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Recommended MID-end/budget parts
CPUs
Intel
Pentium Dual Core
E2220
[N] Core 2 Duo
E4700
[N]
E8200
[N]
E8400
[N] Core 2 Quad
Q6600
[N][C] (G0 Stepping [SLACR]) AMD
Athlon X2
5200+
[N]
6000+
[N]
5000+
[N] (Black Edition [Unlocked multiplier]) Motherboards
Intel
DFI Lanparty DK P35-T2RS
[N]
Gigabyte EP35-DS3R
[N]
DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL
[N]
Abit IP35-E
[N]
Biostar TForce TP35D2-A7
[N]
Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R
[N] Crossfire
ASUS P5K-E
[N]
Abit IP35 Pro
[N]
MSI P35 Platinum
[N]
MSI P35 Neo2-FR
[C] SLI
ASUS P5N-E 650i SLI
[N]
ASUS P5N-D 750i SLI
[N]
EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1
[N] AMD
SLI
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe
[N]
Foxconn C51XEM2AA- 8EKRS2H
EVGA 122-M2-NF59-TR
Crossfire
MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX
[N] (AM2+) RAM
2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2-800
[N]
2 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracers DDR2-800
[N]
2 x 1GB GeIL DDR2-800
[N]
2 x 1GB OCZ Reaper HPC Edition DDR2-800
[N]
2 x 1GB Team Xtreem DDR2-800
[N] Graphic Cards
ATI
HD
3850 512
[N]
3870
[N]
HD4850 [
]Newegg.com - hd4850[N][/url]
Nvidia
GeForce
9600GT
[N][C]
8800GT 512
[N] Power Supplies
Modular
Corsair 520HX
[N][b]
XCLIO Greatpower 550W
[N]
HIPER Type-R 580W
[N]
Antec NeoPower 550W
[N] Non-Modular
Corsair 550VX
[N]
Rosewill RP550
[N]
SeaSonic S12 550W
[N]
Antec Tru Power Trio 550W
[N]
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W
[N] Hard Drives
Samsung SpinPoint T series 500GB
N]
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 320GB
[N]
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB
[N]
Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB
[N] Aftermarket CPU Coolers
Tuniq Tower 120
[N]
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
[N] (For Intel CPUs) (No need to buy aftermarket thermal paste)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
[N] (For AMD CPUs) (No need to buy aftermarket thermal paste)
Zalman CNPS9500
[N]
Thermaltake Big Typhoon
[N]
Thermalright Ultima-90
[S] (Doesn't include a fan)
Xigmatek HDT-S1283 120
[N]
Xigmatek HDT-SD-964
[N]
OCZ Vendetta 2
Cases
Mid-Towers
NZXT Tempest
Cooler Master 690
[N]
Antec Nine Hundred
[N]
Antec P180 Series
Full-Towers
XCLIO Windtunnel
[N]
Thermaltake Armor Series
[N]
Gigabyte 3D Aurora Series
[N]
Cooler Master CM Stacker Series
[N]
Rocketfish
[Only at Best Buy] ...or your choice
Widescreen LCD Monitors
CHIMEI CMV 221D-NBC 22" 5ms
[N]
Hanns-G HW-223DPB 22" 5ms
[N]
Hanns-G HG-216DPO 21.6" 5ms
[N]
Samsung 216BW 21.6" 5ms
[N]
LG L206WTY-BF 20" 2ms
[N] Thermal Pastes
Arctic Cooling MX-1
[N] or MX-2
[N]
Arctic Silver 5
[N]