Hi all,
I have been putting togther a build (my first) and have changed my mind like 20 times. I think I am ready to pull the trigger, but wanted to run it by you guys to make sure it is a good build for the money. It will serve as the household general pc, media/music server and light gaming (mainly racing games). I was going to go with E6750, but the e8400 was $10 more. I think it will work with this setup?
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model LH-20A1S
$28.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$99.99
Not sure why I picked that card, so I am not attached to it in any way. Can you guys recommend an exact model of 9600GT that would work. I new egged it and there are 2 pages full of them.
I have a E8400 on a DS3L and have had no trouble at all, the E8400 is like a bullet compared to my old P4 2.4ghz! I also Have the Sonatta III and really like it. Some people don't like the glossy finish but it doesn't bother me. I did have the Earthwatts PSU fail on me after about a week though.
As for the 9600GT EVGA and XFX are supposed to be good, no personal experience though.
I took look at the 8800GTS G92 512 and its like $259? Ouch!
What is the best I can do for around $140-$160ish? I really dont understand the hierarchy of these gpu models, so I am just guessing. The one issue I see with the 9600GT is that it does not have linux drivers and I will be VM'ing linux.
Well since you will only be doing some light gaming, an 8800 gts would be overkill. Is also out of your budget. Somthing a little less expensive will serve you just fine. Here is what i would recommend:
