Seeing as maybe some of the Escapist community are tech savvy, and I am not, I'm gonna ask your opinion on a computer build (This being my first one) and I was aiming for a budget of less than $500. The wishlist below is what I found browsing newegg. It is just a bit over and I think it's gonna pretty good. Any suggestions, shortfalls, or compatibility issues would be greatly appreciated.
Okay so the link is bad so I'm just gonna list all the shit in it.
Motherboard: ECS BLACK SERIES GF8200A (V1.0) AM2+/AM3 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI ATX AMD
CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition
Power: Antec EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active
Video Card: EVGA 01G-P3-N945-LR GeForce 9400 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
RAM: GeIL Evo One 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Quad Kit Desktop Memory Model GE28GB800C5QC
HDD: Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
Okay so the link is bad so I'm just gonna list all the shit in it.
Motherboard: ECS BLACK SERIES GF8200A (V1.0) AM2+/AM3 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI ATX AMD
CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition
Power: Antec EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active
Video Card: EVGA 01G-P3-N945-LR GeForce 9400 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
RAM: GeIL Evo One 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Quad Kit Desktop Memory Model GE28GB800C5QC
HDD: Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM