help with building a computer

[ApacNTS]

That board and that video card aren't *budget*.

This guy said he has like $350.

Then the first chip he gets to ante into this game is his innocence.
That machine is barely capable of running Vista much less cruising through F.E.A.R.

With $350 he can buy an Etch-A-Sketch and a nice piggy bank.

couldnt help but laugh at that. reminds me of that weird al song "Got a flat-screen monitor forty inches wide wide, I believe that your says "Etch-A-Sketch" on the side"

[clocker]

I did not know that Weird Al was popular throughout the Empire.

Learn something new every day.

[ApacNTS]

clocker after looking up your cpu and it's specs im sitting here with my jaw dropped, that motha must kick ass and take names on every thing you throw at it. what is that in number of ghz somewhere around 3.5ghz??? insanity. 2.2for core another 2 in fsb..128 in cache 1 and 512 cache 2, you got a supercharged machine man. btw, about dual cores, which im taking you have since you are attempting to run 2 vid cards, is it really necessary? i read about sli and how they do half on one and half on another are you going that route? it said the diffrence was marginal on some applications but phenominal on others, i mean is it really that huge? especially with the prices of vid cards.

[Virtualbody1234]

Don't listen to clocker if you want a budget machine.

[Spicker]

Don't listen to clocker if you want a budget machine.

Thats sooo tru!!!

put him on ur ignore list

[clocker]

clocker after looking up your cpu and it's specs im sitting here with my jaw dropped, that motha must kick ass and take names on every thing you throw at it.
But of course.
Sprocket is a harsh and needy mistress.
what is that in number of ghz somewhere around 3.5ghz??? insanity.
Insanity, indeed.
Stock speed is 2.2GHz and I run between 2.4-2.6GHz daily.
2.2for core another 2 in fsb..128 in cache 1 and 512 cache 2, you got a supercharged machine man.
Huh?
btw, about dual cores, which im taking you have since you are attempting to run 2 vid cards, is it really necessary?
No, I don't have an x2 (yet). SLI does not require them.
i read about sli and how they do half on one and half on another are you going that route?
I'm trying to, yes.
it said the diffrence was marginal on some applications but phenominal on others, i mean is it really that huge?
Don't know yet.
especially with the prices of vid cards.
If you don't spend insane money on your diversions, the terrorists have won.

[ApacNTS]

2.2 ghz is clock speed, it has another 1ghz in fsb, L1 cache has 64+64kb enabled and L2 cache has 512kb. it's alot in terms of what you normally see. vrooom vroooom, hah you named your computer, thats great.

[clocker]

Don't listen to clocker if you want a budget machine.

im planning on building a new system(for the first time) basically this computer is well beyond it's time, i want to make a pc that can play the upcoming game F.E.A.R.

cough*Ahem*cough
I have reread the mission statement and don't see the word "budget" anywhere.

[Virtualbody1234]

cough*Ahem*cough

heh i feared as much about the motherboard. my budget is about 350 at best by the end of october. now i'll go crawl under a rock cause im an outcast *hides* amd is hella pricy, i dont know how you guys get all that uber sweet gear.

[clocker]

OK, I admit it.

Every day in my realife job I deal with customers who want "X", but will only pay for "Z".
When I post here I indulge myself and only pay attention to the "want" half of the equation...after all, there is no financial incentive for me to struggle reconciling desire with disposable income.

If a person walked into the shop and requested a machine to play F.E.A.R. (or Doom3 or RollerCoaster Tycoon 10 or whatever) on a budget of $350 my best offer would be to let them rent time on my PC, cause you sure as hell cannot build a gaming box for that amount.

Besides, how many of these threads are just blue sky dreams anyway?
Seems like the majority of the "Help me build a machine" topics never make it beyond the pixellated stage.