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Asus A8N-E motherboard
OCZ Performance DDR400 Rev. 3
AMD64 Venice 3500+
Thermaltake Venus 12 HSF
Asus Extreme X800XL 256MB VIVO
All of this equals a processor @ 2.53 GHz (it IS overclocked, however), which actually kicks my own machine's ass right now, and it can do video encoding via Firewire or S-Video / Composite-in. That's Sara's machine. The heatsink you won't need unless you overclock, and from what I'm reading you won't be. That's fine. Get an AMD64 Venice 3500 (2.2GHz), and you're laughing. Actually, I don't see how you can't game or do anything else with a 3200+ at 2GHz stock.
AMDs haul ass for everything. I stress the word EVERYTHING.
Actually, I just built the following for one of the guys that does general contracting for us at the office (Joe Cundari, Oscar):
AMD64 Venice 3000+ (1.8GHz)
1GB Samsung DDR400 (2x512MB)
200GB Maxtor SATA HD
Asus A8N-E motherboard
2 Sunon 4-pin (molex) 80mm fans for exhaust ports
NCIX SL9030-KL case - hey, even comes with a spare PSU
Nikao 520W PSU - well worth the money
LG DVD+-RW
MSI 6600GT 128MB PCI-E video card
Everything, tax and shipping in, including an OEM copy of WinXP Pro SP2... $1200 and change. The video card showed up FUBAR, so we sent it back under an automatic RMA... that's what I love about those guys... and the fact they're 3 hours behind makes dealing with it after work a snap. Kevin Ma @ ncix.com --> tha man.
OCZ Performance DDR400 Rev. 3
AMD64 Venice 3500+
Thermaltake Venus 12 HSF
Asus Extreme X800XL 256MB VIVO
All of this equals a processor @ 2.53 GHz (it IS overclocked, however), which actually kicks my own machine's ass right now, and it can do video encoding via Firewire or S-Video / Composite-in. That's Sara's machine. The heatsink you won't need unless you overclock, and from what I'm reading you won't be. That's fine. Get an AMD64 Venice 3500 (2.2GHz), and you're laughing. Actually, I don't see how you can't game or do anything else with a 3200+ at 2GHz stock.
AMDs haul ass for everything. I stress the word EVERYTHING.
Actually, I just built the following for one of the guys that does general contracting for us at the office (Joe Cundari, Oscar):
AMD64 Venice 3000+ (1.8GHz)
1GB Samsung DDR400 (2x512MB)
200GB Maxtor SATA HD
Asus A8N-E motherboard
2 Sunon 4-pin (molex) 80mm fans for exhaust ports
NCIX SL9030-KL case - hey, even comes with a spare PSU
Nikao 520W PSU - well worth the money
LG DVD+-RW
MSI 6600GT 128MB PCI-E video card
Everything, tax and shipping in, including an OEM copy of WinXP Pro SP2... $1200 and change. The video card showed up FUBAR, so we sent it back under an automatic RMA... that's what I love about those guys... and the fact they're 3 hours behind makes dealing with it after work a snap. Kevin Ma @ ncix.com --> tha man.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.