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[ramenXnoodles]

And I need suggestions for parts. I'm gonna be on around a $1200 budget, and I think I'm gonna build it myself. So yeah, tell me what parts I should get and for how much and all that fun stuff and give me suggestions on building it. I want at least a gig of RAM and a GFX card that can handle most games (Maybe the X1800?)

[est]

As your attorney I advise you to check out these links immediately:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_To_Build_A_Computer/Choosing_the_parts
http://shsc.info/PCPartsPickingGuide
http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/OCAU_Guide_to_Build_A_PC
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1967933,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

Then look up the prices for the parts on something like http://www.pricewatch.com or maybe just http://www.newegg.com

The x1800 should start around $250 by now, so perhaps you will have a chance at building the PC you want for that price.

[ramenXnoodles]

Alright, thanks man!

[ramenXnoodles]

Also, some processor/mobo reccomendations would be good. I'm more in the know abot GFX cards.

[edscoble]

not quite an expert but I do notice that Asus tend to have the best motherboard.

some people seem to stated that the AMD processor is faster for the price than the Intel counterpart.

[Catfish_Man]

some people seem to stated that the AMD processor is faster for the price than the Intel counterpart.

This is definitely true until Core 2 comes out over the next few months. If you can wait, it'll probably be worthwhile. If not, get AMD.

[nickb285]

Actually, I despise AMD. I work at a small computer shop, and nine times out of ten processor failure problems are AMD. It was so bad that we've basically moved everything to Intel unless the customer insists on AMD.

[greenMonkey]

I have Intel, but I've got several friends that swear by their AMD's.  If you know how to overclock, get a Pentium D 820.  Toms Hardware overclocked it to 4.3GHZ, and it runs steady at 4.1GHZ.

[superrob]

www.tigerdirect.comis also good.

[Tokuma]

Asus mobos are good, so are Gigabyte. For the processor I would recommend an AMD. I have been using AMD for well over 6 years(I think) now and have never had a problem. In my experence they are both faster and cheaper then Intel CPUs. I have an AMD 64bit 3500+ in my computer and it works great. I am running FEAR at 1280x720 with the settings maxed out and getting 30-80 fps this is on a 7600 GTX GPU.