Out of curiosity, could someone do a dual core build for me? I need it to be a decent amount cheaper then the current 955 build. The builds I throw together come out only a bit cheaper :S I'd still like to have the 460/6850 in it though. I'd also rather not have it be an Athlon II.
You are suffering from feature creep.
The computer industry is filled with parts that are better for a few dollars more. If you follow that path, you will end up paying more (albeit with a better resulting computer) every time.
You need to do one of two things.
1) Face the realities of your desires and increase your budget as much as you need.
2) Set your budget in stone, and then do whatever it takes to stay within that budget.
3) Bitch and wine about it endlessly on forums and never end up with your "dream" system because you can't afford it, yet won't compromise.
You are being wishy washy and stating "but budget" and then going "but I don't want to sacrifice."
Man up and decide already!
If you do #1, then just choose the component levels you want and enjoy!
If you do #2, you can trim the PSU to something between the 430W and 650W Corsairs, drop down to a really cheap dual core (CPU is easy to upgrade in future), go cheaper on motherboard and be within budget while coming pretty darn close in performance for most things. Heck, maybe even go lower on graphics card if you have to, to meet budget.
#3 is not an option. :twisted:
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