1 vs. 2

[apj101]

neither, what about all the other stuff? whats the total budget?

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

i still havent decided what build, ill say total i want to spend like 450-ish (perferably less) for everything. im going to get either a x800gto or 7600gs video card, and cheap case and psu that have good ratings. im order the video card at a later date and im going to use a card that I have. and im just going to use a 40gb ata133 drive and get a 160gb wd one when i can get vista.

 

[tweaker]

im going to use a card that I have.

I hope your not referring to the MX4000 in your sig because it wont work with either one of the motherboards you've listed.

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

is that because the boards are either nForce 4 or LGA775?

 

[tweaker]

Because the motherboards lack the needed AGP slot. But it just hit me that the 4000 came as a PCI card as well so it depends on which one you have.

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

its pci

 

[tweaker]

its pci

No worries then, my bad.

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

No worries then, my bad.

lol. i thought that i had read somewhere that if you have nForce 4 chipset or a LGA775 socket, you have to have a PCI-E graphics card.

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

what would you recommend tweaker?

 

[Rambo]

I would find out your budget first on how much you want to spend on each component... That way, it'll be easier to look for them

You don't want to end up buying an expensive GPU and cheap PSU for it to blow up and possibly render half of your computer useless. I would recommend spending $50 - $60 on a PSU that will be reliable.

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

can you find me the best stuff for 450 rambo?

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

well im definatley not going with build 1, so that means build 2 or:

AMD Athlon 3500+
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103533

ASUS A8r-MPV (get it over 50% off with 3500+)
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131584

G.SKILL 512MB RAM (2 of these)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231078

$236.96

or if someone can find anything better, speak up

 

[holyjunk]

I am thinking build two. More future proof, Faster ram, More and more programs will be created for dual core, can overclock to get more performance, and I just think it is better overall. I got a question though. Have you though of am2?
Why not something like this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819104317
Or this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103633

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

the only problem with am2 is finding a decent mobo that can oc for a decent price

 

[holyjunk]

Well, then I still stick with build 2, but still look for a mobo becauase I would choose amd over intel pretty much all the time.

 

[Rambo]

can you find me the best stuff for 450 rambo?

Ok, this is what I have come up with... If you do a bit more hard searching in Newegg, you may be able to find slightly better deals (for instance, there were cases for $10, but I was pretty sure they would be very bad quality...).

• 
  [*]Intel Pentium D 805 533MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core, EM64T Processor - $123.99
  [*]ECS 945PL-A (1.0) ATX Intel Motherboard - $66.99
  [*]HIS Hightech Radeon X800GTO HX80GTOQT256GVN Video Card - $154.99 ($124.99 after $30.00 MIR)
  [*]G.SKILL 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM System Memory - $66.99
  [*]Thermaltake Mambo VC2000BNS Black Computer Case - $39.99 ($19.99 after $20.00 MIR)
  [*]XClio 450BL 450W Power Supply - $39.99
  

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Total - $442.94 (After MIR's)

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

that looks pretty good

 

[holyjunk]

Sorry if this was mentioned before but what about july 24 when amds prices drop? Can you wait? The x2 3800 will be $170usd.

 

[Rambo]

Yeah, I was going to mention that... However, when $450 is your budget, and the processor takes up about 35% of that money, it's hard to get everything else...

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

and i dont really want to wait another month