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DigitalMicron

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Hey Everyone,

Well I'm kinda new here and I just wanted to start by saying hey to everyone.

Well getting down to business, my brother's computer died about 3 weeks ago. One of the clips that was holding the Heatsink on his processor broke all of a sudden and it left him with a dead CPU. So I've been in charge of doing a little upgrade for him.

He has about 230 US to spend on his parts and I came up with this configuration for him. Keep in mind that he's not a hard core gamer but does play a few recent games. He mostly uses the computer to do alot of lvl and game design work. He also wants to keep all of his working parts that he has. (DDR-RAM, PATA HDD, AGP Card) And he also prefers Intel chips over AMD.

OCZ Thermal Compound - 4.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835126003

Intel Pentium D 945 3.4 DC 65 nm - Retail - 170.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819116255

FoxConn 865G7MF Mobo - 44.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?Item=N82E16813186060

Total w/ shipping - 227.41

His setup that he had was this:

3.0A Ghz Pentium 4 (Prescott) DIED
FoxConn Mobo
1GB RAM PC-3200
80 GB Western Digital HDD
200 GB WD HDD
Geforce 5700LE 256 MB Card
Creative Soundblaster 24-bit Sound card
21 Monitor

Now I'm going to be trading my Video card with him because I'm not gaming as much as I use to. I have an EVGA 7800GSOC card that I'm trading him.

So what do ya'll think??? Remember that he can't go over 230 US in price. Thanks ahead of time for everyone's input.

Peace,
Rob
 
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Artic Silver 5 is the most recommended thermal compound. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100007 Note Liquid Pro is a new type of thermal compound supposedly better then AS5. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835121005

AMD fan here sorry.

Foxconn wouldn't get great reviews around here. Are you looking for micro or full sized atx boards? The two of the Asus models are standard size seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...5&Submit=ENE&Manufactory=1315&SubCategory=280

Three MSI micro atx models at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...5&Submit=ENE&Manufactory=1312&SubCategory=280

Save $20 and get a dual cored cpu. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103562

Nothing like saving on an Asus atx model. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569R
 
lol....Well I like a few of those boards but the only problem is that I'm only going to get him a board with an intel chipset. Probably 865G which 9 out of 10 of those boards don't have and the only one that did isn't in stock. Well idk about anyone else here but I've had good luck with TopConn for an inexpensive board. I has all the things that he needs to get his system up and running until he does a full upgrade next fall.

But thanks for the input. Keep'em coming guys :)
 
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