Getting straight to the point, my plans are to make this my Gaming rig, but an affordable one. Like the title mentions, my budget is around $800.
I already have an old PC that my friend built about 4-5 years ago, and hopefully I can scrounge up some parts from that. Concerning these old parts, I'm not actually certain what their specs are since it's been a long time since I thought about them. What I do remember is that the Sound Card is a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, the DVD/CD drive is a 300gb at 7200rpm I believe, but I'm not sure what interface it uses(SATA,PATA), I already have a 19" LCD monitor, a keyboard and mouse, and a Windows XP Pro OS(don't really need Vista). Oh and do you think I can still reuse my old case? It's this one:
If I can reuse this one, I know I'll still need to buy a new PSU unit since this old one is only 300W. If I can't reuse this, any recommendations on a new case and PSU would be greatly appreciated. I don't need anything fancy.
Anyways, so far, I've picked out a few deals that I like that seem to go with my budget. What do you all think of these parts so far. I've just been looking at the "core" components at this point. None of these are final. Please let me know if I have any compatibility issues with these.
AMD Phenom II X4 920 2.8GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDX920XCGIBOX with BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX 128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Anyways, yea, so that's what I have so far. Any and all advice/comments/recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks again! :rolleyes: