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FullMetalJackass

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My laptop just died on me, and instead of buying another one by brother has talked me in to building one. First let me say I am strapped for cash at the moment (in school) and only have about 500 to spend. my general idea is to go cheap on the CPU and GPU with the intent of upgrading in the future. so i am not sure if i should go with Intel or AMD. i know i can't get 7i mobo because there are no cheap CPUs out for it now. what i was looking at but would like a second or third opinion on is this:

ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
decent mobo with room to grow

Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache
dirt cheap and can easily be OCed to 3GHz I know it only has 2MB L2 but i only need it for basic comp duties till i can afford a new CPU

HIS Hightech H467QT512P Radeon HD 4670 IceQ Turbo 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Cheap gets what i need done

CORSAIR 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory Model VS2GBKIT667D2
cheap

so any thoughts
this sound good, go with AMD for future upgrade abillity?, any thoughts on Power supply?

thanks
Jackass
 
The Phenom II's are pretty good chips and you can get a 3 or 4 core for fairly cheap. On top of that AM3 motherboards are very reasonable. Pair it with maybe a 4850 or 4870 and 2-4gb of ram and you have a great value computer.

Phenom II X2(sometimes you can unlock all 4 cores)-$119
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103680

Gigabyte AM3 Motherboard-$130 plus rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128378

2GB Crucial RAM-$32
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148226

HIS Radeon HD 4870-$140 plus rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161269

Total - $421

Leaves you room for a case, psu, more ram, or just saves you money.
 
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FullMetalJackass said:
My laptop just died on me, and instead of buying another one by brother has talked me in to building one. First let me say I am strapped for cash at the moment (in school) and only have about 500 to spend. my general idea is to go cheap on the CPU and GPU with the intent of upgrading in the future. so i am not sure if i should go with Intel or AMD. i know i can't get 7i mobo because there are no cheap CPUs out for it now. what i was looking at but would like a second or third opinion on is this:

ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
decent mobo with room to grow

Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache
dirt cheap and can easily be OCed to 3GHz I know it only has 2MB L2 but i only need it for basic comp duties till i can afford a new CPU

HIS Hightech H467QT512P Radeon HD 4670 IceQ Turbo 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Cheap gets what i need done

CORSAIR 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory Model VS2GBKIT667D2
cheap

so any thoughts
this sound good, go with AMD for future upgrade abillity?, any thoughts on Power supply?

thanks
Jackass
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Does this 500 bucks include a Power Supply - Case - CD/DVD drive - Harddrive - OS -Keyboard/Mouse - Monitor - Speakers too.

If so thats pushing it.
 
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