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  1. Sep 20, 2006 at 7:46 PM #1
    Cast

    Cast Well-Known Member

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    AMD athlon 64 3800+
    gigabyte GA-M55plus-s3g mobo
    1gb pc2-5300 DDR2
    Nvidia GeForce 7300 GS

    total cost: 450$
     
  2. Sep 20, 2006 at 9:27 PM #2
    XMasterX

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    ugh...

    I got more for $660

    was:

    AM2 X2 3800 (dual core)
    ASUS M2N-Sli Deluxe
    1gb (dual 512) DDR2 800 OCZ
    ATI X800GTO
    Samsung 160GB SATA HDD
    Samsung DVD+-R/RW w/lightscribe
    Raidmax Scorpio 877 case

    sockets 939/940 are dying, AM2 is the new future.

    was it the 7300 or 7400 that was bad? anyway, youd get more out of a x800gto or x850
     
  3. Sep 20, 2006 at 11:39 PM #3
    xlink

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    no harddrive power suply or case?

    it isn't bad, though I'd suggest x850XT insteed for the GFX card almsot 3 times the pwoer for 100$ after MIR
     
  4. Sep 21, 2006 at 12:56 AM #4
    turkishgold11

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    I dunno, do you?
    yeah you would need an HDD, PSU and a case to stick everything in.

    Also xelink, you will have to strike the MIR on the x850xt...tis no more.
     
  5. Sep 21, 2006 at 8:26 AM #5
    johndapunk FTW

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    work on getting ddr2-800. better preformance, around the same price range anyway.
     
  6. Sep 21, 2006 at 9:48 AM #6
    xlink

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    all the matters are the ICs on the ram. there is a lot of DDR2 that is merely 533mhz rated to run at 1.4V with tight timinginsgs and at 2.2V it suddently becomes DDR2-1000RAM.
     
  7. Sep 22, 2006 at 12:58 AM #7
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    I'd go for the dual core AMD X2s these days for me at least single cores just won't cut it :P
     
  8. Sep 22, 2006 at 2:03 AM #8
    xlink

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    depends on what you do, if you're on a budget single core is astill a great alternative as few people really utilize the second core, it just makes multitasking slightly easier.

    for a $450 system I'd recomend the following
    athlon 64 3000+ OC it 70$
    1GB DDR2 of almost anything 100$
    cheap 80$ board likely from biostar or ePox 80$
    coolermaster centurion 5 case 35$
    x850XT 125$ or x800GTO 90$
    250GB baracuda w/ PRM80$
    Enhance ENP-5150GH 66$

    something like that, good fast and reliable, atleat post OCing/unlocking

    you can cut on the harddrive and PSUs to a point should it be absolutely necessary. GeForce 6500 for 50$ works to a point comapreable to a 7300
     

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