Good day guys! I need your votes on which system to get. All factors like Crossfire support for GPU and upgrades to CPU are taken into consideration. My current system has just received Powercolor ATI RADEON HD3870 PCS 512Mb 256bit which is cpu limited by my Pentium 4 531 (3.0Ghz). I bought the card with the thought of using it with a new system this year. MY choices are listed below.
Intel base system 2008a
casing: Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum = php 6,800.00
psu: Silverstone Decathlon 650W (DA650) = php 7,700.00
motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R P 7,900.00
memory: Kingston Value Dual 2 GB DDR2-800 (2 x 1GB) Ddr2 P 2,650.00
hard disk: 320GB Seagate SATA 3Gbs = 4,150.00
processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 Ghz, 4MB, 1333FSB = php 8,700.00
Total = php 37,900.00
Total with = 41,550.00 (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz, 8MB,1066Mhz)
Intel base system 2008b
casing: Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum = php 6,800.00
psu: Silverstone Decathlon 650W (DA650) = php 7,700.00
motherboard:ASUS P5K SE Intel P35 = Php 6,300.00
memory: Kingston Value Dual 2 GB DDR2-800 (2 x 1GB) Ddr2 P 2,650.00
hard disk: 320GB Seagate SATA 3Gbs = 4,150.00 (4th priority)
processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 Ghz, 4MB, 1333FSB = php 8,700.00
Total = php 36,300.00
Total with = 39,950.00 (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz, 8MB,1066Mhz)
Intel base system 2008c (preferred because of CrossfireX support)
casing: Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum = php 6,800.00
psu: Silverstone Decathlon 650W (DA650) = php 7,700.00
motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3P P 8,400.00 (2nd priority)
memory: Kingston Value Dual 2 GB DDR2-800 (2 x 1GB) Ddr2 P 2,650.00
hard disk: 320GB Seagate SATA 3Gbs = 4,150.00 (4th priority)
processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 (2.66GHZ, 6MB L2 CACHE, 1333MHZ FSB) PhP 9,308.00
Total = php 39,008.00
AMD base system 2008a
casing: Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum = php 6,800.00 (1st priority)
psu: Silverstone Decathlon 650W (DA650) = php 7,700.00 (1st priority)
motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H Socket AM2 = P 4,850.00 (2nd priority)
memory: Kingston Value Dual 2 GB DDR2-800 (2 x 1GB) Ddr2 P 2,650.00 (3rd priority)
hard disk: 320GB Seagate SATA 3Gbs = 4,150.00 2pcs (4th priority)
processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Socket Am2 = P 7,900.00 (5th priority)
Total = php 34,350.00
AMD base system 2008b
casing: Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum = php 6,800.00 (1st priority)
psu: Silverstone Decathlon 650W (DA650) = php 7,700.00 (1st priority)
motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H Socket AM2 = P 4,850.00 (2nd priority)
memory: Kingston Value Dual 2 GB DDR2-800 (2 x 1GB) Ddr2 P 2,650.00 (3rd priority)
hard disk: 320GB Seagate SATA 3Gbs = 4,150.00 2pcs (4th priority)
processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ (2.6 Ghz) = php 6,150.00 (5th priority)
Total = php 32,600.00
note: I'm having difficulties getting a good deal with AMD chipset based board in Philippines. Too bad market only limited choices to Intel sets.
Intel base system 2008a
casing: Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum = php 6,800.00
psu: Silverstone Decathlon 650W (DA650) = php 7,700.00
motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R P 7,900.00
memory: Kingston Value Dual 2 GB DDR2-800 (2 x 1GB) Ddr2 P 2,650.00
hard disk: 320GB Seagate SATA 3Gbs = 4,150.00
processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 Ghz, 4MB, 1333FSB = php 8,700.00
Total = php 37,900.00
Total with = 41,550.00 (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz, 8MB,1066Mhz)
Intel base system 2008b
casing: Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum = php 6,800.00
psu: Silverstone Decathlon 650W (DA650) = php 7,700.00
motherboard:ASUS P5K SE Intel P35 = Php 6,300.00
memory: Kingston Value Dual 2 GB DDR2-800 (2 x 1GB) Ddr2 P 2,650.00
hard disk: 320GB Seagate SATA 3Gbs = 4,150.00 (4th priority)
processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 Ghz, 4MB, 1333FSB = php 8,700.00
Total = php 36,300.00
Total with = 39,950.00 (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz, 8MB,1066Mhz)
Intel base system 2008c (preferred because of CrossfireX support)
casing: Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum = php 6,800.00
psu: Silverstone Decathlon 650W (DA650) = php 7,700.00
motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3P P 8,400.00 (2nd priority)
memory: Kingston Value Dual 2 GB DDR2-800 (2 x 1GB) Ddr2 P 2,650.00
hard disk: 320GB Seagate SATA 3Gbs = 4,150.00 (4th priority)
processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 (2.66GHZ, 6MB L2 CACHE, 1333MHZ FSB) PhP 9,308.00
Total = php 39,008.00
AMD base system 2008a
casing: Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum = php 6,800.00 (1st priority)
psu: Silverstone Decathlon 650W (DA650) = php 7,700.00 (1st priority)
motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H Socket AM2 = P 4,850.00 (2nd priority)
memory: Kingston Value Dual 2 GB DDR2-800 (2 x 1GB) Ddr2 P 2,650.00 (3rd priority)
hard disk: 320GB Seagate SATA 3Gbs = 4,150.00 2pcs (4th priority)
processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Socket Am2 = P 7,900.00 (5th priority)
Total = php 34,350.00
AMD base system 2008b
casing: Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminum = php 6,800.00 (1st priority)
psu: Silverstone Decathlon 650W (DA650) = php 7,700.00 (1st priority)
motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H Socket AM2 = P 4,850.00 (2nd priority)
memory: Kingston Value Dual 2 GB DDR2-800 (2 x 1GB) Ddr2 P 2,650.00 (3rd priority)
hard disk: 320GB Seagate SATA 3Gbs = 4,150.00 2pcs (4th priority)
processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ (2.6 Ghz) = php 6,150.00 (5th priority)
Total = php 32,600.00
note: I'm having difficulties getting a good deal with AMD chipset based board in Philippines. Too bad market only limited choices to Intel sets.