Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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Name: BudgetGamer
Date: August 3, 2006 at 01:01:16 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts
OS: Xp Home Edition
CPU/Ram: idk yet
Model/Manufacturer: Me

Comment:

Hey Im trying to build a gaming computer and Im looking for parts right now if you guys have anything in mind tell me
My price is $750 and lower

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Response Number 1

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: August 3, 2006 at 07:06:51 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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Gonna be tough to get a good one for that little money.
Athlon 64 3700 ($109)
DFI Infinity NForce4 Ultra mobo ($90)
2x512M PC3200 RAM (Corsair, OCZ, Mushkin recommended brands)($90)
80gig SATA drive ($60)
7600GT PCIe video card. ($150)
Antec Sonata II Case ($100 with a decent power supply included)
Lite On DVD burner (not much more than a CDRW/DVD Drive) ($40)
Windows XP Home OS ($90)
Floppy Drive ($10)
Personally I'd spring for a 320gig Seagate SATA with 16M cache for $35 more.
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Response Number 2

Name: noob101
Date: August 3, 2006 at 07:23:20 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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Pretty good deal with a $109 3700+ since games these days are bound by the gpu and not too much on the processor anymore. With that system you could play bf2 and other games with pretty high settings already.

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Response Number 3

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: August 3, 2006 at 07:36:18 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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Honestly, if you could swing it, I'd say get a 7900GT, but that would add just about $100 to the price of the system.
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Response Number 4

Name: Sabertooth
Date: August 3, 2006 at 07:41:40 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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Windows XP Home OS ($90)
Floppy Drive ($10)
There's the $100.00 saving grace right there!

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Response Number 5

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: August 3, 2006 at 08:19:05 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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A. Pirated OS's are getting harder to patch.
B. Floppy drives are still useful in emergencies.
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Response Number 6

Name: Sabertooth
Date: August 3, 2006 at 08:37:43 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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My bet is - he's already got both and wouldn't need to purchase them again.

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Response Number 7

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: August 3, 2006 at 08:52:00 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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I'm not assuming anything. ;-)
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Response Number 8

Name: BudgetGamer
Date: August 3, 2006 at 09:39:33 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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Ive got a old coputer I could probly take the dvd/ cd burner out its really old so thats all I would even think of taking from it

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Response Number 9

Name: BudgetGamer
Date: August 3, 2006 at 09:54:12 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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Oh and I have a question if I installed home eddition onto my laptop would I be able to install the same one onto this new computer?

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Response Number 10

Name: BudgetGamer
Date: August 3, 2006 at 10:02:39 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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Ok so heres what I got
MotherBoard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136009
Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103622
Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440
Hardrive (might make bigger)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106
video card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814141025
Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129155
Would this be able to play WoW on normal settings?
Or would it work if I overclocked it?

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Response Number 11

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: August 3, 2006 at 11:45:15 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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"if I installed home eddition onto my laptop would I be able to install the same one onto this new computer?"
If the XP Home is still installed on the laptop, no. Eventually, MS could know you did this.
If however it's still not installed on the laptop, then yes, but you would need to call Microsoft to reactivate it.
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Response Number 12

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: August 3, 2006 at 12:08:41 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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The ATI chipset mobo doesn't perform quite as well as the Nforce4 Ultra or SLI boards do. Dude, the DFI Infinity NForce4 SLI board is less than half the price of the motherboard you selected.
80 gig drive?! EEKS!
I wouldn't go with BIOSTAR brand anything due to quality concerns.
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Response Number 13

Name: BudgetGamer
Date: August 3, 2006 at 12:35:47 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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Ok my price range changed from $750 to $900 not much of a jump but what do you think I can change to make it better?

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Response Number 14

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: August 3, 2006 at 12:51:23 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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7900GT video card, and get a 320 gig Seagate 16M Cache perpendicular recording hard drive.
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Response Number 15

Name: BudgetGamer
Date: August 3, 2006 at 14:40:03 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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Oh ok I have another question you said Windows would realized if I used the same one as my laptop? Well what about my old computer can I take its old hard drive and use it as a backup drive because it has windows xp

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Response Number 16

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: August 3, 2006 at 18:02:40 Pacific
Subject: Budget Gaming Bucket of Bolts

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The actual OS running on the machine must be activated to continue running. Activation (and I'm dumbing this down for simplicity's sake) is effectively mapping the CD key to the hardware within the system.
If you mean put that other computer's hard drive in your machine, and have it's OS be the OS you run, then XP will detect the hardware of the system is not the same, and the OS must be reactivated. Basically, you'll have to call microsoft up and explain what you're doing, and they will decide whether or not your story adds up.
However, this wouldn't be the method I'd use. If you have your license key, backup the important data on the old drive, and install XP fresh on the new system. You will again have to call Microsoft to explain what you're doing, as activation MUST be done since the hardware has changed.
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