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| Thread ID: 106632 | 2010-01-16 10:40:00 | Advice needed for new build | forrest44 (754) | PC World Chat |
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| 849280 | 2010-01-16 10:40:00 | Thinking of building a new budget PC Ideally I'm looking for something that overall is quiet and low-power. Any improvements you could make on this? PSU: corsair VX450 $129 Motherboard: MSI 760GM-E51 socket AM3 $132 CPU: Athlon II X2 245 2.9GHz (plan on undervolting) ~$104 RAM: 4x 1gb DDR3-1066 (already have this) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB $148 Case + optical drive: already have |
forrest44 (754) | ||
| 849281 | 2010-01-16 11:24:00 | What do you plan to use it for? What is your budget? |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 849282 | 2010-01-16 12:27:00 | Will probably be running virtualisation software, + basic internet/email stuff. Just looking for something decent but fairly cheap without sacrificing upgradability/quality Maybe $600 or so max? |
forrest44 (754) | ||
| 849283 | 2010-01-16 18:37:00 | Any improvements you could make on this? Motherboard: MSI 760GM-E51 socket AM3 $132 Change that to ASUS or Gigabyte. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 849284 | 2010-01-17 01:07:00 | I'd personally change the Seagate to a Samsung F3 1TB or Western Digital 1TB (not the green drive version though). | trinsic (6945) | ||
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