Lan PC Build

[jorojr]

I am more or less set with the general components. If anyone has any suggestions I am open. The choice of processor & mobo is what is currently holding me up. The 8800GT in my sig will be tranplanted to this box as I intend to replace it with a 3870X2 or whatever Nvidia has up their sleeves. LAN gaming will be at 1280x1024 or 1650x1050. I'll occasionally run games at 1080p as well.

Scythe Ninja Mini $40 - Newegg.com
Corsair VX550W $68 AR - Buy.com
Lian Li V350B $134 - FrozenCPU.com
Corsair XMS2 44412 (2GB) $34 AR - Newegg.com
Western Digital SE16 AAKS 500Gb $105 - Newegg.com
Samsung DVD Burner SH-S203n $34 - Newegg.com


AMD Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition
Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H
$180 - Newegg.com combo /w free copy of Stranglehold

vs

Intel E8400 $216 - Clubit.com
Asus P5E-VM HDMI $140 - Newegg.com

The sensible side of me says go the AMD route since it won't be my primary gaming system...the enthusiast side of me says go the Intel route because I am craving one of those 45nm intel chips to OC.

 

[Dangman]

Lets see, you're on the forum for [H]ardOCP or Hardware Overclockers Comparison Page. Gee, what do you think our recommendation would be?

Seriously though if you have cash to burn, go for the Intel build. If not, still go with an Intel build. An OC'd E2140 will beat that X2 5000+ clock for clock:
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 CPU - $74
Asus P5K-VM LGA 775 Intel G33 mATX Motherboard - $119
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Total: $194 Plus tax and shipping.

Are you willing to wait 2-3 months just to save $12 on RAM? If not, then avoid the rebates and get this set:
G.SKILL F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ 2 x 1GB DDR2 800 RAM - $47