5000 for a gaming pc? are you on crack?
all pricing is from newegg.com US dollar excluding shipping, including any rebates.
motherboard - 100
cpu 130
4 gig ram 175
hdd 100
dvdrw 40
case 100
video card 8800gts 290
$935
all you need if you have a monitor keyboard mouse and an operating system disk and speakers & using the built in sound
adding in those
creative x-fi audio extreme 50- currently NO games take advantage of the bonus stuff offered in the fatality version...buy the extreme audio.
speakers/headphones
speakers: logitech thx 5.1 set $90
headphones 5.1 sound with mic $50
monitor
20"widescreen 200
OS 100
keyboard/mouse combo 40
an additional 480 dollars
ME i have keyboards mice speakers headphones os monitors etc so i can just build the case and save SIGNIFICANT cash, my next computer will be a higher end gaming, just not bleeding edge....and be under 600 dollars- and it'll run any game at playable settings







