I don't think it has been mentioned yet, but you're best off waiting a little longer for AM2 to mature a bit. 939 is becoming the 754 of this generation.
Better yet, wait for the Big C to come out next month before doing anything. Even if you don't plan on buying it, its release is bound to shake the market. Right now is the worst possible time to get a new system.
Big C ?? what that?
Conroe, Intel's next cpu.
I just built me a SLI PC a few days ago
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.6GHz Processor
GIGABYTE GA-M55SLI-S4 Socket AM2 Motherboard
2x 1 GB G.Skill Ram
2x EVGA Nvidia GeForce 7600GT
250GB Western Digital HD
HIPER SLI-Ready 580Watt PSU
It's my first build and I was on a budget so don't be too hard on me
Here's a list of a system I put together for a friend of mine (in order of how I put it together)...
Coolermaster Centurion 534 Chassis
Coolermaster iGreen Power 500W Power Supply
Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Processor
Coolermaster Hyper L3 Cooling
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 Memory
Asus EN7950GT/HTDP/512M Graphics Card
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB HD
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 320GB HD
Lite-on LH-16D1P (Black) DVD-Rom (In Europe only)
Lite-on LH-20A1H (Black) DVD-RW
TEAC 3,5" Diskette Drive 1,44MB (Black) / 8 in 1 Cardreader (In Europe only)
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard
Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue Mouse
Logitech Z-4 Speakers (Don't ask why, he has 7.1 output)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (NL, 64-bit, OEM)
He got an overall score of 5.0 on his Windows Experience (3.0 and above being sufficient). More info here.
The whole list costs € 1496,77. Do the math!
Last edited by Killa-Eyez; Wed, 06-20-2007 at 09:43 AM.
Now... we can click as warriors... button to button, it is the basis of all internet.
Only a fool trusts his life to a virus.
I recently upgraded my old (=ancient) 451 to LH-20A1P. And I also changed the black front panel to it. The old LiteOn never had any media issues (no matter how dubious media) but this one has had some troubles with the lead in, like rejecting the disk (no more dubious than Verbatim), but when I put the same disk in again, it will burn it ok.Originally Posted by Killa-Eyez
Why didn't your friend build his own machine? Or do you just like the screwdriver so much that you offered to do it?
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Asus P5k
Club3D 8800GTS 320mb
Antec NeoHe 500W
Antec P182B Gun Black
Samsung T166 500GB
Creative Live! Ls 5.1
Mushkin 1GB DDR2 800Mhz x2
Logitech MX518 <3
Samsung Super WriteMaster SH-S183
I just put it together few weeks back. Those parts cost me around 1200 euros.
My monitor and keyboard are really old tho...
Cuz I helped him make this list in the first place and he knows nothing about hardware. Well a little bit, no experience though. He asked me to, so I did...
About the RW, dunno anything about it, always had a pretty goed experience with Lite-On. That's why I chose it.
Made changes to the list as its supposed to be... Check it.
U 2, check the list, he has exactly what u were trying to imply...
PS: In the future he's gonna have an SLI upgrade and another set of Corsair XMS2 2GB memory...
Maybe some Blu-Ray Rom/RW and a Samsung LCD screen? He really does have money!
Last edited by Killa-Eyez; Wed, 06-20-2007 at 09:54 AM.
Now... we can click as warriors... button to button, it is the basis of all internet.
Only a fool trusts his life to a virus.
total waste right there, you shouldve gone for an E6600 and use the xtra money for a better vid card, 7900gt and up.
I would even say the E6600 is too much. E6420 is as much as I would spend on a CPU.
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