What should I do?

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BigJavy

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So I just bought my Intel Retail Edge bundle and now I need to figure out what to buy. Right now I've got a p4 w/ ddr, agp, etc. Only thing I can reuse is my hdd and cd-rom... but i'm not worried about that. I AM worried about the ram and vid card though. Should I:

A) Find a good deal on some DDR2, a PCI-e vid card (maybe get an evga and step up to G80 or whatever it is in a couple months) and stick it in the budget intel board they send us

or

B) Pick up an asrock 775 dual, some cheap ddr, use my agp card and deal w/ that as I upgrade piece by piece (and as I upgrade in stages, i'll be able to afford nicer stuff)... and tuck away the intel board until i build something new for my mom or sister or sell it.


decisions... decisions....

Thanks for any suggestions!


jason
 
If you work in retail (best buy, circuit city, compusa, etc...), you can take quizzes at retailedge.intel.com. Then once a year, they have a special bundle you can buy at a discount.

This year, it was an Core 2 Duo 6300, Intel DG965WH motherboard, and copy of Windows Vista Ultimate for $220. Since Vista's not out, they're shipping the mobo and cpu asap w/ a copy of Vista RC1 and they'll send the full version once it's released. :) :)
 
same here lol.....I just need to order it and was thinking of the same Asrock board as u because I dont want to pay 300$ for 2GB of DDR 2 ram quality stuff and dont want a new video card with DX10 arround the corner but I am still debating it...If i do get it it is mostly for the copy of Vista :p
 
Supposedly 6-8 weeks until it ships. I'm overdue for an upgrade... I just want to make sure I'm smart about it. If I can save a little now while I save up for some nicer stuff, I'm all for it. Going w/ the asrock, I could pick up a gig of memory, eventually pick up a vid card, and eventually get nice OCing mobo.


But if there're 6-8 weeks till it comes, maybe I can just save up and do it all at once. We'll see, I guess.


Jason
 
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