New System

[j79zlr]

I put this together a couple weeks ago, liking it so far

ASUS M2N-SLI deluxe
AMD 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core AM2
2x1GB Geil DDR2 800MHz PC2 6400
GeForce 7950GT KO 512MB GDDR3
2x 250GB WD SATA 3.0 16MB Cache
Lite-On 12x DVD-RW
Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM
Thermaltake Toughpower 650W
Thermaltake MinTyp CPU Cooler
Thermaltake Tsunami Case

Came in at $1445 shipped.

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

Congo rats to you !


Any reason you did not go with an Intel core 2 duo ?

 

[j79zlr]

I had both priced out and the Intel was coming in around $50 more because of the different motherboard. For the price <$250 the AMD also benched higher than the Core 2 [E6400] in about everything I researched.

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

cool

 

[ShepsCrook]

Yeah, but with a little tweaking/overclocking of the E6400, it would easily send that AMD packing.