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Old 01-15-09   #1 (permalink)
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Question Found my AMD Phenom II X4 940 build i want

ok being trying combo deals out on new egg and come up with this build,
total cost is $466.36 shipped for new cpu,mb,ram,1 sata drive,
Combo amd 940 and gigabyte mb for $330,
never used gigabyte but the reviews look good,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.155234
OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227289
Barracuda 7200.10ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148262
tell me what you think,
right now im on a old amd 3800 x2 i got back at the 1st of 2006,
on a asrock 939 dual board,
using 2gb of ram,
using a 8800gt 512mb msi video card i just got few months back,
my powersupply is enERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT 500W,
dont want to upgrade my video card or my ps right now,
i think this will be a major upgrade from this old comp im on i listed,
Thanks,

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That's certainly a major upgrade from your previous rig.
For the RAM I'd get this instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231211
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Samsung Hard Drive, 500 gigs for same price
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Definitely a better choice.
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