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System A.. Or is it System B?

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imposterfieldz

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Hey,

I'm torn between these two systems, I'm on a tight buget but I need a decent computer (i have a old dell laptop that cant play any games). Is a Socket 754 sytem better for me, or would the extra 150 odd dollars pay off with the 939 be a speed increase and still be upgradable in a year and a half.

System A
Sempron 3400+ -$135
Asus k8v-x -$65
Mushkin DDR400 512mb -$45.90
Aopen 6600GT 128mb - $139 (if there is a better choice please tell me)
Seagate 3700.8 250gig -$108.25
Apex TU150 Black - $54 (400watt 24pin ps + Case)
Total - $547.15

System B
Athlon 64 3000+ -$147
DFI NF4 Ultra Unfinity -$99
Corsair DDR 400 1gig -$90
X800GT Powercooler -$159 (Are there 6600 SLI cards?)
Seagate 3700.8 250gig -$108.25
Apex TU150 Black - $54 (400watt 24pin ps + Case)
Total - $657.25

After writing all this I realized that System B might benifit from buying one 6600 sli card an getting another later. What should I look for?

Thanks.
 
Almost forgot the seagate is a NCQ enabled drive, howdo I figure out if the motherboards sata controller handles that?
 
sc00ter said:
I'm just going to construct a system from scratch for you.

A64 3000+ - $146
Apex PC-336 - $29
Thermaltake Purepower 480W - $59 (Excellent PSU for the price)
EPoX nF4 Ultra - $105
Same RAM
AOpen 6600GT - $134 Whoa..that's an awesome price!
Maxtor 80G HDD - $62
Total: $535

With the extra money you could either get a better case, PSU or HDD.
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I would agree with everything here, but the PSU

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=792566

Good thread when it comes to buying PSUs, and thermaltake is known to have issues, and irregular power.
 
I, too, was at first hesitant when I bought this PSU. I'm glad I did though, it's provided plenty of stable power to my system for as long as I've had it. Several friends if mine own it and recomended it. However, I won't try to deny that a lot of people have had issues with Thermaltake's PSU's. I'm pretty sure we could all agree on this one? Fortron has a record for making good PSU's.
 
sc00ter said:
I, too, was at first hesitant when I bought this PSU. I'm glad I did though, it's provided plenty of stable power to my system for as long as I've had it. Several friends if mine own it and recomended it. However, I won't try to deny that a lot of people have had issues with Thermaltake's PSU's. I'm pretty sure we could all agree on this one? Fortron has a record for making good PSU's.
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Oh yes, Fortron's are great...

But I am glad that you had luck with your Thermaltake, they make so many quality products hopefully they will bring that QC to their PSUs
 
Thanks for the responses. I'm going to spring for the 939system, I changed a few things around, any final suggestions?

Athlon64 3000+
DFI LanParty Ultra-D
Corsair DDR 400 1gig
Aopen 6600GT
Seagate 7200.8 250gig
Fortron 450Watt PSU

totals 656 dollars on newegg. (selling my dell laptop for 400odd dollars, what a good deal!)

thanks!
 
Much better setup now. That mobo is really good (I have it), but the bios has a pretty steep learning curve. UV lights make it looks pretty awesome though. :p
 
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