US and in the 5/600$ ball park. I'm not trying to be a hero with this one because it's not mine. Just looking for a quick browser/minor multimedia pc for the house. I may load up a rts on it for when I'm on break, but that's the worst abuse it will take.
If you've answered this question a million times, I apologize. I'm about to begin a budget build for my mother's needs, simple computing. While researching I found that maximumpc magazine suggests the i3 2100 sandy bridge CPU for their budget pc, but with the reasonably priced quad AMD 965 or 955 within 10/20$ of the i3, which is the better buy? I also found that comparable CPU/mobo newegg combos run cheaper for the phenom II's by about 10$. I don't know a terrific amount about the comparable performance of each chip, so which is the better chip assuming both are same priced, and taking into account the phenom's are unlocked? Thanks much.
Looks like a good budget upgrade. The Mobo is lacking on some of the newer cool features, but you are on a budget. Get the Superclocked version on the 460, the performance is worth the 10 more dollars you spend.
Ok thanks for your input i have decided to change my AMD II X6 1055T to the AMD II X4 965 Black Edition and i have decided to up my GPU to the Radeon HD 5850, oh and by the way is it possible to Crossfire two 5850's with my current Motherboard??
KingJbc
Good, The black edition is much easier to overclock with unlocked multipliers and faster because it doesn't share its L3 cache 6 ways.
Nothing you really need to worry about to be honest (details here, if you care). All newer versions of PCI-E are backwards compatible with older versions. So if you buy a video card that conforms to PCI-E 2.1 standards you can use it in a PCI-E 1.0 or 2.0 slot without any trouble. And it should work with future 3.0 slots as well. ProudLarry
haha, most people hear will tell you to build, but I saw some kid yesterday actually who got a Cyberpower, and was upgrading some componants - he seemed satisfied with it. If you want to save money make sure the company has good policies about servicing the computer. I have no experience, but that's what I'd do.
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