Good afternoon gentlemen!
This time around my [soft] budget is $1500 (no monitor/speakers required), and I'd like a few suggestions for the CPU/MoBo/RAM/Video and any additional cooling (if required).
The components I've currently selected are:
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Case = Antec P180 = $119
PSU = SeaSonic S12-500 500W = $129
HD = WD Raptor 74GB = $163
DVDRW = Plextor PX-740A = $53
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Which leaves me with about $1000 for the CPU/MoBo/RAM/Video. If it spills over by $100-$150 thats fine. Also, I'm leaning more towards an AMD X2 and ATI combo. Fu¢k Intel, and Nvidia sucks for Valve games (all I play!).
*IMPORTANT* I don't want to overclock, SLI or RAID anything. If the MoBo is capable of SLI, thats fine, but I really don't want (or need) two GPU's in this rig.
Thanks for your help!
This time around my [soft] budget is $1500 (no monitor/speakers required), and I'd like a few suggestions for the CPU/MoBo/RAM/Video and any additional cooling (if required).
The components I've currently selected are:
--------------------------------------
Case = Antec P180 = $119
PSU = SeaSonic S12-500 500W = $129
HD = WD Raptor 74GB = $163
DVDRW = Plextor PX-740A = $53
--------------------------------------
Which leaves me with about $1000 for the CPU/MoBo/RAM/Video. If it spills over by $100-$150 thats fine. Also, I'm leaning more towards an AMD X2 and ATI combo. Fu¢k Intel, and Nvidia sucks for Valve games (all I play!).
*IMPORTANT* I don't want to overclock, SLI or RAID anything. If the MoBo is capable of SLI, thats fine, but I really don't want (or need) two GPU's in this rig.
Thanks for your help!