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12-05-2005, 05:23 PM
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Final check...
Ok, I've been waiting more than 6 months to build a computer and I now have the funds to do it, My budget is around $1800-1900 at max. However I would like to stay around $1800.
Case: Antec Solution http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811129152 PSU: Antec truepowerII 550W http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817103931 Mobo:MSI K8N Neo-4 Platinum http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130484 CPU:AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819103546 RAM:1GB corsair Value Select http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820145440 HDD: Maxtor diamondmax 10 200GB http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822140168 GPU: eVGA 7800GT http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814130256 DVD:Lite-On DVD burner http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106988 FDD:Samsung Floppy drive http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16821103203 Keyboard:Microsoft standard keyboard Mouse: Flexiglow X-Raider Speakers: creative I-Trigue 3300 2.1 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16836116120 Monitor:Hyundai L90D+ http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16824179014 OS: Windows XP home edition Now I have a dilema, should I stick with the 4400+ or should I get a 3800 X2 and get an extra gig of ram? |
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12-05-2005, 05:25 PM
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What are you going to do with the computer?
Personally I would drop to a cheaper dual core or a cheaper, faster single core and upgrade to 2 gig of RAM or a 7800GTX (if you are gaming, I'd probably do this...cause you can add another gig of RAM later on)
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12-05-2005, 05:41 PM
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Primarily it will be used for gaming, but I will also do some music production, some photoshop, and some beginner programming on it as well. I'm not too worried about the music production stuff as my old Dimension 2400 was able to handle it fine.
CPU:AMD Athlon 64 4000+ http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819103529 GPU:eVGA 7800GTX http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814130248 Could I even downgrade the processor even more to a 3700+? |
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12-05-2005, 05:42 PM
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You probably could.
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12-05-2005, 05:47 PM
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I think I'll probably just stick with the 4000+ and add another gig of ram later if need be.
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12-05-2005, 05:53 PM
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Yeah, it'd be better to get a good CPU and video card now...since it's cheaper to toss in another gig than to replace either of the former.
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