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Am I missing something?

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Revolution09

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I'm helping my friend out by reccomending some parts for a new computer, and although he's on a tight budget, I'm suprised at how cheap the final price of this computer was...

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Did I accidentally miss something?



edit: I just realized that processor is a 64bit CPU... will it still be able to run 32bit programs and XP? are all AM2 processors 64 bit or something? I honestly don't know much about AM2.
By the way here is a link to the CPU: link
 
I wouldn't really trust the PSU that comes with that case, generic PSU's are always a bad idea.

It's a 32bit CPU with 64bit extensions, it will work perfectly fine with XP and 32 bit apps, with the option of running a 64bit OS later, when there is more software available that would actualy take advantage of it.
 
Originally posted by: stevty2889
I wouldn't really trust the PSU that comes with that case, generic PSU's are always a bad idea.

It's a 32bit CPU with 64bit extensions, it will work perfectly fine with XP and 32 bit apps, with the option of running a 64bit OS later, when there is more software available that would actualy take advantage of it.
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ok great, thanks alot for clearing that up. I assume that's just a feature of AM2?

and about the PSU, I'm aware that generic PSU's aren't usually a good idea, I'm waiting to see what he thinks of this build and the price range and I may change the case + upgrade the PSU.
 
CoolerMaster PSUs are made by either Andyson or Acbel, I forget which. But they are decent, and I would think that one could handle that rig with no videocard.
 
Originally posted by: Revolution09
Originally posted by: stevty2889
I wouldn't really trust the PSU that comes with that case, generic PSU's are always a bad idea.

It's a 32bit CPU with 64bit extensions, it will work perfectly fine with XP and 32 bit apps, with the option of running a 64bit OS later, when there is more software available that would actualy take advantage of it.
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ok great, thanks alot for clearing that up. I assume that's just a feature of AM2?
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It's a feature of all Athlon 64 based CPU's(socket 754, 939 and AM2). There are variations of the Pentium-4 that also have 64bit extensions, as well as Pentium-D's and Core 2 duo.
 
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