[dr_deathspike]

I want to buld me a new computer. My neihbor is helping me but i wanted an impartial info pool.
Its primary function will be for gaming, but i also use it for school
the minimun sys reqs i want are:
40 Gb on the hard drive because thats all i really need
512Mb ram
3D graphics card, good for gaming
good sound card
and whatever else you can recomend, please offer brands and what not please

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Welcome to Geeks to Go, dr_deathspike.

About the smallest drive you can buy readily is well over 80 gigs nowadays. Think more in terms of a 250 gig drive. I no longer install less than 1 gig of memory on any computer i use. The prices are so cheap ( $100) why bother with less. A good basic graphics card is the 6600 or 6800 Nvidia card. It will do most everything you want. A ATI 1900 card is comparable to the 6800 nvidia. For sound you cant go wrong with a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy card. I like Gigabyte, Abit, DFI, and Intel motherboards. Get the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU if possible(slightly expensive right now). And insist on a good power supply like a enermax or silverstone.

http://www.build-you...p-computer.com/

SRX660

Edited by SRX660, 10 January 2007 - 05:32 AM.

[SRX660]

Welcome to Geeks to Go, dr_deathspike.

About the smallest drive you can buy readily is well over 80 gigs nowadays. Think more in terms of a 250 gig drive. I no longer install less than 1 gig of memory on any computer i use. The prices are so cheap ( $100) why bother with less. A good basic graphics card is the 6600 or 6800 Nvidia card. It will do most everything you want. A ATI 1900 card is comparable to the 6800 nvidia. For sound you cant go wrong with a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy card. I like Gigabyte, Abit, DFI, and Intel motherboards. Get the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU if possible(slightly expensive right now). And insist on a good power supply like a enermax or silverstone.

http://www.build-you...p-computer.com/

SRX660

Edited by SRX660, 10 January 2007 - 05:32 AM.

[dr_deathspike]

Jeez those are expensive,
perhaps you could recomend somtheing more in the price range of $700(or as close to that as possible for the whole system

[kidnova]

Is the $700 just for the system itself or do you also need to get a monitor, keyboard, etc. and still remain in the $700 range?

[dr_deathspike]

i have an old... archaic monitor and have the mouse and keyboard for now
i can always upgrade later
if not couldnt i somehow route the image through my laptop, atleast then i have a viable LCD screen?
So i guess for just the tower and guts to it

Edited by dr_deathspike, 11 January 2007 - 10:40 AM.

[kidnova]

Here are some reference points for you (obviously it's a slow day at work). The total on this hardware is $735 before any mail-in rebates. I went with SLI cabable mobo and PSU so that 6 months from now, you can just stick in another 7600GT if you need a performance boost. There are many ways you can cut costs, but this should give you a good start. Go to Newegg.com and put together a wishlist, post it here, and we'll give you suggestions. Keep in mind that this does not include the OS, which will be another $100 or so.

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