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Blu-Flames

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Ok i need a $400 budget that i will overclock computer for everyday task like surfing internet, listing to music, downloading music/videos, playing BF2/counter strike, and using Microsoft word.

Here is what i came up with, $400 is the max budget and i do not need OS, monitor speaker, keyboard, mouse.

COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP $39.99
GIGABYTE GA-M52L-S3 AM2 NVIDIA nForce 520LE ATX $68.99
POWERCOLOR X1650XT 256MB PCIE Radeon X1650XT 256MB $64.99
COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS-460-PMSR-A3 460W $39.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane 2.1GHz Socket AM2 $57.99
A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 ADQVE1A16K $42.99
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s $49.99
Sony NEC Optiarc 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model D-7190A
$25.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $5.99
ARCTIC COOLING ALPINE64 92mm CPU Cooler $12.99

Grand Total: $422.68 - 25.00 MIR = $397.68
 
Blu-Flames said:
COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP $39.99
GIGABYTE GA-M52L-S3 AM2 NVIDIA nForce 520LE ATX $68.99
POWERCOLOR X1650XT 256MB PCIE Radeon X1650XT 256MB $64.99
COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS-460-PMSR-A3 460W $39.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane 2.1GHz Socket AM2 $57.99
A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 ADQVE1A16K $42.99
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s $49.99
Sony NEC Optiarc 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model D-7190A $25.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $5.99
ARCTIC COOLING ALPINE64 92mm CPU Cooler $12.99

Grand Total: $422.68 - 25.00 MIR = $397.68
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Ditch the Alpine64.

What size monitor do you have? The X1650XT isn't a very good card at all.

I'd ditch the Cooler Master 460W, too. I'd go for the XClio Goodpower 500W instead.
 
Eh, I guess you'll be fine. But I'd look for a 7900GS or X1950GT/Pro used for around $80 instead.
 
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