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Title: Doctor of Science Joined: Jun 11 2007 Posts: 188

My current computer is really starting to shit out on me. Therefore I am getting a new one, after much thought, I have decided to build my own(kind of) for a ~$1300 budget do you think this is a good computer?
-Shuttle XPC SN27P2 Barebone $339
-AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ $156
-GeForce 8800GTS 320MB $280
-CORSAIR 2GB SDRAM DDR2 800MHZ $131
-SAMSUNG 500GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive X 2 $220
-LITE-ON 20X DVD/CD BURNER $37
--------Total: $1164

Posted: Jul 05 2007 01:58 am

Get an iMac Cool

Edit: I wouldn't be me if I didn't just do that.

Title: Doctor of Science Joined: Jun 11 2007 Posts: 188

Thanks
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Posted: Jul 05 2007 06:08 am

Tishwitch wrote:

Get an iMac Cool

But those don't have Geforce 8800s!

Posted: Jul 05 2007 03:20 pm

I am one of the biggest AMD fans out there. (I am currently running 4 AMD systems at home. But, let me be the first to tell you, that you would be better off either waiting until the AM2+ chips come out, or if you can't wait, get a Core 2 Duo. The price/performance right now is pretty scued. You can get a E6600 for about $200 and it beats a AMD 6000 in almost all tests.

Not to mention the fact that they also overclock something fierce. Why spend $500 alone on the case, mobo, and cpu. When you can spend $300 for a 680i mobo and CPU. And, then have $200 left for a better case. If you want to stay with the small form factor, get a mATX mobo, and buy a X-QPack case.

Try this combo:
ASUS P5B-VM mATX mobo $114.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131043

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 $220.90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115003

Apevia X-Qpack2 mATX case w/500w PSU $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144140

Total = $425.88

Look up some reviews, and you'll see, sadly, how much an E6600 will stomp a AMD 5200.

Posted: Jul 05 2007 04:01 pm

I have XQPack 1, I LOVE it! Best small case ever!