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mother242   10-22-2009 at 08:46:39 AM

I am on a strict bugdet and i am building a gaming computer. i am trying to deside on many things, AMD or Intel. i5, i7,C2D E8400 or C2Q Q8400 for intel or AM3 PhenomII 810 or AthlonII 550. I am also looking for a mother board for this system i want it to be Crossfire or SLI enabled. have looked at Asus P5Q Pro Turbo for this job but havent looked at anything else. i am thinking around 4gb of ram and a 500gb hard drive. i already have a monitor and i think that i am going with the collermaster elite 335 with a 600watt PSU. i am not to worried about the graphcis card at the moment because i have an old GF8600GT that i can use until i have desided what to use in the long run. Any advise would be great. :)

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False_dmitry_ii   10-22-2009 at 08:51:36 AM
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I'm gonna say - read the sticky on that one, and provide the list. 'strict budget' doesn't scream nehalem core to me.

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mother242   10-22-2009 at 09:17:31 AM
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Yeah i know that just though that i'd i7 in there cause i just might use it, but your right in all probability i wont

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Bronze Home Brew badge jsc   10-22-2009 at 10:02:50 AM
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False_dmitry_ii wrote :

I'm gonna say - read the sticky on that one, and provide the list. 'strict budget' doesn't scream nehalem core to me.


Or SLI or CrossFire.

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threednonsense   10-22-2009 at 12:02:14 PM
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@jsc

Obviously you haven't see the new 1156 socket mobo's. You'd be surprised

@mother 242

No reason to throw away money on the i7, just get an i5 setup with SLI or Crossfire and you won't be disapointed. Hell, you could even get away with a socket 775 setup with SLI or Crossfire although it's just too old to recommend...

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bliq   10-22-2009 at 07:35:59 PM
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still don't know the budget.

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mother242   10-23-2009 at 09:14:35 AM
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The bugdet is around $700-$800 Australian

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mother242   10-23-2009 at 09:16:43 AM
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what about the Phenom II instead of the intel i5/i7

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threednonsense   10-23-2009 at 02:00:04 PM
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Your going for a SLI/Crossfire mobo anyways and your going to pay a premium. Pairing that with a Phenom II is just non sense...


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mother242   10-24-2009 at 12:43:52 PM
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not true :non: gonna use the GA-MA790XT-UD4P as the motherboard. but still not sure about what amount of RAM to use and what phenom II to use as well

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False_dmitry_ii   10-24-2009 at 05:50:57 PM
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vista/win7 4 gigs, XP is fine with 2.

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threednonsense   10-25-2009 at 12:58:21 AM
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@mother242

Overall? Yeah it is...

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/def [...] =83&p2=109

And that's stock...

FYI, if your going to use SLI or Crossfire the least bit properly, you don't want to be stuck with a low end cpu, just saying... Keep it in mind it actually scales off a better cpu at higher resolutions...

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