179.00 ($164.00 after $15.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130283 TOTAL PRICE $979.97 Medium-High Budget Gaming Machine: This is the high end of my computers, should play all modern games, on to high to ultra high settings. Case/Powersupply Thermaltake Soprano Case: $79.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811133145 Antec TPII 550 Watt: $89.99 ($69.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817103932 CD/DVD Drives NEC CD/DVD RW: $35.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152058 Hard Drives WD 320 Gig, 16 MB cache, SATA 3.0 GB/s drive: $130.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136003 Memory Patriot Dual Channel 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR500 $190.00 ($135.00 after $55.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820220084 Motherboard Abit KN8 SLI:[/b] $100.99 ($90.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate) [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127225 Processor Athlon 64 X2 4400+: $460.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103546 Video Card(s) eVGA Geforce 7900GT CO 256MB GDDR3: $319.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130281 SLI eVGA Geforce 7900GT CO 256MB GDDR3: $638.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130281 TOTAL PRICE Non SLI: $1414.96 SLI: $1733.96 High Budget Gaming Machine: This is the highest end of my computers, should play all modern games, on ultra high settings and then some. Case/Powersupply Thermaltake Kandalf: $189.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811133152 PC Power & Cooling 510Watt: $219.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817703001 CD/DVD Drives NEC CD/DVD RW: $35.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152058 Hard Drives WD 500 Gig, 16 MB cache, SATA 3.0 GB/s drive: $285.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136003 Memory OCZ Dual Channel 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR500 $478.99 ($388.989 after $90.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820227080 Motherboard ABIT AN8 32X NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16[/b] $184.99($154.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813127232 Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX60: $1,011.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103608 Video Card(s) eVGA Geforce 7900GTX 512MB: $529.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130279 SLI eVGA Geforce 7900GTX 512MB: $1058 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130279 TOTAL PRICE Non SLI: $3024.95 SLI: $3553.95 Extras Any extras you should add to any of the above computers! Please double check for compatibility! Hard Drives: Boot your computer Up faster than ever before with one of these WD Raptor Drives! Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144200 Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150:$160.00 ($130.00 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144160 Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150: $274.99 ($254.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136012 Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 $335.00 [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136011 CPU Cooler: Run your CPU cooler than with the stock heatsink/fan, and great for overclocking! These are the 2 best coolers ever! ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED: $63.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835118223 Thermaltake Big Typhoon:$54.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835106061 GPU Cooler: Card running too hot? Need to cool it off? Want to overclock it more? Buy on of these babies! Zalman VF700:$28.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835118117 ZALMAN VF900:$46.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835118001 ARCTIC COOLING NV Silencer 5 Rev.3: $28.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835186133 ARCTIC COOLING Accelero X1: $39.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835186001 Mouse/Keyboard In case you don't have one, here you go! Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard:$9.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16823126167 Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse: $36.89 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16826104178 Monitor These are all good monitors, and should fare well while gaming! Envision 17" CRT BLACK: $99.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824197010 NEC 19" CRT BLACK: $179.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824197010 Acer AL1716BBD Black 17" 8ms LCD Monitor:$204.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824009074 SAMSUNG 940b-Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor $299.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824001066 Speakers Need some new speakers? These are in order from worst to best performance, but all of them should be crisp! Logitech S-100 BLK 5 Watts 2.0: $12.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121125 Logitech X-230 32 Watts 2.1: $35.89 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121123 Logitech X-530 70 watts 5.1: $55.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121126 Logitech Z-2300 200 watts 2.1: $98.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121122 Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Speaker: $149.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836119101 Logitech THX Z-5300e 280 Watts 5.1: $113.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121121 Logitech THX Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1: $228.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836121120 Klipsch PROMEDIA ULTRA 5.1 470 watts 5.1: $297.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836119106 Creative GigaWorks S750 700 Watts 7.1: $429.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836116142 Gaming Headsets: Buy one of these babies to play all your favorite games! PLANTRONICS Audio 90: $19.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16826106014 SENNHEISER PC 130: $27.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16826106348 SENNHEISER PC 150: $34.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16826106346 eDimensional Audio FX Force Feedback Gaming Headset: $41.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16836504001 Sound Cards Take full advantage of your speakers and headphones and buy a new soundcard! Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS: $69.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102178 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic: $106.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102188 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS: $278.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102189 Operating Systems and Other software: All the good stuff :) Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2: $89.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16837102059 Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2: $144.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16837102062 Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition Single Pack $134.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16837102065 Microsoft Works Suite 2006 $74.95 ($54.95 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16832102362 Open Office.org: FREE http://www.openoffice.org Share this post Link to post
Senior Airman Vudoo. 40 Posted May 11, 2006 this is really helpful thanks i might make a new comp :) Share this post Link to post
ElementalGod 0 Posted May 28, 2006 Awesome list. I will probably just take a few of the extras since I don't wanna buy everything else Share this post Link to post
tydoo 0 Posted May 28, 2006 im gunna build a comp soon, using that pentium d you can overclock to 4.1 :P, gg fx 60 Share this post Link to post
ElementalGod 0 Posted May 28, 2006 Pentuim D? Never really liked it. Try the Intel Xeon or something Share this post Link to post
The GZSO 0 Posted May 28, 2006 xeon. you DO realize thats for like servers right.. Share this post Link to post
NickF 1 Posted May 31, 2006 If you want to buy an Intel get he Core Duo 2. Its the only proccessor that will outperform the FX60, and it does very well according to the pre-release benchies. GHZ isn't everything dude. Share this post Link to post
taras 0 Posted May 31, 2006 Thats just insulting.My compy isnt even at low gaming machine :D/ Share this post Link to post
Pete_Zahut 0 Posted May 31, 2006 an intel extreme 955 cpu can only out perform an fx60 only if all the parts in that comp is opimized for it and same with the fx 60 my comp is optimized for amd cpus so its gonna run amd cpus better then intel amd fx-57 clocked at 2.8 ghz (soon to be OCed) 550 wat psu 1 gig of ram 2 XFX 7900 GTX 512MB DDR3 XXX edition Sli 80 gig hd and a 19 inch monitor asus asus a8n32-sli deluxe mobo an xtreme liquid cooling system all inside a black aluminum coolermaster praetorian 730 im gonna upgrade to an fx60 once i get the money and once the price goes down Share this post Link to post
Pete_Zahut 0 Posted June 1, 2006 dude u kno what i have no idea what imeant by that but i think what im trying to say is taht maybe the intel is faster maybe because of its 2MB of level 2 cache and intels 975x express chipset is what makes it better then the fx60 Share this post Link to post
NickF 1 Posted June 3, 2006 (edited) P4's suck ass, they don't outperform the FX60 in anything except some multimedia, but the FX62 owns in that. I'm going to update this when newegg carries more AM2 products. Edited June 3, 2006 by NickF Share this post Link to post
Pete_Zahut 0 Posted June 3, 2006 i hate intel, intel sucks im jus saying taht at the momnt the 955 is a bit better then the fx60 i would never own an intel proc, at the moment i ahve an fx 57 Share this post Link to post