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occlueless

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I need some guidance in building a ew system. Currently I have:
Asus P4S800 MB, P4 2.8A, 1 MEG PC3200, EVGA 5700 PCI. Run XP-Pro.

Anyone has any ideas or sugestions:
I have a budget of 1200 - 1500. I really dont want to go to far.
But i would like to run multiple programs (AutoCad, Solidworks...)
Is it a 2Core for me?
 
occlueless said:
I need some guidance in building a ew system. Currently I have:
Asus P4S800 MB, P4 2.8A, 1 MEG PC3200, EVGA 5700 PCI. Run XP-Pro.

Anyone has any ideas or sugestions:
I have a budget of 1200 - 1500. I really dont want to go to far.
But i would like to run multiple programs (AutoCad, Solidworks...)
Is it a 2Core for me?
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XP pro runs on 1MB of RAM!?!? hehe.. j/k

Will the monitor be included in this $1500 budget? If so, what size were you lookin for? Will you be overclocking at all? If no OC'ing...

$315 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
$215 - G.SKILL 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-800 F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
$115 - BFG Tech BFGR76256GTOCE Geforce 7600GT 256MB ($145 - $30MIR)
$95 - MSI P965 Neo-F Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express
$95 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200RPM SATA3G
$50 - XClio GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W
$50 - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver w/ Side Window
$35 - LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner W/ LightScribe Black SHM-165H6S
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$970 + tax and shipping

If you need a monitor:
$270 - BenQ FP202W Black 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD
$185 - Acer AL1916WAbd Black 19" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD

If you'd like to overclock, go for this board:
$150 - GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express

If you'd like raptor-like hdd performance for less money, go with a RAID0 array of these two drives and the DS3 gigabyte board:
$110 ($55 x2) - HITACHI Deskstar 7K160 HDS721616PLA380 160GB 7200RPM SATA300
$165 more for 320GB and a better motherboard (965p-ds3)...
or $150 for 74GB Raptor (or $200 for 150GB Raptor)... choice is yours.

EDIT: Regarding the graphics cards... If you're using a 5700 right now, I think you'll be fine with a 7600GT. If you want to go the "pro" route, a FireGL or Quadro card would set you back a pretty penny. Make sure you read all the notes from Solidworks and AutoDesk associated with whichever card you choose.
 
Yes, I will keep my monitor. Gateway 20.3"
What about the current case i have ATX factor?
 
you could keep it if it has sufficient airflow. what make/model is it?
 
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