Approximate Purchase Date: Possibly about 2 weeks
Budget Range: $650 at max
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, multimedia editing, online & offline videos, web browsing
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse and monitor
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: United States
Parts Preferences: AMD CPU and video card with an ASUS or Gigabyte motherboard, known good brand of all other components
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1440x900
Additional Comments: I want quietness. Silence if at all possible.
I believe I will be running this with Windows 7 AMD64 and Debian GNU/Linux (also AMD64) together. This will be used with a 19" HP LCD.
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CPU:
AMD Athlon II X4 640 $99.99
or
AMD Athlon II X2 250 $60.99 (takes $39.09 off from total)
Motherboard: ASUS M4A87TD EVO ATX $99.99
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ $37.55 shipped
PSU: Antec NEO ECO 400C $44.99
Might be underpowered
Video card: Sapphire 100287VGAL Radeon HD 5670 $76.98 shipped
RAM:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 2x2GB DDR3 1333 RAM $44.99
Case: Antec Three Hundred ATX Mid Tower $72.98 shipped
Hard drives:
Western Digital WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3GB/s 3.5" HDD $42.28 shipped
Western Digital WD10EARS 1TB 5400 RPM SATA 3GB/s 3.5" HDD
Total: $573.75
Any suggestions?
Budget Range: $650 at max
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, multimedia editing, online & offline videos, web browsing
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse and monitor
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: United States
Parts Preferences: AMD CPU and video card with an ASUS or Gigabyte motherboard, known good brand of all other components
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 1440x900
Additional Comments: I want quietness. Silence if at all possible.
I believe I will be running this with Windows 7 AMD64 and Debian GNU/Linux (also AMD64) together. This will be used with a 19" HP LCD.
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CPU:
AMD Athlon II X4 640 $99.99
or
AMD Athlon II X2 250 $60.99 (takes $39.09 off from total)
Motherboard: ASUS M4A87TD EVO ATX $99.99
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ $37.55 shipped
PSU: Antec NEO ECO 400C $44.99
Might be underpowered
Video card: Sapphire 100287VGAL Radeon HD 5670 $76.98 shipped
RAM:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 2x2GB DDR3 1333 RAM $44.99
Case: Antec Three Hundred ATX Mid Tower $72.98 shipped
Hard drives:
Western Digital WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3GB/s 3.5" HDD $42.28 shipped
Western Digital WD10EARS 1TB 5400 RPM SATA 3GB/s 3.5" HDD
Total: $573.75
Any suggestions?