dukat03

I’m trying to build a comp just for running Photoshop and flash without lag or slowing down I need a real good processor , i want speed , dual core would be awesome , so basically good speed and real cheap , any recommendation-thanks to all who read this

Bobo

What's the budget?

[-0MEGA-]

Core 2 Duo would be the best choice if your processor budget is between $200 and $1000.

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The_Other_One

Yeah, definetly a Core 2 Duo. It will definetly do whatever you want. Just don't get a very high end video card and you can easilly keep the price down, if that's what you desire...

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Jet

I'd say a:
Intel E6600
2GB DDR2 800 (CAS4, ie, Corsair XMS)
Motherboard (ASUS P5B or Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3)
7600GS graphics....

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dukat03

what would something like that cost

Jet

E6600: $310
2GB memory: $250
Motherboard: $125-$160
7600GS: $75

Course you'd need a power supply ($40-$50), Case (~$50), Optical drive (~$30), Hard drive (~$80 for a 250GB)

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dukat03

I went to new egg and found a bunch of amd X2 for 130 and up take a look and let me know thanks

http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Br...ubcategory=343

dukat03

can i do SATA , and stupid ? here but can i build this with a small tower and not so big , kind of like the hp its a quarter size of a regular tower trying to stay below 500 if at all possible for all of this

Jet

Yes, you can do SATA; yes, you can do a small form factor case.

$500? Okay...let's see.
E6300 ($189)
Motherboard ($110)
1GB memory ($125)
Video card: ($50)
Power supply: ($40)
Case: ($60)
Optical drive: ($30)
Hard drive ($50)

EDIT: $654...lemme try again

EDIT2: I hesitate to go less than this...will you need windows XP with this? Probably?

AMD A64 X2 3800+ (AM2)
Biostar Tforce 6100 AM2
G.Skill 1GB Dual channel DDR2 800
Gigabyte 7300GT (with silent cooling)(You can cut this out and add one later if you can't do it now, (that would take out $78) because the motherboard has decent integrated graphics. Not ideal, but okay)
Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB hard drive (7200RPM, SATA2, 8MB cache)

Case (MicroATX)
XClio 450BL PSU
16X DVD Burner

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