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[Maddhatter]

BIOSTAR I945PCOMBVGA1 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 945P ATX Motherboard with GeForce 7600GS 256MB Video Card - Retail

 

[avinnik]

Isn't 7600GT better than the 7600GS?

 

[Maddhatter]

and yes the E4400 is much better than the 3800+

 

[avinnik]

Hey actually I can spend $600 including shipping, so maybe I can get something better, or what?

 

[Maddhatter]

the difference between the 2 cards is marginal. In game you won't notice a difference frame wise. But to answer your question yes the GT is slightly better than the GS but it costs more than its worth.

 

[avinnik]

Hey actually I can spend $600 including shipping, so maybe I can get something better, or what?

Should I up the GPU?

 

[Maddhatter]

well you could skip that motherboard then and go for this...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102022

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128042

 

[avinnik]

$639.86

That's what it comes out to total.

Too much for me.

 

[Maddhatter]

sorry man i was a little busy earlier but still trying to help and i did not tally up the cost

 

[avinnik]

Well, my mother wants me to buy it from iBuypower or CyberpowerPC or some site like that.

She said I could spend a couple of hundred more because of that.

So I was looking on iBuyPower and I saw:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ CPU
ATI CrossFire 580X MB
1GB DDR2-800 Memory
250GB 7200 RPM SATA-2 HDD
18x Double Layer DVD+/-RW
2x ATI X1950GT 256MB 16x PCI-Express Video [Cross-Fire]
7.1 Channel 3D Surround Sound
600 Watts Subwoofer Speakers
10/100/1000 Network LAN
Eagletech Sidewinder Gaming Case w/MOD window
Windows VISTA Home Premium

for $899

What do you think about that?

If I take out Vista Home Premium, it'll be $75 less and I could up the ram or something.

Or.

X2 5600
Windows XP Pro
550w psu
NZXT Apollo Case
7600 GT Nvidia
2 GB Corsair Valueselect

for $927.