Possible AMD build?

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mikepro55

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Price wise coming in at around $800 canadian, what do you guys think? Im presuming everything is compatible..anything i should change?

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Dual Core Processor Socket AM2 Windsor 2.8GHZ 2000FSB 2X1MB 90NM Retail Box

MOBO: Biostar Tforce 570 SLI ATX AM2 DDR2 NFORCE570 SLI 2PCI-E16 2PCIE-1 3PCI SATA Gbe Sound Motherboard

RAM: OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

Video: EVGA E-GEFORCE 7900GS KO 500MHZ 256MB 256BIT 1.38GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card

HD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive 3YR MFR Warranty *IR-$8*

CASE: Coolermaster Centurion 534 ATX Tower Case 5X5.25 1X3.5 4X3.5INT Black No PS

PSU: OCZ Stealthxstream 600W ATX12V 20/24PIN Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black *IR-$20*

DVD: LG GSA-H62L Black SATA DVD+RW 18X8X16 DVD-RW 18X6X16 DL 10X Lightscribe OEM DVD Writer W/ SW

OS: Vista home premium 64-bit
 
TBH i wouldnt go amd as intel core 2 duo's are far better than amd dual cores at the moment
Maybe get the E6420 - it has 4 MB cache compared to the amd's 2 and is generally better
 
Praetor said:
Step 4: Filter out brands you dont want
After you've picked out a chipset, now you need to find all the motherboards with that chipset you are looking for, When you're done that, apply the following (highly reccomended) filter (i.e., dont buy from these manufacturers)

* AOpen
* ASRock
* BIOSTAR
* ECS
* Intel
* PCCHIPS

Why am I blacklisting these brands? With the exception of Intel, they all have a track record of low performance, cheap parts (resulting in direct failures and sometimes consequential failures i.e., motheboard fails and then also causes something else to fail). Intel was included because their motherboards dont offer anything useful that can be had from any other (even budget oriented) manufacturer. These are just suggestions though.
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MOBO 101
 
haha K stick to Asus.

Yeah I'm probably not going to overclock, if I do it would be a marginal amount.

which q2d does the 5600+ best compare with?
 
mikepro55 said:
haha K stick to Asus.

Yeah I'm probably not going to overclock, if I do it would be a marginal amount.

which q2d does the 5600+ best compare with?
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from benchmarks at stock speeds, i would say its with the E6600..
 
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