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mrfran
01-02-2009, 02:11 PM
Hey guys im back, I know Chrismas and new year have passed but regardless of that.. im going to make my family back at CA a descent PC since they've been complaining of the old school computer their using right now...

since im semi illiterate with computer stuff, if no one minds, i need help with the parts im planning to buy if its a perfect fit, or there's some pieces that i can slightly change to improve the performance much more...


Case: - $86.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811166005

Harddrive: - $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

CD/DVD Drive - $25.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136153

Video Card - $239.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161264

PSU - (is this sufficient for the whole thing? GPU requires min. of 500w)
$109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001

RAM - $189.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145197

Mobo - $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359

CPU - $187.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036

OS - $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488

all in all they total at $1,179.92.. kinda heavy in my pocket but if thats the only pieces that I can gather that I think is good... im still open to any suggestions though..

by the way its going to be used by my brother for gaming, and my parents for picture storage

RickyTick
01-02-2009, 03:24 PM
That's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much for ram. You can get 4gb (2x2gb) of DDR2 1066 for around $50.

mrfran
01-05-2009, 08:19 AM
hmmmm ok, how bout this for the ram?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

the corsair one fancied me just because it has a fan :D

RickyTick
01-05-2009, 08:25 AM
Much better. Great choice.

mrfran
01-05-2009, 08:33 AM
sweet, i'll purchase them 3 days from now, (so i can time the shipping with my arival there) thanks ricky