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700$ Budget System

Zaitsevs

Senior member
I want to go AMD, but I don't know the difference between opteron and athlon.

Would you guys recommend some setups? And would I want to go opteron or athlon?
 
athlon and opteron are both 64 bit and amd (obviously). opterons are made of a higher grade silicon (i believe) hence allowing for better overclocks. you can afford both...opteron 144's should be in your price range and so should A64 3000+ and 3200+. you should get those with a board geared towards stability with some overclockability
 
No monitor mouse or keyboard.
thanks for the info on the opteron. they are 940 pins right?

Do they over any more performance over the athlons?
 
Antec Mini Tower SLK1650B 350W ATX Case (Black)
$68.25
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=CA-1650BK&c=pw

MSI K8NGM2-L nForce 410/GeForce 6100 Athlon 64(FX)/64 X2 Dual-Core Skt939 DDR
$71.99
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=241194

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Processor (Venice) Socket 939 Retail
$159.80
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80701-5

Corsair VS1GBKIT400 1GB Kit DDR400 PC3200 CAS2.5 Value Select
$81.89
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80098-21

Western Digital WD Caviar WD800JD 80GB Serial ATA 7200RPM
$55.80
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101206-1

NEC ND-3550 (Black)
$44.49
http://tinyurl.com/bpwqd

eVGA e-GeForce 6800 GS PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card
$195.99
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=322744

Total Price Shipped: $678.21

 
What will you be using your PC for? Games? Video editing? Audio work?

Do you need a monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers? How about a printer? Scanner?

Do you need an operating system?

Do you need a TV-out port? TV-in?

Until you elaborate, nobody can make any decent suggestions.
 
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