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After having my previous budget for my Intel build cut lower by several hundred dollars, I decided to try my hand at making an AMD build.
Now, I hate AMD with a passion, but their processor/mobo combos seem to be a **** of a lot cheaper than Intel, with better speeds.
I guess I'll overclock the crap out of my 5200+ X2 to try and get near what my E6600 could in benchmarks.
I THINK this will work together, so could someone point me out before I go buy something that won't work?
Newegg.com - ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N761-AR GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
Newegg.com - OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240 V CB/CE/CSA/UL/FCC - Retail
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
I'm leaving 2 of these in RAID 0 for games :
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
This for my storage :
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Newegg.com - ViewSonic Optiquest Series Q20WB Black 20" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1 - Retail
2 of these guys :
Newegg.com - SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner With LightScribe Technology - OEM
With a couple more things added, the subtotal is $1,511.80
I still need a CPU cooler to prevent my processor from exploding if I try to hit 4.0ghz with it. I don't remember/know what socket the AMD X2 processors used, so I still need to find that. I'd like a recommendation for that.
I'm not sure if I need a fan for my 8600 GTS, but in case it does happen to hit an undesirable temperature, I also need a recommendation for that.
Anything missing, or not working?
Now, I hate AMD with a passion, but their processor/mobo combos seem to be a **** of a lot cheaper than Intel, with better speeds.
I guess I'll overclock the crap out of my 5200+ X2 to try and get near what my E6600 could in benchmarks.
I THINK this will work together, so could someone point me out before I go buy something that won't work?
Newegg.com - ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N761-AR GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail
Newegg.com - OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240 V CB/CE/CSA/UL/FCC - Retail
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
I'm leaving 2 of these in RAID 0 for games :
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
This for my storage :
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Newegg.com - ViewSonic Optiquest Series Q20WB Black 20" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1 - Retail
2 of these guys :
Newegg.com - SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DDU1615/B2s - OEM
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner With LightScribe Technology - OEM
With a couple more things added, the subtotal is $1,511.80
I still need a CPU cooler to prevent my processor from exploding if I try to hit 4.0ghz with it. I don't remember/know what socket the AMD X2 processors used, so I still need to find that. I'd like a recommendation for that.
I'm not sure if I need a fan for my 8600 GTS, but in case it does happen to hit an undesirable temperature, I also need a recommendation for that.
Anything missing, or not working?