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Instead of buying a rig from companys like last time i decided to build one and i need some help/opions i need a system for some gaming and light modeling skining programing and video editing music and movies to so heres what i came up with and note my buget is a grand unless i go with the conroe setup

Case - Cool Master Centurion 5

Motherboard - Im not quite sure which one now if i could get some recommendations that would be great

PSU - Hiper 580W

Procceser - Intel Pentium D 930 Presler

Ram - 2 OCZ Gold Series 1GB 2 x 512MB

HD - Seagate 160GB *Updated

Graphic Card - SAPPHIRE X1800XT 256MB

Will this be able to handle my needs or should i wait to get a conreo setup and how much more will it be in the usa i cant find any prices or dates i already tried google but i cannot find anything sorry thank you

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Alrighty then i have a qouple more questions i forgot to add the E6300 conroe would i be able to get the same performance out of an amd x2 3800 or will they be about the same just with diffrent overclocking abilitys?
Also i wasnt quite sure about the 1800xt or the 7900gt i wont be doing much overclocking to the gpu so i picked the 1800 and casue it can do aa and hdr but if someone could tell me which is better for my needs i would appricate it the games i will be playing is fear obliv quake 4 bf2 css hl2 prey cod2 black and white 2 (alot of fps games)
About the 2 gig ram could i buy another 1 gig 2x512 mb later on and it will work? Thanks for your comment :)

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conroe is supposed to be the AMD BUSTER..if you believe the hype, but we'll know soon enough. dual core has some tricks up it's sleeve , reverse hyper threading, for single core dependent apps, i.e. games...dual core is great for video editing..it's a tough call unless you want to wait for official reviews and news in a month/2 months from now. And yes.. I second 2 gigs ram, even if you have to get poorer timings .. I think the cheapest conroe will be 250-300 at release..there's a sheet out there somewhere with price specs

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I think the cheapest conroe will be 250-300 at release..there's a sheet out there somewhere with price specs


Oh thanks that really helped out i dont think i will be able to afford it then i guess i'll stick with the intel setup im just not sure what mobo i should get

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I think the cheapest conroe will be 250-300 at release..there's a sheet out there somewhere with price specs


The E6300 will be $186 - plus the retailer margin...
However, there's also the even lower E4x00 series with lower fsb and without VT, for even less.


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