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TheTWKid
05-25-2008, 09:52 AM
Excluding Optical Drives, I'm looking to build a completely new system for my girlfriend. Her budget is around $1300.

Case: NZXT HUSH Black SECC Steel/ Aluminum/ Plastic ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146035
$95.00

Motherboard: ECS Geforce6100PM-M2 AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135074
$50.00

CPU: AMD Phenom 9550 Agena 2.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W 65nm Quad-Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103251
$195.00

HD: Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS 500GB 5400 to 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136149
$90.00

PSU: OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W ATX12V Power Supply 100 - 240 V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002
$90.00

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
$85.00

Video Card: BFG Tech BFGE98512GTXOC2E GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143131
$340.00

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium (non-upgrade)
~$230

Current total: ~$1175

As I mentioned before, we've got optical drives covered, monitor, sound, etc., just looking to build the system. Would appreciate any advice with the current total as well as any suggested upgrades. Thanks.

RickyTick
05-25-2008, 03:11 PM
This is our basic recommendations on a build in that price range. An Intel based system is much more efficient, as well as a better performer.

http://forums.mysuperpc.com/showthread.php?t=1644