Saurian
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Ok, so I'm preparing for a budget build. I will be retaining my current case, hard disks, optical drives, etc. Basically a gut-job. Current setup:
P4 3.2Ghz
MSI Via-chipset
2x512 Mismatched DDR
FX5900XT 128MB
It's done its duty, and its time to send the parts packing. Might sell them to my soon-to-be room mate, give them to dad, dunno. Anyways, here's what I'm wanting to swap in place.
Athlon X2 3600+ Brisbane - 65 Shipped
Abit K9NS nF550 AM2 - 86 Shipped
A-Data 2GB Kit 667Mhz 1.8v C5 - 112 Shipped
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 - 35 Shipped
EVGA 7600GT 256M Dual-DVI - 116 Shipped (-20 for MIR)
Total Price - ~414 Dollars
Budget build. Plan on doing a moderate overclock on the Brisbane from 1.9Ghz to 2.5 or so Ghz. The RAM and motherboard should support this with relative ease. I am confident that that ram should be able to run 800Mhz+ with a voltage bump. The vid card is a capable card that can cover until ATI's mainstream DX10 offerings are brought out. The only other card I was considering was the ATI x1650 XT, but its more for not much more.
Anyways, your opinions on this? I figure, I can keep my eyes peeled for somebody offloading their X2's as the C2D's sweep more over to Intel, or as K8L/K10/K-never-seems-to-get-closer comes out. Thanks!
P4 3.2Ghz
MSI Via-chipset
2x512 Mismatched DDR
FX5900XT 128MB
It's done its duty, and its time to send the parts packing. Might sell them to my soon-to-be room mate, give them to dad, dunno. Anyways, here's what I'm wanting to swap in place.
Athlon X2 3600+ Brisbane - 65 Shipped
Abit K9NS nF550 AM2 - 86 Shipped
A-Data 2GB Kit 667Mhz 1.8v C5 - 112 Shipped
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 - 35 Shipped
EVGA 7600GT 256M Dual-DVI - 116 Shipped (-20 for MIR)
Total Price - ~414 Dollars
Budget build. Plan on doing a moderate overclock on the Brisbane from 1.9Ghz to 2.5 or so Ghz. The RAM and motherboard should support this with relative ease. I am confident that that ram should be able to run 800Mhz+ with a voltage bump. The vid card is a capable card that can cover until ATI's mainstream DX10 offerings are brought out. The only other card I was considering was the ATI x1650 XT, but its more for not much more.
Anyways, your opinions on this? I figure, I can keep my eyes peeled for somebody offloading their X2's as the C2D's sweep more over to Intel, or as K8L/K10/K-never-seems-to-get-closer comes out. Thanks!