My POS Compaq is showing its age and desperately needed upgrading, BUT as usual its an absolute POS to try and work with for upgrading...so I decided to spend some tax return money and build a budget gaming rig.
Here is what I have:
CASE
ThermalTake V9 Black Edition Gaming Case:
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POWER SUPPLY
Antec - TruePower Trio 650
MOTHERBOARD
EVGA 680i LT SLI
EVGA 680i LT SLI Motherboard Review :: NVIDIA 680i LT SLI Features :: Motherboards.org
PROCESSOR
Intel Q6600 (Core2Quad)
Amazon.com: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad-Core Processor, 2.40 GHz, 8M L2 Cache, LGA 775: Electronics
CPU COOLER/FAN
ThermalTake Big Typhoon VX
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Produc...5&ID=1552#Tab0
RAM
4GB of DDR2 Fatal1Ty 1 RAM
OCZ Technology | Products | Memory | OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Fatal1ty Edition Dual Channel
GRAPHICS CARD
BFG Tech 9600 GT OC
BFG Tech - BFG NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB PCIe 2.0 (B)
KEYBOARD
Razer Lycosa
http://www.razerzone.com/p-87-razer-...-keyboard.aspx
CD/DVD DRIVE
Pioneer DVR 2910A
http://www.amazon.com/Internal-DVD-c...outThisProduct
OTHER ITEMS:
SATA 250GB Hard Drive
Microsoft 3000 series mouse
...all in all I think its going to be a wicked setup for around a grand or less.
I will post more info and pics once I get all the parts in (still waiting on USPS's Failure to deliver my processor)