To build anew or not?

[Martacus]

Should have gotten a bigger HDD. 20c/GB is a pretty crappy price nowadays, considering you can get 1TB HDD's for 75$

Bah, it's already much larger than I need. My current HDD is only 40 GB and just over half full. Maybe I overpaid a bit, but as I'm still well under budget and HDD prices were all over the map when I looked at Newegg (honestly, who needs 1TB of storage space for a PC?)

That was a good price for the ram. Used? You might need to be replacing that before too long.

Actually, it was new. Came off of Newegg along with the HDD and PSU. Crucial Ballistix 2x2 DDR2 800, retailing for $40.99.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

(honestly, who needs 1TB of storage space for a PC?)

I do. In fact, I have around 2.5TB in this pc and the same in a NAS. The NAS is almost filled and Ive got 600gb free on this PC.

 

[Formaldehyde]

WoW requires a 32MB video card.

AoC runs fine on a sub-$100 video card with max settings at 1920x1200.

Pfft. It doesn't run at all on a 6800GT at any resolution. AoC is a real graphics hog. I'd say the minimum graphics card would be the 9600GT, and you really want to have something better than that for upgrades and future games.

 

[Zelig]

Pfft. In your dreams. It doesn't run at all on a 6800GT at any resolution. AoC is a real graphics hog.

You can get a 9800 gt for under $100.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Well, the stuff is ordered. I managed to get it all for about $370 after shipping costs. I got:

Intel E8400 processor & MSI motherboard (P35 chipset, I believe): $200 off Ebay
PCP&C 500W PSU: $68
250Gb hard drive: $50
4Gb DDR2 800 memory: $40
about $11 combined S&H for the two orders

Not bad; the CPU & board are used, but I think they're new enough components that it shouldn't be a big issue. We'll see when everything arrives.

Sounds like a great budget system. GL.