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Old 11-16-2007, 04:10 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Back to the drawing board

Well, I found out that this years christmas present will be computer parts, so that I can once again have a gaming PC (that works, lol). I will likely splurging on a nice Mobo, and low-balling on a CPU (Will probably upgrade to Penryn after release anyways....)... So, yeah.... Just need to look for Motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Budget is $500-750, preferrably closer to $500 end of the spectrum. (OK, so I went about 150% over budget.... lol)

Now I just have to do some research and see what chipset to go with, and deciede on DDR2 or DDR3.

Componenet specific's
  • Motherboard with X38 chipset, and with DDR2 memory (POSSIBLY a P35, still thinking)
  • DDR2 800 Memory
  • Core2Duo processor
  • modular PSU



The list thus far.... (temp list, for me to keep track of what I am currently thinking of....)
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Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR 800, XFX Radeon HD 4870, SILVERSTONE ST70F,
4x Seagate 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500 GB, ASUS DRW-2014L1T, Antec 900
Dell 2709W - 27" Monitor & Sony SDM-HS95P - 19" Monitor
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