I’m planning on a system upgrade soon. I’m currently on an AGP-Based machine and I want to upgrade to PCI-Express. I’m a gamer so I want a decently powered CPU + Mobo + RAM + HDD combo. I have alloted about 15k-20k for the upgrades. I won’t be buying the graphics card now though. Going to wait for the 8900 series to be released.
So please suggest to me a decently powerful CPU + Mobo + RAM + HDD combo for 15-20k.
I was thinking of AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800 + Asus M2N4-SLI + 2 GB Kingston + 160 GB Seagate. Would that fall within my budget? Or should I go for the Intel Core2Duo brand? Help please.
will u buy 2 gfx card? if not u dont need sli
1> c2d e4300 5.2k
asrock or asus 945g mobo 4.5k (asrock is cheaper i think)
ram 2 x 1gb ddr2 667 (for dual channel) 4.5 k
hdd 160 gb (no idea of price) ~ 3k
[prices at kolkata] total 17.2 k
the c2d will oc nicely and give performance equal to c2d 6600
OR
2> amd x2 3600+ 3.4k
asus mobo [higher models](get jetway if u can) 6k
rest same total also approx same or u can take a mobo at 5k and get
a larger hdd instead
i think you dont plan to OC incase you do the 3600x2 is a good buy also.
the 4800x2 - 8.5 k
m2n4 sli - 5.5 k
1x2gb ram kingston 667 mhz - 3.2k
160gb hdd - 2.5k
falls within 20k
but i would suggest u get this.
E4300 - 5.3 k
asus p5nsli - 7.5 k
2gb ram - 3.2k
hdd 160gb - 2.5k
gpu - 7100gs or something for 2k
thing is you can take the the e4300 @ stock cooling upto 2.4 2.5 ghz without any trouble and i will be much faster than a amd counter partthen, incase you dont want to oc the configuration then i think you should settle with the onboard graphic of amd and wait for your gpu. but if you dont plan sli get your self a cheaper amd mobo the biostar if you can find at 4.5k is a good buy. or the amd m2n mx at 3.5k .
I’ve never OC’ed anything in my life, so yes, I don’t plan on overclocking. I heard that the 3600 X2 is a great buy, if you’re into overclocking, but since I can’t OC, it’s pretty pointless buying that processor. So, in case I get a 3800+ X2, an Asus Board, 2 Gigs of RAM and a 160 GB HDD, and in the future if I add an 8900 GTS/GTX, will the GPU get bottlenecked by the CPU?
yep, get the 3600+ for 3.4K (make sure u get the brisbane, has 1MB L2 Cache and runs at 1.9Ghz, the Windsor core runs at 2.0Ghz so check the box before u buy)
get the motherboard u r interested in, should be able to OC to around 2.5 - 2.6 Ghz easily on stock cooler
But the problem is, I have no clue on this overclocking thing - is it easy to push it to 2.5 Ghz for an overclocking n00b like me?
Hmm, yep, since we’re working with a tight budget here I think I’ll be going for AMD Athlon 64 x2 3600+ / Asus M2A VM / 2 GB Kingston 667 Mhz / Seagate 320 GB combo
but since u r not going the discrete graphics card way, would suggest that you get yourself the Jetway 690G; way better graphics then m2nmx tho not as good as any low low end discrete solution (6200TC)
Seagate 120 GB 7200 RPM HDD (Will add a bigger HDD when I get my GPU) - 2k[/I]
Total ~ 14k
I’m going in for the Asus M2N4-SLI as for some reason I prefer ATX over mATX
Anyways. A question. I heard that Transcend JETRAM sticks which run at 800 Mhz are pretty good, any idea how much they cost? Or should I just stick with Kingston?
Nah man I don’t want to add a low-end solution now dude, will get a better graphics card somewhere down the line I mean I can run the PC with the parts I just mentioned right
dude what are you talking . its got no graphics , means no vga port how can u run the pc without the screen getting display ? lolz . u will have to buy a low end gpu if u want that else get the board we suggested you.
So I can’t go for the X2 4800+ setup. 