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FPSLabs Home: AMD Entry-Level system

By: Christian Koebel - Published November 05, 2005 at 7:05 PM EST - Writer Archive
The Entry-Level AMD system is what you're going to be shooting for to get really nice quality on most games with a tight budget.

Entry Level System

Part
Name Price
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 4600+ $301.00
Motherboard
MSI K9N Neo-F
$76.99
Video Card
eVGA 7600GT
$169.99
RAM
Cosair Value DDR2 667 1GB (2 x 512MB) $81.99
HDD
Hitachi Deskstar 80GB SATA
$41.99
Optical Drive
BenQ CD Burner
$17.99
Case (incl. PSU)
Antec SLK1650B
$74.99
Total
$764.94

Possible Upgrades:
Replace PSU from case with Antec TruPowerII 430 (+$69.99)
Replace eVGA 7600GT with eVGA 7900GT (+$100.00)
Replace Hitachi 80GB HD with Western Digital 320GB (+$64.00)
Replace BenQ CD-RW with BenQ Black lightscribe DVD Burner (+$18.50)

Total after upgrades: $1017.43

User Comments

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The 3500 venice for $200 is great. Nice job!
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what about quake4? how many fps in will i get with this computer?
-noforcewithme
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Not a lot, i would revise this but i dont have enough time to type it out...
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I might get it for cs 1.6 + general computer.
#44
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entry level wow! i must be poor because that look like a badass gaming pc to me. except for the case.
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perfect.
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 Times Superbowl Champions
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that entry level system is finally a reasonable price for me :). Thanks Ze!
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wait a second, can that case PSU handle that hardware?
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I'm uneasy with that 3800+ decision but w/e
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#2 you will get a constant 63


and zegermans..my god man

why couldnt you have put this out like 3 weeks ago

id have saved almost 200 dollars and most of this is my current specs anyway
#check-six
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I have a question, I might be intersted in building this system, but I don't like the case. I want a glowing case but I 'm not sure what to look like because I'm a noob in computers. If anybody knows any cases that have the same price range as the one that is here, that'd be awesome!

Thank you in advance,
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8, yes. Enermax makes great PSU's.
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I might get it for cs 1.6 + general computer
[♥♀♫-]² » » "Wh0's th3 gUrl th4t will r0ck y0ur w0rld?"
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how well could this run say BF2?

yea i need a comp thats easy with bf2 whould it run smooth or what?
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Why would you guys recommend $200 7600 series cards when the x850xt at newegg is only 160?
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because the 7600 is better.
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nice, i think ill be getting this comp before i got off to college, thanks zegermans
watch like BIM, ring like BIM, burberry timbs pockets filled to the rim. WSUPDEN?
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Well first off this gives me a great idea on what i can get, allthough i would like to see monitors included into these price guides.
what i dont like is how this exact computer isnt really a entry level for canadian prices. With the exchange and shiiping ad handeling it comes to well over $1000.
Secondly i havn't really heard anything good about the mobo suggested, most reviews say it is a peices of sh!t and breaks way to easily.
Also i think gotfrag should all review canadian sites and maybe offfer diffrent price guides for diffrent parts of the world. Not saying that Zegermans doesnt do a good job becuase he does an amazing one, but it would be nice to see canadian price guides and whatnot.
Lastly this is meant as constructive criticism and should not be taken the wrong way as i think this is a big issue that should be taken care of here since there are alot more than just americans here on gotfrag.

This comment was edited at 03/26/2006 11:35 AM
robotic chuck norris had nothing to do with it, That just sucked out of control !
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Did anybody else notice that this computer only comes with a 350W power supply. I know my crappy 6800XT even requires a 450w power supply MINIMUM. Shouldnt this be changed?



-Brandon
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well if u review the 7600gt it doesnt use 400+ psu thats probally why that case was chosen
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Replace 3800+ Athlon X2 with 4200+ Athlon X2 (+$61.99)

will be

Replace 3800+ Athlon X2 with 4200+ Athlon X2 (-$50.00)

after price cuts :)
This is delicious!

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