So as of recently I sold my PC which was a Phenom II X3 for $650... It was a pretty good system with a SSD, lots of storage, and whatnot, but the graphics card was lacking. I felt I needed more processing power....
As of yesterday I got bored so I went to my local Frys Electronics and picked up the following:
Hitachi 2tb sata drive
Diamond Radeon 5770 1GBDDR5
ASUS DVD/RW drive
I think all of this together was like $280, but theres a $20 MIR I need to fill out. I have about $1100 to play with and I have the parts above plus a nice MS wireless mouse and rosewill keyboard.
I do not play a lot of games but I have recently started playing SC2 and when Diablo 3 comes out, I wouldn't mind getting that as well. I typically use my machine for games, work, multimedia, web. Not in any specific order, but I do want to be able to run some virtualization, rendering on occasion.
I keep running into the X6 vs i7 debate....... and I am totally undecided..
If I go the i7 route then my build would consist of ....
core i7 930
sabertooth 1336 mobo
ocz gold 4gb ddr3
ocz modxstream modular ps 700 watt
ocz agility 2 or vertex 2 SSD- 60gb
acer 24 inch led monitor S243HLbmii
antec sonata or antec three hundred case
If I got the phenom route, I would go a 1090t or 1055 and everything else above with a similar spec/priced mobo. I think both system are identical in price +/- a few bucks, but thats not even worth calculating......
I could just wait for all the new technology to come out... but I hate waiting. Any suggestions?
As of yesterday I got bored so I went to my local Frys Electronics and picked up the following:
Hitachi 2tb sata drive
Diamond Radeon 5770 1GBDDR5
ASUS DVD/RW drive
I think all of this together was like $280, but theres a $20 MIR I need to fill out. I have about $1100 to play with and I have the parts above plus a nice MS wireless mouse and rosewill keyboard.
I do not play a lot of games but I have recently started playing SC2 and when Diablo 3 comes out, I wouldn't mind getting that as well. I typically use my machine for games, work, multimedia, web. Not in any specific order, but I do want to be able to run some virtualization, rendering on occasion.
I keep running into the X6 vs i7 debate....... and I am totally undecided..
If I go the i7 route then my build would consist of ....
core i7 930
sabertooth 1336 mobo
ocz gold 4gb ddr3
ocz modxstream modular ps 700 watt
ocz agility 2 or vertex 2 SSD- 60gb
acer 24 inch led monitor S243HLbmii
antec sonata or antec three hundred case
If I got the phenom route, I would go a 1090t or 1055 and everything else above with a similar spec/priced mobo. I think both system are identical in price +/- a few bucks, but thats not even worth calculating......
I could just wait for all the new technology to come out... but I hate waiting. Any suggestions?
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