New Gaming Rig

[unholy]

Okay, my buddy has decided to build a new gaming rig for himself. He has a budget of $850 or so before rebates are applied. He has decided to go with an AMD cpu and nvidia graphics..
He will also need a monitor, but my question is just are all these parts solid and will work well together etc.. Any other suggestions maybe on processor or a better mobo, though I've used MSI mobos with no problems.. Any insight would be appreciated.


Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130172

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103234
OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103767

Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811208021

Power - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811208021

Graphics - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130329

RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227269

Thanks!

[pam123]

You posted the link for the case twice instead of the power supply.

Looks solid so far but if your friend is on a tight budget you can drop the ram to 2 GB instead of 4.
What OS is he going to use ?

[Masaki 7-11]

Originally Posted by $partan Okay, my buddy has decided to build a new gaming rig for himself. He has a budget of $850 or so before rebates are applied. He has decided to go with an AMD cpu and nvidia graphics.. He will also need a monitor, but my question is just are all these parts solid and will work well together etc.. Any other suggestions maybe on processor or a better mobo, though I've used MSI mobos with no problems.. Any insight would be appreciated. Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130172 CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103234 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103767 Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811208021 Power - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811208021 Graphics - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130329 RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227269 Thanks!

Those parts don't add up to $800 (a decent amount less) do you need an OS and peripherals?

[David M]

I would try to find the money for a 512 8800GT instead. Otherwise I think your buddy is going to be very disappointed with the frame rates of the newer games. Gaming computers are very dependent on having a fast graphics card.

[Masaki 7-11]

Originally Posted by David M I would try to find the money for a 512 8800GT instead. Otherwise I think your buddy is going to be very disappointed with the frame rates of the newer games. Gaming computers are very dependent on having a fast graphics card.

The 8800GT is only about 10% faster than a stock clocked 9600GT.