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Which Athlon 64 based system should I get?

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flipkc

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#1

2x OCZ OCZ400512V3 400MHz 512MB PC3200 DDR DIMM CAD$51.98 CAD$103.96
AMD Athlon 64 3000 skt 939 Venus Core CAD$186.98 CAD$186.98
MSI K8N Neo4-F Motherboard nForce4 Chipset PCI-Express x16 SATA RAID GLAN CAD$118.98 CAD$118.98
MSI 8983 NX6600GT-TD128E 128MB DDR3 PCI-Express TVO DVI CAD$235.98 CAD$235.98
Thermaltake 420W PSU 20/24-pin ATX 2.0 CAD$56.98 CAD$56.98

Subtotal: CAD$702.88

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#2

2x OCZ OCZ400512V3 400MHz 512MB PC3200 DDR DIMM CAD$51.98 CAD$103.96
AMD Athlon 64 3000 skt 939 Venus Core CAD$186.98 CAD$186.98
MSI K8N Neo4-F Motherboard nForce4 Chipset PCI-Express x16 SATA RAID GLAN CAD$118.98 CAD$118.98
MSI 8981 NX6600-TD256E 256MB TVO DVI PCI-Express CAD$161.98 CAD$161.98
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound CAD$9.98 CAD$9.98
Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 A1838 CAD$37.98 CAD$37.98
Antec SLK1650B 17" Tower Black 350W Power Supply CAD$88.98 CAD$88.98

Subtotal: CAD$708.84

Which one is better for gaming? I have all the other essentials (Soundcard, Monitor, Speakers, Keyboard and Mouse).

My budget is $700 CDN and I can only get parts from www.cancomputer.com so don't refer any online stores such as Newegg or TigerDirect. Thanks! Any suggestions or comments will be greatly appreciated.
 
Originally posted by: cscpianoman
#2 looks the better take. Only because the only difference is PSU and GPU.
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#2 has a 6600 NON-GT and #1 has 6600GT. Are you sure it's still the better take?
 
I'm not sure on the direct comparisons between GT and non. I just glanced at the video ram and didn't get too involved with all the numbers and letters. However, just glancing over at THG (It was the quickest comparison I could find) The 6600GT takes the cake on performance. They didn't do a comparison of the 256MB version so I don't know. Sorry for the mixup.
 
Originally posted by: cscpianoman
I'm not sure on the direct comparisons between GT and non. I just glanced at the video ram and didn't get too involved with all the numbers and letters. However, just glancing over at THG (It was the quickest comparison I could find) The 6600GT takes the cake on performance. They didn't do a comparison of the 256MB version so I don't know. Sorry for the mixup.
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Oh it's okay you don't need to be sorry. I don't think there are 256mb versions of the 6600GT though.
 
You might want to look into different kind of memory, those OCZ have high timings 3-3-3, IIRC. Lower timings would beneficial.
 
I dont like either of em. msi nf4 has major ocing problem it will be fixed i may be wrong maybe it was already fixed check up on it though.
 
Originally posted by: w00t
I dont like either of em. msi nf4 has major ocing problem it will be fixed i may be wrong maybe it was already fixed check up on it though.
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I'm not worried about it.
 
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