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It's that time of year again...

kfnguy2

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I was wondering if any of you smart PC people would like to help me find a nice gaming PC for christmas?

I would prefer buying one already made but making one myself is an option too. Maximum budget? Hmm around 1,000 (give or take a few). Just looking for a pretty darn good gaming pc. If you want to help me build one that's cool too...

I currently have 1.8 ghz processor, 768mb ram, and radeon 9800 pro. Looking for something a little better and more up to date.
 
I recently bought a AMD3800+ Processor, 1gig 3200 ddr ram, SLI-Motherboard, and one 7800gtx for 999,00 Euro`s. And i must say. It is worth every cent!
7800gtx (SLI): was about 449 Euros
1Gig DDR3200Ram: was 102,00 Euros
Processor and SLI MOBO: was about 4500 Euros

good thing is: in 2 or 3 years, when my 7800gtx starts to get old, i simply buy another one( wich will be cheap by then) to gain lots of extra power!
 
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Pre-built high-end would definitely run more than a grand. Do your best to use your exisiting compenents with new ones. Seems to me all you really need are:

Motherboard - ~$130 (1 x16 PCI Express slot, NF4)
CPU - $149~$280 ($149 for an AMD64 Venice 3000+)
Vid Card - ~$280 ($300 for a 7800GT)
SATA150 or SATAII HD - ~$80--$180
RAM - ~$80--$250 for a dual channel 1GB pack depending on speed.
PSU - Spend no less than $100, and make sure you have at least 24A on the +12V rail.

Even if you go with the higher end, you'll pay about $1350 shipped. Thats a steal compared to a retail machine with those components.
 
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Pyros777 said:
Pre-built high-end would definitely run more than a grand. Do your best to use your exisiting compenents with new ones. Seems to me all you really need are:

Motherboard - ~$130 (1 x16 PCI Express slot, NF4)
CPU - $149~$280 ($149 for an AMD64 Venice 3000+)
Vid Card - ~$280 ($300 for a 7800GT)
SATA150 or SATAII HD - ~$80--$180
RAM - ~$80--$250 for a dual channel 1GB pack depending on speed.
PSU - Spend no less than $100, and make sure you have at least 24A on the +12V rail.

Even if you go with the higher end, you'll pay about $1350 shipped. Thats a steal compared to a retail machine with those components.
Think you could point me in the direction of a few of these that you think would be nice to pick up?
 
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http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=90594&Category_Code=Rebates

take a look at this one for 845 (w/o OS in price)

Case: Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Mid Tower 450Watt ATX 2.0
[SIZE=-2]View[/SIZE] Motherboard: DFI NF4 SLI Infinity Audio/GB-LAN/IEEE-1394/PCI-E/SATA3G/DDR/ATX 64 939
[SIZE=-2]View[/SIZE] Processors: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (OEM)(939)
AMD Certified 64/FX/Opteron Heatsink
Memory: 1 GB (2 pcs 512) DDR (400) PC-3200 Corsair (VS1GBKIT400)
Hard Drives: Western Digital Caviar SE 160 GB SATA3G 8MB Cache 7200 RPM (WD1600JS)
CD/DVD-RW: NEC ND-3550A 16X Dual Layer DVD
 
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