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Originally Posted by MindOfChaos
Some one else I asked about a build choose these parts. Not sure what his tastes are like compared to mine... its designed to be cheaper than what I picked.
amd athlon ii x2 250 3ghz 2mb cache
$156.84
GIGABYTE MA78GPM-UD2H MATX VGA AM2+
$184.75
Gigabyte GV-R485MC-1GH HD4850 1GB DDR3 PCIE
$293.68
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W EPS PSU
$240.43
Seagate 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA 7200.12 32MB
$140.21
Corsair TWIN2X4096-8500C5 4GB (2x XMS2 2GB) PC-8500 (1066MHz) DD
$125.00
Antec Three Hundred -- The Versatile ATX Tower Case - Black, NO PSU, Front ports: 2 x USB2.0, 1 x Au
$105.28
Viewsonic VX2233WM Black 22" Widescreen 16:9 Full HD 1920x1080 5
$264.65
Sub-Total: $1,510.84
Total inc tax = $1700
$300 underbudget... the more under the $2000 mark the better
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Well, now we're in a totally different ball game lol... your friend has a point though - i think AMD would be great for this budget. I do recommend spending the extra ~$20 for a
Phenom II X2 550 BE
6MB of L3 cache!!!!!!! the Athlon doesn't have any!
100mhz faster stock clock
potentially unlockable to
four cores on the right board - the Athlon has no such potential.
Not sure about that board either, it looks like a cheapy mATX. Get a good solid 790FX full size ATX board. You could also save some money on that RAM - 800MHz is fine and can OC to 1066 anyway...
