<$500 Budget Rig : AMD Phenom or INTEL duo core system recommendation

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: Denithor
Antec Sonata III w/ EA500 + Seagate 250GB $155 (third combo on page)
Foxconn P35 $73 AR
e7200 $130
ASUS 4850 $170 AR
Sony NEC DVDRW $26 (c'mon, get him a SATA drive)

Total: $554

This will be a blazing fast computer, at stock speed it will eat the fastest AMD dual-core alive. Should easily OC to >3GHz for even better performance. Will be rather nice for gaming as well, will handle everything you can throw at it (except Crysis, which you need about $600 worth of just video cards to handle moderately).

Does your friend already have a monitor or do you need that + keyboard/mouse/etc also?

Oooohh, me like.
Excellent CPU and great Vid Card yet still very close to the original 400-500 budget.

 

[nyker96]

Originally posted by: BadRobot
earthwatt $50
Rosewill r5604 $60 (case)
e2160 $70 (CPU)
p5k-se $90 (mobo)
Seagate 250gig $58 (harddrive)
Your dvd drive $24
8800gs $110 (vid card)

Total before tax-shipping-rebates= $462
When I keyed in my zip code there was no shipping or taxes. however you may not be so lucky =)

EDIT: I would definately try to spend the extra money to get the 4850. Way way better than the 8800gs. way better.

Yeah I think this setup is excellent bang/buck, also agree that you should just go for a on saled 4850. will do wonders.

 

[NBPTL]

awesome...i like that as well for INTEL
thank you

1 more thing,,... i have dell q6600, mobo sux

anycheap P35 you know is cheap and decent for oc?

 

[magreen]

Originally posted by: NBPTL
awesome...i like that as well for INTEL
thank you

1 more thing,,... i have dell q6600, mobo sux

anycheap P35 you know is cheap and decent for oc?

You have to check whether a standard ATX or uATX mobo will fit in that case. Lots of Dells are BTX and/or proprietary.

 

[Tempered81]

Originally posted by: Mwing

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: NBPTL
Thank you BadRobot , Jared & BurnitDown
Point well taken..
it does seem taking a rout in intel would be wise choice. He wouldn't mind shelling little more than $500 for fast cpu and vid card.

how is this e7200c and why is it cheap? won't oc well?
cpu
paired with that mobo.
any decent(cheap) HSF btw?

E7200 OCs like crazy. 4 ghz is pretty much common for this chip.

But then he has to buy a good HSF with 10% of his budget.

AC7 pro is like $15.00