goman87 Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Well I know this guy and he wants to get a custom comp but he dosent know what parts to get. I asked him his budget, he said $4000, I was flipping out because that is an amazing budget for a custom machine. So can anyone give some ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parrotgeek7 Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Yeah, take $1200, build him an awesome machine and charge hime $2800 for your "expertise".Seriously, does this guy have a clue as to what a good machine costs? You may want to educate him.I haven't scorlled thru all of the posts here, yet, but I'm sure there are plenty of exapmles of gaming system specs, if not here on another board certainly.Or, find a machine he really likes (Alienware, falcon, etc...), look up the detailed specs and then price it out on newegg.Just a though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 I haven't scorlled thru all of the posts here, yet, but I'm sure there are plenty of exapmles of gaming system specs, if not here on another board certainly.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>To that end: link.Older: link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
il_wiccan Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Jeesh 4K eh? Well I would certainly look at a X2 AMD processor setup for sure. Man with that kind of jack the sky is the limit. I can't even imagine what I would buy if I had that loot to spend.....hahahahahahha.....Maybe 3K for the machine and 1K for JD........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 $4000!!! Wow, here's just some of the priciest stuff I can come up with. It's sad to think that about six years ago my parents paid Gateway $3000 for the crappy system I'm on now!Abit Fatal1ty MOBOAMD Dual Core4 GB OCZ Platinum RAM2 WD Raptor HDD on Raid 0Two expensive graphics cards on SLIand I don't know where to go from here. Attack of the Show did an "Ultimate Gaming Machine" where they spent around $6000, but that included peripheals like a huge widescreen monitor for about $1000 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parrotgeek7 Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 I haven't scorlled thru all of the posts here, yet, but I'm sure there are plenty of exapmles of gaming system specs, if not here on another board certainly.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>To that end: link.Older: link.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Muchos gracia Amigo. (notice you didn't give out the olf TTC link...heh:) Is there a thread on this board similar to that one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Schusterjo Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Processor Socket 939 Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $688.00Okay here you go, you can add take away items as you like but the one 2 things I would stay with are the motherboard and "BFG" video card. BFG is a little more expensive but they are the best. the motherboard offers SlI (The NVIDIA® SLI ™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology enables two PCI-Express cards on this motherboard to provide extreme performance over the edge) wow to video cards acting as one. imagine that performance. i have it and let me tell you its great. to upgrade just buy another video card (exact same)The partsMicrosoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (Full Version) Single-Pack OEM ***Free 2nd Day*** $139.99AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Processor Socket 939 Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $688.00Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce 4 SLI Athlon 64(FX) Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $164.50 BFG Geforce 7800 GTX OC PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/HDTV-Out, Dual DVI & VIVO Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $529.99Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB Serial ATA 10,000RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer *** Free 2nd Day ** $171.90Corsair TWINX2048RE-3200 2GB Kit DDR400 XMS3200 ECC Registered Memory w/Black Heat Spreader Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $331.00 Asus CB5216ABLACK DVD 16x + CD-RW 52x32x52 Combo Drive (Black) Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $40.99Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Retail *** Free 2nd Day *** $189.99Thermaltake Xaser III Skull VM3420BU Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window - Retail $130.00+$15.99 FedEx Saver Shipping =$145.99 Acer AL1922R 19in Flat Panel LCD Monitor (Silver-Black) Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $368.00Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro Sound Card Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $249.99Logitech Z-5500 Speaker System Retail $259.99Total= $3280.33You could replace theAMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Processor Socket 939 Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $688.00WithAMD Athlon 64 FX-57 Processor (San Diego) Socket 939 Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $1015.00That would change the total toTotal= $3607.33Or you could keep the other CPU and add another BFG Geforce 7800 GTX OC PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/HDTV-Out, Dual DVI & VIVO Retail ***Free 2nd Day*** $529.99For a Big graphic boost but heck with just 1 7800 at this time nothing would even push that card so this would not really be neededTotal would beTotal=$3810.32 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goman87 Posted August 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Wow, thanks alot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I wish I had $4000 to work with, that's about a half a year of college on a gaming rig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goman87 Posted August 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Yeah, I know. Pretty sick lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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