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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE:this week, tomorrow perhaps BUDGET RANGE: 800-1000$

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Combat Arms, School Works...

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Monitor and The Windows 7 OS. Their fees are already covered

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: retail store, not able to buy from internet sites. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel CPU

OVERCLOCKING: Never SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Never

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1024 x 1280 is enough for him, but personally I'd want him to have sorta 1650 x 1050

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Not in particular.

Case: Antec 300
Power Supply: Corsair TX-650w
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Motherboard:Asus P45 P5Q Pro
Memory: Crucial Ballistiz Tracer DDR2-800mhz 4gb
Hard Drive: WD 500gb WD5000AAKS Caviar Blue
DVD: LG DVD-RW drive
Graphic Card: Sapphire Radeon HD4850 512 MB

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Pretty decent build. Personally, I wouldn't get a dual core CPU anymore. The quad cores are much better. Have you considered an i5/P55 build? It'll probably only cost a few bucks more, but you'll have yourself a way better system.

Reply to masterasia

or you could consider amd

Reply to obsidian86

If you really want an Intel platform you should get a 1566 with your budget. Although I would suggest getting an AM3 platform from AMD.

You could purchase an x3 720 processor for $120 and do very well. Also this will save you a nice fat wad of cash and have you gaming strong. There is very little difference between x3 and x4 cores when it comes to gaming.

There are some applications/games that are heavily CPU dependent like Adobe Photoshop/Flight Simulator X but there aren't too many out there that really need 4 cores at the moment.

------------------------------ [LG 23' GTG 1080p][Antec 902][PII X4 955][Gigabyte 790FX-UD5P][Sapphire 5770][Mushkin Redline 1600 4GB][Xigmatek S1283][Corsair 650HX]
Reply to BohleyK

I got myself p55 build, that I already asked for help a month ago. That is my friend's build, and he really wants nothing but something that would let him play Combat Arms(I don't believe it myself actually =.=). The more money saved, the better, he'll have less money to pay back to his parents and friends like that.

By the way, How are the low end DX11 cards, compared to the 4800 series?

Message edited by filoz on 11-13-2009 at 04:50:40 AM

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The5750 is about Gt250/9800/4850 level.
The 5770 is almost 4870/GT260 level.

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