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| Anonymous wrote : Here is my latest suggestion if your bent on the 4850 chipset, some changes to zenmaster's original build:
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That PSU/Case combo has $30 shipping to it. The Antec 300/Antec Neo 550w one for $96 shipped ($85 +$11 shipping) is a much better deal, if you ask me. The Cooler Master case is a better one, but I'd rather have the Antec PSU over the Cooler Master PSU, ANY DAY!! Not to say the Cooler Master PSU can't do the job, but the quality of Antec PSU's in the past and currently are better than the Cooler Master ones, IMHO. So the $34 less Antec combo will give you more Amps on the 12v rails too. Antec has 42A on the 12v rails (which is really just 1 rail) and the Cooler Master has 36A on the 12v rails.
Cooler Master PSU sticker:
Antec Neo 550w PSU sticker:
Now the Cooler Master PSU is built pretty good, I'm just saying that you get more Amps on the 12v rails and it costs less, so I'm not sure why (when on a budget) you would want to get the CM 550w PSU??
GPU Power
8800gtx w/e6600 OC'd will run on Antec 380w w/27A on 12v rail, PSU!!
Reply to lunyone
| Priv wrote : Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
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I would change the CPU and MB combo to this one
BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX A2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138128
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103233
Combo $172
Since the Athlon 6000 is a a bit faster and the 790GX board will allow you to crossfire that 4850 latter on. That would raise your price to $339, well before shipping anyway 
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| shortstuff_mt wrote : Intel CPU's run most efficient with a 1:1 memory ratio. The FSB on Intel CPU's is quad pumped which means the E7200's 1066MHz FSB is 266MHz quad pumped. That means a stock E7200 would only require DDR2 533 RAM if you ran it at a 1:1 ratio. The E7200 has a 9.5x multiplier which means DDR2 800 RAM will allow it to run at 3.8GHz while keeping the RAM at a 1:1 ratio. There is no need for RAM rated above 1066 unless you are planning an extreme OC.
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G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231207
would run $44.99 and save $23 from the original build costs prior to mail in rebates, would still cost $7.00 after mail in rebates.
If power is a concern than yes, its better to with the 800MHz memory, but otherwise I would be just as happy with 1066MHz as I can toss in a E8400 later on and toss in another 4 gigs of ram to give my system another year or so before having to rebuild.
The motherboard has plenty of options for expansion so I usually tend to try get components that would last me at least 3-4 years before having to do a major upgrade.
My current Athlon 64 is running near its end(Diablo 3 still shouldn't be too bad on this machine) so I am back in the market to build soon 
Yeah I figured that you can do that too, I was trying to make a point about 800mHz RAM or 1066mHz RAM, but the price with the combo deal on the 4850 and 2x1 gb's 1066mHz RAM was the part that I was originally missing in the arguement. If the 1066mHz RAM was more expensive than the 800mHz RAM, than my point would've been correct.
GPU Power
8800gtx w/e6600 OC'd will run on Antec 380w w/27A on 12v rail, PSU!!
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