chiming a 'hear hear' on spud's assertion
the problem is, there's starting to be a real dearth of entry-level performance hardware. You can put together a 2.x ghz system with onboard graphics for about $500, but.. it sucks, especially for gaming.
3.x ghz dual-core with a 9800 GT or better (I don't believe in ATI video cards, sorry) is going to end up running $750 or so by the time you're done 8 (
And you don't save that much by cannibalizing an old system. You're gonna get mouse/keyboard, optical drive, and hard drive. not a big help.
Not a good time to be building a new PC, I'm afraid.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
the problem is, there's starting to be a real dearth of entry-level performance hardware. You can put together a 2.x ghz system with onboard graphics for about $500, but.. it sucks, especially for gaming.
3.x ghz dual-core with a 9800 GT or better (I don't believe in ATI video cards, sorry) is going to end up running $750 or so by the time you're done 8 (
And you don't save that much by cannibalizing an old system. You're gonna get mouse/keyboard, optical drive, and hard drive. not a big help.
Not a good time to be building a new PC, I'm afraid.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies