I can't wait to play AHII...but...

[Sadist]

I don't have a puter as yet to rejoin game, been out for 4 months now and with draw is horrible....

If anyone knowledgeable in computers can give advice i'd greatly appreciate it:D

i plan on building from scratch which i have never done before.

so advice on good motherboard and etc would be great...

[XtrmeJ]

go to newegg.com.
If you don't mind price build a abs puter at abspc.com.

Give the folks here a pricerange. I could take that price and see what you can get, then send you the specs. Sound good?

[Sadist]

Thank extreme..

i figure close to a $700 or $800 for starters then can always upgrade.

vid card will be extra so will be the monitor.

this price range is for tower accessories like hd mb etc

i want to build it strictly for gaming.

thanks again

[XtrmeJ]

give me 5 min. Do you want an ABS manufactured PC? Or just any good parts that are compatable together?

[XtrmeJ]

also do you want a Pentium or AMD Anthlon based system?

AMD handles heat a lil better
Pentium is great for gaming too

They both have their strengths and weakness's but are basically tied. Your choice tho

[Sadist]

been involved with amd for years, maybe try entium for a change.

would like to build with various parts the work awesomely together

[XtrmeJ]

OK, just found out I'm gonna be busy most of the day. My puter just came in and I have to do some things. Alright if I relay the specs tommarow?

[Sadist]

cc be back in a couple days

[Rino]

Hiya Sadist,
     Hope ya get the new box built soon, in the mean time here's
one for you.  What's the difference between a sadist and a masochist?

     A masochist says "hurt me! hurt me!"  
     A sadist says "............................. ....no."  

     Rino

[FT_Animal]

Originally posted by Sadist
I don't have a puter as yet to rejoin game, been out for 4 months now and with draw is horrible....

If anyone knowledgeable in computers can give advice i'd greatly appreciate it:D

i plan on building from scratch which i have never done before.

so advice on good motherboard and etc would be great...

Price Watch
http://www.pricewatch.com/

[DREDIOCK]

Hey there Sadist.
Was wondering where you wandered off to.
Good luck on the new build.

And remember what I always say.

"If she aint broke. Fix her till she is"

[guttboy]

Sadist,

If you are considering a system....you may want to give the guys at digitalcomputech.com a call.  The fellas there actually play AH2 and have for years.

My system was built with them and was designed with AH2 in mind....great fellas with TOTAL support from them.

Regards:)

[Rasker]

Here's geek.com section on building own pc:  http://www.geek.com/htbc/glanbui.htm

heres the geek.com pricefinder showing AMD 64 machines starting at $829:

http://geek.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php?page_id=9&sortby=priceA&vendors%5B%5D=0&popup15%5B%5D=0&popup15_attr_id%5B%5D=976&popup20%5B%5D=55%3A276&popup20_attr_id%5B%5D=276&popup40%5B%5D=0&popup40_attr_id%5B%5D=386&popup50%5B%5D=0&popup50_attr_id%5B%5D=241&popup60%5B%5D=0&popup60_attr_id%5B%5D=415&popup70%5B%5D=0&popup70_attr_id%5B%5D=1157&popup71%5B%5D=0&lo_p=0&hi_p=0&form_keyword=&sortby=priceA

here's tomshardware article last month on building sub-$1000 gaming machine:  http://www.tomshardware.com/game/20040529/index.html

Shuttle PC's AMD64/P4 gaming machines for $1300 or so: http://sys.us.shuttle.com/BuyList.aspx?id=1003&type=u

[Sadist]

hey yas, thanks for advice.

i'll go with an asus mb pc3000 or is it pc2700, want 3gig ddr- 400,333,266 fsb etc, with amd, and maxtor 120 gig 7200 rpm hd, 420 watt power supply with dual fans.

i was looking at asus site for water cooled but didnt see any, maybe i missed them.

anyone know of better or comparable MBs than ASUS?

again thanks


__________________
Sadist (sado) is one who enjoys inflicting pain etc.
Masochist (Maso) is one who enjoys recieving and feeling the pain.

Pain is or your friend,

I am your best friend

[kamori]

Try looking this combo up..

$ 109.00 ASUS A7N8x-E Deluxe
$  88.00  AMD XP2500+ Mobile CPU..It easily overclocks to 2.5 Gig with a aircooled $25  heatsink...

Pay special attention to this CPU do your reading...Its the best deal out there for cost to performance

With this mainboard look at the Nvidia 5900 128 from gainward  It has a very highend memory and comes with a faster clock speed then any of the other Fx5900 cards..This board is kick butt with all nvidia, this is due to the Nvidia chipset...

OOPs forgot to mention this board has SATA Raid also and Dual Channel memory...

Good Luck

Kalamori