I was looking for something in the range of $700ish. So, I took the budget system, switched the video for a 9800 GTX and added in accessories from Newegg. How will this system fare for $700? I want to play the newer shit at decent FPS, but I was restricted for cash. I was looking at Modern Warfare 2 and Dragon Age: Origins as a starting point.
Were there things potentially wrong with the budget systems and/or this video switch that I should keep in mind?
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AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor Model ADX620WFGIBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103706
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$99.00
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CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817139003
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$64.99
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LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS50 - OEM
Item #: N82E16827136167
Phenom X3 is basically a X4 with one buggy core turned off.
I never understood three core CPU's. You would be better off with four cores over 3 cores regardless of a L3 cache.
Your CPU is a good pick, and you shouldn't be disappointed.
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Two Enermax 700 and Antec 350 power supplies in one case (Connected the green wire) and a Thermaltake 550 PSU in the other.
Two ASUS M2N-SLI Delux Motherboard
Athlon X2-6000 and a Phenom 9850
Big azz 11 bay server tower and a regular 4 bay full size tower. (Noname)
A speedy PCIe based ATI 1950 chipset and a cool running Nvidia 8400GS video card.
4 Gig or 2 Gig Kingston brand (Total 6) DDR2-800 memory
Around 10 Terabytes in 17 hard drives, with 4TB free space.
I refuse to use DVD disks as they die by oxidization, get scratched and would take too many of them to write for the data I have.
Phenom X3 is basically a X4 with one buggy core turned off.
I never understood three core CPU's. You would be better off with four cores over 3 cores regardless of a L3 cache.
Your CPU is a good pick, and you shouldn't be disappointed.
There are barely any games that will use all four cores......
In that case the extra cache does matter.
Super Pi the PII X3 vs AthlonII X4 and you will see
Eek. Put it together, put it in the case, went to power it on and nothing! I think I should've used the anti-static mat on the motherboard box first to test it. First things I thought of were the power jumpers, the ATX12V cable and processor installation. I'm going to take it out of the case later and try to see what I can do. The PSU has a 2x4 plug setup for the ATX12V. I plugged them in the closest to the orientation.
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