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03-19-2008, 04:04 AM
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I See Dead Pixels
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Sub $500 PC For My Kids - Surfing/Light Gaming
Came up with a list for another build. This is one for our kids (early teens) for their web surfing/homework/light gaming machine. I'm ready to buy parts just want to run it by you fine folks first to see if all looks well.
The motherboard has on-board ATI Radeon HD 3200 GPU with an available PCI-E 2.0 in case we want to throw in a dedicated video card later. Hybrid Crossfire is supported so if I do put in a vid card down the road it will pair up with the on-board GPU for Crossfire....pretty cool stuff. $454.13 shipped! (Already have a case) MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H (a few more options than the ASUS board including PCI-E 2.0) CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane (can upgrade to AMD Phenom in future) HDD: WD Caviar 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s (combo deal w/CPU, kids don't need a lot of storage right now) MEMORY: CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus ATX12V V2.3 460W OPTICAL: LITE-ON 20x DVD Burner SATA - Retail OS: XP Home
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03-19-2008, 06:20 AM
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Doesn't look that bad to me.
Only thin I would change is get ddr2-800. It's cheap anyway. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145590
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03-19-2008, 07:52 AM
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You may not need 2 GB or RAM if you upgrade to DDR2 800 MHz. If you want to save money I would only go for a gig now and upgrade in the future once it is needed.
What kind of video card are you putting into the machine? |
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03-19-2008, 08:21 AM
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that mobo has integrated HD3200 GPU. you can add up to a HD 3400 series card and use hybrid crossfire. I recommend this card and if you are going to crossfire them i believe that you need at least a 550W PSU. heres one and it $30 more.
PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817171016 VGA card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103055 heres a review of the board. http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=12116 it looks like the combo ended with the processor/HDD. I would recommend this drive, its a little more expensive but its a 32MB cache instead of the 16MB you were looking at. HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148309 make sure the you go to the spec page at gigabyte and verify that what ever memory you choose is compatible with the board and I would also recommend DDR2 800.
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03-19-2008, 08:38 AM
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Build looks good but I would change out to 800 memory, AMD just works better with 800. I think someone mentioned it, but check power consumption for the possible future crossfire set up and make sure you have a PSU that will handle it now. I am sure for another $20 or so you should be able to find one now so you wont need to upgrade that also.
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03-19-2008, 05:35 PM
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I See Dead Pixels
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Thanks for the info guys. Updated the ram to DDR2 800 and I was still able to get the CPU/HDD combo deal so I'll just stick with that for now.
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