QuaziBee
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A buddy wants to build a budget gaming rig and I wanted to get some opinions about AMD's. I only have experience with Intel's so how AMD's are rated is just askew to me. I would like something with comparable performance to an e6550, he doesn't need anything spectacular and he wont overclock (i already argued with him about that). I need to emphasize on the fact that he wont be overclocking so theres no need for headroom.
Here is a list of things I was throwing together, feel free to pick at it. (mind you this still includes intel cpu/mobo).
Processor: Intel e6550 $175
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
Mobo: Gigabyte p35 DS3L $100
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Video: PNY 8800GTS $280
Newegg.com - PNY VCG88GTS32XPB GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported HDCP Video Card - Retail
Ram: G.Skill 2GB 800mhz $80
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
Power: Rosewill 450W $40
Newegg.com - Rosewill Stallion Series Single 12cm Ball Bearing Fan RD450-2-SB ATX V2.2 450W Power Supply 115V/230 V UL, CSA, TUV, FCC - Retail
Hard Drive: Seagate 320GB SATA $80
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Case: NZXT Apollo Black $70
Newegg.com - NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Here is a list of things I was throwing together, feel free to pick at it. (mind you this still includes intel cpu/mobo).
Processor: Intel e6550 $175
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
Mobo: Gigabyte p35 DS3L $100
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Video: PNY 8800GTS $280
Newegg.com - PNY VCG88GTS32XPB GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported HDCP Video Card - Retail
Ram: G.Skill 2GB 800mhz $80
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
Power: Rosewill 450W $40
Newegg.com - Rosewill Stallion Series Single 12cm Ball Bearing Fan RD450-2-SB ATX V2.2 450W Power Supply 115V/230 V UL, CSA, TUV, FCC - Retail
Hard Drive: Seagate 320GB SATA $80
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Case: NZXT Apollo Black $70
Newegg.com - NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail