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#1 harryBaginas
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Hey I am gonna get a new pc but i'm low on cash. Not sure if i should spend more money on video card, ram or processor.

How much do you think it would cost to have a store build a pc (i buy the parts on newegg)?

Where do i get this done? bestbuy for the geek squad guys? local shop?

Anyway, here's what i have, please give me pros/cons on my choices.

PC= http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8223193&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat103700050061&id=1166840115751

Video card= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130074

Monitor= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254018

Don't know if i should spend more on processor/ram instead of graphics. I would need a stronger PSU, right?

I pretty much want to play medium settings for games like oblivion, half life 2, doom3 and far cry and more

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Hey I am gonna get a new pc but i'm low on cash. Not sure if i should spend more money on video card, ram or processor.

How much do you think it would cost to have a store build a pc (i buy the parts on newegg)?

Where do i get this done? bestbuy for the geek squad guys? local shop?

Anyway, here's what i have, please give me pros/cons on my choices.

PC= http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8223193&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat103700050061&id=1166840115751

Video card= http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8223193&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat103700050061&id=1166840115751

Monitor= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254018

Don't know if i should spend more on processor/ram instead of graphics. I would need a stronger PSU, right?

I pretty much want to play medium settings for games like oblivion, half life 2, doom3 and far cry and more

harryBaginas

The video card link is the same as the "PC" link. If you're trying to say that the video card is an nVidia 6150 LE, I'd have to recommend you stay away from it. 

As for building a PC, I've got no idea, but I'm sure a local PC store would be more than happy to build it. Or, you could build it yourself-- it's not hard. 

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#3 Blackfallen
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don't buy slim line buy your parts from newegg.com an learn how to build it it's not too hard but if you want to have a pre built get a bigger tower
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#4 yoyo462001
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an Nvidia 6150LE is really bad for gaming, yea you can give it to a local shop and they should be able to make it, but this depends totally on the shop policies.
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#5 harryBaginas
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fixed the mistake, thanks for replies, i'm kindas thinking of buying the whole thing on newegg in peices and having them build it.
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#6 harryBaginas
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Ok, this thread is almost dead, I'll give it another shot. Can you guys give $.02 a piece in telling me what parts i missed for a Complete Computer? Keep in mind this is budget. Here we go:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811119077

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144701

Monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824254018

1GB RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128034

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817182016

GFX Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130074

Processor: http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103733

Windows XP Home

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#7 george_hopkins
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Well you will be needing a motherboard which is AM2.
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#8 harryBaginas
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oh yeah i have that too. this is starting to look like a decent pc. Sweet!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128034 Socket am2, as is my processor

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burp...
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#10 harryBaginas
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bum-bum-bump

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#11 george_hopkins
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Everything is pretty nice but you might want to consider getting a slightly better processor with a 1mb cache. I think the power supply is ok but i don't know much about power supply's. You also might want to consider a 19" monitor.