The $800 gamer PC

[Alonso]

Hi Everyone!

I was surfing the new when I found an Own-Built gamer PC for $800 I thought: Damn, this is for me!!! At least for me it's a good price but I want to know your opinions. The components and their prices are:

US$

-Athlon 64 3000+ Processor (Socket 939): 110
-eVGA nForce4 SLI (133-K8-NF41) Mainboard: 79
-Corsair ValueSelect DDR400 (2

[congo]

Can you dump the sound card?

Might want a decent SATA2 Hdd as well, if that one listed is only ide/ATA.

[ctjoyce]

I agree. Dump that sound card, and get a better processer with the money (3200+ San Deago). Also look at a non SLi Gigabyte board over the eVGA one. Much better board, and cheaper to boot. ASUS also has a few non SLi boards worth mention.

For the HDD I agree with congo. A Western Digital varant of that same drive in SATA3 is actually a bit cheaper.

Final thoughts: Dump the keyboard and mouse. You already have one correct? Than why do you need a second set? Use the $36 you saved there to get better RAM (Corsair XMS or OCZ Gold Edititon). If you plan to overclock you will thank yourself in the end. Oh ya, and a ThermalTake Soprano windowed w/ a 450W PSU will only cost $80 insted of the Antec you have there. Again money you could spend on a bigger HDD or better processer. Same with that DVD burner. I have a Samgsung DVD Burner, and I can tell you that its read / write speeds are faster than that pioneer, and its about $10 cheaper.

If you want me to link you to the stuff on Newegg, I would be happy.

Cheers
Cameron

[ctjoyce]

Just priced the system I suggested at $786.93

SAMSUNG 16X DVD

[Alonso]

Thanks for the recommendations I saw this on http://gizmologia.com/2006/05/construye-un-pc-para-jugar-por-800
It's in spanish, and those components are easy to get in Latin Am,  I copied the components just as the page, of course, I would dump that sound card, keyboard and mouse to get a better processor and HD, thanks for the comments, and I got one more question: What's the cheapest price for an Athlon 64 3200+???

[ctjoyce]

Ya the price I gave you is the best for a 3200+ Newegg is alawaies the cheapest over all.

Cheers
Cameron