Hey guys, Im in Australia and building a budget system for a friend. He wanted a Intel Quad but they were too expensive, so I gave him an Phenom X3, which was even cheaper than a E7500. Before I start, this is extremely tight budget, and he gave me $550 AUD to play with. So, bear in mind that this is basicly meant to have crap parts
CPU: Phenom X3 710
Motherboard: GA-M720-US3 (I know, I know. Any others that are better, i dont mind any brand, just, i want it to have firewire.)
Graphics Card: POV 9800GT 512MB
RAM: G.skill NQ series 2x2GB 800mhz
PSU: Coolermaster Extreme 500W (crap and cheap i know, but hell, i was this close to getting a SHAW. )
Case: Reused.
HDD: Reused.
DVD: Reused.
Yeah, so what ya think? I think the only thing i could change would be the MB, all ram is basicly the same price PNY is 74, kingston 78, G.skill 79 etc. The 9800GT is the best one i can get basicly.. is the ATI 4850 worth another 10$ and go over his budget?
i dont know about the unlocking cores thing, as i said above, theres not much difference, the 1 i chose has an amd chipset, so the platform will be complete, amd cpu, amd chipset, and amd gcard
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