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Old 01-16-09   #1 (permalink)
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This is for a "typical" user. No overclocking, no heavy gaming. Just average office/home stuff such as surfing and word processing with the occasional non demanding games.

This is a build for a local resell, so I'll probably ask $500-$550 for it and make a little. So decent build ?

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147109

AM2+ with 2100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186151

480 watt psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817170018

Athlon X2 BE-2300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103232

2x1 gig 667 mhz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227060


320 gig sata
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136098

19" LCD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824254023


20 x dvdrw
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106263

Vista pro x64
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116488


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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826272007

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823107128
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looks good for the use it will probably get, however, i would look into the 32 version OS instead of 64.
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looks good for the use it will probably get, however, i would look into the 32 version OS instead of 64.
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I would grab XP x86 instead of Vista since it only has 2GB of RAM and it's going to be used for light stuff.
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Pick 64 bit only if you have at least 4 gigs of ram
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Please don't get that PSU... Logisys is horrid.


Try this mobo instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186151
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That board supports Athlon 64 X2 also. Would it be better to do Athlon 64 X2 4200+ at same price?
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CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103214 4400+ $40
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186151 $50 740G
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146526 $17
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371013 Antec300w $20
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136098 320Gb $50
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147068 $20
DVD Burner $20
ANY Cooler:$10
Total: around $230+$100 for OS and $120 Monitor= $450
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Why exactly?
for reasons stated above and better programs compability
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Please don't get that PSU... Logisys is horrid.


Try this mobo instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186151
Has over 80% efficiency and has enough SATA ports to power the SATA DVDRW and HD

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That board supports Athlon 64 X2 also. Would it be better to do Athlon 64 X2 4200+ at same price?
Same price with 30 day warranty and you have to get an aftermarket cooling. The boxed set comes with 3 years warranty and a heatsink/fan

PSU won't work due to the SATA power, but I appreciate the link to that motherboard and I'm adding it to the build instead of the one I previously selected (+ REP)

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for reasons stated above and better programs compability
x64 is $10 cheaper than x86, and the x64 business I use has no problems with compatibility and is open to future memory upgrades.
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