$600 Gaming PC

[The Green Bean]

http://galaxy.pk/ $1 = Rs 60

E2140
1.60Ghz (800 MHZ FSB) 1MB CACHE
5750.0

D965RYCK (A+S+1G-L) FOR CORE 2 DUO FULL ATX BOARD 800/1066 SUPPORT
7200.00

3.5" 250GB 7200RPM SATA-II (1+4 YEARS)
4400.00

Corsair Value 2GB
4600.00

Coolermaster EXTREME POWER 430 WATTS
2550.0

GeForce 8600GT 256MB (128-BITS) DDR-III
9400.00

Casing
1400.00

Total 35,300
~$588 US

I will mainly use it for light gaming (Civ4, CnC, WH: DOW), school work, and watching 720p movies. Suggestions? Should I get a 7900GS instead of a 8600GT? Which is faster? Should I go for a faster processor?

 

[munisgtm]

You plan to overclock ? e2140 seems to be a good overclocker....

 

[munisgtm]

hey green bean i'm planning to go Galaxy xomputers myself this friday to buy my computer, so do u know, if a little bargaining works there ?

 

[The Green Bean]

Originally posted by: munisgtm
hey green bean i'm planning to go Galaxy xomputers myself this friday to buy my computer, so do u know, if a little bargaining works there ?

nope. They won't consider any offer below their price; be it 1RE lower.

 

[The Green Bean]

Originally posted by: munisgtm
You plan to overclock ? e2140 seems to be a good overclocker....

How good? I will have to buy a better motherboard then...and maybe another HSF.

 

[munisgtm]

i think you should see this

 

[The Green Bean]

any other advice on the parts? I'll probably go with a E4300 or E4400 and a 8600GT

 

[acityDweller]

I would recommend you get a D2C processor with 4mb cache... In general they are faster above the 2mb equivalents even without overclocking.
I also suggest you get a good CPU heatsink like tuniq Tower 120, Noctua NH-u12f or Thermalright Ultra 120. its $55 worth the investment

 

[munisgtm]

i think you should buy e4300 not e6300 because ,e4300 can overclcok much better on ValueRAM while e6300 generally requires more expensive DDR-800 , the price difference between DDR-667 and 800 is very large here in Pakistan . So go for e4300 !

Hey green when you gonna buy this stuff ? maybe we can share some overclocking methods ? Keep in touch...

 

[munisgtm]

8600GT is the only DX10 choice for mainstream gamers , IMHO its fine...

 

[The Green Bean]

Originally posted by: munisgtm
8600GT is the only DX10 choice for mainstream gamers , IMHO its fine...

I'll probably buy from galaxy itself. Benchmarks prove 7900GS is a bit faster than the 8600GT and even the GTS.