flippo0792

Well aren't you arrogant, you argue with just about everyone that posts here.

You posted a 7600GT, I think he wants to play games past 2006. I RECOMMENDED not spending 400 on a gaming PC because you just won't get good performance.

The motherboard you posted doesn't even have any reviews for it, and 62 dollars is pretty cheap for a motherboard imo.

As for the E2180 bottlenecking the 3870, they overclock to about 3.5ghz and are still stable, you won't lose that much performance..

A $16.99 450W PSU? LOL

Just because you can put together a PC for under 400 dollars doesn't mean it will be good.

oscaryu1

How arrogant... Probably a very first timer. $400 is all he has, he'll need a computer. You sound like a salesperson. "Not enough cash, come back later."

$62 is a great price. It uses the same chipset as the P31-DS3L, which is a relative of the P35's, just -4GB memory support.

If you've noticed, that motherboard is OPEN BOX And if you knew Newegg, Newegg disables reviews for OPEN BOX ITEMS! Oops, left that out! Look at the other MSI P31 board, 4/5 stars! Wow!

Oh wow! Like a beginner in computers is going to overclock with absolutely no experience and void his warranties And for your information, I doubt even a Zalman 9700 could even get NEAR 3.5. You'd need to spend another $50 on a cooler, and around $10 on thermal paste, even more on a better PSU, and some case fans! Ooh, already outta the budget, don't you agree?

I'm betting your rig somewhat looks like "P4 3GHz, 1GB DDR266, 80GB, 8800Ultra...

If you think you can get a better PSU for $20 more, go for it. But I don't see you doing anything...

At least I can actually BUILD one and not just stand around doing absolutely nothing...

You just said it yourself. $400 won't be good compared to a Q6600 or a E6850 will it? It's a $400 PC. You can't expect much outta it. You think you can do better, go for it. Don't stand around watching and critisizing...

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