How's this for a gaming computer?

[Nameite]

Biostar???????????? No thanks

Rather get a Zotac with Integrated NVidia

Apparently Zotac is a Direct Nvidia partner for Mobos with integrated GPU and Graphic cards.

Micropoint is their importer local distributor

R420.00 incl 1333fsb with 7050 GPU

http://www.zotac.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=198&Itemid=302

With HDMI

http://www.zotac.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=236

I'm actually building a budget pc for a friend of mine using teh Zotac 7050 integrated m/baord

Comstar gaming case: R216
2gig DDR2-800 Zepplin: E385
CPU E2180: R676
superchannel 500w psu: R288
Zotac GF7050: R420
Gecube HD 3850: R942

total: R2931

He's already got a dvd writer and hdd.

Maybe you can use this as a reference too, gonna overclock the E2180 to heaven

 

[ShockG]

There's nothing wrong with Biostar in fact I'm not sure if any of you know but the best P45 board in the world right now is the Biostar T-Power i45... There's no other board that's matched it's 725MHz FSB record and where performance goes it puts many of the ASUS and GB boards to shame... I know cause I owned many P45 boards and the Biostar remains one of the favourites.

Dude there's nothing wrong with Biostar I'd stick with it and spend any extra money on securing a Radeon 3850 or NVIDIA Geforce 9600GT.

 

[OneEyedWelshman]

... remember I was trying to build one for my kids.... they need an upgrade.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 3 Ghz
BioStar G31-M7 Motherboard
2 x 1 Gb DDR2 667
Sapphire HD3450 256 Mb DDR2 PCI Express Card
Sony 20x DVD Writer
550W Power Supply

all for R3750.00

I know some of the parts are cheapish... but it is just for the kids games. Not cutting edge.

I added my 2 x 320 Gb Seagate SATA drives.

Installing Windows XP Pro now.

Should've gone with a cheaper CPU and spent the saved cash on a HD3850 for R950 at Prophecy. Would have been so much better for gaming.

 

[HavocXphere]

Sounds like the kids will have fun Garyvdh.

Now they just need a nice strategy game.