austinr

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Im going to build a new gaming machine and I am trying to keep the pice below 1.5k. What I have so far is based on the nforce 4 IE mobo becuase of the execelent overclocking possibilities. I would like some commens on my current build: suggestions, comments, and changes.

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal (nforce4)

CPU: Intel P4HT 650

GPU: nvidia 7800 GTX (I don't know what brand to chose)

RAM: xms2-6400 Black (Corsair 2x512 dual channel tested)

HD: Westen Digital Raptor & large storage dirve (250 gig)

Power: Antec 550 Watt

After viewing the charts I can see that amd dominates most every catagory over intel. although I still think prive v. performance the Intel 650 is the best bet. Any comments would be nice.
 

Crashman

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Former Staff
Guys are getting the best price vs performance by overclocking the Opteron 144 and 146. Those happen to be hand-picked processors for the lowest heat output and highest stability, great things when overclocking of course. And they're inexpensive, plus they fit Socket 939 desktop boards, an overclockers dream!