hello, I am building my first rig..i have some questions

my budget is 300-450

i am goin with AMD but its a hard choice, should i go single core or dual core? I dont game that much, just some SIM games but thats all.

What kind of mobo should i look into?

I was thinkin maybe amd 4000+, but i really dont know.

Any suggestions?

thanks guys

 

I'm really not into AMD's chips, so I don't know which is which.

I would definetely go for Dual Core, for futureproofness.

 

What currency are we working in? For £300 you won't get much at all, stretch as far as you can tbh.

 

amd opteron 3200 $70
ASUS A8N5X $73
Antec SmartPower 2.0 500W $70
video card of your choice
case of your choice

 

Uk or US? This is a UK site, you know!! lol

 

lamboman: Is it big news for you there's not only britts here? Though it's definitely a good thing to say the currency of the budget

 

USD or £'s?

 

am sorry,

sacramento,ca

USA

 

in the $300-450 range, no peripherals:

Intel Core2Duo E4300
Biostar P965 mobo
XClio 450BL psu
2x512 DDR2 800

And whatever hard drive and case and video you want.

 

Yeah, I know, but currency helps If 300-450 POUNDS, you could buy something, but not dollars.

 

what you guys think about amd 3800 x2 processor??

kinda leaning to dual core now, the future.

 

If you in any way can afford an C2D-setup (E4300) then go for it. If you don't have the $$ needed, then I guess the X2 3800+ won't be too bad idea. Just look at the Price/speed-ratio of the X2-series and pick the one with the best. There's no other differencies AFAIK.

 

bit of a personal one but if your spending 300-450 your not gonna get anything at all i would just look for a deal on the internet for a desktop try dell theyre rather cheap

 

I absolutly agree.

 

You can forget a dual core system... or anything like it for that matter, on a budget of just $300 - $450 (£155 - £230)


You'll be hard pushed to find a new system at all on such a low budget... so you'd be better advised keeping your eyes on forums like this for anybody selling an older system

 

You can't get dual-core, but you can buy an Athlon64 system off of newegg for that price. They have a combo with a s939 3400+ and an Asus mATX motherboard for $95, you can also get 1GB of DDR400 for $77, a 6800GS for $99 and a 160GB SATA harddrive for $55-60. Then you just need to find a case(there is COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 that is only $40) a Power Supply(check the power supply thread stickied in this forum), a DVD drive, and a cheap CPU cooler. You can probably get that for around $450, but it may be a bit over with shipping.

 

Remember:

$3-400 in usa can get you MUCH more hardware than $300-400 converted into £'s.

 

If its 450 you could probably get a lower end core 2 duo, but with little change left to buy the other components, soz,

 

i checked my vendors, and i cant even get close to that...you need 550+ depending on what peripherals and software you need...save up...or buy a dell

 

To the people who said to buy a Dell or save up, well i spent about 430-450 on build.
What I have ordered and got already:
Amd 3800XP dual core: $100 (fry's combo motherboard deal)
ECS motherboard:$50(fry's)
200gb Maxtor sata hard drive:$50 (deal!!!)
Powamax case:43.99 shipped (ebay)
Thermaltake 430 watt PSU:43.99 shipped (ebay)
NEC dvd burner:29.99 (newegg)
Kingston Pc5300 1gb RAM:69.99 (newegg)
120mm fans: 2 x 6.79 (newegg)
80mm fans: 2 x 3.69 (newegg)
Total:402.92
I will say i spent about 420-450 (within my budget), I didnt add tax from Fry's and I bought some stuff for the case but not PC related.


i cant wait for the build, I know i will need help, this site has given me alot of ideas of wat to do on the case.

thanks and i will update