Flipped Gazelle
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Originally posted by: Imager
Originally posted by: soonerproud
Originally posted by: Imager
it ultimately comes down to the price. if I can put an i7 system together for $1500 or under then I guess sure! ATM don't see why that couldn't last me quite a few years.
If not, I totally see your point going Phenom route
You can easily put together a i7 at a $1500 budget, as long as you are smart about picking components and if 3 gigs of RAM is enough to get by on then get three 1 GHZ dimms and run them in triple channel memory mode. You can also save a little cash by recycling things like drives, cases, power supplies DVD burners, etc.
If I had $1500 to spend, I would damn sure have a i7.
can't recycle because the old system is a pass down. Otherwise yeah I could do it well below 1K even then, LOL!
need the i7 cpu, mobo, ram (pref 6GB) and at a min 4850 ati, and 2TB of storage along with a dvd burner and then a psu and a case to put it all in. Da case I've been looking at is the Thermaltake Element S!
Easy. Just rough, generic prices here, as I don't want to start any brand wars:
Core i7 - $250
Mobo - 200
Ram - 100
Video - 150
2 x 1TB HDD - 200
DVD - 30
PSU - 100
Case - 100
Total - $1130
Shop around, look for deals, you'll go even lower.
Joy!