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Ian wrote:It's been a year or two since I built my last computer and the one I use for gaming, etc. is showing its age. With that in mind, I figured its time to build a new one. Here are some of my requirements:
1. Gotta stay under $2,000US
2. Doesn't need to be bleeding edge
3. AMD CPU (dual core)
4. Not interested in overclocking or watercooling
5. I'd also like the video card to be HDMI/HDCP compliant
I'm kinda tempted to wait for AMD's new AM2 technology, but if I bought a system right now I'd probably go with a motherboard using an nForce4 SLI chipset and a Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Anyway, please give your suggestions.
Ian wrote:Just a note.. I'm not looking for a monitor.
As far as video cards go, I'd prefer to go nVidia so that I can take advantage of SLI eventually. I'm not against ATI (I have a 9800 Pro now and love it).. its just that their Crossfire technology seems inferior.
Does anyone have a motherboard with a ULI chipset? Some of their newer ones seem to have some pretty innovative features.
I'm not buying any more Hitachi HDD's either. Any company that makes you send in a drive before they send you a replacement can suck it.
Ian wrote:Just a note.. I'm not looking for a monitor.
As far as video cards go, I'd prefer to go nVidia so that I can take advantage of SLI eventually. I'm not against ATI (I have a 9800 Pro now and love it).. its just that their Crossfire technology seems inferior.
Does anyone have a motherboard with a ULI chipset? Some of their newer ones seem to have some pretty innovative features.
I'm not buying any more Hitachi HDD's either. Any company that makes you send in a drive before they send you a replacement can suck it.
Ian wrote:Has anyone found the Armor Jr. for a better price? Actually, this is the only place I've seen with it in stock so far. Not even Newegg has it yet.
http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-armor ... 00bws.html
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