Well, I know you guys haven't heard this one before...

[SapperX]

Wait, he isn't overclocking... Why has nobody suggested an AMD build?

If it were me I would go with a 6400+ BE for wayyyy less then that Intel. You wont notice any difference in performance from a e8400 in CS:S or most things for that matter.

 

[nOcLuE98]

we want intel, because we can pull him over to OCing. He will want to when he doesnt want to buy new parts

 

[DawnOfDoom]

exactly

 

[Invisible]

Actually, go with this drive:
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Same company, same capacity, twice the cache. I just got mine the other day... haven't even got it installed yet.

i have this one, works great

 

[Drizzt]

in CS theres a 140 or 120 FPS cap limit. lol

and vernong has set you up quite nicely.

cap limit is 299

 

[ricanflow]

Wait, he isn't overclocking... Why has nobody suggested an AMD build?

If it were me I would go with a 6400+ BE for wayyyy less then that Intel. You wont notice any difference in performance from a e8400 in CS:S or most things for that matter.

If going amd, the 5000+ Be is the best choice.

 

[KennyD]

Hey guys, yeah I am going with the 3.0ghz Intel e8400

I ordered that case yesterday, so it's all in process.

I may want to over-clock, I never knew it was so simple....

 

[DawnOfDoom]

I may want to over-clock, I never knew it was so simple....

haha come over to the dark side KennyD mwahahahhahahah

 

[KennyD]

ABIT IP35-E LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

These two are my next purchase, probably next week. I have heard good things of these two products. That processor should satisfy my needs, and then some.

It's coming together, fellas.

 

[SHaTTaFaKKaP]

hey for $10 more after a rebate you could have this