Build for a friend

[F1N3ST]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211409
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138163
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106289
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148395
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817702010
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103843
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147153

I picked these out, mind you I've been out of the PC scene for like a year. He's going for a video card when he gets a job.

Comments? Don't hate on Biostar I <3 mine.

 

[mfenn]

It would be helpful if you would answer the questions in the sticky and list out the parts so that people don't have to click on the links.

Anyway, all of that looks fine, though I would never put a Biostar into a build for somebody else.

You can swap the Seagate to a Samsung for the same price. They'll perform about the same, but Seagate has had a bad reputation for reliability recently.

 

[F1N3ST]

Do the PHII X3's still unlock to 4 cores sometimes or no?

 

[mfenn]

Do the PHII X3's still unlock to 4 cores sometimes or no?

Yep, the Athlon II X3's will as well.

 

[F1N3ST]

I figure this is a pretty nice PC, better than a pre-built, and it's got so much room for upgrade. The mobo has the right settings to allow the unlock, IIRC. I told him either a 460 or 5830, I really don't know which is better, but I <3 my 260, so I'd recommend him the GTX 460

He's used my PC and loves it, his PC is some old fail Pentium 4 with no gfx card and like 1.5 gigs of RAM, it's a step up.

 

[mfenn]

I figure this is a pretty nice PC, better than a pre-built, and it's got so much room for upgrade. The mobo has the right settings to allow the unlock, IIRC. I told him either a 460 or 5830, I really don't know which is better, but I <3 my 260, so I'd recommend him the GTX 460

He's used my PC and loves it, his PC is some old fail Pentium 4 with no gfx card and like 1.5 gigs of RAM, it's a step up.

The GTX 460 is much better than the 5830, so you made the right call.

 

[Davidh373]

I would pop for a newer motherboard. $10 more will get you a better brand (Sorry...) and a brand new motherboard.

 

[lambchops511]

+1 to GTX 460 .. silent and FAST