Currently I am creating a new low-budget desktop that will hopefully run WoW/CS:S/CoD3 on from Newegg.com.
The processor i'm looking at right now is a Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E2160 right now on sale for $82, customer reviews report OC'ing it to 3GHz no problems keeping it cool. (
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116036)
The video card i'm looking at is SAPPHIRE 194L Radeon X1650 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 CrossFire Supported Video Card, though its only 8 piplines and 128-bit, customer reviews report great frame rates in WoW and some DX10 games. On Newegg for $53.99. (
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102035)
Currently theres a special on memory at newegg, Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory, running for $38!! It's Kingston need I say more? (
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134384)
And for the mother chip, I'm looking at the EVGA 112-CK-NF72-K1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce e-7050/610i Micro ATX Intel Motherboard, supports the dual core processor and has some pretty good customer reviews. Does not support Crossfire but I play to use only 1 vidcard. Was $64. (
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188023)
And finally to give juice to all the components I chose the XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply, I've heard great things about Xclio so i'm going to give them a try. Cost about $49. (
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817189005)
I already have the case that supports mATX form factor and 2xSeagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3160815AS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0GB/s Hard Drive's ready to be raided to 0, for ultra performance. Each were $52. (Newegg's Link)
So all-in-all I invested about $300 and some spare pieces I had laying around into a pretty decent wow playing machine. Newegg estimates the delivery should be here in about 5 days, if anyone has any comments or has any proposable flaws please don't hesitate to post!
