I just bought my new computer today, because my old/current one can't handle WoW sometimes
So I already had a bunch of parts for it, so I was going for quality and cheap, and it ended up costing $400. Pretty good.
Case :
Spire BlackFin SP-6190B Silver/ Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer CaseMotherboard :
Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD MotherboardPowersupply :
Rosewill RV400 ATX 400W Power SupplyCPU :
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2000MHz HT Socket AM2 Dual Core ProcessorRAM :
G.SKILL 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) System MemoryVideo Card :
XFX PVT42EYDF3 Geforce 6800XT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card (got this for free)
Already have plenty of IDE (200GB, 60GB) and SATA (2 80GB) hard drives, as well as CD/DVD drives and everything else. I did buy a floppy for it and some round IDE cables though.
Also one thing I was going for was getting all the "newest" stuff; PCIe, gigabit connection, DDR2 RAM, socket AM2, and all that stuff. This build is technically only partially done because it was like a "FUCK I NEED A NEW COMPUTER checking acount -400" kind of thing. So eventually I'm going to either stick another 1GB stick of RAM in there, or maybe get a 2GB stick and see how that goes, because that mobo supports up to 16GB. It all kind of depends on how expensive it is for those higher sticks, as well as the fact that DDR2 itself will make 1GB enough for a while.
I originally had a different processor, exactly the same shit as this one only a single core, for $100. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted a dual core. So hopefully it was worth it.
Also I have been using my current computer for a number of years, and have actually been on this same install of Win2k for a little over 2 years now, never had any major problems. I will be sad to see this guy go (also I spent like 200 bucks making it slightly better so I'm also kind of pissed), but man I cannot wait to get that new one.
My next goal is to get a nice desk and another monitor. But that might wait a while.