budget gaming rig...

[thePh@r@oh]

a friend of mine has me working on a budget gamer how does this look

FOXCONN SUPER CASE MID TOWER CASE PC-115A (Silver/Black) w/ 2X front USB ports and Allied 300W PSU $32
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....154-019-07.JPG
Lite On 52x Black Cd Rom - Model LTN-526 -Full OEM PACK $22.99

BLACK* PANASONIC 1.44 MB DENSITY FLOPPY DISK DRIVE, MODEL # JU-256A-198P - OEM, DRIVE ONLY $8

Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM Hard Drive Model # 6E040L0 OEM, DRIVE ONLY $60

KEYBOARD-2000 BLACK KB/MS-RETAIL BOX $12 http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....131-108-05.JPG

Viking 256MB 32X64 PC2100 DDR, Unbuffered, CL2.5, Model VGDDR32X64PC2100 - OEM $43

Shuttle Motherboard for AMD processors, Model AK38N KT333 Retail $47

AMD Athlon XP 1800+/266 FSB Processor CPU 1800+/ 1.53GHz -0.13 micro Thoroughbred Core Retail $57

Prolink Geforce FX5200 128MB 64bit W/TV/DVI , 8X AGP, - RETAIL, No Win DVD,No Game software $66

[ragtop]

Looks OK so far - but what about a video card?? That's probably going to be the most critical choice you'll have to make if the machine is intended for gaming.

[joker_927]

Can you add some prices for those items? Then I could compare them to what I put in all the rigs I built on a budget.

[thePh@r@oh]

updated- i thought i had added the vid card sorry added vid card and prices to the list

[thePh@r@oh]

thats not gonna work i just realized that that vid card is a low profile card.

[thePh@r@oh]

gettin this card instead VGA CHAINTECH Geforce FX 5200 128MB DDR . RETAIL BOX $70

[WingWizard]

ack don't get a 5200, not even for a budget card

[thePh@r@oh]

what would you reccomend he wants DX9 compliance

[The Terk]

Originally posted by thePh@r@oh
what would you reccomend he wants DX9 compliance

i got an ati sapphire 9500 for about that price, and it works pretty well imo.... or a 9600/9500pro

[MatrixmaN]

Get the 9500 Pro if you can.

Thats a LOVELY card....had one, loved and lost...fried it.