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DragonWoLf
03-30-2006, 02:03 PM
the opty 165 dual core possibility
CP-151-AM AMD Opteron UP 165 Dual Core San Diego 1.8GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail

MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3

or

this the 4400+ set up possibility
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS4000PT TwinX (2x1GB)
Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB WD360GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
XFX GeForce 7900 GT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940)Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)



all will be going into a A8n Premium motherboard and CM Stacker case, now was wondering as im going to be overclocking a while after, shud i go for the Corsair ram or Geil? note the Geil is cheaper, please advise?

nn_step
03-30-2006, 06:51 PM
Dude the question is what is your budget and what do you plan on doing with this rig?

Poly15
03-30-2006, 06:57 PM
Dude the question is what is your budget and what do you plan on doing with this rig?
What he said :p:

DragonWoLf
03-31-2006, 02:23 PM
my budget is just over £1k and its for multitasking, gaming and such

nn_step
03-31-2006, 02:38 PM
my suggestion is 3800+ x2 and Some G.Skill