Up To $300 Desktop

[caza]

I already have a laptop, but wanna build a desktop under $300 for playing the game counter-strike
don't care if they are used,
I am thinking all-in-one board but don't know if the integrated video card good enough?
any suggestion?

thanks

[caza]

ASROCK K7S41GX ALL-IN-ONE DDR333 333FSB AGP8X USB2.0

Key Feature & Description
Processor
Support AMD Duron/XP Socket 462
Processors @ 200/266/333Mhz F.S.B
Chipset

North Bridge: SiS741GX chipset
Audio

5.1 Channels AC97 audio codec
Expansion Slots

1 x AGP8X, 2 x PCI slots, 1 x AMR slot
I/O Interface

PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors

One Parallel port,serial port and VGA connector

4 USB 2.0 Ports and a LAN connector

Audio ports (Mic-in, Audio-in and out,Game port)

Dual IDE, support Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode

Support 360K~2.88Mb, 3 Mode FDD or LS 120

ATX Power,a CPU and System Fan connectors
Memory


2 x 184pins DDR2700 slots (up to 2GB)
Video


Intergated with Real 256E 3D Graphics controller

support 64MB Max shared memory.
Lan

Onboard 10/100Mbps Ethernet controller
System Bios

AMI 2MB Flash ROM
Form Factor

MicroATX (7.5 x 9.5 inchs)
Special Features

Support WOL, WOR, KB power ON/OFF and interrupt wake up from keyboard/mouse.

Built-in ASRock U-COP CPU Overheating Protection and Hybrid Booster Technology.

Built-in Thermal, Power and Fan Speed Monitor.

http://www.frontierpc.com/ProductDetail.as...uctID=950012343 (http://www.frontierpc.com/ProductDetail.aspx?productID=950012343)

[tesco]

looks okay for a cheap desktop but if your looknig to OC or want good performance i'd go for an asus, abit or gigabyte motherboard. then buy a good video card, one that supports directx 9. then buy an athlon xp 2500+ and OC it to 3200+ speeds.

of course that is over your $300 budget....

[caza]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@21 March 2004 - 04:49
looks okay for a cheap desktop but if your looknig to OC or want good performance i'd go for an asus, abit or gigabyte motherboard. then buy a good video card, one that supports directx 9. then buy an athlon xp 2500+ and OC it to 3200+ speeds.

of course that is over your $300 budget....
it's not worth to buy it coz I'm going to dumb it after several months and buy a good laptop


check this out

http://www.dumpinggoods.com/dumpinggoods/i...&ic=MB-SHU-0033 (http://www.dumpinggoods.com/dumpinggoods/itemdesc.asp?cartId=8261937WLYB-ACCWARE-U210&ic=MB-SHU-0033)

[3RA1N1AC]

Originally posted by caza@20 March 2004 - 20:22
I already have a laptop, but wanna build a desktop under $300 for playing the game counter-strike
don't care if they are used,
I am thinking all-in-one board but don't know if the integrated video card good enough?
any suggestion?

thanks
any motherboard with an integrated geforce 2 mx or geforce 4 mx video chip, along with any athlon XP processor (even the slowest models, like 1600s) will be quite good enough for counter-strike. the game doesn't require a lot of horsepower, by today's standards.