Which one to choose?

[etzelr1990]

Well im in between two builds here, one is from newegg personally and going to buy a 19inch lcd off craigslist and the other is being sold by a friend of mine.

My build: 400
http://yfrog.com/jdredit300p

W/windows xp, dvd drive, 19" lcd

Friends: 380
Apevia X-Qpack 2 Micro-ATX case
MSI AM2+ Micro-ATX motherboard
Athlon X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz Dual-Core CPU
2 GB Kingston Hyper-X DDR2 667MHz RAM
Asus Geforce 8800 GTS 640MB video card
Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM hard drive
Logitech G11 backlit gaming keyboard
Razer Diamondback gaming mouse
Acer 22" 5ms monitor 1680x1050 resolution
# 420 Watt power supply

 

[Japjeev]

lol well obviously your is better. and thanx for giving me a idea on what motherboard combo to choose

 

[Mez]

I would go with your build if you went with a high quality psu, that sunbeam is a piece of crap.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817189013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371033

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151077

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139017

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182202&Tpk=rosewill 430w

 

[etzelr1990]

Gotcha just was trying to cut the budget at exactly 300, I kinda figured it was crap would that be the best choice on the graphics card for the money?

 

[etzelr1990]

Any changes other than the psu??

 

[bomberboysk]

640GB HDD for $5 more after coupon code:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...m_re=640gb_caviar_blue-_-22-136-218-_-Product

I would go with your build if you went with a high quality psu, that sunbeam is a piece of crap.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817189013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371033

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151077

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139017

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182202&Tpk=rosewill 430w

That rosewill unit is a piece of garbage, its a cheap ATNG built unit.

 

[etzelr1990]

Edited 60 combo deal on psu and mobo, great deal. Willing to fork out the extra 15 bucks for longevity and upgrade-ability.

 

[maceman]

I wouldn't buy from my friends. There is no warranty

 

[bomberboysk]

Edited 60 combo deal on psu and mobo, great deal. Willing to fork out the extra 15 bucks for longevity and upgrade-ability.

Rosewill power supplies are just as bad as sunbeam.

OCZ units are not really units i like, but they are better than rosewill units. This is the bare minimum setup i would suggest:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.474837

Although, personally i would skip that setup alltogether and go with this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130290
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Any of the following:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151076
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817702010
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139017
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008

 

[etzelr1990]

http://yfrog.com/jdredit300p

Okay i redited it with the changes, came out to exactly 300.

 

[Mez]

I wouldn't recommend running 1GB of ram these days, 2GB is pretty much the minimum now. But, I'm not saying that you CAN'T run 1GB, it's just recommended that you run 2GB or more

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144455

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148194 -> Quite a price jump from a single channel to dual channel.

 

[bomberboysk]

I'd personally go with a single 2gb dimm, gonna be cheaper to grab another 2gb dimm in the future for 4gb and dual channel, as 1gb dimms are probably gonna slowly start disappearing from the market.

Although, i'd spend the extra on 1600mhz, thats my opinion anyhow:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211450

 

[Mez]

I'd personally go with a single 2gb dimm, gonna be cheaper to grab another 2gb dimm in the future for 4gb and dual channel, as 1gb dimms are probably gonna slowly start disappearing from the market.

Although, i'd spend the extra on 1600mhz, thats my opinion anyhow:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211450

I miss the old days where 512mb was overkill and DDR3 was unheard of.

 

[etzelr1990]

I gotcha yeah i figure i can buy another stick when i get the mir, Im still really debating wether to up the budget or get a nice lcd because i know i can get a gts 250 and phenom ii x2 with 6mb cache for 420, great build too.