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| 1178074 | 2011-02-14 22:05:00 | for a budget of < $500 I'd start with something like Intel www.pp.co.nz $198 www.pp.co.nz $159 www.pp.co.nz $87 $444 Amd www.pp.co.nz $235 www.pp.co.nz $153 www.pp.co.nz $87 $475 For a change I'd reccomend the AMD at that price point. I like paradigm pc's myself but there are cheaper suppliers so you can probably shave a bit off the price by shopping around |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1178075 | 2011-02-15 01:30:00 | Thanks for the responses guys. It'll be a Phenom II X4. Havn't decided on the motherboard, I'd rather get one without integrated graphics seems quite redundant (might as well buy a case too and have another PC leaving this one to die a slow death). |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1178076 | 2011-02-15 01:51:00 | The cheaper motherboards almost universally have integrated graphics and in fact feature/price wise they are much better than the more expensive ones. On a tight budget I wouldn't worry about it, the performance gains available from a motherboard are very small and it's better to choosse based on features. For example I didn't link the cheapest model above as it only has 2 RAM slots which is a bit limiting. The main advantage of a full ATX board without integrated graphics is the greater number of expansion slots. If you don't need them then the advantage mostly vanishes. Bear in mind this comes from a guy who bought a $600+ motherboard when the i7 platform first came out... yes it's nice but my $100 intel board with a core 2 quad does most things just as well. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1178077 | 2011-02-15 02:02:00 | True, like this mobo. It was $160 I think it was. If I were to buy a GB mobo (MATX - $132), it would have firewire (this doesnt have it, its PCI), DVI/HDMI/VGA (this has a PCI-E card), and uses DDR3 ram (this uses DDR2). I think most GB mobos have more features / things on them (than ASUS). And they're cheaper. And I've got a spare MATX case at the mo. Only diff is the amount of ram. This can take 16GB, whereas the GB mobo can only take 8 GB. Probably wouldnt matter what matter mobo I buy, just as long as it works after I build it (and since I dont play games on this one). I dont care what the videocard is (whether its onboard or a PCI-E card) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1178078 | 2011-02-15 02:14:00 | What do ya'll think?www.eoneonline.co.nz How much for the case speedy? |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1178079 | 2011-02-15 02:18:00 | :drool Don't toy me with me like that! 2x over my price range :( Give you premature perspiration :) |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1178080 | 2011-02-15 02:30:00 | What do ya'll think?www.eoneonline.co.nz How much for the case speedy? This looks better to me @ $498+ www.eoneonline.co.nz |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1178081 | 2011-02-15 02:41:00 | What do ya'll think? . eoneonline . co . nz/shop/CP/Bundle+CPUMotherboardRam/CPU++Motherboard++Memory/03919 . html" target="_blank">www . eoneonline . co . nz How much for the case speedy? Umm $55 when I brought it . It had an air duct thing, on the side, but I removed it . Probably put a fan there instead . Its only got audio and front USB x2 tho . If I decided to get a mobo with onboard firewire, I would probably get a case with front firewire as well |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1178082 | 2011-02-15 06:45:00 | Just remember to leave out about $100 for a PSU. Phenom X4 and a new graphics card consumes a lot of power! | LynX (14542) | ||
| 1178083 | 2011-02-15 07:24:00 | What do ya'll think?www.eoneonline.co.nz How much for the case speedy? Personally I'd drop back to the 955 BE, and the M4A87TD EVO. It'll probably save you $100 - $120 for no real loss in, well, anything. The main difference between the 870 and 890 series chipsets is support for dual @16 PCI-e lanes - other than that, both the M4A87TD EVO and the M4A89GTD have SATA3, USB3, etc. |
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