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Hi. I would like to make my self a new budget PC. The thing is I'm not really shore what to chose betwen AMD ( Abit AN-M2HD mobo + AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ ) and Intel ( ASRock 4Core1333-GLan/M + Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 ) that combines with 3 GB DDR2 800MHz and Zotac GeForce 9600GT AMP Edition. The PC is just a replacement for about 9 to 12 moths until i can make my good PC ( about 2500 - 3000 $ ). I'm looking for the best bang for a buck. Tnx for your reply and help.

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Good luck finding the parts we'd recommend at the price we quote.

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I'm probably biased, but you want a low priced system, go AMD. Drop the 6000+ however, and get the 5000+BE (OC's to well over the 6000)(had mine to 3.2 before I noticed any stability issues, and had to up the volts a little)

MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813127035
($55)
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103194
($82)
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820144064
($83, 4GB GEIL)
HSF: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835185125
($30, AC Freezer 64)

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wait, $2,000-3000 for a budget build?

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The thing is I need a mATX mobo ... and as the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ BE I know its very good with overclocking but it lacks the L2 Cache. And my budget is not 2000-3000 $, it about 1250 $ ( with 20" LCD ).

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pick one, every single mobo is mATX:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rchInDesc=

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WTH thats not a budget Pc. For the vast majority of people that would be a mainstream, for me its a high end build.
For that budget get intel and id suggest ati.
See if u like this :

Pc case
LIAN LI PC-8B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811112177

Power supply
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139005

Cpu
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115042

Ram
Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820220255

Motherboard
ASUS P5Q LGA 775 Intel P45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131295

Cooler
ASUS Silent Square EVO 92mm Vapo Bearing CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835101017

HD
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148136

Vga+Vga cooling
Ati radeon HD4870 (this card is hot, but this accelero S1 can keep its temps up too 40 or 30 ºC there was a review about it somewere :p)
Comes out today
ARCTIC COOLING ACCELS1 Rev 2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186016
ARCTIC COOLING Turbo Module Sleeve
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835186021

and just and a optical drive for 20 $ and thats it.

950$ for all +300$ vga 1250$ there you go :P
The only thing is if u wanna crossfire some day, then change the P45 motherboard for an X38 or X48

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Is this $1250 usd? That sounds like a mid end build.


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