A friend has $1k to blow on a gaming system, any ideas?

Oh BTW Ocelot here are those two links:

$380.99 Athlon 64 4000+:
www.newegg.com...

$405 Athlon 64 X2 3800+: www.newegg.com...

Otherwise the title speaks for itself.

Im making you a system for your friend. I will post you the parts soon.

Oh and BTW does your friend Need a Monitor and Operating System.

1)MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
2)AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3700BNBOX - Retail
3)pqi TURBO 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model PQI3200-1024DAH - Retail
4)Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JD 160GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
5)
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
6)TOSHIBA Black IDE Combo Drive Model SD-R1612B - OEM
7)connect3D 3028 Radeon X800XL 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
8)THERMALTAKE TR2 W0070 ATX 430W Power Supply - Retail
9)Logitech Media Keyboard 967415-0403 Black PS/2 Standard Keyboard - Retail
10)Logitech MX310 930928-0403 2 tone 6 Buttons 1x Wheel USB + PS/2 Optical Mouse - Retail

Here you go. A very nice system.....for $991.25 w/o Monitor or OS

Hey Ocelot heres a rig I threw together myself before I u2u'd you asking for your help, could you rate it because I wanna know how well I did for my first time!

$74 Motherboard: www.newegg.com...

$99 Harddrive (200GB):
www.newegg.com...

$283 Videocard (256MB):
www.newegg.com...

$59.99 Case: www.newegg.com...

$49.99 CD/DVD Burner:
www.newegg.com...

$86.99 1GB RAM: www.newegg.com...

And then I couldn't decide between these two processors:

$380.99 Athlon 64 4000+:
www.newegg.com...
$405 Athlon 64 X2 3800+:
www.newegg.com...

And the grand total for your computer is*drum roll* $1033.96 with the
4000+ and $1057.97 with the dual-core 3800+.

Shucky-darn I'm good!

Everything looks good DD. The only thing I would Change is the Motherboard. And if your friends wants to spend a little more and get the X2 then go for it.

Ya he likes the X2 better than the single cores because he wants to have top of the line everything and cutting edge performance.

Just wondering though why would you change the motherboard? Wrong chipset or what? I gotta know I just gotta!

Originally posted by diehard_democrat
Ya he likes the X2 better than the single cores because he wants to have top of the line everything and cutting edge performance.

Just wondering though why would you change the motherboard? Wrong chipset or what? I gotta know I just gotta!

No the Chipset is fine, go with the Nforce4 or the Nforce4 ULTRA. It's just the brand Im not too fond of. Go with MSI, ASUS, or Abit.

Also for the Hard Drive use a Serial ATA150 Harddrive instead of an old IDE one, and you're good to go.

Just wondering, what're the circumstances? I had to do this for a class, I know, wondering if it's the same deal.

Why not just get a $500 PC or something and spend some money on stuff he actually needs? Rent, Food, Bills, Porn etc.

LMAO hes only 13!

Originally posted by Atomix
Why not just get a $500 PC or something and spend some money on stuff he actually needs? Rent, Food, Bills, Porn etc.

Who needs food when you got video games!