Looking to build a budget system

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iontrap

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
It will be used web browsing, light gaming, editing home movies

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$400 before taxes and shipping, I might be able to stretch it to $450

3) Where do you live?
USA

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
I'll be reusing my Lian Li case.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
I have this power supply. I will reuse it if I can.

6) Will you be overclocking?
No [H]ardcore OCing, whatever I can get from stock cooling.

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Already have a 20" LCD.

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month or so.

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Firewire, DVI, at least 2 PCI slots in case I want to reuse my legacy USB and Firewire cards

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
I have a legit (never installed) copy of Vista Ultimate 64 bit.



I don't have a preference between Intel and AMD.
Thanks
 
 
That looks pretty good. How do the HIS H485FN512P and GIGABYTE GV-R485ZL-512H compare to the XFX. They have similar specs but the biggest difference I can see is the warranty on the XFX.
What about G.SKILL Ripjaws RAM?
 
We recommend the XFX often here because of its warranty and customer service. Since they're based off the same GPU, the performance of the HIS and Gigabyte cards should be similar.

G.Skill is one of the "brand name" RAM manufacturers, but it has comparatively better prices. The RAM is great, but you can't overclock it (much) beyond its rated speeds.
 
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