Ethereal_Dragon
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Well, I found out that this years christmas present will be computer parts, so that I can once again have a gaming PC (that works, lol). I will likely splurging on a nice Mobo, and low-balling on a CPU (Will probably upgrade to Penryn after release anyways....)... So, yeah.... Just need to look for Motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Budget is $500-750, preferrably closer to $500 end of the spectrum. (OK, so I went about 150% over budget.... lol)
Now I just have to do some research and see what chipset to go with, and deciede on DDR2 or DDR3.
Componenet specific's
The list thus far.... (temp list, for me to keep track of what I am currently thinking of....)
Now I just have to do some research and see what chipset to go with, and deciede on DDR2 or DDR3.
Componenet specific's
- Motherboard with X38 chipset, and with DDR2 memory (POSSIBLY a P35, still thinking)
- DDR2 800 Memory
- Core2Duo processor
- modular PSU
The list thus far.... (temp list, for me to keep track of what I am currently thinking of....)
- CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 - $190
- Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-X38-DQ6 - $260
- Memory - 2 x Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - $100 (after rebates)
- PSU - CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX - $115 (after MIR)
- CPU Cooling - Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme - $65
- 120mm Fan for CPU Cooler - 2x Scythe S-FLEX SFF21D - $30 ($15 each)
- Thermal Paste - 3x ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 - $21 ($7 each)
- Case - Antec Nine Hundred Black - $70 (after MIR)