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lockdownx1x   09-28-2008 at 07:29:28 PM

Well a friend of mines need a new PC so I quickly came up with this list, any help would be awesome. He has his WinXP so we dont have to worry about an OS. And he is going to use his DVD Drive he has already.

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale - $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115052

 

GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4850 512MB - $169.99 ($20 MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125238

 

Case/PSU: Antec NSK4480 Black/ Silver - $79.95 ($40 MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129031

 

MOBO: ASUS P5Q SE LGA 775 Intel P45 - $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131333

 

HDD:Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB - $84.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136218

 

OCZ SLI-Ready 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - $44.99 ($25 MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227198

 

Total: $605.89

 

With all the MIR (If they all come): $520.89

 

Any suggestions will help a lot


Message edited by lockdownx1x on 09-28-2008 at 07:30:24 PM
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gingerbee   09-28-2008 at 07:43:20 PM
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great build for the dollar but if your overclocking i would get a little better psu

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jeremyrailton   09-28-2008 at 08:19:46 PM
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yeah that's a good psu for its size, but it is a little limited. Give it a shot and see what happens. If it can't keep up, you'll just have to get a more powerful one

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emp   09-28-2008 at 08:28:50 PM
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Antec Three Hundred Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129042

Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 650W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply with Three 12V Rails - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371001

Combo deal, you save $40.

GIGABYTE GV-R485ZL-512H Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125238

GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -EP35-DS3L

OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227267

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136218

Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116072

This particular CPU is great, because it's an 800FSB 45nm CPU with an extremely high multiplier to boot (12.5x), very easy to overclock.


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johnyeah   09-28-2008 at 08:49:11 PM
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Your build is pretty good for its budget.

Your PSU that comes with the case might be edging it a little though.

If you're just going to use XP for the next 2 years (support for XP ends 2010), then 2 GB RAM is fine. Otherwise 4GB of http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146731 would be pretty good (there was a cheaper Mushkin pair, but it's out of stock on Newegg).

emp's suggetsion on the E5200 is pretty valid, but he forgot to mention if you're planning to overclock you'll also need to spend around $30 for a decent cooler.

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lockdownx1x   09-28-2008 at 10:12:13 PM
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Yeah the PSU is cutting it pretty close. And yes I forgot to mention that I will be overclocking so the PSU isn't going to cut it, just forgot that minute detail since the Case/PSU combo was too good to pass by.

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