I'm helping a friend upgrade his ancient socket A machine. I think he can reuse the powersupply as it is 450 watts. We are trying to keep this as cheap as possible (<$300, maybe $400 if it's worth it) and are looking at possible builds.
What do you think of the following?
Athlon II X2 2.8GHz - $68
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 - $85
Powercolor Radeon 4850 512MB - $115
Found these on the NCIX sale page here.
Might be able to get a couple gigs of DDR2 for $30, but if it's available online (or 4GB) for a comparable price then that might work as well.
Speaking of this, I had no idea that they made AM3 with DDR2 boards. Seems like a sweet deal to me as DDR2 is so cheap at this point.
(I'm in Canada btw. Generally buy from NCIX or Newegg Canada.)
EDIT: Another option is this intel bundle. They have AMD bundles as well but they appear to be on back order
EDIT2: This will be a moderate gaming PC. Mainly Source stuff but it would be nice to be able to play games into the future as well, hence the 4850. I was thinking that he could easily upgrade to a quadcore in the future as well.
EDIT3: Is this anything to be concerned about, or has this been fixed with newer BIOS'? I'm also a bit worried about the chipset and their drivers as I've heard (and read) that AMD has AHCI and USB troubles. Any grounds to this?
What do you think of the following?
Athlon II X2 2.8GHz - $68
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 - $85
Powercolor Radeon 4850 512MB - $115
Found these on the NCIX sale page here.
Might be able to get a couple gigs of DDR2 for $30, but if it's available online (or 4GB) for a comparable price then that might work as well.
Speaking of this, I had no idea that they made AM3 with DDR2 boards. Seems like a sweet deal to me as DDR2 is so cheap at this point.
(I'm in Canada btw. Generally buy from NCIX or Newegg Canada.)
EDIT: Another option is this intel bundle. They have AMD bundles as well but they appear to be on back order
EDIT2: This will be a moderate gaming PC. Mainly Source stuff but it would be nice to be able to play games into the future as well, hence the 4850. I was thinking that he could easily upgrade to a quadcore in the future as well.
EDIT3: Is this anything to be concerned about, or has this been fixed with newer BIOS'? I'm also a bit worried about the chipset and their drivers as I've heard (and read) that AMD has AHCI and USB troubles. Any grounds to this?
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