I need advice, New computer time ;D

This might belong in the help section, but whatever.

Basicly, i have 1500$ to spend on a new computer, but i dont want to just buy a prebuilt system, since you can get so much more building one your self. But, I have no idea where to look for the best deals, and such, and I really dont want to waste all my money and then find out some part isnt going to work or something.

So, basicly, just help me pick out the best parts i can get for 1500$, taking into account that i'll need everything, CPU, RAM, motherboard, graphics card, ect.. ect.

You should buy a 200 dollar one and send me the rest so I can pay for college. Jesus would do it.

http://www.newegg.com

I already know about newegg XD, i was really looking for some part suggestions

Someone move this to Help; there are several topics like this that shouldn't be in here.

About specific parts; I built my machine for under $500 and it is capable of playing many a new game including Quake IV.

For $1500 you could build something truly massive; I recommend you cut costs where you can though and go for the following final set up:

64-bit AMD processor
1GB of PC3200 Speed RAM (Should not cost you more than $60 if you wait and get a good deal, two 512MB sticks)
160GB SATA HDD (7200 RPM) (I got one for $40 after a nice rebate; this appears to be more and more common)
Geforce 6800 GT card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814143037 (just under $400)
Cheapass case ($30 at your local Fry's)
PCI-E capable motherboard

Really should be easy to build an amazing machine with that cash dude

Only advice I'll offer:

- if you don't know how to like, install a processor into a motherboard etc. etc., find out first or be prepared to pay for more thermal grease
- make sure whatever video card you get supports the games you want to play now; don't just go with Geforce automatically because of the nicer compatibility; some games run better on ATI tech.

This post has been edited by Nightwing on Jan 17 2006, 02:06 AM

So, i've finally settled on something.

CPU- AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Processor (San Diego) Socket 939
Motherboard- ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
Ram- CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200)
GPU- BFG Tech Geforce 7800GT BFGR78256GTCOD2 Video Card
Harddrive- Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA NCQ 3Gb/s 160GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Optical drive- PLEXTOR Beige 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 8M Cache SATA DVD Burner
Case- XION Black XION II XON-103 SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply
Monitor- REFURBISHED: Polyview V17E Silver-Black 17" 14ms LCD Monitor Built in Speakers
Keybored- Sunbeam Multimedia Green Illuminated Silver Keyboard
Mouse- Logitech MX1000 931175-0403 Blue/Black 8 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB + PS/2 Fast RF Laser Mouse