TehGuy
Active Member
I'm building a new computer purely for gaming; I haven't built a new one for 4 years so mine is really outdated at this point. I'm hoping to keep the cost around $700 but I CAN'T exceed $800. I already have a case, DVD/CD burner, and a floppy drive. Here's what I've come up with so far:
$90 - Seagate 500gb HD
$180 - BFG Tech GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
$60 - 430W Antec Power Supply
$87 - Corsair 4GB DDR 800
$90 - GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35
$210 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
$85 - Windows Vista
$802 - Subtotal
-$80 - Rebates
$17 - Shipping
$739 - Total
I was told the Quad core was probably a gamble. As I understand it now, most games don't actually use all the cores on it, but they probably will in the couple of years; I don't plan on building a new computer for at least another 4 years, so I figured it'd be worth it to shell out the money for a quad now.
So what should I change around? And are these the best deals I can get on these parts? I've really only ever used newegg for buying PC components.
$90 - Seagate 500gb HD
$180 - BFG Tech GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
$60 - 430W Antec Power Supply
$87 - Corsair 4GB DDR 800
$90 - GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35
$210 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
$85 - Windows Vista
$802 - Subtotal
-$80 - Rebates
$17 - Shipping
$739 - Total
I was told the Quad core was probably a gamble. As I understand it now, most games don't actually use all the cores on it, but they probably will in the couple of years; I don't plan on building a new computer for at least another 4 years, so I figured it'd be worth it to shell out the money for a quad now.
So what should I change around? And are these the best deals I can get on these parts? I've really only ever used newegg for buying PC components.