Help me spend ~$950.00

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Only requirement are as follows.

AMD
NF4 SLI chipset
Everything needs to come from the same place.

I'll be using it primarily for games.
 
Do you want to save any of that? or spend all $950 on just a processor and mobo?
 
My bad. :rolleyes:

Need mobo, processor, memory and video card.
 
I'm not entirely sure how willing I'd be to trust a board made by eVGA.
 
JeffD78 said:
I'm not entirely sure how willing I'd be to trust a board made by eVGA.
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pretty sure tehy just buy it from an OEM (like BFG does) but im with you on that one...

that IS a hell of a deal though...
 
Go with a DFI NF-4 Ultra D, that way you dont have to spend for a SLI board but if you ever need SLI you can just mod the beast for it. Save so money that way. and get the 3800+, 7800GT and buy a kick ass stick of ram.
 
sac_tagg said:
I wouldn't either, nor would I get a single-core processor. Here's my picks:

A8N-SLI - $175
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540

Athlon 64 X2 3800 - $380
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103562

1GB Corsair Value - $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440

eVGA 7800GT - $360
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130238

Total - $1005

I'm assuing you factored in a SLI-ready PSU.
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I'd go for this build, but squeeze a few more bucks for 2GB RAM.
 
Here's what I ended up with. Overshot my budget by a bit, but that's okay. I'll get the other gig of memory in a month or two.

1 MB DFI|NF4 LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR - Retail
Item #: N82E16813136157 $163.00
1 VGA EVGA|GF 7800GTX 256-P2-N525-AX - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130248 $469.99
1 POWER SP|485W(P4)EG495P-VE SFMA - Retail
Item #: N82E16817103457 $86.00
1 CPU AMD 64 |3200+ ATHLON 64 939P RT - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103535 $190.00
1 OCZ D400 2x512 OCZ4001024ELDCPER2-K - Retail
Item #: N82E16820146890 $168.81
Subtotal: $1,077.80
Tax: $0.00
Shipping: $35.74
Grand Total: $1,113.54
 
just get a dell 2405 and imagine how cool games would look on it if you were to have a pc hooked up to it :p
 
JeffD78 said:
Here's what I ended up with. Overshot my budget by a bit, but that's okay. I'll get the other gig of memory in a month or two.

1 MB DFI|NF4 LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR - Retail
Item #: N82E16813136157 $163.00
1 VGA EVGA|GF 7800GTX 256-P2-N525-AX - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130248 $469.99
1 POWER SP|485W(P4)EG495P-VE SFMA - Retail
Item #: N82E16817103457 $86.00
1 CPU AMD 64 |3200+ ATHLON 64 939P RT - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103535 $190.00
1 OCZ D400 2x512 OCZ4001024ELDCPER2-K - Retail
Item #: N82E16820146890 $168.81
Subtotal: $1,077.80
Tax: $0.00
Shipping: $35.74
Grand Total: $1,113.54
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When you get the extra gig of ram you might want to consider selling your 2x512 on ebay and ordering 2x1024. That's what I did, and my old ram sold on ebay for about 10 dollars less than what I paid for it, so I can't complain.
 
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