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Originally posted by nanofever
AMD:
Abit NF7-S V2 - 90 dollars
Barton 2500+ - 80 dollars
1 Gig Geli 3200 - 175 dollars
BFG fx 5900 - 175 dollars
any 7200 SATA drive with an 8MB cache - 150-ish
WD Raptor - 100
Lite-on CD burner - 50
Cheapie Case and PS - 100
950 total
I'm think that the rig you described is going to be in the 1000 area, under 500 is simply unrealistic. Also, I was under the impression that PS was REALLY, REALLY ram intensive. If that is true, why aren't you wanting to get a full gig f ram ?
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Knock the vid card way down, he wont need it for PS. Also, I dont think he needs a 10k drive. I know he said he wants one, but I doubt he will see enough benefit to justify the cost. One drive of 160gb or so should do him fine, and cost about $120.
Other than that, I agree with you. He could start off with one stick of 512 RAM though and then upgrade when he gets the money--thats what I would do.
Those three things could knock $200 off the price, easy.