that link leads to an
aspire x-infinity case w/ 350watt psu
1 120mm aspire red case fan
2 powmax 80mm red case fan
DFI lanparty nF4 ultra-D
eVGA 256MB 7800GTX w/ bf2
aspire 500watt psu
amd athlon 64 3000+
1 gig OCZ enhanced latency
plus OCing to about 2.4 on stock
1077 dollars minus 10 mail in rebate so a total of 1066 without shipping
in this link
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/athlon_64_geforce_7800_gtx_scaling/page13.asp
as you can see that on the lowest quality thers a pretty big different between the fx and the 3000+ but on the higher settings with aa and af its pretty much the same
i may OC to about the 3500 range
OR
x-infinity w/ 350watt
aspire 500 watt
DFI lanparty nF4 ultra-D
1 gig of OCZ enhanced latency
amd athlon 64 3700+ san diego,
eVGA 7800GTX w/ bf2
1,259 with shipping and everything
is the first one betteer, or the second one, im thinking the second one.
but then the case may get HOT, and i cant afford any more case fans.
i could go with OCZ 1 gig performance series for 112 dollars and buy some case fans with the extra 10 dollars i got...?