Help with $2000 gaming build please

[scythe_god]

Hey guys,

I have just been given the assignment of building my mates PC, his budget is $2000. I have not been keeping up to date with the latest technologies for the last 6 months so i am not quite sure where to start, if you could give me a basic parts list it would be great.

I would prefer Intel over AMD, and a Nvidea GPU. I was thinking Quad core, some ddr3, 1tb hdd, and as far as a MB, i have no clue.

[glc]

I'm not quite ready to jump on the i7 and DDR3 bandwagon yet. For the most bang for the buck, I'm still looking at Q9xxx series quad cores on P45 boards with DDR2. If you want to hold out for i7, I'd recommend you wait about 6 months to let the dust clear - the current motherboards do have some issues.

[scythe_god]

ok thanks, sounds good.

[scythe_god]

Ok so here is what i have quickly put together, it is pretty much the same brands as my build so i assume that they will still be the same high quality.


Intel CORE 2 QUAD Q9550/2.83GHz/12MB CACHE/1333MHz FSB/LGA775

Seagate SATAII NCQ 1TB 7200RPM 32mb Cache

Corsair TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF 4GB (2x XMS2 2GB) PC-8500 (1066MHz) DDR2 5-5-5-15 Dominator Airflow Fan

Asus P5Q-Deluxe ExGATE 16PP S775 P45 DDR2 FSB1600 3xPCIE RAID 3xLAN 2xFW ATX
eVGA GTX260+ SuperClocked 896M

Corsair TX-750 750W ATX Power

Liteon 20x DVD Dual Layer DVD+/-Rburner Black(DH-20A4P)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium32bit(OEM)purchase with Hardware Only

Asus VW246H 24 inch Wide 2ms speaker DVI HD


What do we think?

[not important]

If you're going Vista I'd get the 64Bit.

[glc]

No need for that premium ram - standard DDR2-800 is plenty good enough. You can also save some cash and get the standard P5Q or P5Q Pro.