Hello everyone im planing on buying a new gaming PC for under 500$...
here is my list...
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+(65W) Windsor 2.2GHz 2 x 512KB;
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Hard Drive:Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb;
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Mobo:ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570; Ultra MCP ATX AMD
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RAM:GeIL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory;
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Now my question is, what Video Card Should i buy, is DX 10 worth it?
And the Power supply...wich one is suitable for my choices?

PS: is the CPU that I chose overcklocable?

[D]ei[M]o[S]

Might as well get a DX10 card, since you're building a new rig, and DX 10 is the "wave of the future." :)

The GeForce 8600GTS (or 8600GT, if you can't quite make the GTS) is a good, cheap DX10 card. The 8600GTS is about as fast as the 7900GS in DX9 games.

I'd look up the Newegg price for you, but (as usual), Newegg's only partially loading on my browser.

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For the 8600GTS/GT, a GOOD power supply of 350w is enough (by good, I mean FSP, Antec, Enermax, Thermaltake, or PC Power and Cooling.)

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"is the CPU that I chose overcklocable?"

Any CPU is overclockable. Even the 486DX2 could be overclocked. :)

But if you want some godly overclocking, I'd go for a cheap Core 2 Duo E4300/4400. Those beasts are known to easily reach speeds of 3.0GHz and higher. At that speed, it would simply spank ANY Athlon processor out there.

Pentium III--Descendant of Intel Core.
Pentium III-S 1400 @ 1.63GHz, 512K L2
X800XT AIW OC 580/600
2GB of RAM
250GB HD
SB Audigy 2
QDI Advance 12 mobo
Smugly running Vista

very well il check it out...but im kinda fan of AMD so im not thinking of buying intel, but who knows...?

[D]ei[M]o[S]

what you think of this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...
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if you cant load the page here is the name:
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Over Clock Edition HDCP
[D]ei[M]o[S]

Sounds good. I like the factory overclock, and MSI's pretty reputable. What's the price?

Pentium III--Descendant of Intel Core.
Pentium III-S 1400 @ 1.63GHz, 512K L2
X800XT AIW OC 580/600
2GB of RAM
250GB HD
SB Audigy 2
QDI Advance 12 mobo
Smugly running Vista

its 168$ is it worth it?
ahh yes there is a combo that includes the video card and a power supply:
"Rosewill RP550V2-S-SL 550W SLI Ready-ATX 12V V2.01 Power Supply"
(216$)
[D]ei[M]o[S]

By the way do you know if newegg ships stuff to Europe?
cuz i live in Portugal...
or even for Brazil i have family there that could ship it...

[D]ei[M]o[S]

Newegg doesn't ship internationally.

BTW, the 8600 series does NOT get greatest reviews. The only thing it really has going for it is that it supports DX10...there are plenty of Dx9 cards in the same price range that beat it. You'd probably be better off with something like the X1950Pro or 7900GS.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06...

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/04...

FLATURIN - Hand-to-mouth goodness. It's good!

well can you see if you can find me a site that ships internationaly?

[D]ei[M]o[S]

Does anyone know a site that sells computer parts in the US ans ships the internationally???

[D]ei[M]o[S]

You could try www.ebuyer.com (both US & UK site) or www.scan.co.uk - to see if either will ship to europe.

I can recommend the graphics card and power supply listed on the tag at the bottom.
Can run C&C3 on full settings and i've not really done much fine tuning of the rig yet. Haven't tried any other graphic intense games (unless you want to count UT2004 lol!)

(although i think C&C3 framerate is locked?)

Regards
D

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3P
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420
2x1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800Mhz
Sapphire x1950Pro
160Gb Seagate Baracuda
500W FSP Bluestorm PSU

thanks!!
what do you mean by locked?

[D]ei[M]o[S]

means that cannot exceed the certain number of max frame. Locked at 60fps for instance. But for me i don't bother about game that higher than 60fps unless for benchmarking. Usually i locked by games frame by VSync to my highest refrest rate.

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Core2 Duo 6420
Gigabyte 965P-S3
2x1GB DDR667
7900GS 256DDR3 OC
Seagate 160/250GB SATA3
SB Audigy4
19" 5ms 4:3 Dell LCD