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Thread ID: 86494 2008-01-18 21:35:00 What kind of Motherboard? Tuneznz (13203) Press F1
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631547 2008-01-20 10:19:00 I would get either of these from www.pricespy.co.nz

Seeing as you are not buying a sound card you can get a better graphics card which is a better buy for playing the new good games.

Geforce 8800 GT, 512MB, PCI Express
$370.13

GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB, (G92) PCI Express
$482.63

They waste the 8600GT hands down.:thumbs:
memphis (2869)
631548 2008-01-20 20:11:00 you can probably get a decent motherboard for your current equipment for about $160. i have a similar setup and am using the K8-SLI board from albatron. I didn't usually trust albatron (usually went for ASUS) but it's been good to me so far :) Jimmy D (2061)
631549 2008-01-20 21:55:00 Nothing wrong with AMD, but intel are winning the performance war at the moment.

I would suggest pricing up a E6750 cpu and ASUS P5K MB and comparing it.

performance is slighlty better, they run cooler, use less power, and don't cost that much. Check some cpu benchmarks you'll see why AMD are struggling right now
dugimodo (138)
631550 2008-01-21 00:47:00 Try using Asus P5B Deluxe/Wifi-AP this is one of my favourite M/B from Asus.

Includes WIfi !! xD

One more tip:

If your building computer to play games rather than watching, surfing web.Spend more money on the Graphic Card rather than the CPU.

e.g. 2.4 GHZ 1 GB RAM -7600GT -Better
3.0 GHZ 1 GB RAM- 6600GT -Lags.
Bera (13301)
631551 2008-01-21 06:58:00 Yea i am on a budget so am going for a sub $200 card, im mostly going to play WoW on it so its not a huge resource sucker and im happy with what iv selected. the M/B does only have 1 SATA connection so thats why i have the 500gb hd, no need for wireless for me will have a cable/wireless adsl modem so thats sweet.

my final order of items is.
AOC 19" Wide Screen 1912VWa $256.00
AMD Athlon 64 dual core 3GHz Retail $209.15
Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P nVidia nForce430 Socket AM2 ATX $102.30
WM007 VESA Angeled Wall Mount $100.00
Western Digital 500GB 7200rpm SATA $139.54
Gigabyte GeForce 8600GT 512MB GDDR2 HDTV $149.00
2X2GB DDR2-800 PC2-6400 $99.36
Sirius Gaming Case (Silver), Side Window, 500W ATX 2.0 PSU $171.71
Total Less GST
$1,227.06
Inc. GST $1,382.61


Thanks for the help guys, much appreciated
Tuneznz (13203)
631552 2008-01-21 07:38:00 Don't know where you got the idea of one SATA port from that Motherboard (www.gigabyte.com.tw) has 4 ports. stormdragon (6013)
631553 2008-01-21 07:45:00 Hmm you sure you WANT the WD hdd??

It maybe cheap but is it reliable?
Speedy Gonzales (78)
631554 2008-01-21 08:17:00 Only today had my motherboard replaced by a ASUS K8V-VM. It cost $149.
Integrated graphics.
Misty :stare:
Misty (368)
631555 2008-01-21 09:45:00 I purchased a Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P, and used it in my recent build it seems to be running fine, no onboard video. Netsukeninja (13296)
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