Quote Originally Posted by Formula350 View Post
I completely forgot about an OS, but even still, as you pointed out a person can save if they can reuse any old hardware. If not... there's always Linux for free lol

I think those specs will make a really good all-around system, more-so than the G/GX chipset motherboards with a similarly clocked Athlon II X4. There's quite a bit of upgrade potential with these, which I hope AMD can stick with that socket for a few years so people can upgrade bits and pieces here and there
On the other hand...
System with Phenom II X4 925 overclockable to ~3.5 @ 250 HTT + ASUS AM3+ mobo with UEFI, USB3, Bulldozer ready + 8GB DDR3-1600 CL9 @ 1666 250 HTT + HD6670 (would perform better GPU wise) is $580.

I just realized this as newegg tends to run a lot of combo deals...that system has an upgrade path. I know the person I am building for quite well, who knows...maybe in a year or so they will want to upgrade to Bulldozer?