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Re: Budget by Motherhead 10/16/2006, 1:31pm PDT
motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

case/power supply

This is on sale and has much better cooling. three (big and quiet) fans to the other case's one. Don't let that goofy looking black plastic shroud confuse you. The Sonata II is an excellent budget case. You've already gotten good advice on the PSU.

motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

motherboard

That's a good budget board choice. So this doesn't become a festival of Asus cocksuckery, here is another. Abit is also good, but lose points for the Fatality nonsense. If someone tells you to look into Gigabyte, smile and tell them to go fuck themselves. In my experience Gigabyte boards look awesome, fail.

motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

memory

You want DDR 400 (PC 3200). Rafiki's is right, matched pairs. Kingston, OCZ, Corsair and Crucial (from good to best) are brands that won't fuck you. Mushkin and Patriot have good things said about them, I never used them personally.

motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

cpu
You have a socket 939 motherboard picked out. That is an AM2 CPU. If you are sticking with socket 939, consider spending 20-40 dollars more for the 4400+ you get 2x1MB of L2 cache vs 2x512 and a slight bump in speed. worth it. If you are looking at AM2 as your platform consider this. If you go with AM2 we need to reconsider your memory choices as well.

motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

graphics

The 7900GS is a good choice, the one you selected is a standard reference design. If you have another $20 laying around consider the BFG which is clocked higher and will run rock solid. XTX and eVGA also have higher clocked versions in the $210-220 range.

motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

hd
Fine. Keep your eyes open for deals, 400GB 7200RPM drives get blown out the door for around the same money every so often.

motherfuckerfoodeater wrote:

cd
I'd consider a Lite-On for the same money. This because I've always had luck with Lite-On and the only Philips I ever owned was a horrid piece of shit (long time ago, SOME WOUNDS WON'T HEAL.)

If you can afford 2GB of RAM, go for it. You probably will add another GB sooner or later and with the games that can use it, you'll be delighted.

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