in a pickle.... Comp building/ mediacentr/ upgrade

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ok i have a s939 3200 in my comp right now 512mb ram 9550se gfx card agp.... now im building a media center pc for my living room , should i just dropp that 3200 in that rig add a 512 stick of ram and a new vid card and upgrade my rig? or should a media center be beefier.. the MC will only be used for internet and watching movies and listening to music.... 3200 with a good gfx card should be able to handle that right?
 
Yes it will. Just drop that in there and if you want later drop in a Manchester when you have the money. Still it's not like it'll be needed.
 
ok good good... hehehe now to build my riggg hehehehe i have a case a 460 watt ps monitor keyboard and mouse.... i would like to go amd but whateva i can get ill take
 
lol ^^^ yeah sorry bout that.. well i would say about 450ish - around 600ish lil higher a lil lower.. it jsut has to be upgradeable... i was thinking about these 2 mobos EPoX EP-AD580XR Socket AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail or MSI K9A Platinum Socket AM2 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail any experience? i want a cross fireable board and this is the 16x crossfire kind !!!
 
Intel Build:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128012

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231098

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130073

= ~$650

Could just get one 1gb stick of ram and upgrade later, that'd put it closer to $550. You could also get a smaller harddrive to cut cost. Get an aftermarket cooler like the Scythe Ninja, Tuniq Tower 120 or Zalman 9500 and you can overclock your system to atleast 3ghz. The vid card isn't the best, but it's good for the money. Also, if you want to wait a month or two get the e6320 or e6420 instead.
 
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