I dont need a monitor, speakers, keyboard,mouse
2007-03-11 12:51:11 · 6 answers · asked by Jus S 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Typically start with simple specs, like AMD X2 3600+, 2gb of ram, and a good video card (like a Radeon X1900XT). Once you have a basic setup, see if you can improve on anything. Like a faster video card or faster cpu.
Some benchmarks here:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html
And guides here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/11/20/how_to_build_part_1/
And get the parts from here:
http://www.newegg.com
2007-03-11 13:36:53 · answer #1 · answered by computertech82 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
you'll be chasing you're tail for gaming hardware....the new sli boards and dual or quad gpu graphics cards alone are gonna cost money. cheapest oem core2duo is about $200 as well.
you could do a low-level 965 chipset for well under a 1000 though. http://www.ibuypower.com has some good options. Try the basic core2duo config that starts at $650 and play around with that.
To be honest, you could just get an xbox 360 for $400 and you'll have full game support for the next 5 years without the hardware headaches. If you're not doing any heavy encoding besides games, any budget computer will handle your emailing, web surfing, powerpointing, photoshoping or other office software.
2007-03-11 20:12:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would do a Intel Dual-Core (2.0 to 2.16 GHz) or an AMD Dual-Core (same clock-rate), a 256 MB video card from Nvidia, 1GB of RAM, 320 GB hard drive, and a motherboard that can handle all of that. You can probably get all that under $1K if you shop around really well.
2007-03-11 20:01:05 · answer #3 · answered by Big Q 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i kinda like this one
now all i need is the $1000 to spend on it
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1539656&CatId=114
and i like tigerdirect.com much better than newegg.com
it has a really wide selection
ive bought about 3 or 4 computers worth from them and havent gotten any bad parts yet
just my 2 cents
2007-03-11 23:30:23 · answer #4 · answered by matenzi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a alienware pc with the specs the first person listed off eBay!
2007-03-11 21:20:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might wanna go with www.ibuypower.com or dell.com if you like... i would recommend dell. you can customize with both companies, but dell so far is alot better quality
2007-03-11 20:28:09 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋