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Old 09-01-09   #1 (permalink)
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Specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 3.0Ghz Dual-Core Sok AM3
PSU: OCZ StealthXStream 500W
GFX: BFG 9800GT 512Mb
MOBO: M4A77TD Pro AM3 DDR3 1333/1600/1800 AMD 770
RAM: 2Gb Corsair Dominator XMS3 1600 DDR3
CASE: Coolermaster Centurion 590
HDD: Hitachi DeskStar 320Gb
CPU COOLER: Titan Fenrir


Comes to £315 (because i already own GFX and PSU)

http://a.imagehost.org/download/0678...ter_Build.xlsx
link to the Microsoft Excel File With The Build On ( with prices and links)
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Onboard 7.1		 Power Supply
500W OCZ StealthXstream		 Case
CM Centurion 590
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Looks like a good config to me
But you forgot an optical drive

Have you considered other MBs though?
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i have but i think this motherboard is perfect and its keeping around my budget of 300
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oh yeah, im going to use my old dvd drive
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yeah looks good, but you should consider the phenom II X2 550be its a good chip.
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yeah that was my original cpu i was going with but i wanted cheaper and would 1mb extra on the cache and 0.1ghz change a lot?
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yeah that was my original cpu i was going with but i wanted cheaper and would 1mb extra on the cache and 0.1ghz change a lot?
The cache:
It may when the system is under very high loads as thats when the additional cache adds to the performance.

The speed:
If your not OCing it may much like the cache effect at high load.
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hmm i will be oc'ing it and if i get to 3.5 ill be fine
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120+160 IDE :(		 Sound Card
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yeah that was my original cpu i was going with but i wanted cheaper and would 1mb extra on the cache and 0.1ghz change a lot?
Well its based on the quad core phenom and actually has 2 extra cores on it, and it is possible with the right mobo to unlock these disabled cores (not always). Its only a little bit more, the 550 has an L3 cache the 250 doesn't, you should also consider a Scythe Mugen-2 for cpu cooler. As for motherboard the BIOSTAR TForce TA790GX A3+ would be great it just costs a bit more (and has the possibility to unlock the extra cores) rather buy it a bit more expensive and have it last longer and it would be faster.
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System: new system
CPU
Phenom II X2 550		 Motherboard
BIOSTAR TA790GXE 128M		 Memory
2x1gig DDR 2 800 		Graphics Card
9500 gt (256) ddr3 core@620 mem@870
Hard Drive
250 gig + 500gig		 Sound Card
onboard		 Power Supply
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coolmaster 590
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Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus		 GPU cooling
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hmm i will be oc'ing it and if i get to 3.5 ill be fine
The BIOSTAR TForce TA790GX A3+ would be good for oc'ing.
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PHENOM II X2 550BE OC CLUB

System: new system
CPU
Phenom II X2 550		 Motherboard
BIOSTAR TA790GXE 128M		 Memory
2x1gig DDR 2 800 		Graphics Card
9500 gt (256) ddr3 core@620 mem@870
Hard Drive
250 gig + 500gig		 Sound Card
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