Had anyone seen any recent budget PC reviews? Cant seem to find any among the usual sites.
I built one in Jan on a M2N-Deluxe with a 4000+, that clocked up to 2.5 nicely and is doing stirling service but I need to add another in the next day or so.
Looking at vendors, budget X2s are still cheap but I see the low end c2ds coming down so I might be tempted to stray to the darkside for a good chip/mobo combo, just im out of touch on c2d mobo ranges atm, intel mobos tend to be more pricey.
It has to do grunt work, 100% cpu, want low power chipset (eg M2N deluxe has no southbridge), just needs onboard graphics and will get 3 gig ram whatever. I will overclock it for greater budget savings (but not to screaming point, heat is an issue too) and I prefer asus mobos but might stray for a stable one, so if anyones got any suggestions then feel free.
cheers guys
I built one in Jan on a M2N-Deluxe with a 4000+, that clocked up to 2.5 nicely and is doing stirling service but I need to add another in the next day or so.
Looking at vendors, budget X2s are still cheap but I see the low end c2ds coming down so I might be tempted to stray to the darkside for a good chip/mobo combo, just im out of touch on c2d mobo ranges atm, intel mobos tend to be more pricey.
It has to do grunt work, 100% cpu, want low power chipset (eg M2N deluxe has no southbridge), just needs onboard graphics and will get 3 gig ram whatever. I will overclock it for greater budget savings (but not to screaming point, heat is an issue too) and I prefer asus mobos but might stray for a stable one, so if anyones got any suggestions then feel free.
cheers guys
